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

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CaneinBroward said:
Absolutely. That being said, why did they pick more B1G teams in last year than SEC teams?
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To me it’s not the overall number but the OBVIOUS bending over for Bama. If ND were in over Bama I don’t think anyone is having this conversation, even with four SEC teams in. Yes there would still be controversy and Sankey would be pulling a ND right now, but no one would question the money aspect.
 
Ryanmilli said:
Yeah, if this is indeed true, it was merely the opportunity ND was looking for to leave the conference with a potential bargaining chip to reduce the buyout. Despite the ADs hysterics, ND is deliberate and rational. They didn’t make a decision in the last 24 hours to leave the conference because they’re ****ed about a CFP snub.
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To your point:

from Front Office Sports today (definitely worth reading the whole thing):

"There will be plenty of theories about why 10–2 Notre Dame is taking its ball and going home rather than playing a bowl game. But the story could be more straightforward, college football and media industry sources tell Front Office Sports. The Fighting Irish are giving the old middle-fingered salute to the College Football Playoff selection committee, the ACC, and ESPN.

When the CFP snubbed Notre Dame in favor of Miami and Alabama, they probably thought the Irish would be peeved–but still willing to attach their gold-plated brand to some second-rate bowl game. They didn’t expect athletic director Pete Bevacqua to boycott bowl season. But maybe they should have.

“Notre Dame’s pride is hurt,” says one source. “This is the Irish saying ‘**** you’ to the committee, the ACC and ESPN.”

Last two paragraphs of the story:

So will the Fighting Irish re-evaluate their business partnership with ACC? Bevacqua wouldn’t say, except to tell Patrick the relationship is “strained.”

But if the thriving independent ever does join a conference, my money’s now on the Big Ten, not the ACC. And what do you know? Fox Sports, ESPN’s biggest rival in college football, is the primary rights holder for the Big Ten. Stay tuned.

LINK: Notre Dame’s Bowl Boycott Is a Direct Shot at ESPN
 
And, again, from the Notre Dame AD's appearance of the Dan Patrick Show yesterday:

Pete Bevacqua told "The Dan Patrick Show" on Monday that he has great respect for Miami, Alabama and all the teams that stated their cases for CFP inclusion and ultimately were included in the field of 12.

"We didn't appreciate the fact that we were singled out repeatedly and compared to Miami. Not by Miami; Miami has every right to do that."

Translation: "Please understand we have no problems with Miami. Miami was doing what it needed to do. Our issue is with the ACC and ESPN."

The set up for the Canes and Irish entering the B1G arm and arm. Just wait and see
 
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Hold My Beer said:
And, again, from the Notre Dame AD's appearance of the Dan Patrick Show yesterday:

Pete Bevacqua told "The Dan Patrick Show" on Monday that he has great respect for Miami, Alabama and all the teams that stated their cases for CFP inclusion and ultimately were included in the field of 12.

"We didn't appreciate the fact that we were singled out repeatedly and compared to Miami. Not by Miami; Miami has every right to do that."

Translation: "Please understand we have no problems with Miami. Miami was doing what it needed to do. Our issue is with the ACC and ESPN."

The set up for the Canes and Irish entering the B1G arm and arm. Just watch and see
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It makes so much sense for us to be annual rivals, wherever it may be. To me it makes sense to be in the B1G with all the other matchups like Penn St, Ohio State, Nebraska, USC, etc.
 
CreativeCane said:
It makes so much sense for us to be annual rivals, wherever it may be. To me it makes sense to be in the B1G with all the other matchups like Penn St, Ohio State, Nebraska, USC, etc.
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The B1G would be great, but the SEC would be much better for three significant reasons:

1. Travel in the Big Ten for a school located in the southeastern tip of the country would be brutal. There's no other word for it. Not acknowledging it as a major issue = head in the sand.

