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A4 Seek Control Over NCAA Championships, Including Management of NCAA Basketball Tournament

So the P4 want to be the A4 before being the A1 (BIGSEC), and we're on the outside as an FBS independent...is it too soon to post this:
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JohnFSilver said:
This is why UConn started football to be a player here. We’ll see if it helps. Clearly the sec does t want anyone else to win titles but sec teams
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The SEC only cares about the SEC. The big 10 wants to take greenland
 
JohnFSilver said:
This is why UConn started football to be a player here. We’ll see if it helps. Clearly the sec does t want anyone else to win titles but sec teams
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Well fortunately we are unlikely to be a threat to that in football in the near term.
 
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This feels like a huge antitrust issue. It's one thing for power conferences to have huge bowl tie-ins and make all of the conference television money and want special access to the CFB.

But to literally control the NCAA tournament and allow zero influence from other conferences? Feels like monopolistic behavior that could be challenged in court

I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.
 
EdgewoodNHV said:
I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.
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The Indiana HS basketball tournament was arguably the most revered tournament in the country. The GOAT sports movie Hoosiers immortalized the David-and-Goliath free-for-all. And yet within 10 years of the film's release, they had restructured the tournament so that storyline could never happen again. Never overestimate nostalgia.
 
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JeepCSC said:
The Indiana HS basketball tournament was arguably the most revered tournament in the country. The GOAT sports movie Hoosiers immortalized the David-and-Goliath free-for-all. And yet within 10 years of the film's release, they had restructured the tournament so that storyline could never happen again. Never overestimate nostalgia.
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The people that run these leagues don't care about nostalgia and will point out ratings run on the big schools
 
EdgewoodNHV said:
This feels like a huge antitrust issue. It's one thing for power conferences to have huge bowl tie-ins and make all of the conference television money and want special access to the CFB.

But to literally control the NCAA tournament and allow zero influence from other conferences? Feels like monopolistic behavior that could be challenged in court

I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.
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The major conferences will lose an antitrust case because their existence as a cartel is an antitrust violation. Just like in Alston and House.
 
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JeepCSC said:
The Indiana HS basketball tournament was arguably the most revered tournament in the country. The GOAT sports movie Hoosiers immortalized the David-and-Goliath free-for-all. And yet within 10 years of the film's release, they had restructured the tournament so that storyline could never happen again. Never overestimate nostalgia.
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Exactly…. MONEY trumps all.
 
Fishy said:
The senators from Connecticut, New Jersey and Kansas…

This will totally work.
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The B1G and SEC cover 25 unique states, leaving another 25 states without representation. Which means roughly half of US Senators represent constituents who are left out. That's a lot of folks, including:

  • New York (largest state not represented)
  • Arizona
  • North Carolina
  • Colorado
  • Virginia (which has many ties to DC)
  • Massachusetts
 
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EdgewoodNHV said:
The B1G and SEC cover 25 unique states, leaving another 25 states without representation. Which means roughly half of US Senators represent constituents who are left out. That's a lot of folks, including:

  • New York (largest state not represented)
  • Arizona
  • North Carolina
  • Colorado
  • Virginia (which has many ties to DC)
  • Massachusetts
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That is not how it works. Even the states covered by SEC and Big 10 schools will have a major hit if the P2 officially splits. How many D1 programs does Ohio have? All those impacted schools have a lot of students and alumni, and most elections are decided by a few percentage points.
 
huskymedic said:
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The Big East was on track to get 7 bids last year at this time. Unless the SEC figures out a way for one of its teams to not lose a conference games, the SEC is not getting 14 bids.
 
buddy said:
If you don't think UConn and its supporters have been trying to get into a power conference over the past decade, then I don't know what to say. UConn has auditioned for both of those conferences multiple times and has been rejected every time. I don't think there is anything more that can be done. I even think if UConn offered to join the Big 12 for free like SMU with the ACC, it would still be rejected, just for spite.
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You have to sue them at this point, these are antitrust violations.
 
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