Proposed Super League Including All 70 Members of the Former Power 5 Conferences | CFB

David Smoak, Paul Catalina, and Craig Smoak discuss their thoughts on a proposed Super Conference including all 70 former Power 5 teams & Notre Dame having an automatic membership including a relegation process for the teams that are not including, and more.
With Craig Smoak, David Smoak, & Paul Catalina

[@killbaal4149]

The Big 10 and SEC have a combined viewership of around 95 million. 13 of the top 15 watched teams are in these conferences. Why would they give that up?

[@richh650]

Because eventualluy there

[@michaeldavis2966]

Of that 95 million how many are really just following teams like Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, and Georgia? At what point do those teams get tired of teams like Vandy, MSU, Indiana, Illinios, Rutgers, and Maryland cutting into their profits? The thing this proposal doesn't mention is how funds would be distributed, and the 10ish premier teams in CFB (who are the ones actually running the BIG and SEC) could actually end up making more than they do now by not having to share the value they are creating with teams like Vandy and Indiana, etc.

[@Rodkicks88]

At some point, the media value of the B1G and SEC has to be acknowledged by the premier teams generating the (real) value. The 10-15 teams won’t let the other members of the 2 conferences hide behind them for much longer. The likes of Indiana Rutgers Mississippi State and Vandy fans will receive a slice of humble pie in due time.

[@killbaal4149]

@@Rodkicks88 but those are the easy wins for the more elite teams to play when the P2 breaks away. They can’t always play tier 1 opponents at least without expanding the scholarship limits back to 105 limit or unrestricted like it used to be.

[@killbaal4149]

@@michaeldavis2966 they got some big schools in the Big 10 which also means large alumni. The largest population centers are still distributed throughout their region and likely will stay within it. I don’t think there will be a break up of the conference for a long time. They have too many interconnections outside of sports.

[@Dr._Mambo]

Not a chance. Big and sec would never agree. Nothing in it for them.

[@heartbreak25]

B1G fan here and I don't see any upside.

[@ChaseEagleback]

@@heartbreak25 I guess theoretically the upside is that you keep most of the nation interested. By creating an elite two conferences, you’re cutting tens of millions of eyeballs from having a reason to give a crap about the B1G. If fans feel like they’ve got some skin in the game, they will continue to watch the B1G and SEC even if their team isn’t playing them.

[@heartbreak25]

​@@ChaseEagleback Okay, but only 20 teams are responsible for over 80% of viewership. Right now, all of those teams are either in the B1G or SEC except for the Irish, FSU, Clemson, and Colorado. A little over 1 million fans watch UVA, VT, Boston College, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse football combined. Over 10 million people watch OSU and Bama combined per week. You mean to tell me no one is watching OSU and Bama play in MA, VA, NC, NY, and GA if their teams aren't playing or aren't competitive? Sorry, history suggests that your math doesn't math. We see it when it comes to March Madness and the NFL.

[@shallojalloh]

​@ChaseEagleback | the only part of the country that is left out currently is tht rocky mountain area..4 corners and the desolate state of Kansas. Ever other state will be included

[@heartbreak25]

@tarheel7460 Uh, depends on how you define recency. I'm old enough to remember Colorado winning a national title in 1990 and the Slash at QB days. I'm also old enough to remember when Clemson wasn't a top 50 team in ratings. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Let's use a 50 year sample size to be fair and balanced. How many times the last 50 years has Baylor, Kansas State, TCU, Utah, Kansas, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Houston, etc. appeared in the top 20 of weekly viewership in two consecutive years? And how many times in the last 50 years were P2 teams NOT at least 8 out of 10 of most watched teams in those respective states? Texas, Ohio, Florida, Utah, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas are all going to boycott college football? Why? Because the P2 may do to the Big 12 and ACC what both conferences did to the PAC-12 and Big East the last 10 years? Okay. 😂

[@mikef3896]

No way would the Big10 or SEC sign on for this. It would devalue their existing conferences.

[@joe_zeay]

Desperate attempt to 'Merge' is what this crap is. Those outside looking in always resort to the 'Hey Lets Just Merge' desperation attempt immediately before their demise. We are now in the P3 Era. Learn to love it ❤

[@waynebennett745]

WHY do people keep proposing this "relegation" idea? Do they NOT know CFB creates schedule rotations for YEARS at a time?

