Post by grayman on Sept 7, 2024 17:19:43 GMT -8
I think OSU gets in if it's at least 48 teams. If it's like 32, then I would expect a second tier to form and OSU would be a part of that.
Either way, getting into a power conference would be rendered irrelevant.
But it's unclear how soon they are talking about. Two years? Five? A decade?
So there are how many P4 teams currently? And OSU isn't one, and supposedly wasn't even under consideration.
So now going to less P4 teams OSU will be part of 48. So, 67 (?) P4 conference team plus ND make 68. Somehow they'll drop 21+ current members to add a non member?
With the disparity in payouts, and more in the future they don't need to drop any team. They'll pay them less and have built in game fodder as the reduced payouts take their toll.
OSU's current status is not going to be relevant. Nor does being a member of a power conference.
There are over 20 current power conference programs that are getting mediocre to terrible tv viewership. Don't think for a second that they are not going to take things like that into consideration.
Success on the field and tv numbers will matter.
If its 60 teams, OSU will get in for sure. If it's 48, IMO they squeak in.
What do you care at that point anyway? College football will be completely different. Conferences as we knew them will be gone or just a refuge for non-football teams.