Which conference ultimately wins out? Which teams? Does the BDF make a come back? Does the ACC ultimately meet the same fate as the PAC 12?

The TV networks.

So far, yormark and the big 12. That guy is the best commissioner in college athletics and the sec would be smart to go after him whenever sankeys contract is up.

CFB is no longer what my generation remembers. It has become big business for schools, athletic departments, athletes, and networks.
I see CFB being two major conferences, the SEC and the BIG, having absorbed the remaining contenders of the ACC and having ousted the NCAA.
It will look very similar to the AFC vs the NFC model of the NFL.
Realignment isn't only changing conference members but the entire model.

45-70Ag said:

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So far, yormark and the big 12. That guy is the best commissioner in college athletics and the sec would be smart to go after him whenever sankeys contract is up.

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Sheesh! Just like Sharp I think Stankey writes his own contract.

Not the fans, that's for damn sure

LatinAggie1997 said:

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CFB is no longer what my generation remembers. It has become big business for schools, athletic departments, athletes, and networks.
I see CFB being two major conferences, the SEC and the BIG, having absorbed the remaining contenders of the ACC and having ousted the NCAA.
It will look very similar to the AFC vs the NFC model of the NFL.
Realignment isn't only changing conference members but the entire model.

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With all due respect, college football has been big business for schools, ADs, players and tv networks for four decades, whether you were aware of it or not

Mort Rainey said:

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LatinAggie1997 said:

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CFB is no longer what my generation remembers. It has become big business for schools, athletic departments, athletes, and networks.
I see CFB being two major conferences, the SEC and the BIG, having absorbed the remaining contenders of the ACC and having ousted the NCAA.
It will look very similar to the AFC vs the NFC model of the NFL.
Realignment isn't only changing conference members but the entire model.

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With all due respect, college football has been big business for schools, ADs, players and tv networks for four decades, whether you were aware of it or not

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There is a big difference in the type of big business,
and the model, between fifteen years ago and today. It is unrecognizable.

45-70Ag said:

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So far, yormark and the big 12. That guy is the best commissioner in college athletics and the sec would be smart to go after him whenever sankeys contract is up.

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IIRC, didn't Sankey just get extended through 2028 about 3 or 4 weeks ago???

College football is a semi-pro league now. There won't be one hundred twenty five teams competing for the top title. I think it will settle out into tiers based on those whose committment to winning are similar. And within tiers rules similar to what other professional leagues have will govern to make it a fair competition. I think conferences as we knew them will go away.

SEC so far, not adding and diluting everyone's share/adding insane travel. It's gonna be a mess to schedule the wc teams in, or not produce many major games cuz usc and penn state aren't doing yearly home and homes.

I was chatting with a former college player yesterday on realignment yesterday
When we both brought up "relegation", we both snickered. But, with as much chaos going on right now, I could see this coming down the pike sooner than later as well.
Clearly, the B1G is the leader in the clubhouse right now. SEC a solid 2nd, with a few holes left. BigDumpsterFire took 3rd last night with ASU/Arizona/Utah asking to join.
Question is - will a true 4th conference come out of this, or are three conferences (leagues, in the future) be the design?

I think the clear answer is the SEC. We have maintained a regional conference while having more of the top teams, better recruiting grounds, and more of the top brands in the sport. Everything about what is happening to the B1G and Big12 right now seems terrible to me as a fan. Games against PAC12 teams are fun out of conference games, and one of the problems with the sport is how few OOC games are played. Give it 4-5 years, though, and those conference games are going to get tedious quick.

Remember the SWC, B8, Pac10, original SEC, original B10, original ACC…college sports was fun then…whatever this is turning into is a hot mess…14 teams per conference was already a bit much…

Oh well…it is all moot…

Good night NURSE! Conference realignment and teams changing has been happening for decades. In 28 years, we have been in 3 conferences. BUT NOW, it's all wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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Remember when uterus dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of stanny and Berkeley and usc/ucla…instead they are in the conference they mocked A&M for joining…you know dixie, rednecks…

This was the logical end point. When you don't care about history, or rivalries, or regional matchups this is what you get. Minor league football on Saturday

Who wins out depends on how well the Big 10's pacific acquisition works out for them

18 teams is a nightmare to schedule unless you add more conference games. More conference games guaranteed more conference losses. The travel costs of those pacific athletic departments is going to be substantial - I wonder if their non football sports leave the Big 10 at some point for a non-football Pac travel alliance.