[@joe_zeay]

Right. Everyone that proposed Relegation, probably has never even watched college football

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I say do a 4 or so year between relegation. Who's been the worse in 4yrs and who's been the best G5 in four years

[@daleblazer]

Because there are schools that do nothing to win, just collect a check year after year.

[@waynebennett745]

@@daleblazer But because they may not be strong in fb doesn't mean they aren't strong in other sports.

[@MattBuild4]

Because relegation actually makes the sport about competition..... You cant claim that this sport and its conferences give a single f&ck about competition while you paying schools like Vandy and Rutgers $50 million a year to be the perenial doormats they have been for the last century, while teams like Tulane and Boise State exist and can barely scrape by with $4 million a year. Heres a fun fact - University of Tulane has more SEC Conference titles than Vandy, Kentucky, Miss State, South Carolina, Mizzou, and A&M. They have been out of that conference for over 60 years, which makes you wonder WTF has Miss State, Kentucky and vandy done to deserve the money they are making being in that conference? It looks incredibly sus to make the claim that the P5 is superior because it contains the most competitive conferences, while you have a program like Boise State who has won 72% of its games the last 98 years as a program and is the only program in the country to never have a losing season in the 21st century. Who also posts the most conference titles, the most ranked appearances, the most undefeated seasons, the most ranked wins, the most P5 champions defeated, the most P5 wins and the best Major bowl record of any G5 teams in the last 25 years. And then turn around and reject this program 11 times from 4 P5 conferences the last 20 years for reasons that have nothing to do with football. And meanwhile you have programs like Rutgers who havent been relevant since the 1800s in the B10..... And dont give me this schedule bs..... For one teams have historically been able to schedule in short turnarounds (heck BYU and CCU schedule a game out of the blue in the middle of season in the span of 3 weeks during 2020). Second, propose relegation 6 years from now...... woah problem solved. Conference realignment changed everyones schedules the following season, but now your gonna act like schedules cant be changed? what a dumb argument against relegation.

[@Jetsfreak77]

80 jumping and forming a new sub division would be great for the sport. But there is 0 chance it will be broken into 8 divisions of 10.

[@gregnelson1330]

6 10 team leagues with a10 team Super Elite Division and a 10 team Risers Division. Play to go up or down from each of the ends. Biggest payday by far to Super Elite members! Risers would be payed between the 6 and the G5.

[@JS-cu3mv]

The only schools that want this are those outside the Big 10 or SEC lol they know it’s the chance to keep in arm’s length of those conferences.

[@brandonh5360]

I think they should just have 10 G5’s added permanently based on how attractive they are. Market, facilities, success, large fanbase, etc. It doesn’t make sense to only have them in relegation mode when schools like Boston College are permanent

[@zozetamad3022]

If more colleges want to invest in football, then they're going to need a promotion-relegation system.

[@jaycup9621]

What's the point? Wouldn't it be better to go back the way it was? Regionally rivalries with bowl games at the end of the year?

[@jonboxleitner7354]

SWC: Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech Arkansas Baylor TCU Houston SMU Utah* BYU* Big 8: Oklahoma Nebraska Oklahoma State Colorado Kansas Kansas State Missouri Iowa State Louisville* Cincinnati* Big Ten: Ohio State Michigan Michigan State Purdue Indiana Illinois Northwestern Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Pac-10: USC UCLA Stanford Cal Oregon Oregon State Washington Washington State Arizona Arizona State SEC: Florida Georgia Tennessee Vanderbilt Kentucky Alabama Auburn Ole Miss Mississippi State LSU ACC: Clemson Georgia Tech North Carolina NC State Duke Wake Forest Virginia Maryland Florida State South Carolina * (used to be in the ACC though) Old Eastern Independents/Big East: Penn State Pitt Boston College West Virginia Syracuse Rutgers Miami Virginia Tech Notre Dame* UCF* *new team to a conference that's never been there before

[@davidb3422]

It's what the TV networks want but not the B1G or SEC. In this case, I hope the networks win.

[@glennbarnes2438]

Great idea

[@markraymond7667]

As an SEC fan, I'm not opposed to the idea of bringing back regional divisions. I think that would be more fun. The SEC and Big Ten could go back to their original 10 schools prior to expansion as divisions. However, if they think that any SEC or B1G school is going to allow themselves to be subject to 'relegation' it will never fly. The current SEC and B1G schools would need to be permanently excluded from relegation and given a larger percentage of revenue and then we can talk.

