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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

Calinative said:
I mean this objectively makes the most sense as things stand. Only thing is ACC probably could definitely end up deserving 3, whereas B12 only 1.
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Actually, leaving it as is with only conference winners getting automatic bids, but changing it so conference winners do not automatically get top 4 slots is the way to go for me. If the SEC/B1G deserve the majority of at-large bids, they will get them.
 
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CaneinBroward said:
Actually, leaving it as is with only conference winners getting automatic bids, but changing it so conference winners do not automatically get top 4 slots is the way to go for me. If the SEC/B1G deserve the majority of at-large bids, they will get them.
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They want guaranteed spots for the simple reason that it guarantees money irrespective of the emergence of an outside program.
 
TpaBayFlyFisher said:
They want guaranteed spots for the simple reason that it guarantees money irrespective of the emergence of an outside program.
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I know they want guaranteed money, don't we all, but earn it. They've already got the $$ from their excellent TV deals because of the brands they offer.

This is to decide who gets to compete for the national championship. If the SEC or B1G or both take a crap one season, why should they automatically get double the guaranteed slots over another conference who may be having a better year? What is the playoff committee there for? They are supposedly an unbiased group who picks the at large teams. Let them do their job and just about every year it will be filled with SEC and B1G schools anyway.
 
CaneinBroward said:
I know they want guaranteed money, don't we all, but earn it. They've already got the $$ from their excellent TV deals because of the brands they offer.

This is to decide who gets to compete for the national championship. If the SEC or B1G or both take a crap one season, why should they automatically get double the guaranteed slots over another conference who may be having a better year? What is the playoff committee there for? They are supposedly an unbiased group who picks the at large teams. Let them do their job and just about every year it will be filled with SEC and B1G schools anyway.
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You actually think the system is intended to be fair!!
 
I think moving to 16 teams will absolutely stall out expansion for the forseeable future. I think the P2 want to keep the ACC and Big12 afloat. Expansion talks were a smoke screen to get L2 to accept scraps and be happy with it.

We might be close to point of diminishing returns for new members for the P2 conference.

My only question is if ACC is given 2 bids, do you even have a conference championship game? If I’m one of those two conference finalists, do I want to risk a surefire playoff spot? Especially when the first round byes will be gonzo?
 
So like…FSU and Clemson are leaving by September, right?

Goodfellas GIF
 
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rascon said:
I think moving to 16 teams will absolutely stall out expansion for the forseeable future. I think the P2 want to keep the ACC and Big12 afloat. Expansion talks were a smoke screen to get L2 to accept scraps and be happy with it.

We might be close to point of diminishing returns for new members for the P2 conference.

My only question is if ACC is given 2 bids, do you even have a conference championship game? If I’m one of those two conference finalists, do I want to risk a surefire playoff spot? Especially when the first round byes will be gonzo?
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I don't think it will stall expansion completely- each of the big 2 still want more bids, and if they can get 6 every year out of 16 by adding a couple more teams, who also in theory will add to their regular season tv deals, they will expand. It's all about the $$, though, and without knowing how much more they can get in a tv deal by expanding everything is speculative now.
One caveat: the B1G does care, at least a little, about academic prestige. Whomever they invite will have to be a good academic school who also brings in good tv ratings. The SEC cares about geography more than academic prowess, so they are also not going to bring in schools that don't at least border a southern state.
For the ACC- the championship game is part of the tv package, without it the conference won't make as much, so I think it stays. I also think the SEC and B1G keep their title games, but adding the 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 elimination games gives them each a triple header on Championship Saturday. And that will bring in more $$$.
 
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Big and ACC each have 18 teams 928.1 and 711.4 total 🟰 51.6 per BiG team and 39.5 per ACC team. That’s 12.1M difference. And for right now SMU isn’t taking a share so it’s probably closer to 10. My question is will the new rev share deal that Miami, FSU and Clemson get enable us to claw back that 10-12 M or at least a big portion of it?
 
grover said:
Big and ACC each have 18 teams 928.1 and 711.4 total 🟰 51.6 per BiG team and 39.5 per ACC team. That’s 12.1M difference. And for right now SMU isn’t taking a share so it’s probably closer to 10. My question is will the new rev share deal that Miami, FSU and Clemson get enable us to claw back that 10-12 M or at least a big portion of it?
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Exactly. OSU ran in the red because it shares equally with Rutgers et al.
We start winning and drawing viewership again, the new ACC meritocracy deal should have us sitting pretty until whatever happens, happens.

But my comparison was to the SEC which is supposedly the big dog.
 
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