The networks will not let the pac 12 drop to 8 conference games.
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Official realignment thread - SEC formally invites OU and Texas to join the conference in 2025
Yea Wetzel was talking this morning about how games against ND might fit into this and he was speculating that the ND game might count as the ACC game each year for Stanford and USC.
They will if the pac12 guarantees a 10 game P5 slate.
They can do that with 9 conference games.
We would end up with 11 P5 games every year in all likelihood under that scenario.
I think it will be easier to convince the Big10 and the Pac12 to drop to 8 conference games then it will be to convince the ACC to jump to 9. Especially given the new scheduling alliance. I guess we will see.
Tv networks would love to get all three conferences to 11 P5 games. The ACC will go along because they will get more money from espn in a race to try and catch tbe SEC in revenue.
Think it is going to depend on how the CFP stuff shakes out. Don't want to make your schedule so difficult that it puts you at risk for multiple losses.
Either way it's good news for the the three conferences revenue wise.
Just be glad you weren't there in person!
Going to 11 P5 games might be the only way "The Alliance" is able to get on the same monetary level as the SEC, but then you have the question of whether the B1G is willing to do that while the SEC marches on with only 9 or 10
I don’t really see a way the sec stays at 8 games with 16 members.
If the alliance agrees to freeze out the SEC unless they improve their scheduling... maybe?
Hopefully you're right, but I also struggle to see how adding Texas and OU is good for the SEC from a competitive standpoint, so I could also see them deciding they still need all the body bag games possible and avoid OU vs Bama or UT vs Georgia, etc in the regular season
This is where the unknown is right? How do they intend to freeze out the SEC with this alliance? Is there going to be the creation of a single governing body for CFB, of which decisions are made by the P5 institutions voting?
I think The Alliance is taking the first steps to breaking from the NCAA. The SEC agrees to play ball or they get left out.
Will the SEC opt to just roll with their 16 teams and make their own playoff and championship? I can't imagine that would be appealing, unless there was an agreement for SEC champ to play the Alliance champ for the Natty.
That would be a short sided move but would not surprise me at all given the arrogance of that conference.
I'd say this is a reckoning point for college football in general in this country. That will in turn affect the NFL down the road so this is really about the future of football in general not to mention college athletics. One of the major selling points of college athletics is the David versus Goliath type of battles between the small time teams versus the big time teams and also having a Cinderella type of team. How much of that will go away if the P5 schools break away to form their own division?
That would speed up the demise of college football as a major sport in this country.
Even with 2-3 P5 games vs ACC and B1G?
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One will try it. Then fans will demand a mega $$$ SEC vs Alliance game (NFL vs AFL).
Will Alliance winner be willing to split that 40 ways?
I can see Alliance doing this before SEC.
One will try it. Then fans will demand a mega $$$ SEC vs Alliance game (NFL vs AFL).
Will Alliance winner be willing to split that 40 ways?
Which comes back to my question in the past about what a media deal among Fox, CBS, NBC and maybe some streaming companies might look like for a 41 (ND included) team league.
Notre Dame, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC is very much on par (actually better) with OU, Texas, Bama, Florida, Georgia, Auburn and Tennessee.
Can The Alliance monetize this to the extent where it would raise all boats and splitting everything 41 ways would still have the Alliance elites come out ahead? Will ND and the B1G be willing to forego some revenue in order to create something like this?
My question is how long can those three remain committed to that idea since games are being scheduled into the late 2030s and soon early 2040s?
Eh, contracts will be broken
Honestly don't care about the logistics. Selfishly just give me road games in Tallahassee, Clemson, Miami, Columbus, Madison, and Blacksburg.
If the money is there outside of a change of conference membership.
The money will absolutely be there. You will guarantee a 10-11 game P5 slate with coast to coast opportunities. Every week would be must watch TV
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You don't want Tallahassee in September, I sweated my balls off during the Jeremy Bloom/GB game.