[@RT-xj7el]

If you are in the Big 10 or SEC, you'd have to get even way more money than their current contracts or this wouldn't make sense. Why give up their huge advantage?

[@gregsmith230]

What the….10 teams in the Big 10? That’s mathematically unpossible.

[@mikem957]

This is the best idea I've heard yet! However, the elites won't support it.

[@bryanjones8778]

That's because they are ruled by greed and not what's best for college football.

[@shallojalloh]

Horrible idea... tht worst idea I've head so far.

[@bryanjones8778]

@@shallojalloh Why?

[@bryanjones8778]

Because they are greedy.

[@joe_zeay]

THE STUPIDEST IDEA you meant

[@yankee8570]

Pro/Rel is kinda ridiculous for CFB. No way to invest in your team mid-season to avoid relegation, coupled with WAY too much roster turnover. A team is gonna get promoted and then graduate a ton of seniors?

[@ChicagoBenAnderson]

If you are not an AAU member, a soon to be AAU member and don’t do at least a Billion in research, you aren’t getting an invite to the B1G.

[@jansonroberts2616]

Notre Dame only does 216 million in research. Far from a billion.

[@ChicagoBenAnderson]

@@jansonroberts2616 Notre Dame has always been the only exception

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

@@ChicagoBenAnderson Notre Dame is now an AAU member.

[@CarlaJenkinsTV]

True. FSU and Clemson don't seem to understand that. Besides since Ohio State is getting Floridan Jeremiah Smith without adding FSU, why would the Big 10 and Buckeyes need to add them for a Florida market? Don't believe that FSU lie.

[@robertcotton9044]

It still won't fix the compitive balance. All programs are created equal, but not all teams treated equally.

[@troutriver58]

we can only hope...

[@stevenl.halesr.6894]

Here's my thought on things: The BIG is now at 18-teams and need six more to get to "SUPER CONFERENCE" Status (24 teams), and here's how I see it playing out. #1. The BIG wants Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia because of "LOCATION"..."LOCATION"..."LOCATION" (Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Richmond etc...), that plus their academics and AAU status!!! #2. High School Football Recruiting!!! #3. Georgia Tech OFFERS more to the BIG then Rutgers did then and/or does now... At least Georgia Tech has a Winning History!!! "NEWS FLASH"... PLUS, they'll get/take Cal and Stanford "CHEAP" after the collapse of the ACC... For the SAME Damn Reasons!!! Now their footprint is Coast-to-Coast, and they will have MOST of the Major TV Markets, PLUS, and this is The BIG Reason, they are "NOW", in "The HEART of DIXIE"!!! That's their plan to create one of two 24-Team Semi-Pro Super Conferences and EXIT the NCAA! The SEC counters by taking Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech with the latter two teams helping to encroach into BIG Territory!!! After taking the four ACC Schools (Florida and South Carolina have ZERO to say about the additions of Clemson and FSU, just like Arkansas, Missouri and Texas A&M had ZERO to say about the addition of Texas... It's a "If You Don't Like It... You're FREE to Leave the SEC ANYTIME you'd like). To get to a 24-Team Super Conference, the SEC would need to add four more teams, and since MOST of the SEC are Land Grant Institutions, NONE of the Metro Schools left in the ACC fill the bill... THUS, the SEC has no place else to go EXCEPT WEST! So, "THE ONLY PLACE TO TURN"... The Big-12, and to keep up with the BIG (Coast-to-Coast), they "POACH Arizona, Colorado, Kansas (to APPEASE Kentucky) and Utah! That's your two "SEMI-PRO, SUPER CONFERECNES", and at that point they "WILL BREAK AWAY" from the NCAA to create their own playoffs and championships in ALL SPORTS... After all, it's about "Making and KEEPING as much money as you possibly can, and to HELL with the rest of" College Athletics"!!! New BIG: EAST POD: Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, Rutgers, Virginia. LAKES POD: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue. PLAINS POD: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin. WEST POD: California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington. NEW SEC: EAST POD: Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, NC State, South Carolina. SOUTH POD: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech. Central POD: Arkansas, Kansas, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri. WEST POD: Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Utah. What's left of the ACC, the Big (Little) 12-2 +4, the PAC-12 minus 10, the G-5 conferences and Notre Dame will create Eight New Regional Conference with 10-12 Teams under the NCAA Banner. Here's a possible Eight Conference League with Eleven Teams (Would need to add Three more FCS Schools to get to Eleven Schools), in each conference. AAC: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Jacksonville State, James Madison, Liberty, Marshall, Troy. NEW ACC: Army, Boston College, Buffalo, Charlotte, Duke, Navy, ODU, Temple, U-Mass, *Villanova*, Wake Forest. Big 11: Baylor, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulsa. CUSA: Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Louisville, Memphis, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Syracuse, U-Conn, West Virginia. MAC: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami of Ohio, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan. MWC: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, *Montana*, New Mexico State, North Texas, *South Dakota State*, Texas State, UTEP, UTSA, Wyoming. NEW PAC: Arizona State, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Washington State. Sunbelt: Arkansas State, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Sam Houston State, South Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Tulane, UAB, Western Kentucky. Time to get this ESPN, FOX, BIG and SEC Money Hungry ARROGANCE over with... Send them ALL Packing... REFUSE to play any of them in the future!!! They wanted their EXCLUSIVE Conferences and Playoffs, let them have it! The NCAA should disassociate themselves from both conferences as well and EXCLUDE all the schools in those two EXCLUSIVE Super Conferences (Semi Pro Leagues), from the NCAA Basketball Tournament as well as other "College Sports", going forward! Let ESPN create a Separate Basketball Tournament for them!!! The other 80+ FBS Schools have ZERO NEED to continue to play the BIG and SEC in any sports going forward and WILL Survive with their own "COLLEGE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS"!!!

