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The SEC & Big Ten - NCAA is a Big ???

By Bobby Burton

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All other football conferences should take a step back because It looks like the SEC and Big Ten are joining together to lead from the front.

According to a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN, the two major conferences are planning to fund an advisory committee concerning the future of big-time college athletics.

The move is long overdue as the NCAA and its archaic structure continues to wilt under the pressure of a multitude of lawsuits, long-term mismanagement and rising public animosity against it. 

Is this the official first step of a new era of college sports, and college football in particular?

My educated guess is yes.

The NCAA's antiquated structure is unsalvageable, at least as it relates to big-time college football where the dollars reach into the billions. NCAA President Charlie Baker even perhaps agrees with that sentiment. Two months ago Baker penned a letter addressing the future of the NCAA and its membership. In it, he suggested that it's possible some larger football-playing schools may desire a different set of rules in the future, ones incongruent with and unable to be managed by the NCAA.

It looks like the SEC and Big Ten are ready to take Baker up on that suggestion.

 

 

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    Gerry Hamilton

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    Two future 24 team leagues set up similar to the NFL is probably on the table down the line IMO. 

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    Texas fan in Georgia

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    Could saban be an authority figure in this situation or too early to tell?

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    CJ Vogel

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    I hope they add divisions to those leagues like the Atlantic and Pacific coast plus maybe a region solely for the southeastern teams! 

     

    Wait a second...

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    GoHorns1

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    1 minute ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

    Could saban be an authority figure in this situation or too early to tell?

    Doubt Saban wants to mess with the issues. He retired because of the BS

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    Rickysonehitter

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    Still boggles the mind why Charlie Baker, of all people, would take that job. 

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    Bobby Burton

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    1 minute ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

    Could saban be an authority figure in this situation or too early to tell?

    Even Saban needs a structure to operate within. Right now, the problem is the general structure of college football. Too many programs like Temple or Akron that are somehow in a similar category as Texas, Alabama and Ohio State. Those programs shouldn't be operating under the same categories - the revenue disparity is just too big.

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    Bobby Burton

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    1 minute ago, GoHorns1 said:

    Doubt Saban wants to mess with the issues. He retired because of the BS

    He's busy boogie-boarding! 😉

     

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    closetojumping

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    5 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

    Could saban be an authority figure in this situation or too early to tell?

    I hear this drumbeat constantly on the boards, ESPN, and XM 84. It blows my mind. 

    Nick Saban leveraged a huge competitive advantage to achieve greatness. He had an amazing bag game infrastructure at Bama and had built one before that at LSU. There were 8-10 schools that operated within that closed game, as they were willing to cheat with impunity, and that led the majority of the national titles following the Texas title in 2005. 

    The minute that structure was torn asunder by everyone suddenly being able to participate with paying players for NIL, and Saban realized that there was no more blood to squeeze from the stone from his alumni base or congress, he quit. 

    Now people want that guy to oversee the future of college football? At 72? Nope. No thanks. 

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    Ray Peters

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    I’ve been expecting the SEC/B1G to break away from the NCAA, at a minimum in Football, since it’s been apparent the NCAA is actually toothless. Which is to say, a helluva long time. The networks would jump at a deal to televise those games, and following the money is always the smart diagnostic approach.

    And welcome to this board, CTJ, your insight and information is always appreciated.

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    Bobby Burton

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    19 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I hear this drumbeat constantly on the boards, ESPN, and XM 84. It blows my mind. 

    Nick Saban leveraged a huge competitive advantage to achieve greatness. He had an amazing bag game infrastructure at Bama and had built one before that at LSU. There were 8-10 schools that operated within that closed game, as they were willing to cheat with impunity, and that led the majority of the national titles following the Texas title in 2005. 

    The minute that structure was torn asunder by everyone suddenly being able to participate with paying players for NIL, and Saban realized that there was no more blood to squeeze from the stone from his alumni base or congress, he quit. 

    Now people want that guy to oversee the future of college football? At 72? Nope. No thanks. 

    The one thing Saban brings though is a level of credibility.

    What none of us want to see is a lifetime bureaucrat or a non-football guy get the job. University presidents might give it to another university president for example.

    So while I hear you specifically about Saban, and agree with you, I think it's that sort of idyll that people are glomming to.

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