so, a group of super-investors i pitching for a 70 school super league: "Project Rudy is superheaded by former Disney executives-turned-investment professionals. It’s what might be called a super league and it would have a 70-team structure, incorporating football programs from the four power conferences. In doing so, the model would preserve those four conferences, expand the postseason, overhaul scheduling, add tiers in revenue distribution, and infuse $9 billion in private capital into the system." "This comes shortly before the SEC and Big Ten are set to have a historic meeting. Already, athletic directors and leadership from the two conferences were reportedly set to discuss a new enforcement arm that wouldn’t be the NCAA, the College Football Playoff format, and a scheduling arrangement for football." “Of all the ideas I’ve seen, this one makes the most sense,” said Miami athletic director Dan Radakovich, who has seen the presentation. “Conferences are kept intact, commissioners still have an important and valuable role, and there is the ability for schools to make increased money from bigger matchups and more playoff games.” "Project Rudy would make extensive changes. That includes eliminating games between power conference programs and Group of Five and FCS opponents. It would also consolidate media rights between the power conferences instead of having different agreements. Growth is expected to come from having 1.5 more “marquee” games per season. With that, Smash Capital says school-by-school distributions would skyrocket." "Arrange more games between power conference programs by eliminating all games against Group of Five and FCS opponents; expanding the playoffs; and pitting blue-blood powers more often against one another." Beaver fans will hate this idea the plan includes relegation (among the 70 teams) and a tier system of payouts: "According to the proposal, school-by-school distributions would skyrocket, cash that presumably would be used to help sustain Olympic sports — something that administrators contend is threatened by the advent of revenue sharing. However, the revenues will be allotted unequally. Project Rudy separates the 70 programs into three tiers. - Tier 1: the top 16 schools earn per-school revenue projections from $130 million in Year 4, escalating to $250 million in Year 12 (double the SEC and Big Ten’s current distribution rate). - Tier 2: the next 22 schools earn revenue of $60-$110 million (similar to the SEC and Big Ten current rates). - Tier 3: the last 32 schools earn projections of $30-$60 million (similar to the Big 12 and ACC rates). The model offers a variety of ways to determine how to tier schools: the previous season’s results, perhaps, or an aggregate of results over a stretch of seasons. The model also features a relegation and promotion system to pave a way for schools to move up and down the tiers. However, one proposed model suggests having eight “permanent” members of Tier 1, a move presumably to placate the biggest brands in the sport." fear not! at least for the next few years. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey seems opposed: "In comments he recently made while on former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s podcast, Sankey made clear his stance: He is not interested. “I don't want to dumb down the Southeastern Conference to be a part of some super league notion with 70 teams that some people speculate would happen,” he said. “They want to be us, and that's on them to figure it out, not on me to bring myself back to earth.” but some big changes over the next 7-8 years seem inevitable: "Questions abound. For some, answers are easy. “Too many schools are saying, ‘This makes a lot of sense,’” says one supporter of the model who presides over a power conference athletic department. “We’re not ready for it,” rebutted a high-ranking Big Ten school official. “There has not been a tipping point — yet.” “Will this happen eventually? Yes,” said an SEC school executive. “It’s all inevitable.” https://sports.yahoo.com/while-sec-...radically-alter-college-sports-130031534.html it's a long, detailed article well worth reading if the subject interests you my thinking is that there are so many ways this all could trip over the anti-trust laws it would never happen in this structure. But then, I only play a constitutional lawyer on TV * by the way, if you include Notre Dame, the Power-4 conferences have 69 teams. Who would be the mystery 70th team?
Pullman Power! it would probably end up being a team like Memphis with their TV market and 58,000 seat stadium
This guy from On3 says that Na'Eem Offord was in the Ducks locker room after the game celebrating the win against the team that he's committed to
The way they broadcasted the game, you couldn't hear the crowd at all. It sounded like they were calling the game from a studio in New York. I was very disappointed by that.
