College Football Super League Unveiled (link)
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A group of executives and administrators developing a college football “Super League” formally announced its proposal Tuesday, outlining a single, national league dubbed the College Student Football League (CSFL).
The details, which have been formulating for months, feature a football-only reorganization of the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools into two distinct conferences. The top 72 programs — mostly the current Power 5 — would compete in the Power 12 Conference, made up of a dozen six-team, geography-based divisions.
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although he has not ruled out expansion in the SEC.
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Link:
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but not 70.
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Zero chance of moving forward.
May have had a chance 25 years ago.
At this point, the top 20 or so want to share revenue with as few programs as possible.
Certainly not 72.
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Not sure I'd be superpsyched to play Navy every year. Notre Dame would be tough as well. This also doesn't fit "geographic proximity". Should swap ND and WV.
** Edited by Technocrat at 10/2/2024, 9:10:42 AM
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the ACC. Then I go with 4 Corners plus WVU and Kansas from the B12. However that’s just an educated guess. They are all investing money in football right now, and have a passionate fan base mainly in football, but some like UVA and UNC in basketball.
*They don’t want to divide that money up anymore than that IMHO.
** Edited by Stech at 10/2/2024, 1:56:26 PM
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I can't believe that (ahem) mature men long steeped in this subject matter can offer this as a serious proposal. Can there be not a single one among them who sees that The Emperor has no clothes.
For those who embrace the return of "regionalism," please consider that it benefits only minor, low earning conferences. The media companies who pay the big players want as broad a footprint as possible. Advertisers want it. The B1G understand this; my SEC, sadly, does not. Yormark sees it, the G5's get it. Wake up Sankey.
I have arranged these to more closely align with West to East formation if overlayed on a map.
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I think it is about as perfect as you could get. Feel kinda sorry for GT.
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Personally, I prefer some of the proposals I've seen posted here.
This "super league" is too focused on geography and has no balance. Especially when you consider that it is designed to be football focused. Just look at the teams in the Southeast vs the East or the South. Not even close to even competition levels.
This has 0% chance of happening the way they have proposed it. 0.00%
** Edited by HokieAl at 10/2/2024, 8:09:05 AM
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Kind of like the old conferences used to be??? First playoff round is the top two per division. Then reseed from those winners.
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Force to make the cut too. At least I don't see the Pentagon allowing Navy to participate while excluding Army and Air Force. Remember when DI football divided into two subdivisions, it was the Pentagon that said all 3 academies need to compete in the same subdivision (aka at the highest level). I don't see the Pentagon changing its position for this new league. Plus, Navy could even decline the opportunity before the Pentagon had the opportunity to chime in.
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Meaningless. The P2 will be making decisions about what happens with their football programs. They are not going to surrender that to some other group.
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a) Enough congressional, judicial , and public pressure on the P2
b) some sort of inequitable revenue sharing, that still allows the Big Dogs to be the New York Yankees with the "high payrolls" and a ongoing built-in advantage
c) and a long enough transition period to allow the networks and P2 to milk their dynasty for a while longer
But put me in the camp of someone who thinks something of this ilk is the best and last chance to save college football.
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No way they would voluntarily give up the power and money advantage they currently enjoy.
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