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I didn't think so. I think some assume several really good football schools don't rely on what the SEC is selling. I'm not sure about Ohio State, but I think in most of the Big10, people just like coming to games on Saturdays.
My question was rhetorical.
Finally, hell will freeze over before Northwestern or Vanderbilt will openly pay players, and that is the direction college athletics is going.
I think there is a meaningful chance that the remaining ACC schools, and several other schools east of the Rockies, say "no mas", and form a new conference. I think the top flight academic schools want no part of paying players, and that is where this is going...
...I think a lot of these schools are disgusted by the direction of college football. They don't want to drop to DII, but they don't want to be semi-pro either.
He may be right, it's certainly possible if the money is right. I'm just asking that he explain why the money would be right. The schools wouldn't be able to compete at a high level, and the product would suffer. And the content would be less valuable, and the contract would reflect that. They could potentially make enough to survive. Calling it "formidable" is nutty.