Don't be so sure about the SEC winning just yet.SEC 6 Alliance 0
(6-0 because 1-0 is not sufficient to describe the arse whipping here)
I didn’t say the SEC beat the BiG. I said the alliance — a group that was set up to check the SECs growing power — has fallen apart before it even got started.Don't be so sure about the SEC winning just yet.
The B1G may actually have a Billion reasons to pay 9 conference games instead of 8
SBJ College: The Big Ten's billions?
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Don't be so sure about the SEC winning just yet.
The B1G may actually have a Billion reasons to pay 9 conference games instead of 8
SBJ College: The Big Ten's billions?
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
In other news, Gene Smith's power is bigger than even the commissioner of the Big Ten.
The Alliance accomplished it's 1st goal which was to slow the CFP expansion so that the SEC & ESPN didn't rush it through. All 3 Commissioners made it clear they were not ready to rubber stamp the SEC/ESPN proposal.I didn’t say the SEC beat the BiG. I said the alliance — a group that was set up to check the SECs growing power — has fallen apart before it even got started.
Now that we see all the media companies seem to be bidding on the Big 10 media rights, it's pretty clear that waiting to expand the CFP was the smart move.The Alliance accomplished it's 1st goal which was to slow the CFP expansion so that the SEC & ESPN didn't rush it through. All 3 Commissioners made it clear they were not ready to rubber stamp the SEC/ESPN proposal.
Other than the fact that they cited scheduling 2 SEC teams as a reason the Alliance fell apart, sure, good point.Alliance. Maybe it should simply be referred to as boycott. All they really want to do is not schedule SEC, would that be a correct take? Between conference games, G5 games, and some historical rivals, how much "alliance" scheduling would really be going on?
And there you have it, folks! Battle lines drawn!
Excellent point. At first I thought it was a strange vote, but the devil is in the details. So yes, battle lines most likely drawn drawn given the model.I think without details this is a simplistic view. I think the vote in question was the vote for the 6+6 highest model, and not the 5 p5+ 1 g5 + 6 model. If it were the latter the vote would have been 3-8. The Pac-12 openly said they would vote for any expansion plan. Whether that was a lie is to be seen.
3. The SEC/Big Ten future
Here’s where it gets dicey, and potentially devastating to those who cling to the idea of college sports as it has always been.
The SEC and Big Ten don’t need the other conferences, and at some point will see them for what they are: a small collection of football-playing schools in each of the other 3 Power 5 conferences available to strengthen their own leagues.
That’s right, expansion.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told Sports Illustrated last week expansion isn’t off the table. An SEC athletic director told me this weekend: “The landscape is constantly changing. Our presidents have made it clear to (Sankey) that we will do whatever it takes to ensure opportunity for our student-athletes and our future financial stability:”
The SEC and Big Ten don’t need the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 to hold a Playoff.
They might need USC, UCLA, Clemson, Miami, Notre Dame and Florida State to make their product deeper and stronger.
The rules of engagement will change in 4 years. Kliavkoff knew it, and so did Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who quickly got over the hurt of Texas and OU leaving for the SEC when it became clear the alternative was no Power 5 conference at all.
The ACC – and I don’t place all blame on new commissioner Jim Phillips; this ultimately is a presidential-level decision led by a commissioner – is still living in the last century when basketball meant something more to television.
The ACC had a chance to keep – at least for the near future – college athletics intact. Now everyone is in self-preservation mode. Guess who wins there?
The SEC and Big Ten – and anyone they decide to carry along for the ride.
Perhaps they were looking at these projections and figured out, "Hey, why not see how we could change our composition?"
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