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Saturday: A New World Order

By Bobby Burton

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ESPN reported yesterday that the SEC and Big Ten are joining to form an exploratory advisory committee to determine the future of college sports.

That’s big. Like as big as it gets in college sports.

The two heavyweights of college sports are officially prepping to leave the NCAA.

So where do we go from here?

I truly don’t know. Like everyone else, I can pontificate what it should be - 48 teams? 64? - but I don’t know the exact answer.

The key question I have is this:

What is the financial model between player, team and league going to be?

Does college football follow the NFL model of financial parity? That’s unlikely because the Big Ten and SEC have already struck their own media deals. But there could be some abbreviated form of it that makes sense.

Or do we see more of a Major League Baseball model where there’s a salary cap but teams can go over it if they want. That’s a move that would allow there to be a Yankees and Dodgers of college football, which frankly seems kind of on point. There’s not a ton of parity in college football today and that’s part of what makes it interesting.

I don’t know which way this will go. But the model they construct will be the biggest question of all because it will determine what CFB looks like for generations to come.

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If you’re interested in this topic further, I highly recommend reading the report of Yahoo!’s Ross Dellenger. The report yesterday included interviews with the commissioners of both leagues on this very topic.

I have linked that report below for those who want to read.

https://sports.yahoo.com/sec-big-ten-uniting-to-tackle-pervasive-issues-in-college-athletics--pressures-are-mounting-172832810.html

 

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    Good stuff, Bobby. Yesterday’s news was huge for a number of reasons. It’s going to be interesting to follow and see how it all unfolds in the end. 

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    12 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

    Minor League Football is upon us it seems. 

    Perhaps that’s the way it should be.

    Again, the problem I have is foreseeing what model should really be used. The current one has worked for so long, but I’m concerned that now it’s broken.

    Would anyone be mad if the NCAA continued to operate but just didn’t have oversight on rules? Maybe that’s the way out of this.

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    Glad we’re already in the big league.  Almost like we knew this was coming 😉.  Same for Sankey.  Ready to see how our personnel department shakes out.  Hook em.  

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    14 minutes ago, Drunk randoke said:

    Glad we’re already in the big league.  Almost like we knew this was coming 😉.  Same for Sankey.  Ready to see how our personnel department shakes out.  Hook em.  

    Imagine how yormark is feeling 😂

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    21 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

    Perhaps that’s the way it should be.

    Again, the problem I have is foreseeing what model should really be used. The current one has worked for so long, but I’m concerned that now it’s broken.

    Would anyone be mad if the NCAA continued to operate but just didn’t have oversight on rules? Maybe that’s the way out of this.

    Although we all know the NCAA had its issues before - I think the transfer portal and more importantly NIL accelerated its Demise. 
     

    I wonder if those smaller schools that don’t really generate the revenue through football- do they dissolve the football programs and just focus on other sports ?

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    To add, maybe it’s heading towards a model like how the NFL is the AFC/NFC with 32 teams, maybe we are heading towards a 64 team model split between the B10/SEC. But like y’all was saying on the show yesterday, what teams from the B12 would get the invite from the SEC or the B10 etc etc ..

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    It won't be 64 teams. The teams that aren't in that need to be are ND, FSU, and possibly Clemson and UNC. For football at least. 

    My question is what does this do to other sports. They just had the softball coach on (entertaining Kiwi for sure) and I wonder how his sport/job will be affected by all these changes for the sake of football. What happens in basketball where a lot of powers like Kansas, Baylor, Duke, and Houston aren't in SEC or Big 10 and don't have football programs that deserve to be.

    I hope football breaks away into it's own thing and all the other sports are left under the NCAA rule. That should have happened years ago. No need for softball or volleyball or Quidditch to be traveling cross country for conference games. Need to go back to regional conferences in non football sports. 

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    As long as they don’t call it an Alliance. I’d be curious to see what Fox and ESPN offer to split the games. Fox gets Big10 home games, SEC gets ACC home games with numerous cross conference games a year. 

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    2 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

    It won't be 64 teams. The teams that aren't in that need to be are ND, FSU, and possibly Clemson and UNC. For football at least. 

    My question is what does this do to other sports. They just had the softball coach on (entertaining Kiwi for sure) and I wonder how his sport/job will be affected by all these changes for the sake of football. What happens in basketball where a lot of powers like Kansas, Baylor, Duke, and Houston aren't in SEC or Big 10 and don't have football programs that deserve to be.

    I hope football breaks away into it's own thing and all the other sports are left under the NCAA rule. That should have happened years ago. No need for softball or volleyball or Quidditch to be traveling cross country for conference games. Need to go back to regional conferences in non football sports. 

    I don’t think it’ll reach 64 teams. I just think it’s a slight possibility. But to your point, what about the SEC teams that don’t excel in football but are national powers in other sports. Vanderbilt for example, we know they don’t accomplish much in football, but they are traditionally a powerhouse in baseball.  Lots to get situated here.

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