Future Conference Breakdown (What we know now)

[ZoomZoom]

Vanderbilt's budget is $90 million.

Contribution from the SEC is about $50 million. Do the math...the Vandy budget less that SEC safety blanket is $40 million. About in our neighborhood.

When will the TSABs and Bammers and Dawgs start to complain about propping up Vandy's drive for something less than medocrity?

By the way, there is a thread on Tiger Droppings about when the P5 conference power-players start kicking out conference members.

After the divorce from the G5 programs, it will then be the time to throw out the low hanging fruit (trash), like Vandy, Missouri, Indiana, Rutgers, etc. Never will be enough.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Yes I was talking Cal Berkeley

The 2 Arizona schools and Utah are gone

Okay on Cal, I just didn’t know that Utah, and Arizona schools were also gone. Then that’s not enough to maintain the conference. I’m not sure the tv deal will work if you bring in multiple G5 teams. Pull plug.

[CajunAmos]

Saw an article saying Cal has the highest athletic debt in the country at one time. Didn't verify it anywhere else.

https://twitter.com/novy_williams/st...579153920?s=20

[CajunNation]

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/stat...00-page-7.html

Jason Scheer
@jasonscheer
Hearing Oregon State and San Diego State have had very preliminary talks with the Big 12 over the last 48 hours. Key word is preliminary and it would be at discounted rates.

8:39 PM · Aug 6, 2023 635.2K Views

The BIG 12 is going for California. They are gonna use these 2 as lure for Stanford and Cal.

I think it's the proper move for everyone involved.

[CajunJack55]

Are we back?? We have a lot to talk about lol….

[Gumbeaux]

Man - the Pac 12 went to being the Pac 1.2 overnight.

I guess Washington State is going to be finding out what going down the conference ladder is going to be like, because about the only thing in their future is joining the MWC.

Cal & Stanford won't go for calling up Northern Arizona, UTEP, and Boise State - and I don't think any of the WCC schools has football?

*Edit* In addition, do some conferences start dumping some of their weight to better accomodate the money pie splits? I mean....Easy come, easy go.

If I am Central Florida or Rutgers, I smile big and hope there are enough mirrors in the room to see when someone is walking up behind me with a prison shiv.

[HoustonCajun]

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/stat...00-page-7.html




The BIG 12 is going for California. They are gonna use these 2 as lure for Stanford and Cal.

I think it's the proper move for everyone involved.

If all that is left in the PAC is Oregon State and Washington State and they invite MWC teams to keep the conference alive, does the PAC remain a P5 conference and do all those MWC teams suddenly become P5 schools? Likely schools the PAC could pick up are Colorado State, SDSU, UNLV, Utah State, Air Force, SJSU, Fresno State, Boise State and Wyoming from the MWC, and SMU, UTSA, Rice, Tulane and Memphis from the AAC. Would they keep P5 status?

If the PAC wants to pick up more schools around Texas like Texas State, N. Texas and even Tulsa, would they look a little farther East to UL perhaps instead of Texas State? Tulane is a more attractive addition than UL, given their academic status and New Orleans market. Could there be a Louisiana package of Tulane and UL? Although not likely, if it remains a P5 conference and UL is invited, would we not accept? Is UL better aligned with the East or West schools for recruiting and conference affiliation? Would gaining P5 status override any other considerations?

[cajun4life]

The Big12 will scoop up the remaining 4.

[Big Buds]

The Big12 will scoop up the remaining 4.

It sounds like the Big12 might actually hold off and take some ACC brands once a few schools leave.

[CajunNation]

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.