College Football Realignment

[SuperD]

Further, Private Equity knows that percentage of revenue does not mean percentage of net income. This is “I will share in your profits, but not your losses”. Not only are the payments not fixed, they are due and payable even if the AD is losing a ton of money, because, you know, revenue is always gonna be there with the media contracts and ticket and merchandise sales.

What’s nteresting is Utah doing this in the face of all the reports the conference is looking at conference-wide PE deals. Either that initiative is dead dead or Utah is signaling pretty strongly they’d rather go it alone rather than any long term entanglements.

 

[hawg1]

What’s nteresting is Utah doing this in the face of all the reports the conference is looking at conference-wide PE deals. Either that initiative is dead dead or Utah is signaling pretty strongly they’d rather go it alone rather thane any long term entanglements.

Or Utah wants to create an enterprise they then sell to a conference-wide initiative.

 

[skibum]

Or Utah wants to create an enterprise they then sell to a conference-wide initiative.

That'd be a quick turn, and probably at a tidy profit for the PE company. Of course, if the PE company is booking a quick return, that means UU would have been better off without the initial deal.

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

SMU will do anything to be good at football.

That's not necessarily a good thing.

We need a trans am emoji.

 

[66BUFF]

Further, Private Equity knows that percentage of revenue does not mean percentage of net income. This is “I will share in your profits, but not your losses”. Not only are the payments not fixed, they are due and payable even if the AD is losing a ton of money, because, you know, revenue is always gonna be there with the media contracts and ticket and merchandise sales.

 

[Bread]

I'll say this, Brett better know what he's doing. ND is a pain in the ass and privileged.

I don't know what I'm doing at all.

 

[skibum]

I don't know what I'm doing at all.

TIL Bread's real name.

 

[wsp4820]

We need a trans am emoji.

CJK5HE

 

[Goose]

CJK5HE

Facts.

/Jake

 

[Go Buffs]

Facts.

/Jake

 

[Not Sure]

ND felt that since they are a member, you should have advocated for all of them, even with no comp.

Was ND willing to share their payout with the ACC? If not, then **** them.

 

[Burrito]

We need a trans am emoji.

?

 

[El Gringo]

Is this like The Arch at CU, the goal of which is to connect players with NIL deals?

 

[Buffnik]

But they aren’t a member of the ACC in football so that argument is completely invalid and idiotic.

I think ND would consider the concession they made to a scheduling alliance and having stepped in to play in the ACC football championship that one year (Covid year?) would have bought them the consideration to not be treated as a 2nd class citizen by the conference.

I lean toward the argument that most people are making (that the commish needs to advocate for the full football members on a football issue ahead of Notre Dame), but I also understand Notre Dame not being accepting of that.

 

[Dark Bohner]

I think ND would consider the concession they made to a scheduling alliance and having stepped in to play in the ACC football championship that one year (Covid year?) would have bought them the consideration to not be treated as a 2nd class citizen by the conference.

I lean toward the argument that most people are making (that the commish needs to advocate for the full football members on a football issue ahead of Notre Dame), but I also understand Notre Dame not being accepting of that.

I disagree, but for the sake of your argument, ND should have been in communication with the ACC and absolutely not thrown a massive public tantrum about it.

 

[hawg1]

That'd be a quick turn, and probably at a tidy profit for the PE company. Of course, if the PE company is booking a quick return, that means UU would have been better off without the initial deal.

Utah would share in the deal.

 

[BuffLuke80]

ND crying, I'm not surprised. Get in a conference motherfvckers and quit being the holies than thou bullshvt.

 

[Goose]

I think ND would consider the concession they made to a scheduling alliance and having stepped in to play in the ACC football championship that one year (Covid year?) would have bought them the consideration to not be treated as a 2nd class citizen by the conference.

I lean toward the argument that most people are making (that the commish needs to advocate for the full football members on a football issue ahead of Notre Dame), but I also understand Notre Dame not being accepting of that.

Counterpoint - **** them and **** Rudy.

 

[MtnBuff]

Notre Dame taking a page from the Dr. Tom Osborne book of conference loyalty.

"Everyone should be loyal to us be we aren't responsible for being loyal to them."

 

[BerkeleyBuff]

I think ND would consider the concession they made to a scheduling alliance and having stepped in to play in the ACC football championship that one year (Covid year?)

Playing an ACC schedule during COVID was a help to ND much moreso than the ACC. Conferences went to conference games only. ND would have been screwed without the ACC.

 

[hokiehead]

ACC only got ND football scheduling because of what it was willing to give ND for being a non-football member.

...

and because ND was willing to commit in a GoR to only the ACC if/when they decide to become football members. I think that was an important point to the conference.

that said, I remain suspect regarding how binding a GoR really is until they've tested in court.

 

[Buffnik]

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

I agree with Yormark. The power 4 should ice them out.

 

[CarolinaBuff]

Yormark's comment for those who missed it. Love it!

 

[MiamiBuffs]

At least he has some balls. Kudos to him.

I agree with Yormark. The power 4 should ice them out.

They’ll join the B1G despite their claim they never would. They will have to give up their sissy schedule. But the paychecks will be worth it.



The downside for all these programs is they killed the small conferences and bowls that allowed them to at least claim some semblance of a great season for the alums off of small victories. “We won the conference”, “We were conference runner ups”, “We played in the Fiesta Bowl”, “We won the Holiday Bowl”. No mas.

A decade afterwards everyone will just lose interest (CU, Miami, NU others) after continual losses to tOSU, UM, and the like.

 

[MtnBuff]

At least he has some balls. Kudos to him.




They’ll join the B1G despite their claim they never would. They will have to give up their sissy schedule. But the paychecks will be worth it.



The downside for all these programs is they killed the small conferences and bowls that allowed them to at least claim some semblance of a great season for the alums off of small victories. “We won the conference”, “We were conference runner ups”, “We played in the Fiesta Bowl”, “We won the Holiday Bowl”. No mas.

A decade afterwards everyone will just lose interest (CU, Miami, NU others) after continual losses to tOSU, UM, and the like.

Agree. Regardless of how they re-align things there is going to be a relatively small group that dominates the playoffs, championships, and gets the biggest portion of the revenues. There will be another group that hangs on for their share of the money but it will take an exceptional year (and usually a whale donor like Cuban for Indiana) for them to step up and compete. These two groups together will consist of a smaller number than the current P4. A great season will get them an attaboy and maybe get blown out by one of the big guys but no real chance at winning and a much smaller portion of the media money, a sliver of it.

I love college football but as time goes by I find my interest moving more toward the small schools who aren't trying to be a mini-NFL.

Everyone else will get pushed down.

 

[ahoelsken]

I don't think anything with Notre Dame makes sense. Their basketball program would get destroyed in this league. Join full time or go play the new Pac 12 every year, Irish fans.

 

[Buffnik]

I'd love being in a football conference with Notre Dame.

That game would be circled on the schedule calendar every year.

 

[skibum]

I'd love being in a football conference with Notre Dame.

That game would be circled on the schedule calendar every year.

In the end, I'd love to be in a division of the superleague that consisted of:
Colorado,
Nebraska,
Kansas,
Mizzou,
Oklahoma,
Iowa,
Illinois,
Notre Dame.

Basically, the state flagships plus ND.

 

[rosstr]

There are only three people that actually matter. Sankey from the SEC, Pettiti from the Big 10 and Notre Dame's athletic director. Yormack is not one of them. It is cute of him to chime in now and again.