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"Project Rudy" New Super League concept

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SCarolina Ibis said:
This is a ******* terrible idea.

They want to consolidate the media rights of 70 schools under one agreement & use a tiered distribution system, all under the direction of a private equity firm.

**** THAT.

"Staggs and Mayer founded Candle Media, a premium content company that launched in 2021 with backing of private equity giant Blackstone."

"the revenues will be allotted unequally. Project Rudy separates the 70 programs into three tiers.

Tier 1: the top 16 schools earn per-school revenue projections from $130 million in Year 4, escalating to $250 million in Year 12

Tier 2: the next 22 schools earn revenue of $60-$110 million

Tier 3: the last 32 schools earn projections of $30-$60 million

The gap between:
tier 1 and tier 2 would be $20-$70 million, YEARLY
tier 1 and tier 3 would be $70-$100 million, YEARLY
tier 2 and tier 3 would be $30-$50 million, YEARLY

The model offers a variety of ways to determine how to tier schools. ... However, one proposed model suggests having eight “permanent” members of Tier 1, a move presumably to placate the biggest brands in the sport.

Letting private equity run this thing is a worst case scenario.

I know some of you might think we're a tier 1 school. But make no mistake, a private equity firm does not have the same set of standards that you do.

They do not give a **** about how many titles we've won. They do not give a **** about anything but what makes THEM the most money.

@Rellyrell what could go wrong?
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Going out of their way to make rules that benefit those that always get the benefit and make sure they’re locked in. There’s not a single reason why we need auto bids or to lock in a top 8 schools. Make it performance based for everyone 1-133.

Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, and one of Clemson, Oregon, Penn State, or Notre Dame would lock in protection to compete at the top level with no repercussions when most of them have had cyclical performance periods like everyone else. Benefit most of those teams for being “too big to let fail” or being good at the right time when half of them brought nothing to the sport for the majority of the last 20 years.
 
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