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» C’est La TV: College Football Is About To Change A Whole Lot More Than You Realize
"If you’ve worked in media for a while, you’ve seen a boatload of what we lovingly call “consolidation” over the last couple decades. For those of us who’ve seen enough consolidation, what’s happening with college football looks awfully familiar, and we know what’s about to change. Everything.
Okay, not everything, but enough major changes are coming to make what’s already happened – 14-team conferences, West Virginia in the Big 12, Maryland leaving the ACC for the Big 10, traditional bowl alliances all but scuttled – look like minor alterations in the landscape. Get ready to watch the entire structure of Division 1 college football go through a ginormous revamp, and there will be winners and losers aplenty.
The stupidest thing to say right now would be, “And what do you think is driving all that change?” You already know the answer. Money.
It’s almost pointless to talk about Nick Saban’s $7 million paycheck, so let’s leave it at that. Instead, how about this tidbit: Mark Freaking Hudspeth is making seven figures at Louisiana Lafayette! Assistants are now pulling sick money; for example, new LSU DC Dave Aranda’s three-year deal starts at $1.3 million and then escalates.
You already know where the money is coming from: Big TV. (Okay, so that quarter-billion dollar dealthat Ohio State got from Nike tells you there’s someone else who’s also throwing ridiculous dough at the game. Big Apparel wants exactly what Big TV wants: more viewers watching “their” schools play football.)
There’s an old saying: he who has the money makes the rules. It’s an old saying for a reason: it’s true.
Given that Big TV already decides when games are played, how long do you think it will be before ESPN & Friends decide who gets to play in the games that matter?"
Incredibly long article but very interesting with valid points. Breaks it down into a couple different predictions:
4 "power" conferences and 4 "G5" conferences
Expanded playoff
Further consolidation
"If you’ve worked in media for a while, you’ve seen a boatload of what we lovingly call “consolidation” over the last couple decades. For those of us who’ve seen enough consolidation, what’s happening with college football looks awfully familiar, and we know what’s about to change. Everything.
Okay, not everything, but enough major changes are coming to make what’s already happened – 14-team conferences, West Virginia in the Big 12, Maryland leaving the ACC for the Big 10, traditional bowl alliances all but scuttled – look like minor alterations in the landscape. Get ready to watch the entire structure of Division 1 college football go through a ginormous revamp, and there will be winners and losers aplenty.
The stupidest thing to say right now would be, “And what do you think is driving all that change?” You already know the answer. Money.
It’s almost pointless to talk about Nick Saban’s $7 million paycheck, so let’s leave it at that. Instead, how about this tidbit: Mark Freaking Hudspeth is making seven figures at Louisiana Lafayette! Assistants are now pulling sick money; for example, new LSU DC Dave Aranda’s three-year deal starts at $1.3 million and then escalates.
You already know where the money is coming from: Big TV. (Okay, so that quarter-billion dollar dealthat Ohio State got from Nike tells you there’s someone else who’s also throwing ridiculous dough at the game. Big Apparel wants exactly what Big TV wants: more viewers watching “their” schools play football.)
There’s an old saying: he who has the money makes the rules. It’s an old saying for a reason: it’s true.
Given that Big TV already decides when games are played, how long do you think it will be before ESPN & Friends decide who gets to play in the games that matter?"
Incredibly long article but very interesting with valid points. Breaks it down into a couple different predictions:
4 "power" conferences and 4 "G5" conferences
Expanded playoff
Further consolidation