The Alliance?

[FlaPack]

Yeah and the SEC which already is the strongest power in the power 5 got stronger can't let them run the show tell the others this is how it will go

I think that’s the part most people don’t grasp. Success on the football field is one thing and revenue is another. They are not running the show. The CBS deal with SEC Football on Saturday was the most undervalued media deal in recent memory. SEC now splits revenue 16 ways assuming Texas & Oklahoma are 100% vested. B1G 2 less and I think Maryland and Rutgers are fully vested this year. It’s not like it’s the SEC & the dwarfs revenue wise

 

[GBP4EVER]

I think that’s the part most people don’t grasp. Success on the football field is one thing and revenue is another. They are not running the show. The CBS deal with SEC Football on Saturday was the most undervalued media deal in recent memory. SEC now splits revenue 16 ways assuming Texas & Oklahoma are 100% vested. B1G 2 less and I think Maryland and Rutgers are fully vested this year. It’s not like it’s the SEC & the dwarfs revenue wise

Yeah but they can have stroke in with how the CFP system is set up with all the good teams in their conf

 

[FlaPack]

Yeah but they can have stroke in with how the CFP system is set up with all the good teams in their conf

That’s the misconception. They can’t. And again this is why i don’t get “The Alliance” end game. If you expand to 12 or 8 or 16 it’s opens up not just a brinks truck of cash but opens up more representation.

 

[TW]

That’s the misconception. They can’t. And again this is why i don’t get “The Alliance” end game. If you expand to 12 or 8 or 16 it’s opens up not just a brinks truck of cash but opens up more representation.

The alliance doesn't necessarily relate to sharing revenue from media, or even combining efforts. It can often mean an alliance for cause. In this case, I think that's what it is. Their common interests, because of their sheer numbers, would offset any Goliath intentions that the SEC might have. That's what we are probably seeing.

 

[FlaPack]

The alliance doesn't necessarily relate to sharing revenue from media, or even combining efforts. It can often mean an alliance for cause. In this case, I think that's what it is. Their common interests, because of their sheer numbers, would offset any Goliath intentions that the SEC might have. That's what we are probably seeing.

And to me that’s a major miscalculation. If as reported that they don’t like CFP playoffs expansion that’s a mistake. Lose revenue and more seats at the table? I get the academic angle and but that’s not what drives the bus. It’s fine to have this grandiose idea of the college model but let’s be realistic, that’s not where this is headed

 

[TW]

Maybe the miscalculation is that schools will follow the SEC lead. Maybe they'll slide the opposite direction, and force the SEC into a scenario where the only games they have would be among themselves, and DII teams looking for a payoff?

There's a lot of twists and turns that can happen. I'm not discounting anything except dancing unicorns at halftime in the Rose Bowl.

 

[FlaPack]

As to expansion. There is not one ACC, B1G or Pac 12 school that makes any conference better except for ND. Harsh reality. So that leaves you with some hard choices.

 

[FlaPack]

Maybe the miscalculation is that schools will follow the SEC lead. Maybe they'll slide the opposite direction, and force the SEC into a scenario where the only games they have would be among themselves, and DII teams looking for a payoff?

There's a lot of twists and turns that can happen. I'm not discounting anything except dancing unicorns at halftime in the Rose Bowl.

This comes down to what value you put on the Group of 5 conferences. Does UCF or Cincinnati help you? Easy answer no

 

[FlaPack]

Maybe the miscalculation is that schools will follow the SEC lead. Maybe they'll slide the opposite direction, and force the SEC into a scenario where the only games they have would be among themselves, and DII teams looking for a payoff?

There's a lot of twists and turns that can happen. I'm not discounting anything except dancing unicorns at halftime in the Rose Bowl.

Or is the end game to isolate ND and force them out of independence? NBC moving a game exclusively to peacock might be a test to gauge value when the contract expires? Remember who drove the bus to CFP expansion? The SEC & ND

 

[GBP4EVER]

The alliance doesn't necessarily relate to sharing revenue from media, or even combining efforts. It can often mean an alliance for cause. In this case, I think that's what it is. Their common interests, because of their sheer numbers, would offset any Goliath intentions that the SEC might have. That's what we are probably seeing.

The gallatic Alliance goal is to the evil empire