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    Bobby Burton
    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
     
    Blake Munroe
    The Longhorns offered Aldine Nimitz linebacker Javar Thomas today.  Earlier this afternoon, Texas assistant coach Jeff Banks stopped by the school to meet with Thomas and it was then that an offer was extended.
    The 6-3, 195-pound linebacker is currently ranked a three-star prospect by both On3 and 247Sports.
    Thomas also holds offers from Washington, SMU, Houston, UTSA, Baylor, TCU and Texas State.
     
    CJ Vogel
    Texas offered 2026 Legacy the School of Sports Sciences QB Keisean Henderson yesterday while on the road.
    I caught up a bit with Henderson following his offer to get the latest on his recruitment. Henderson received the offer from Jeff Banks and Steve Sarkisian on a joint phone call between the three.
    The 6-foot-4 playmaker added that the offer is in fact as an athlete and added the Texas coaches were impressed with his versatility and overall athleticism. Henderson has also been to campus a few times already, calling it a "great experience" each time.
    "It's a big stage," Henderson said. "I know how he likes to run his program and I think it is a very big deal and opportunity."
     
    Hudl: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16476956/63b7c01c2ab127091c72dc9c
    Bobby Burton
    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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