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Seriously. The seemingly inevitable demise of the pac-12 is sad. Always liked the conference. Now this talk of the Big Ten and SEC having something crazy like 24 teams. Really we should just get rid of conferences and have regional based divisions at this point.
The NCAA will eventually collapse on itself. Can't happen soon enough in my opinion.
I have to agree. Why did the NCAA let this happen? I am thinking NIL will kill the NCAA as well. In some twisted way, I am sure the NCAA is trying to legislate NIL deals. Just my thought. However, realignment they are hands off? Head scratcher.
I have to agree. Why did the NCAA let this happen? I am thinking NIL will kill the NCAA as well. In some twisted way, I am sure the NCAA is trying to legislate NIL deals. Just my thought. However, realignment they are hands off? Head scratcher.
What can the NCAA do to stop it. They have NO power at all. There really are 2 college football leagues. The Power 2 who prop up their own weak schools, and maybe a third of the teams from the rest of the former "power 5" conferences. Its really enough to have two good leagues with maybe 40 teams and let the rest stay in the NCAA and play college football. Let the others pay their athletes.
The NCAA will eventually collapse on itself. Can't happen soon enough in my opinion.
Honestly this needs to happen. I mean think about how sill it is to have USC's women's soccer team travel to New Jersey to play Rutgers..... Football may be the most profitable but it's far from the only college sport.
What can the NCAA do to stop it. They have NO power at all. There really are 2 college football leagues. The Power 2 who prop up their own weak schools, and maybe a third of the teams from the rest of the former "power 5" conferences. Its really enough to have two good leagues with maybe 40 teams and let the rest stay in the NCAA and play college football. Let the others pay their athletes.
Yes it's pretty much the SEC, B1G, and everybody else...
Honestly this needs to happen. I mean think about how sill it is to have USC's women's soccer team travel to New Jersey to play Rutgers..... Football may be the most profitable but it's far from the only college sport.
I don't know how it would work but at this point with NIL and coaches getting insane amounts of money, college football should become its own entity. This way they can have all the ridiculous realignments and super conferences they want without the other sports having to follow suit.
It would still be insane with cross-country conference members but at least Basketball, baseball, etc wouldn't be affected.
Seriously. The seemingly inevitable demise of the pac-12 is sad. Always liked the conference. Now this talk of the Big Ten and SEC having something crazy like 24 teams. Really we should just get rid of conferences and have regional based divisions at this point.
There's definitely that downside but the upside as seen by the AAC, SunBelt and Conference USA is a widening of skill sets with more competitiveness. Allowing I-AA powerhouses (North Dakota State, Montana, Sam Houston) to step up is also going to further broaden audiences and add more talent depth, as already exhibited by schools like James Madison, App State, Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina.
Hey as a Penn State Alum and Season Ticket holder I am absolutely thrilled with USC and UCLA joining. Only time any of us Penn Staters ever had a chance to travel to California was if Penn State made the Rose Bowl. Now to be able to have a chance every year now to do that is pretty cool, and to see teams like USC and UCLA at Beaver Stadium will also be awesome.
Plus these athletes will get exposure all around the country instead of just in their Geographic location.
Also, this goes beyond football... other sports benefit from some of these conference realignments.
Something to consider is what will happen as the schools in the Big10 for example that have struggled to compete (in football especially) continue to even further with programs like USC and UCLA added to the mix? Will they choose to head to less competitive pastures and being more the big fish in the little pond OR stay and risk being asked to leave by other members unhappy over them collecting their fair-share of revenue?
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