“One way or another, a Super League is coming.”
You got that right.
More and more, it’s all gonna be all about big money and pay to play athletics.
IN: NIL, transfer portal (i.e., free agency), player salaries and who knows what else in pursuit of a piece of the money pie.
OUT: Tradition, rivalries, conferences who can’t draw the big bucks.
The PAC-whatever is the first casualty. There will be many more winners and losers in the pay to play equation. Individual university programs will adapt or die.
In keeping with the change, NCAA Division 1 football needs to drop “NCAA” and move toward a new acronym reflecting the new priorities. I suggest the following:
Football for
Universities in search of
Big media
Athletic
Revenue