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Protect College Sports Act [formerly “SCORE Act” thread]

Hold My Beer said:
Setting the cap at 19 and forcing departing ACC or Big XIi schools to go independent for 5 years has Cody Campbell’s fingerprints all over it.

Makes sense he and his associates would want to herd those schools towards private equity and into the hands of Smash Capital forming its so-called Super League alongside Texas Tech.

Forget the dynamics of the SEC-B1G on-field rivalry. Sankey and Petitti both would be far more concerned with Super League and PE getting a foothold by trying to lure the cream of the ACC and Big XII (and most certainly Notre Dame, too) before setting their sights on poaching SEC and Big Ten headliners.

There’s a reason both the SEC and B1G commissioners were pushing changes to the PCSA that would’ve eliminated third-party poaching opportunities.
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Supposedly the bill prevents private equity from having the ability to get assets from colleges.
 
Only Notre Dame and Disney care what happens to the ACC. Notre Dame had someone in DC working on the draft at the earliest stage. The B1G and SEC did not. I have no problem with ND having its "independence", but this is impeding others opportunity. It's disgusting. I can't even imagine the bad blood that is going to develop over this. This is bad.
 
Hold My Beer said:
It’s chess mi amigo.

The SEC and B1G are putting the onus on the schools they’d accept to go on and announce they’re leaving their second-tier conferences. All about keeping your hands clean.

If those papers are signed for their conference homes before the PCSA is passed into law, then there’s nothing those “19 CAP and 5-years of Independence” stipulations can change.

Go back and read Ross Dellenger’s articles that are excerpted in this thread. He’s dropping hints for what’s about to go down.
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You really think the P2 have the balls to punk the US Senate in such a public way?
 
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Seems the Notre Dame AD was in DC from the moment the house settlement came down. Why is an "independent" influencing the collective? Why are they impeding the advancement of others?
 
waggy said:
Seems the Notre Dame AD was in DC from the moment the house settlement came down. Why is an independent influencing the collective? Why are the impeding the advancement of others?
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To me, it makes a lot of sense that ND would do that. They want to keep status quo. Super leagues would force their hand. If ACC has a mass exodus, ND would be forced to schedule more Big12/G6 games or accept invite to P2, which is not what they want to do.
 
CaneinBroward said:
You really think the P2 have the balls to punk the US Senate in such a public way?
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Is it the P2 schools punking the Senate or is it Miami. FSU, Clemson et al - the schools hurriedly leaving their second-tier conferences to move up to a first-tier conference before a bill becomes law. I’d contend it’s neither because a decisive number of these senators are simply gonna vote whichever way their constituents — in this matter the most powerful FBS schools in their respective states — direct them to vote
 
ssvir said:
Talk me off the ledge that this doesn't absolutely suck for us.

- No moving to B10/SEC
- No pooling of media rights which keeps the B10/SEC way out in front for media rights money
- Hard cap on money paid to players (we are top 5 and above this cap)
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I’m with you… the way this is being presented it is anti Miami.
We can’t move out of ACC and we have to have a hard cap when we know we are a big spender!
 
I'm sure the B1G hates the anti expansion language, but they have to have the anti trust, and have to sacrifice something. They need the anti trust so bad they won't risk it with an end run. It's going to be up Miami, et al to throw a massive fit to get it changed before it's codified.
 
rascon said:
To me, it makes a lot of sense that ND would do that. They want to keep status quo. Super leagues would force their hand. If ACC has a mass exodus, ND would be forced to schedule more Big12/G6 games or accept invite to P2, which is not what they want to do.
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USC cancelled with Notre Dame this year. It's not they don't want to play the game, but they have a tough B1G schedule this year and can't afford an L and still make the playoffs. As the P2 get stronger there will be more of the same.
 
Hold My Beer said:
From Yahoo Spoorts tonight:

The legislation caps power conference membership at 19 schools and requires those programs moving from one power league to another to operate as an independent for five years.

The expansion provision may impact decisions from schools that are in position to move from the ACC to the SEC or Big Ten. Officials at Clemson, Miami, Florida State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and others have expressed, some privately and other publicly in meetings, their opposition to the concept.

It’s about to go down.

Some combination of Miami, FSU and Clemson is going to hit the eject button soon and the ACC is gonna unravel in a hurry
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Nope they are not because big and sec are supporting the bill - they aren’t going to undermine it that way now

They will try to get house to remove that part. If they don’t and it passes then you have to go to court.
 
Hold My Beer said:
Is it the P2 schools punking the Senate or is it Miami. FSU, Clemson et al - the schools hurriedly leaving their second-tier conferences to move up to a first-tier conference before a bill becomes law. I’d contend it’s neither because a decisive number of these senators are simply gonna vote whichever way their constituents — in this matter the most powerful FBS schools in their respective states — direct them to vote
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It's the P2. They control who gets invited to their conference. Come on. Miami, FSU, etc. are not announcing they are leaving without having an invitation in hand. And if they have an invitation in hand, those senators who negotiated this deal that will supposedly save college football will look like a bunch of saps because they were played.
 
waggy said:
USC cancelled with Notre Dame this year. It's not they don't want to play the game, but they have a tough B1G schedule this year and can't afford an L and still make the playoffs. As the P2 get stronger there will be more of the same.
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I think the issue was ND refused to play the game to open the season. They wanted it later in the year. After the loss to Miami to open the season they will not do that again...
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
waggy said:
USC cancelled with Notre Dame this year. It's not they don't want to play the game, but they have a tough B1G schedule this year and can't afford an L and still make the playoffs. As the P2 get stronger there will be more of the same.
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If the P2 expanded, ND would not have a choice. That’s why they like the bill. Out of curiosity, who did ND replace USC with?

Edit: just looked and they replaced USC with home and home with BYU.

Now just imagine if the ACC imploded. Which conference will come to their rescue? It’ll be Big12 and G6 scheduling agreements unless they actually join one of the P2.
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DMoney said:
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If they're going to place a cap on the number of teams per conference, why not cap them at the B1G's current 18? Why bump it up to an arbitrary number like 19 instead of an even 20?

For Notre Dame. It's such bull****. Once again they get special treatment. Other teams have to go independent for 5 years. Notre Dame gets credit for time served. The B1G is good with the cap because they know they'd get Notre Dame if Notre Dame ever wants in.

You know why the SEC agreed to it? Because even if the B1G eventually lands Notre Dame, it prevents the B1G from expanding its footprint into SEC territory. Not that the B1G would even target the teams in these states, but it closes the door on B1G expansion into Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky and Texas. All states that the SEC has teams in.
 
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