Mark Emmert Stepping Down

[Blackshirts BLVD]

Read the article I posted. It lays out the SEC CFP. At best you might match them, but you don’t have the star power to beat them let alone vanquish the SEC. You’re dreaming.

I did, it's dumb. It assumes that everyone would keep playing and scheduling SEC teams despite the SEC trying to fuck everyone harder. My hypothetical scenario was ostracizing the SEC completely because the leverage is there. The SEC could breakaway and do their own playoff, but they would reap the consequences and so long as the Alliance... B1G is not gonna pussyfoot around, they can stick it to the SEC pretty easily.

You homer's are so cringey.

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

I did, it's dumb. It assumes that everyone would keep playing and scheduling SEC teams despite the SEC trying to fuck everyone harder. My hypothetical scenario was ostracizing the SEC completely because the leverage is there. The SEC could breakaway and do their own playoff, but they would reap the consequences and so long as the Alliance... B1G is not gonna pussyfoot around, they can stick it to the SEC pretty easily.

You homer's are so cringey.

I am the homer? You are the one advocating that the B1G could "kill the SEC" - that's quoting you. Yeah, I'm the homer in this situation - saying the SEC could go it on their own is reasonable, although not desirable. You saying that the B1G could kill the SEC ... now there's some homerism for you. Enjoyed the discussion ...

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

I am the homer? You are the one advocating that the B1G could "kill the SEC" - that's quoting you. Yeah, I'm the homer in this situation - saying the SEC could go it on their own is reasonable, although not desirable. You saying that the B1G could kill the SEC ... now there's some homerism for you. Enjoyed the discussion ...

I am not going to go back to reread what I wrote, but clearly, within the context of everything said, I said the Alliance could kill the SEC if they wanted, but yes, the B1G would have to lead that charge.

 

[NinerSpartan]

None of this matter. Dying sport

 

[duckboy33]

None of this matter. Dying sport

There's still time to save college football but it's not looking good

 

[NinerSpartan]

There's still time to save college football but it's not looking good

After reading this thread, the only way to save the sport is to ban participation from UGA and Nebraska

 

[Deep Creek]

I am the homer? You are the one advocating that the B1G could "kill the SEC" - that's quoting you. Yeah, I'm the homer in this situation - saying the SEC could go it on their own is reasonable, although not desirable. You saying that the B1G could kill the SEC ... now there's some homerism for you. Enjoyed the discussion ...

I am not going to go back to reread what I wrote, but clearly, within the context of everything said, I said the Alliance could kill the SEC if they wanted, but yes, the B1G would have to lead that charge.

Old Money -The B1G has always been an arrogant conference with their noses up in the air. (PAC tries to follow suit with their academic arrogance.)

New Money - Now the SEC has joined the B1G by sticking their nose up in the air due to recent football success and how rich they've become.

They've acted like Jameis Winston did when Jimbo told him to "Be humble". Nah, let's flaunt it.

 

[Deep Creek]

NIL is a result of a bunch of non profits receiving so much money. If the money hadn't have gotten so large.......

 

[OlyDuck]

Citation for that? I am confident they aren't. They were in the group that came up with the expanded CFP, and were disappointed that it didn't go through.

From the article below:

The SEC’s destabilizing acquisition of Texas and Oklahoma played a role in halting progress toward a 12-team College Football Playoff, a concept Swarbrick helped bring to the table last June. He, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson and Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby formed the subcommittee that came up with the plan.

After initially being hailed as a welcome expansion in many circles, the Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 eventually expressed concerns and dug in as unified opposition. That led to a series of unproductive CFP meetings that Swarbrick described as, “the single oddest thing I’ve ever been through.”

Swarbrick specifically pushed back at the notion that Sankey was trying to orchestrate playoff expansion as a means of drawing Texas and Oklahoma into his league. “It’s complete bullshit,” he said. “Greg’s really smart, but nobody’s that Machiavellian. I had my own views, Thompson did, Bowlsby did. We weren’t being manipulated by Greg. [The playoff] will wind up at 12.

With NCAA Embroiled in Chaos, Notre Dame’s Swarbrick Calls Division I Breakup ‘Inevitable’

Wholesale change is unavoidable in college athletics. The Fighting Irish athletic director thinks a total realignment of Division I is coming with it.

www.si.com

ACC, Big 10 and Pac-12 announce college football alliance

The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 today announced a historic alliance that will bring 41 world-class institutions together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling. The alliance – which was unanimously supported by the presidents, chancellors and athletics directors at all 41 institutions – will be guided in all cases by a commitment to, and prioritization of, supporting student-athlete well-being, academic and athletic opportunities, experiences and diverse educational programming.

41 12+14+14 is 40. who do you think the 1 is?

 

[Wild Turkey]

Think about this scenario lol... The SEC will care if the others want to fuck over the SEC. All it takes is banding together and separating from the current model and excluding the SEC from their newly formed league and playoff. The SEC can continue to play FCS, maybe some G5, and have a conference championship game they want to believe is a playoff. Fact is that if all of the teams outside the SEC wanted to fuck them over... they could and it wouldn't impact them as much as it would impact the SEC. G5 teams and conferences are more likely to go along with the most teams or do their own league, before playing Switzerland unless the SEC wanted to pick them up, but those aren't big gets bringing in much money.

Again, it would change in a heartbeat if the Alliance wanted to utilize the leverage they actually have. You take 50+ teams garnering repeated attention all across the CFB landscape while forcing the SEC to continuously play the same teams or Mercer or Citadel all the time, no one outside the SEC will give a fuck.

I would agree if things stay the same.

Because the B1G would understand that by using this leverage it would essentially kill the SEC while simultaneously growing the B1G brand in a newly formed League/Conference. The money and players would absolutely follow. The SEC needs the B1G more than you homers might want to think and that Alliance, if chosen to be used as such, could kill the SEC.

You’re delusional.

The SEC could turn to the Big 12 and ACC and get plenty of games. If the B1G tried this the PAC would follow but I doubt anyone else would.

The SEC invented hardball and if came down to it we would just expand and bring in Clemson, FSU and make a pitch for VT and UNC/Duke.

The SEC could pay expansion teams from day one with the terms of our contract and no one else can do that.

Try this and you only screw yourself.

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

ACC, Big 10 and Pac-12 announce college football alliance

The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 today announced a historic alliance that will bring 41 world-class institutions together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling. The alliance – which was unanimously supported by the presidents, chancellors and athletics directors at all 41 institutions – will be guided in all cases by a commitment to, and prioritization of, supporting student-athlete well-being, academic and athletic opportunities, experiences and diverse educational programming.

41 12+14+14 is 40. who do you think the 1 is?

I think that means they are to the extent the Alliance covers the sports that ND is in the ACC. But ND isn't going to go along with the Alliance on anything football. They've proven their independence when it comes to football.