- March 26th, 2018, 11:51 am
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Gonzaga causing BYU to leave independence? https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/2 ... ssion=true
Moderators: jcmanson, Sly Fox, BuryYourDuke
Sports Business Daily wrote:Collegiate realignment, round 2?Click Here for Full Story
After the disruption and chaos earlier this decade, is another cycle of conference movement inevitable or will this period of calmer heads and stability continue?
By Michael Smith and John Ourand
December 3, 2018
History says that expansion and TV talks go hand in hand. A conference wants more money? It adds schools.
From 2022 through 2024, three of the five major college conferences will renegotiate their media deals in a marketplace that’s very different than a decade ago, raising questions about who their partners might be and how much they’ll be willing to spend. Not everyone, however, is convinced that conference realignment is a foregone conclusion during the next round of TV talks, according to a dozen commissioners, athletic directors and media executives.
Chatter about four 16-team super conferences has subsided. The likelihood of the 10-school Big 12 expanding is far-fetched. The smallest of the power five leagues gave expansion a thorough examination two years ago and opted to pass, deciding that Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston didn’t add enough value.
Sly Fox wrote:One way or the other we have moved up to great position for whatever goes down. Notre Dame has gone on the record that they won't be going to a pay-to-play model. I think he would be fine with us aligning with the Irish.I am no legal guru and I may be partial here but I think the NCAA has the winning argument in this case ... even out West.
Sly Fox wrote:One way or the other we have moved up to great position for whatever goes down. Notre Dame has gone on the record that they won't be going to a pay-to-play model. I think he would be fine with us aligning with the Irish.That will be interesting. I’ve long thought this would be how it shakes out. I can’t believe ND Alum would be happy with them being seen as Second Tier though. Which is exactly where schools who are not pay for play would be
ballcoach15 wrote:Pay for play will destroy college football and more than likely other sports. College athletes should not be paid to play. It would destroy recruiting, bring more rogues into college sports. It would make AAU basketball look like Sunday School Class.But if the players are being paid out in the open for everyone to see it takes the shady factor out
ballcoach15 wrote:And some players would take a pay cut when they get to NFL.Bwahahhhaha
Class of 20Something wrote:BC...youre kidding right?ballcoach15 wrote:And some players would take a pay cut when they get to NFL.Bwahahhhaha
Sly Fox wrote:It very likely will be a P4 before it is a P6.That is more likely, but will every school from the Big XII find a proper [mega]conference to settle into?
The AAC supposedly has reached a new media deal that is being kept firmly under wraps for whatever reason.
Sly Fox wrote:Absolutely not. Iowa State & Baylor have scant hope for finding a new home outside the AAC. And some schools in the other power confreences may find themselves forced to exit based on bad economics.I was agreeing with your P4 statement. What you’re saying looks likely to occur in the upcoming realignment.
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right