Super League

[coit]

Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport

A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.

theathletic.com

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.

 

[Dirty Jacket]

Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport

A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.

theathletic.com

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.

Sure. But why would the sec or big10 want to spread their pie further?

 

[coit]

Sure. But why would the sec or big10 want to spread their pie further?

And why would they want to limit the number of teams they get in to just 2.

 

[midatlantech]

The Acc and the rest should do this and put pressure on the sec and big ten

 

[gte490v]

Thats not going to work.

The top 30-ish teams are so far ahead of the 40-70th teams that they'll never catch them.

Maybe a top 32 teams and then it lends itself to 8 team divisions / playoffs. Everyone else can just fall away over time. Not good for Tech, but realistic based on NIL money.

 

[gt2690b]

Thats not going to work.

The top 30-ish teams are so far ahead of the 40-70th teams that they'll never catch them.

Maybe a top 32 teams and then it lends itself to 8 team divisions / playoffs. Everyone else can just fall away over time. Not good for Tech, but realistic based on NIL money.

Why would TV money give up on 100 teams? That's a lot of TV eyeballs

 

[USCJacket]

The Acc and the rest should do this and put pressure on the sec and big ten

What pressure can the ACC / B12 put on the B1G / sec? ACC / B12 have absolutely no leverage at this point. B12 just lost their top 2 brands in Texas, OU, and the ACC is losing FSU, Clemson in the near future.

99.9% of the schools in the ACC / B12 would leave for the sec / B1G, even for a 60-75% share of the $$$ pie at this point

 

[gtgtgt1]

Let's just join the Big 10 and be done

 

[Flywheel]

Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport

A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.

theathletic.com

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.

Yea right. The SEC commish wants to scrap automatic bids for midmajor conference Champs so SEC teams with barely a winning record can make the tournament. They're not going for this.

 

[gtgtgt1]

Reality is we would get black balled by SEC. So let's step up to B10 and öööö SEC noise. Never gonna happen

 

[boozinbuzz]

College needs to stop trying to compete with NFL. This is a bad idea. Its only a matter of time until NFL starts playing on Saturdays.

 

[00Burdell]

Sure. But why would the sec or big10 want to spread their pie further?

Because if they don't, the pie could get smaller.

The optimization equation changes from [maximize share of pie] to [maximize size of pie].

I have had a hunch for a while that the plan to establish the B1G + SEC as Tier 1 and everybody else as Tier II would have the unintended consequence of shrinking the market.

This proposal actually makes a lot of sense.

 

[BigDanT]

Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport

A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.

theathletic.com

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.

I’m ok with this.

 

[mookie43]

And why would they want to limit the number of teams they get in to just 2.

Or it could be 16. What if the SEC had at least two schools in every 10 team division and they won every division and all,of the wildcards?

 

[coit]

Or it could be 16. What if the SEC had at least two schools in every 10 team division and they won every division and all,of the wildcards?

Well that's the real question, isn't it. How are these "divisions" going to be formed?

 

[JoltinJacket]

The Acc and the rest should do this and put pressure on the sec and big ten

Already tried this with an "alliance" with the Big 10 and Pac 12. The Pac 12 got gutted like a fish and B1G gobbled up the goods and ran. The ACC got left at the altar.

 

[ClubSeats]

Well that's the real question, isn't it. How are these "divisions" going to be formed?

Easy, Georgia will be in a division with Vanderbilt, Duke, and Wake Forest. We will be in a division with Alabama, Clemson, and Michigan.

 

[jdubjacket]

I would love this but it’ll never happen. The B1G and SEC have consolidated and have what they want.

It also doesn’t make much sense to me to setup a promotion/relegation system if 70 teams are immune to relegation. It makes sense for the CST to try and get its foot through the door to persuade the P5 schools that they won’t get relegated, but after putting it in practice it would be nonsensical. A 0-win P5 team staying promoted while a 2-win G5 team getting relegated doesn’t work.

Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport

A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.

theathletic.com

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.

 

[juraitwaluzka]

Easy, Georgia will be in a division with Vanderbilt, Duke, and Wake Forest. We will be in a division with Alabama, Clemson, and Michigan.

This is by far the truest thing in this and all related threads, clairvoyant even. However things end up, this will certainly occur.

 

[andrew]

College needs to stop trying to compete with NFL. This is a bad idea. Its only a matter of time until NFL starts playing on Saturdays.

As of right now, they're not legally allowed to. Otherwise I'm sure they would be already.