Will Usc and UCLA help the big 10 recruit California as much as they hope?

Do Washington or Oregon actually bring full shares worth of value to the conference? I can't imagine they do.

I think Sankey has done a poor job, but at least the SEC is still regional. Maybe we add UNC and ND at some point and call it a day. I think the rest of the ACC is forever hosed and would be wise to schedule a permanent non conference series with the big 12 to boost tv value.

Capitalism

College football was a lot more fun when all that mattered was beating your rival, winning your conference, and making a bowl game.

The BDF won..? They literally picked teams from G5 and 2 of the worst P5 teams Zona/CU and a few leftovers. There isn't one team in BDF that a major conference wanted. The conference should be called Leftover League

There are a lot of people believing that more teams is equivalent to a better conference, but that is an unproven assumption with evidence that the more teams cause disunity and dissatisfaction.

Once conference championship hopes are eliminated, you could still look forward to games with interesting matchups and long-time rivals.



This conference consolidation is a big joke played on the colleges by the conferences. People might look to how much more TV money each team is getting after the consolidation, but TV rights have been skyrocketing in all leagues and it would have happened in college football without all this drama and without all these regional rivalries getting lost.

SEC and BiG won. B12 maybe broke even . pac lost. Acc tbd. ncaa ultimately will lose imo. I think the geographic misfits will lose as well eg West Coast teams in BiG.

TCU and Houston will ultimately be the biggest winners of this realignment.

Make no mistake about it...some school from the BIGXII that you will never see coming will win a National Title because of the inferior competition.

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College football is a semi-pro league now. There won't be one hundred twenty five teams competing for the top title. I think it will settle out into tiers based on those whose committment to winning are similar. And within tiers rules similar to what other professional leagues have will govern to make it a fair competition. I think conferences as we knew them will go away.

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Shamateurism is dead, you said??

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SEC and BiG won. B12 maybe broke even . pac lost. Acc tbd. ncaa ultimately will lose imo. I think the geographic misfits will lose as well eg West Coast teams in BiG.

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Big 12 without Texas and OU but with the other schools plus adds is at least an interesting conference because it attends to both money sports. Putting all the overly proud schools in two conferences could be destabilizing…

Why does a conference have to win? It'll be SEC and BIG10 then everyone else.

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The TV networks.

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This. They divided and conquered. They'd much rather pay 3 conferences more than deal with 6.

B1G and SEC win.

Although if B1G goes Mega-mega and make it work, it will be just them that win.

The winners so far are the schools that were left for dead in a dying conference and found a life boat in the SEC or B1G

It is minor league football. Attending class should be optional for athletes. If a guy doesn't care about school, but wants to play football for these money-making machine programs, why should he be forced to attend class?

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It is minor league football. Attending class should be optional for athletes. If a guy doesn't care about school, but wants to play football for these money-making machine programs, why should he be forced to attend class?

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On what basis is the commitment to education of student athletes degraded by paying them more? Or the patriotism of Olympic athletes by them receiving support through NIL-like marketing and advertising deals?

It only is if interest to Americans that believe amateurism is purity and righteousness but closes their eyes to how the athletes were impacted by that.

Stop being a hypocrite and look at the whole situation including a well-reasoned NCAA v. Alston decision that was rendered with 9-0 support of all justices.

I win.

I have pivoted my discretionary income to something with more intrinsic value than fart-ass college football.

David Happymountain said:

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I win.

I have pivoted my discretionary income to something with more intrinsic value than fart-ass college football.

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Why? Because you prefer carefully restrictive limits on the ability of student athletes to benefit from their own talents abd hard work? How unAmericsn of you..,