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NCAA Conference Realignment

Discussion in 'The Sports Book' started by ken2v, Jul 21, 2021.

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  1. The Rumor

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    really for the weaker conferences, this is the best bet. You get guaranteed exposure and can tell your recruits they're in every year if they win
     
  2. ken2v

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    Why do we get all bound up with "weaker" conferences in CFB but the divisional structure in every other sport always has a subdivision that is "weaker," often for years at a stretch?
     
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    Just my 2 cents

    bidding war for rights
    Cable bill +$100
    Game length will increase to 5 hours vs 4 for additional revenue
    College football will become like college bb and be unwatchable.
     
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    As a Columbia alumnus, they've been unwatchable for years. And yet, I can't turn away.
     
  5. SH0CK

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    The merry go round continues to spin.

    Air Force and Colorado State looking to move to the AAC.
    San Diego St and Boise State took a pass on AAC, with Boise waiting for a call from the Big 12.
    https://www.si.com/college/2021/09/28/colorado-state-air-force-college-football-aac-expansion
    I do like the idea of Air Force being in the same conference as Navy though.
     
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    Hanging around for a potential shot at a Power 5 conference is time well spent. If it fails, Group of 5 options will still be there.
     
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    I suspect it is now Power 4 + Almost Power 5 Big 12, and then GOF.

    My concerns remain as previously stated as it regards the pageantry and tradition of college football, but I understand the realities and business of it.

    Colorado State is an interesting school, and an interesting football program. They make a solid additional based on football program, some academics and a surprisingly wealthy and generous alumni base. From the future streaming model, not so much unfortunately.

    I need to make it to a military academy game at some point. Also a Harvard or Ivy League game. We'll see as time allows and if it's convenient for me.
     
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    Joining a gutted, all-over-the-map AAC would be folly for those two schools when the Broncos and the Aztecs stay behind in what will remain a superior G5 conference in the MW.
     
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    I'm guessing this is why there was some murmurs of C-USA wanting to combine with other conferences then split out into regional conferences. Personally, the thought of smaller conferences being more closely aligned by regions would make them attractive. But, then again, the MAC is based out of the northeast and no one is saying, "we outta go after Buffalo!"

    American to review expansion candidates with six Conference USA teams expected to apply for membership

     
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    The MAC is a northeast centric conference? Who knew?
     
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    And all that matters is TV contracts. That’s why Rutgers and Maryland were targeted by the Big10, they wanted those TV markets. Same with the SEC and Mizzou, they wanted the St Louis and KC TV markets. Although in the SEC case, they also wanted the academics Mizzou brings with it.
     
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    That model is changing. Probably has already changed. We'll have the empirical data and evidence when the contracts are renegotiated. I guess the cable companies could still try to force New York to mandatorily carry B1G Network as part of a package, but streaming changes a lot of things.

    I just can't imagine that with the relative cash positions of existing media -v- new media bidders, we aren't going to see change. I guess it's still tv sets, but it's going to be tv sets frm You-Tube TV, etc., in additional to Cox Cable, etc.

    Really, this is what a large portion of this is about. Money obviously, but positioning for maximum exposure by all media, not just cable.
     
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    The 23rd and 32nd tv markets aren’t what the SEC wanted. They wanted Texas. Taking Mizzou and Texas AM made it possible. It crushed the Big12 and made Texas jump
     
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    Partly right about Big 10.. New York and DC market is a great add on.. The biggest catch adding Rutgers and Maryland.. Both are AAU..
    You think Football is big business take a gander at some of those AAU contracts.. Makes football look like a peanut.
     
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    AAU is gold and makes athletically "unattractive" schools very attractive.
     
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    Texas only needs to look in the mirror as to why the Big 12 failed over the last decade. Their flirting with the PAC 10, at the time, made the other schools (Mizzou, Colorado, Nebraska, TAMU) take stock of their place in the conference which they were already doing with regards to the Longhorn Network. Add that to the fact the Big 12 wasn't equally splitting the income among all the teams and it made it an easy choice to leave when the PAC 10, Big 10, and SEC came calling.

    I don't know much about TAMU and their TV viewership in the various Texas cities but Dallas is the 5th ranked market, Houston 8th, STL 23rd and KC 32rd. Looking at those ranked ahead of those cities, outside MAYBE Charlotte (22nd) there was no other natural fit for the SEC with such high ranking TV markets where they didn't already have a footprint. They weren't calling the University of Minnesota to join the SEC. They looked at the map and decided expansion north and west was a spot they could go and add athletic departments that weren't an embarrassment or, yes, might also hurt the Big 12.

    The AAU money also played a part in it. You got to add two AAU schools and take them from a rival conference? No brainer. As a side note, I assume that's why the Big 10 was ok with taking Rutgers and Maryland, both are AAU schools.
     
  20. mr.vegas

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    As a Minnesota fan they would not even consider a move to the sec from the BIG 10, the lack of academic standards and social awareness just would not fit the goals of the U of M.
     
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