SEC & Big10 announce the formation of a joint advisory group of university presidents, chancellors, and ADs

[UConnSwag11]

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[JMick]

Oof. It was going to happen sooner or later. Our best hope besides getting into either of these conferences is that one of them absorbs the big east for basketball.

 

[Travelman6]

Kind of ironic seeing as some of the challenges college sports is facing .....

But many similar examples in this world...

 

[superjohn]

At this point just have the Big 10 and SEC be the NFC and AFC and break away from everyone else for football. It's the only reasonable solution and it will help satisfy their greed.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[HooperScooper]

"....for the betterment of the student-athlete experience." Ha! Yeah right. That's exactly what the SEC and B1G $chool$ are looking for.

 

[Lynyrd]

At this point just have the Big 10 and SEC be the NFC and AFC and break away from everyone else for football. It's the only reasonable solution and it will help satisfy their greed.

I so want that to be true but unfortunately greed is never satisfied.

 

[SubbaBub]

Smart guys should know that joint advisory group is too many letters and easily shortened to cartel.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

i am just glad something is happening….current state isn’t sustainable.

 

[uconnfan68]

i am just glad something is happening….current state isn’t sustainable.

The next state isn’t either.

 

[NJHusky]

I’m not one to promote more legislation, but I think it’s time for congress to step in. You want to act like a pro league, get treated like one, not a university.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This is the obvious next move to break away from NCAA and form a new college athletic governing body.

B1G will align with FOX, SEC will align with Disney and they will each have 30ish schools.

Each conference will have divisions and the champions from the conferences will play for national championship.

They'll carve up the ACC, B12 and a few indies.

UConn needs a full on press to make sure they get in on it.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Smart guys should know that joint advisory group is too many letters and easily shortened to cartel.

Joint
Advisory
Group
Of
Football
Future

Sums it up petfectly.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

"....for the betterment of the student-athlete experience." Ha! Yeah right. That's exactly what the SEC and B1G $chool$ are looking for.

They make it sound noble.

 

[Rocktheworld]

 

[HuskyCLT]

At this point it’s hard to care about CFB moving forward like this. It’s basically a pro league masquerading as universities.

I would, however, enjoy a relegation system that allows perennial bottom dwellers like Vanderbilt etc. to drop and give teams like JMU or other top mid-majors a shot at moving up. The top conferences can have their TV deals, but schools have to earn it. (Yeah I get that’s the most unlikely thing to happen ever out of this).

 

[UCFan1513]

The craziest part about all this is that schools with mediocre sports and no major media market like Nebraska and Iowa somehow end up as part of the “in-group”

 

[UConnTrumbull]

The best possible (albeit unlikely) outcome would be for a football separation that allows for football-only mega conferences and schools can put basketball and everything else in any conference they want.

 

[freescooter]

The best possible (albeit unlikely) outcome would be for a football separation that allows for football-only mega conferences and schools can put basketball and everything else in any conference they want.

Nah. Media needs year round content.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Either the Big 10 and SEC are making a huge bet that anti-trust enforcement will be ended, or this is a phenomenally stupid move legally.

 

[freescooter]

Either the Big 10 and SEC are making a huge bet that anti-trust enforcement will be ended, or this is a phenomenally stupid move legally.

This is not going to be solved by an anti-trust suit. I’d take that bet every day of the week.

 

[c29328]

At this point it’s hard to care about CFB moving forward like this. It’s basically a pro league masquerading as universities.

I would, however, enjoy a relegation system that allows perennial bottom dwellers like Vanderbilt etc. to drop and give teams like JMU or other top mid-majors a shot at moving up. The top conferences can have their TV deals, but schools have to earn it. (Yeah I get that’s the most unlikely thing to happen ever out of this).

I’d like this too but the capability of the lowest SEC/Big 10 team now and the lowest when there are 48 or so pro college teams will be dramatic. All talent, advertising, coaching, and resources will be flowing in. It will be like a current NFL team against a great college team. Or NBA against college team. I think we will see it as a bridge not crossable. I think Vandy only gets kicked out when the move is made to like 32 teams and one superconference In the 2030’s.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This is not going to be solved by an anti-trust suit. I’d take that bet every day of the week.

NIL says “hello”.

 

[CTBballfan243]

This is the obvious next move to break away from NCAA and form a new college athletic governing body.

B1G will align with FOX, SEC will align with Disney and they will each have 30ish schools.

Each conference will have divisions and the champions from the conferences will play for national championship.

They'll carve up the ACC, B12 and a few indies.

UConn needs a full on press to make sure they get in on it.

UConn is not getting into the B1G or SEC. Will will most likely be in some conglomerate of the ACC leftovers. Where ever we end up we will be ok.

 

[HuskyFich]

Imagine if the ADs were smart enough to decide this based on…..wait for it ….region.

You get a great diversity of talent and strong media markets just going based on time zones. 4 large leagues, two conferences, and add inter league play by maybe adjusting the early season tournaments to include a few more teams to the line-up for most sports, and add a week or two to the CFB schedule.

Now this solution doesn’t help the lower market teams nearly as much, but they still get the exposure in early season OOC games and consideration in post season formats. Lower tier programs might need to implement a subscription style model thats included for people who purchase season tickets to ease the cost issue.

I can’t imagine a single viewer of athletics not being pleased with this model, as its predicated on rivalries which expands regional interest as well as allows all universities an easier path to bringing in more sponsorships, advertising, and just plain old $$$.

I don’t believe the conference model is wrong, just the sheer amount of them.