[@gordono672]

European soccer league players transfer to new teams recognizing that the new team may be relegated so why would it be a problem for college football players to know that their team might be relegated? What might need to happen though is for football to have football-only conferences like the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

[@BrettDavis-mq6pq]

Yea. Let's just put every team together. Then we can handle scheduling by putting them in divisions. Maybe 5 divisions separated regionally! We could have an Atlantic Coast Division, Southeast Division, Pacific Division, Midwest Division, and a Southwest Division, call them SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12, and ACC for tradition's sake.

[@rowdy9379]

It would grow alot and all boats would rise and bbe great to keep the rwgional rivalries. I not for Teams getting more Money during the regular season, that should come in the Playoffs.

[@blade_monstababy9945]

This is crazy, who ever floated this is trying to kick up some dust.

[@richh650]

The Super League makes sense as the Big10 area's population area in the old rust belt states is moving out. TV Networks want future viewership and most of the Big10 is in a slowly dying population area. The SEC has Florida, UGA, and Texas, but most of the other schools are in states that are very poor as well.

[@gregnelson1330]

That at least includes the P4!

[@xfacta334]

If they want everybody on equal footing then no a large breakoff won't work. If they put it on tiered structure (monetarily) it would secure every possible dollar and every possible eyeball available. And the relegation angle is a none starter, too much money and resources at play to have an regular open door situation. Once your in, your in and once your out, your out other than some extreme circumstances.

[@lonnyrowden2630]

This will never happen, but they’re basically trying to take things back 30 something plus years: Pac-10 Southwest Conference Big 8 Big 10 SEC ACC Big East Plus the G5 teams. All you have to do is add independents into conferences that don’t have 10 teams already.

[@terryfox9344]

Honestly, I would really be interested in this idea. The "haves" upset about not getting 99 cents of every dollar? Gee, I'll be sure to cry for you. NOT. This is worth considering.

[@ericblomquist1975]

Hell will freeze over.

[@Kevin-1066]

Vid after vid features the nepo hire rambling on & on. You'd think after all this time he'd have learned brevity from the other 2. Of course, the older gents are partially to blame since they never rein him in. That said, this proposal will never fly.

[@haroldflashman4687]

This makes no sense and will never happen. If there is to be CFB super league and should not be bigger than 48 teams. And if it does happens, as a Longhorn, I hope Texas never has to be conference or division mates with any current Big 12 member!

