Future Conference Breakdown (What we know now)

[Grantvb]

I still think the B12 needs to offload WVU. Poor regional footprint.

[CajunNation]

I still think the B12 needs to offload WVU. Poor regional footprint.

Whenever FSU and Clemson leave, the ACC will probably replace with WVU and UCF.

[Grantvb]

Arena football, XFL, USFL, UFL, WLAF all crashed or create no money.

[moorecajun]

Listening to the College sports channel on the sat radio helps me understand where this is headed.

NIL will eventually lead to the football players being employees. The end result of realignment is for the "conferences" to maximize revenue. This revenue will be needed to eventually pay those employees. We are currently in the asset acquisition phase. Next will be the consolidation phase which will be those "conferences" removing dead weight like Illinois and Mississippi State.

In time, an inflection point will come where this model will only be workable for those "superconferences" and they will leave the umbrella of the NCAA either for football only or every sport sponsored at those "schools".

Everybody else will remain with the NCAA and the student athlete model.

This will all eventually come crumbling down in spectacular fashion. If the American people wanted a lesser version of the NFL, there would be a long history of one already. We've allowed the lunatics of places like tiger droppings to take the wheel. They are headed for the cliff.

I hope so!

[Jeaux]

Listening to the College sports channel on the sat radio helps me understand where this is headed.

NIL will eventually lead to the football players being employees. The end result of realignment is for the "conferences" to maximize revenue. This revenue will be needed to eventually pay those employees. We are currently in the asset acquisition phase. Next will be the consolidation phase which will be those "conferences" removing dead weight like Illinois and Mississippi State.

In time, an inflection point will come where this model will only be workable for those "superconferences" and they will leave the umbrella of the NCAA either for football only or every sport sponsored at those "schools".

Everybody else will remain with the NCAA and the student athlete model.

This will all eventually come crumbling down in spectacular fashion. If the American people wanted a lesser version of the NFL, there would be a long history of one already. We've allowed the lunatics of places like tiger droppings to take the wheel. They are headed for the cliff.

SMH. Illinois is not getting kick out of B1G. They bring the Chicago market. 12 million people and the 3rd largest market in the country. B1G went after Maryland for the DC market, Oregon for the Portland market and Washington for Seattle market. All smaller than Chicago. Same reason they won't dump Rutgers even if they are bottom feeders. That NYC market is what sells advertisers.

None of the Legacy B1G school are getting kick out. I said it before that B1G is more than just a collegiate sports league. It's also a research collective. They pool their research and all schools receive over a billion dollars each. Not 50 million like their TV contract disperses. Not a hundred million like most of the Athletics departments run on, but over $1 billion each to actually play school. Only Nebraska was in danger for not pulling their weight but if they can regain AAU status they will be forgiven.

[HoustonCajun]

The movement always flows upward with realignment. I think the remnants of the PAC 12 will take who they want from the Mountain West and the AAC (if they can stomach the travel costs.) I could see them adding some mix of Boise St., SDSU, Colorado St., UNLV, SMU and Memphis. That would solidify their position as the #5 conference.

The Mountain West would then look to poach C-USA. NMSU, UTEP, and maybe even La Tech.

Can the PAC remain a P5 conference with only 4 P5 members even if it adds all other G5 members? This would be the reverse of the Big 12 adding only 4 G5 schools. In that scenario, the PAC would be comprised mostly of MWC or AAC G5 schools. If the PAC no longer exists and merges with either the MWC or AAC, is either conference still a G5 or a P5 simply because there are 4 P5 schools in it?

[CrazyCajun]

Arena football, XFL, USFL, UFL, WLAF all crashed or create no money.

None of those have huge alumni bases, or any fan base at all.

[CajunNation]

The latest....

Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy

ACC considering adding Cal, Stanford & SMU or just Cal & Stanford, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. 1st report by @RossDellenger. SMU has a $10 million exit fee to leave AAC w/less than 27 months notice so that number could double. In May, ACC source told @ActionNetworkHQ league had no interest in expanding. “We already have too many mouths to feed,” source said then. Today? “Obviously a lot has happened in the past few months”

4:09 PM · Aug 8, 2023·32.4K Views

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[CajunEXPRESS]

ACC already has 14 members plus 5 game football schedule agreements with Notre Dame for football and full membership in Olympic sports. I guess SMU could tie in with Notre Dame in the future if it ever happens. Otherwise I’d think Stanford and CAL. Still a lot of Olympic sports going to the West Coast.

[cajun4life]

SMU will find it’s way into the P5. They are historically a name program.