horns96 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 @Bobby Burton, would be curious to see if you know anyone that can speak to some of these issues outlined in this Athletic article co-authored by Stewart Mandel? https://theathletic.com/5383639/2024/04/03/college-football-super-league-cst-realignment/ Sorry, it's likely behind a paywall, but a few non-contiguous excerpts from the article- One league overseeing college football’s highest level. No more conferences as we’ve known them. Playoff berths being decided solely on the field. Promotion and relegation for smaller schools. Players being paid directly. NIL and the transfer portal, managed. A group of influential leaders wants to make all this happen soon — and they are pitching it as the best way forward for a sport they believe needs saving. They are trying to implement a drastically new system that would replace the NCAA and the College Football Playoff and potentially provide a solution for the hurricane of current and future lawsuits aimed at the business of the sport, plus the NIL and transfer portal issues that, they believe, have put college athletics as a whole in peril. “I really think conferences in the NCAA are at a very significant likelihood of going bankrupt in the near future because of the lawsuits, both the ones that are going to trial soon and those that will follow,” Syverud said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Some interesting ideas but seems like it's doomed to fail. Quote Thus far, the group is struggling to gain traction with the schools that would play in their proposed “Super League.” The ACC board of directors heard a presentation from the group in February. However, planned dinners with administrators from the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 all were called off. Spokespersons for the Big Ten and SEC said commissioners Petitti and Greg Sankey, respectively, have not met with Perna’s group. Whatever replaces the NCAA will come from the BIG10 and SEC, not from ACC presidents and pro sport executives 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horns96 Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 I took those canceled dinners as an indication they were concerned about pissing off ESPN and FOX not even a year into the new deals. ..but whatever the case, crazy times in college athletics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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