[@bradscrazylife4269]

I like it

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I say relegation should be over like 4yrs not every year

[@tompiper1480]

Not a chance that would make no sense

[@mark8337]

Hopefully a big NO from the Big Ten and SEC. It’s turning it even further into NFL light. It’s a dumb idea. Will water down money. Plus, as Mark Roger’s proposed over at The Voice of College Football and I’ve been plugging, I’m going to a conference model of the Big Ten, SEC, and Big 12, of 24 teams each with a 16 team playoff, and that resolves it. No conference championship since the top teams of each conference will be in the 16 team playoff. Conference champions named after regular season by win/loss and tie breakers. So you get 72 teams, keep the conferences, 16 team playoff, anyways. The other 60+ tier 2 DIV 1 teams can have their own conferences and own playoff. Don’t agree to the super conference NFL influenced plan. It’s stupid.

[@tarheel7406]

No feasible path for the BIG12 to be a peer P3.

[@ndmmt-wu7kz]

It’s now an NFL farm league. I’ll just watch the NFL

[@tarheel7406]

This likely last major realignment is about additional contraction via consolidation. ~48 teams total is the end, not ~70. Relegation/promotion is counter to that contraction goal. If anything, the BIG12's refusal to accept its relegated status and diluting the P5/P4 level with G5s and the special BYU just accelerated this final contraction. People need to quit equating schools that did make the original P5 cut (e.g. CUSE) and legacy major conference members (e.g. OREST) with (e.g.) CINCY & UCF.

[@jit6275]

Your argument makes zero sense. Leave a less valuable school like Syracuse in but leave out UCF? Things change all the time. Rice, Tulane and even Chicago used to be in what would be considered power conference but could not compete now at an A4 level. Cincy was in the Big East for a while, too.

[@bryanjones8778]

@@jit6275 There's a troll who constantly posts on the WVU 247 Big 12 board, who goes by the name "Tarheel." I wonder if it is the same person. This is the same type of idiotic stuff he posts about the Big 12 over there. 🙄

[@kimcoulter4203]

Said the guy from the only conference on its death bed. LMAO

[@bryanjones8778]

tarheel7460 Thanks for the information. 👍

[@earlygenesistherevealedcos1982]

UNC needs this to save itself from the way ACC has mismanaged their affairs. If this doesn't happen and UNC and NC State remain a package deal then the Big 12 may be their best option. They have painted themselves into a corner with the current system so they want to re-set the board and start over. Ironically if this happens UNC will not find itself in the top league and maybe not the second league. It will quickly be relegated to the middle of the 70 and wind up playing those middling Big 12 schools anyway. And don't count on them beating those schools. It is true UCF should not be compared to OreSt, because UCF has the better football record including an undefeated season. It is a huge school in a talent-rich area where people love football. OreSt has none of that. UCF will be better than UNC on the gridiron as early as this year, as they have been better in the recent past. Cincy was a former Big East member so they are legacy major conference too. And were in the playoffs just a few years ago. They are in a slump right now but I can see them once again being better than UNC in the not-too-distant future. And if you think I'm wrong, I'll remind you that I was on here talking about relegation and this general idea five or six months ago.

[@newyorknole2225]

SEC: 16 B12: 16 B1G: 18 ACC: 18 PAC: 2 70 teams The question is, who get in that initial pro/rel 10? Is it the top 2 from each G5 conference? If it happened this year it would be Tulane UTSA Liberty NMSU Miami(OH) Toledo Boise State UNLV JMU Troy

[@newyorknole2225]

How do you decide what team gets promoted/relegated when you have 5 conferences? The best way would probably to do promotion/relegation within those conferences. AAC>Sunbelt>CUSA MWC>MAC>CUSA Promote the AAC and MWC Champs to the PRO10. Relegate the worst 2 from the PRO10 to the AAC and MWC. Promote the SBC champ to the AAC. Promote the MAC champ to the MWC. Relegate the worst team in the SBC and MAC to CUSA Promote the top 2 CUSA teams to the SBC and MAC.

[@joe_zeay]

Don't waste your time on this garbage. It's dead on arrival. SANKEY already said No Thanks, we will just keep our money"

[@newyorknole2225]

@@joe_zeay not necessarily. Why couldn't you have a top to bottom pro/rel system that would look like SEC>B12 B1G>ACC Money stays in the conference and they cut the fat and add the best teams from their affiliated conference.

[@Khromiux]

Lmao these teams are a pipedream

[@MattBuild4]

@@Khromiux You wanna explain what makes Wake Forest or Indiana so superior to Boise State?

[@jeffreyburress2200]

Why let those that have little stadiums, no viewership following and never make a serious run at a title in the 'Super League'? Not for that at all. The SEC and Big needs to combine and do their own thing.

