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Post by chinmusic on Aug 3, 2021 21:33:29 GMT -8
The new commissioner of the PAC-12 Conference says he is open to having talks with the commissioner of the BIG-12 Conference and it's remaining members about several areas of mutual benefit and some type of scheduling arrangement.
If some agreement of that type were reached, and it included baseball, what would our thoughts be of sprinkling in a few games every year with an Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, TCU, etc? More and better TV coverage? More national media coverage and exposure? A premium ticket price?
The SEC made known two changes they wanted made in baseball prior to the expansion - adding another paid assistant without softball involved, and 15 scholarships for baseball. With more muscle now, look for the SEC to push their agenda hard.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Aug 4, 2021 10:09:20 GMT -8
Sounds like a corporate takeover of college athletics
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Post by shelby on Aug 4, 2021 10:24:41 GMT -8
This does not smell right and will not end well !
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 4, 2021 12:35:57 GMT -8
Sounds like a corporate takeover of college athletics Sounds like the trust busters are finally breaking up the monopoly. Probably great in the long run but probably not for college athletics nor this board. Short term, there are a lot of moving pieces that have not settled yet and probably will not settle for years. |
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Aug 5, 2021 6:32:58 GMT -8
Sounds like a corporate takeover of college athletics Sounds like the trust busters are finally breaking up the monopoly. Probably great in the long run but probably not for college athletics nor this board. Short term, there are a lot of moving pieces that have not settled yet and probably will not settle for years. I don't follow. The SEC is gaining two blue blood schools, one of which has its own network and is ultra rich. The SEC becomes the ultimate conference by a very wide margin. IMO, the the gap will widen between the haves and have nots. The scholie/paid assistant proposal for baseball is an example......smaller schools with tight budgets won't be able to afford it......the SEC is completing it's destiny of becoming a pro farm league. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 5, 2021 11:53:56 GMT -8
Sounds like the trust busters are finally breaking up the monopoly. Probably great in the long run but probably not for college athletics nor this board. Short term, there are a lot of moving pieces that have not settled yet and probably will not settle for years. I don't follow. The SEC is gaining two blue blood schools, one of which has its own network and is ultra rich. The SEC becomes the ultimate conference by a very wide margin. IMO, the the gap will widen between the haves and have nots. The scholie/paid assistant proposal for baseball is an example......smaller schools with tight budgets won't be able to afford it......the SEC is completing it's destiny of becoming a pro farm league. The NCAA is the trust. The Supreme Court decision may have busted the NCAA's trust. If players are not amateurs, why do we need to waste overhead on the NCAA? The current NFL CBA runs through early 2031. The current CFP contract runs through early 2026. At that point, this may all get sorted. The SEC in a pay-for model may be what replaces the NCAA, but I doubt it, at least in the long term. But, between now and 2031, maybe? We'll see, I suppose. If the SEC can position themselves well enough by 2031, the NFL may just play along. I personally believe that the Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, key independents, Big 12 remnants and key mid majors need to work cooperatively to stay ahead of the SEC in all of this, because there is a chance that the SEC may try and wipe everyone else out. I still see the Big Ten, Notre Dame and Pac-12 as special and the three should work together to put together say a 32-team megaconference or a 48-team megaconference with the ACC that offers something better than what the SEC can put together. |
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Post by steinlager on Aug 5, 2021 12:32:36 GMT -8
I don't follow. The SEC is gaining two blue blood schools, one of which has its own network and is ultra rich. The SEC becomes the ultimate conference by a very wide margin. IMO, the the gap will widen between the haves and have nots. The scholie/paid assistant proposal for baseball is an example......smaller schools with tight budgets won't be able to afford it......the SEC is completing it's destiny of becoming a pro farm league. The NCAA is the trust. The Supreme Court decision may have busted the NCAA's trust. If players are not amateurs, why do we need to waste overhead on the NCAA? The current NFL CBA runs through early 2031. The current CFP contract runs through early 2026. At that point, this may all get sorted. The SEC in a pay-for model may be what replaces the NCAA, but I doubt it, at least in the long term. But, between now and 2031, maybe? We'll see, I suppose. If the SEC can position themselves well enough by 2031, the NFL may just play along. I personally believe that the Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, key independents, Big 12 remnants and key mid majors need to work cooperatively to stay ahead of the SEC in all of this, because there is a chance that the SEC may try and wipe everyone else out. I still see the Big Ten, Notre Dame and Pac-12 as special and the three should work together to put together say a 32-team megaconference or a 48-team megaconference with the ACC that offers something better than what the SEC can put together. Maybe it will be like the NFL and AFL situation in the 1960's with the two different super conferences (SEC and everyone else) despising each other. Whatever shakes out will only last as long as the TV contract does, and then it will reconfigure. |
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