2. We'd play FSU and UF on a regular basis were all three schools in the same conference. The annual FSU rivalry — like the annual UF rivalry before the Gators pulled the plug — will fall by the wayside if/when the Noles are in the SEC and Miami is not

3. It would effectively kill (or, at best, significantly diminish) Canes baseball if we end up in the Big Ten. I'm a much bigger fan of UM baseball than UM basketball (going back to when Miami didn't even have a basketball program), but I also realize a lot of people don't care about college baseball

JMO while very much realizing the SEC may not even be an option for the University of Miami
 
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Hold My Beer said:
The B1G would be great, but the SEC would be much better for three significant reasons:

1. Travel in the Big Ten for a school located in the southeastern tip of the country would be brutal. There's no other word for it. Not acknowledging it as a major issue = head in the sand.

2. We'd play FSU and UF on a regular basis were all three schools in the same conference. The FSU rivalry — like the UF rivalry before it — will fall by the wayside if/when the Noles are in the SEC and the Miami is not

3. It would effectively kill (or, at best, significantly diminish) Canes baseball if we end up in the Big Ten. I'm a much bigger fan of UM baseball than UM basketball (going back to when Miami didn't even have a basketball program), but I also realize a lot of people don't care about college baseball

JMO while very much realizing the SEC may not even be an option for the University of Miami
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No disagreements there. My main pause would be—and it's true for either conference but moreso for the SEC—watching how we've been treated by the ACC, you don't think the SEC is going to look out for it's biggest and longest running schools. We think the ACC refs from the south are bad, just imagine SEC. We all saw that UGA/Auburn game and that's one of their own.

While travel would suck, especially for Olympic sports who don't charter (less of an issue for football), my argument for B1G is that our alumni base fits the B1G map better and there are a lot more major airports for fans to fly into, especially if ND goes along. Lot of Canes in Chicago, LA, DC, NY, etc. If I'm B1G, I take Miami, ND, FSU, GT. Gives a bit of a southeast quadrant like they have out west, gives you Miami/FSU and Miami/ND, GT fits the academic profile and stretches into SEC territory in Atlanta.
 
CreativeCane said:
No disagreements there. My main pause would be—and it's true for either conference but moreso for the SEC—watching how we've been treated by the ACC, you don't think the SEC is going to look out for it's biggest and longest running schools. We think the ACC refs from the south are bad, just imagine SEC. We all saw that UGA/Auburn game and that's one of their own.

While travel would suck, especially for Olympic sports who don't charter (less of an issue for football), my argument for B1G is that our alumni base fits the B1G map better and there are a lot more major airports for fans to fly into, especially if ND goes along. Lot of Canes in Chicago, LA, DC, NY, etc. If I'm B1G, I take Miami, ND, FSU, GT. Gives a bit of a southeast quadrant like they have out west, gives you Miami/FSU and Miami/ND, GT fits the academic profile and stretches into SEC territory in Atlanta.
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Why does everyone think the B1G would be more welcoming?
 
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SCarolina Ibis said:
Ho. Ly. ****.

This probably does deserve its own thread. But it would just end up on the second page. I don't think most people will realize how big of deal this is.
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Boosters getting sick of funding NIL with no ROI

Now they're gonna get their ROI

Something had to give at some point and this is the compromise.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
This might even need its own thread

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Where this is going is school affiliations will basically be advertisements on the jerseys and the actual structure will be governed by people with financial stake. The University of Miami will be a sponsor of the football team from Miami.

I wouldn't even doubt that they inevitably take the requirement away that athletes need to be enrolled in the schools. And eventually the school attachment will be broken and you'll be left with a competitor to the NFL. Unless somebody stops this, we are headed here. I would bet my house on it.

This is runaway capitalism. Removing everything that's great about college football, some of which has no financial value, to line the pockets of the wealthy until the entire thing is bled dry and nothing of value remains. You can make a very profitable product while simultaneously conceding that more money COULD be made but there is value, maybe not financial, but human value to certain things that we won't destroy.
 
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