[@firefighter1c57]

Lol, never make a run at the title? Like Rutgers, Indiana, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Iowa, Ole Miss? Seriously, the SEC and B1G both have their share of bottom feeders that are worse than K State, or NC State.

[@daleblazer]

I agree, one bad year you should not be out. But a Perennial looser should not be allowed to hang around forever, the P5/4 conferences has a lot of them, year after year, nothing. maybe after 3 years of badness, you are regulated. but this will never happen because it will take the vote of those schools to make this happen and no way a loser school will vote for regulation.

[@waynebennett745]

Please stop with the side-to-side motion of the camera. It does create nausea.

[@christopherhooter1937]

70 too many

[@danhauser3361]

BS…unless they all get the same money…case closed!

[@CynicalBeard]

Didn’t this for the most part happen with the 1-A and 1-AA split? It all seems cyclical except more selective. Ohio State doesn’t want ECU taking their money!

[@xfacta334]

Yes. This almost exactly what happened. That's why those crying about things being "ruined" are just showing how hilariously uninformed they are.

[@CarlaJenkinsTV]

I'm an Ohioan repping OSU. How we get the stray?! Also you've never heard OSU talking about getting rid of Purdue, Illinois or Indiana. All 4 schools are getting $61 million apiece as full members. Casting off members is strictly SEC talk.

[@basementhorrorsreview]

So many B1G/SEC bozos in this comment section vouching for teams like Vandy and Indiana. I hate to tell you those 2 conferences are top heavy and the rest are trash ass schools, a 70 team league is way better than only having 4 teams at the top every season.

[@tarheel7406]

The P2 consolidation will have a parity effect at each Tier.

[@buckeyeintexas4709]

There are 20 teams too many. Once.the BIG and SEC raid the ACC, there are no other brands that should be included. The BIG and SEC go to 25 teams each and the rest can kick rocks. If your conference hasnt competed, they can play FCS like the 12.

[@parkermoon9210]

This will lose viewership. People watch because it isn’t the nfl and the little guy can succeed. Sorry if your team is underperforming. If money would win then Ohio state should win every year but it’s not lol we play the games for a reason

[@buckeyeintexas4709]

@parkermoon9210 I will simply say do you know how hard it is to win a Natry??? Ohio St. Wins there share. How many schools have barely ever won 1. Nobody in the 12 outside of BYU in the early 80s I think. If fans of the 12 boycott the BIG and SEC could lose about 500,000 viewers because on average that 12 viewership numbers outside of Colorado temporary surge!!! If you are.honest with yourself, you would say no 12 team will win a Natty in the near future because they really can't compete

[@tarheel7406]

@@parkermoon9210 A deep and wide enough consolidation of ~48 teams would be enough to maintain national interest and viewership. Why didn't a loss of viewership stop the BIG8 from killing off the SWC?

[@parkermoon9210]

@@buckeyeintexas4709 many teams in the big 12 have had better seasons than the majority of the big 10 over the past 5 years. But again the main point, creating this nfl model will fail at the college level. Eliminating competition might be good for your school but let’s be honest with ourselves why you would want that. Not sure why you’re rooting for the demise of the sport just so your Buckeyes can claim that you make money lol

[@buckeyeintexas4709]

@parkermoon9210 To be clear, name 1 leftover 12 team that has won a National title in the past 25 years in college footbal?? I'll wait!!! The Buckeyes can care less about.the worthless brands of the 12. What I and many football fans want are.the best teams, playing the best match ups. I know, cry about Indiana here!!! But it's still better than Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa St and we can go on and on. Win 1 National Championship and then come back. Oh, talk to you never!!!

[@observer466]

Greg Sankey cares about the ecosystem of the SEC. Period. Sankey only tolerates the B1G, since the SEC needs the B1G to make its power play. The SEC alone could not do it, so it is great for the SEC to join with the B1G on the top and dictate to everyone else below.

[@MerrillWhiteKalEl]

College Football just needs to get separate from all other college sports

[@joecartwright9221]

Volleyball 🏐 players and all other athletes will take their schools to court, for equal pay 💰💰💰💰

[@bradthomas2165]

This!

[@calvinpham3857]

That’s laughable…how are u gonna go to court and argue for equal pay? Not every football player got a $1 million NIL deal… some get way more others get way less. It’s based off on ur potential and popularity