Saturday: A New World Order

2 hours ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Minor League Football is upon us it seems. 

This would be bad for college football as the next step would be to cut three year obligation to only 1 like basketball. That would ruin college football as we know it just like it did college basketball years back. 

1 hour ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

I’m still mad about the fact we won’t get to see a Texas game in that 3:00 slot for CBS🤦🏼‍♂️

Obviously I meant ESPN gets the SEC (that’s what I get for posting from the gym) 

I hope they sit down with a clean slate. They don't need to cobble something on top the current foundation. The current situation is what has led us to where we are today.

There is not a perfect solution, but there has to be something that is better than what we have today.

Questions that need to be asked are: What are the criteria for inclusion in the "new structure"? Are all the SEC and BIG 10 teams automatically included just because they are already in the conference? Should the infrastructure they have for football, stadium, facilities be a consideration?

It would be fun to be in the room to hear the discussions. The proverbial fly on the wall.

What a great conversation among well-informed, reasonable people. I’d subscribe to all your newsletters, but don’t have to, since you’re now all here. 😀

So many moving parts going forward, but I suspect the main players around the big table are the commissioners of the SEC, B1G (acting as reps of member institutions) and guys like my old boss Eric Shanks at Fox and whomever is in charge at ESPN/ABC (not sure how involved Iger would be, but he’d certainly be kept in the loop by people like Pitaro/Magnus/Durant). The NCAA would be left out of the room, trying to peer thru the frosted glass and listening for any mention of its name. Its relevance as a player at the very highest level of college football is over, with the knowledge it will get crushed in any court case.

A skinny guy named Ed O’Bannon ultimately proved to be the strongest of them all.

Again, a lot yet to figure out with conference sizes/membership, championships, other sports… but the big boys have finally steered the vehicle down this particular road, and it’s damned great to know the Longhorns have a primo seat at the front.

3 minutes ago, Ray Peters said:

What a great conversation among well-informed, reasonable people. I’d subscribe to all your newsletters, but don’t have to, since you’re now all here. 😀

So many moving parts going forward, but I suspect the main players around the big table are the commissioners of the SEC, B1G (acting as reps of member institutions) and guys like my old boss Eric Shanks at Fox and whomever is in charge at ESPN/ABC (not sure how involved Iger would be, but he’d certainly be kept in the loop by people like Pitaro/Magnus/Durant). The NCAA would be left out of the room, trying to peer thru the frosted glass and listening for any mention of its name. Its relevance as a player at the very highest level of college football is over, with the knowledge it will get crushed in any court case.

A skinny guy named Ed O’Bannon ultimately proved to be the strongest of them all.

Again, a lot yet to figure out with conference sizes/membership, championships, other sports… but the big boys have finally steered the vehicle down this particular road, and it’s damned great to know the Longhorns have a primo seat at the front.

Ray - Great points! Ultimately, the players in the room will be key. I hope they keep the best interest of all stakeholders in mind and not just their personal interests. Definitely do not need the NCAA interests included. As the current governing group, they have had their opportunity to change it and have not. Time to jettison them from the decision make process.

3 hours ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Imagine how yormark is feeling 😂

Agony?

1 hour ago, cmk4pres said:

They already don't really attend class. A lot players do online classes. 
 

Sankey is so far ahead of the NCAA it's crazy. 

It’s still class, eventually that won’t be required anymore than an office worker in the administration building. 

3 hours ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Imagine how yormark is feeling 😂

If he was doing his job and wanted to be a leader, he would be thinking about the same thing for basketball.

As Ray said, a lot of very smart people making some great points on this topic. I have no idea what is going to happen and I don’t have really any new points to add. But what I would like to see is:

1. some control over NIL…full transparency, multiple year contracts where there are penalties for student if he changes schools

2. I would prefer the 48 team model

3. preserve the regional rivals (UT vs A&M, UT vs OK)

4. Real rules and the power to enforce them (Harbaugh’s cheating at Mich for example) 

Those are some thought off the top of my head. Far smarter people than me have already made many good suggestions and I am sure this debate, which has been needed for years, is just getting started.

I've geeked out on this topic before. 64 teams allows for more regionality but you're splitting the pot more of course. I like 64 b/c you'll get classic rivalry games that I love between some teams that would be left out of 48. That said I'm fine with 48 as long as it happens. If they want to expand beyond 48 in the future it's always a possibility. Harder to shrink than grow. 

I would like to see one commissioner over the new league and equal revenue sharing from a jointly negotiated TV deal with the networks. No more looking over the fence at the neighbor's new stuff. I'd also like to see a scheduling agreement that eliminates or limits games against non-league opponents. 

If done correctly it could be incredibly exciting.