NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted April 4 I know this has been knocked around as a possibility, but... A group that includes "several" college presidents have tabled a proposal to dramatically alter the way college football is organized, according to the Athletic's Andrew Marchand and Stewart Mandel. Report: CFB 'Super League' to Replace NCAA, CFP Being Discussed by School Presidents BLEACHERREPORT.COM A group that includes "several" college president have tabled a proposal to dramatically alter the way college football is organized, according to The… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroBurst61 No. 2 Share Posted April 4 (edited) Tick Tock NFL legal. They be a comin' for your viewership. Grab a big ol bag of popcorn cause the legalalities and antitrust issues are about to explode all over football in the next few years. Player paying football leagues will be completely different ten years from now than they currently are today. I can only hope that the changes produce a better and more entertaining product on the field and the amounts of money involved justify those changes. Of course only time will tell. Just give me some high quality Duck football to immerse myself in and I can probably accept, or ignore, what comes to pass. Go Ducks! Edited April 4 by MicroBurst61 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted April 4 DOA! Why would the Power 2 go for this instead of expanding to 20 teams each? The B1G and the SEC will receive, according to the latest calculation as reported by Jon Wilner, 59% of the Playoff pot. Why would the Power 2 agree to share with 30 more teams? Teams that have no hope of winning a title. Who are these 20 people and are any of the 20 affiliated with the Power 2? The marketplace has and will continue to sort out CFB wheat from the chaff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 4 Share Posted April 4 Not so Fast! When I saw that W VA Prez Gordon Gee is one of the 20 folks behind this it helped cement my belief that this is a last gasp by teams being left behind by the Power 2. Why a college football 'super league' would face major hurdles in attempt to offset effects of realignment - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM College leaders have reportedly met and devised a structure it believes would save college football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 5 Share Posted April 4 Meanwhile, back on planet Earth where the B1G and the SEC are not eleemosynary entities; ditto Fox, CBS. NBC, and ESPN, here's a take on what the 2024 playoff field might be. https://collegefootballnews.com/rankings/college-football-playoff-top-25-rankings-prediction-2024-spring-what-will-expanded-cfp-be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 6 Share Posted April 5 Ditto for the B1G and Tony Petitti. Emerson: Why the super league idea is probably a non-starter for the SEC THEATHLETIC.COM This would be a bad idea for Greg Sankey's conference, but the more ideas thrown out, the closer we get to solutions with a chance to last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 7 Share Posted April 6 This restates the obvious: There is nothing in the 'Super League' proposal that is the least bit attractive to the B1G, SEC, and their broadcast partners. The market is doing just fine sorting out the winners and the losers. Will the B1G and/or SEC add ACC and B12 teams one day? Perhaps. But the B1G and the SEC are not going to take in Oregon State, Washington State, Boise State, and SMU. And if they wanted to do so, adding such teams would be vetoed by the broadcast partners. Lesser programs that sponged off conference partners to obtain operating capital do not like capitalism, which they benefited from, giving them a stiff arm. Tough. SEC, Big Ten, and TV execs could've approved Super League but CFP killed it FLYWAREAGLE.COM The SEC, Big Ten, and television executives from Disney, FOX Corporation, NBC Universal, and ViacomCBS could've okayed the proposed college football Super Leagu 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
