Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Zurp]

What if I told you that there will someday soon be a 32 team College Football "Super League" that will be funded by private equity (similar to LIVV Golf), and that I already know who most of the 32 teams are, and where they're ranked by this group?

Just sayin': I'd say you're full of shit!!!!

Define "soon". I can see the 32-team thing being a thing, but not in the next 5 years. Probably not 10 years, either. After that, I wouldn't consider that "soon".
It might be more likely that the whole thing collapses and we revert back to smaller conferences before we get to 32 teams.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Define "soon". I can see the 32-team thing being a thing, but not in the next 5 years. Probably not 10 years, either. After that, I wouldn't consider that "soon".
It might be more likely that the whole thing collapses and we revert back to smaller conferences before we get to 32 teams.

The B1G and SEC have a "golden goose" (i.e the most lucrative TV contracts). There is no way that any team in either the B1G or SEC would want to merge with some BIG XII or ACC teams into a Mega Conference and end up with less money. In addition, there are collectively more than double the 32 teams in the 4 major conferences now. If the teams excluded from the 32 member Mega Conference didn't agree to it (and they probably wouldn't) there would be never ending lawsuits.

 

[Woody1968]

Why does this make it look like Ped State is on the Eastern seaboard and not in the middle of BUMFUCK Pennsylbama?

 

[colobuck79]

Why does this make it look like Ped State is on the Eastern seaboard and not in the middle of BUMFUCK Pennsylbama?

Even Bumfuck looks down on Slappy Valley.

 

[CincyInterloper]

The B1G and SEC have a "golden goose" (i.e the most lucrative TV contracts). There is no way that any team in either the B1G or SEC would want to merge with some BIG XII or ACC teams into a Mega Conference and end up with less money. In addition, there are collectively more than double the 32 teams in the 4 major conferences now. If the teams excluded from the 32 member Mega Conference didn't agree to it (and they probably wouldn't) there would be never ending lawsuits.

I'm guessing the B1G and SEC could agree to form a new league with 34 teams, keep their existing conferences intact, and leave the NCAA, and there wouldn't be much the other conferences could do about it. Not sure if that would result in more television money for the B1G and SEC though.

 

[Zurp]

I'm guessing the B1G and SEC could agree to form a new league with 34 teams, keep their existing conferences intact, and leave the NCAA, and there wouldn't be much the other conferences could do about it. Not sure if that would result in more television money for the B1G and SEC though.

I think the Big Ten and SEC could just tell the world, "We're gonna do whatever we want," then they can say that they opt out of the college football playoffs. Meantime, they each agree that they'll each have a 4-team conference playoff (or 6 or 8 or whatever) and the winners of each will play in a post-season bowl game. Don't call it the "national championship game", because that's already taken by the college football playoffs. Also, you might get the G5 teams crying that they don't have a chance to get in that new playoff. So you just have your own 8-team playoff with the final game being the "Flying Slim Jim Bowl" between SEC and Big Ten. Everyone will know who the champions really are. Don't need to use "national championship" in the name of the game.

ACC and Big 12 and everyone else can fight for whatever level of relevance they want to.

 

[CincyInterloper]

Looks like the Big-12 and UConn are playing footsie again.

Big 12 leaders to discuss potentially inviting UConn after school makes pitch, AP sources say

Big 12 presidents are scheduled next week to discuss potentially inviting UConn to the conference after school officials recently made an in-person pitch to the league, two people familiar with the discussions tell The Associated Press.

apnews.com

 

[cincibuck]

I think the Big Ten and SEC could just tell the world, "We're gonna do whatever we want," then they can say that they opt out of the college football playoffs. Meantime, they each agree that they'll each have a 4-team conference playoff (or 6 or 8 or whatever) and the winners of each will play in a post-season bowl game. Don't call it the "national championship game", because that's already taken by the college football playoffs. Also, you might get the G5 teams crying that they don't have a chance to get in that new playoff. So you just have your own 8-team playoff with the final game being the "Flying Slim Jim Bowl" between SEC and Big Ten. Everyone will know who the champions really are. Don't need to use "national championship" in the name of the game.

ACC and Big 12 and everyone else can fight for whatever level of relevance they want to.

This was the strategy used by the NFL in an attempt to kill the AFL. It didn’t work then. I doubt it would work now.