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Or the NFL gets involved. If you have 2 mega conferences shelling out massive NIL deals, then that could rock the NFL boat.
It sounds like they already are. Very interesting that Goodell’s second-in-command was part of the group tasked to put this together.
Too much money going into the hands of college kids (NIL) means the NFL will eventually have to pay their rookies substantially more money and then it will cause a domino effect of having to pay everyone else on the roster more money. That takes money out of the owners hands which they don’t like. The NFL getting involved is our best hope.
Why would the B10 or SEC give up their current advantages? It is DOA.
the contracts ESPN signed with SEC and BIG will not last over the long term. NO WAY !. they will lose their a***es and people will be fired for being idiots.
Those contracts are pretty small compared to what they give the NFL. The seem to know what they're doing.
Yes! I have been saying this. If the Big 2 start hoarding players that could be starting in what was the other P5 conferences and now are backups on the bench, the NFL loses development and also free evaluation that comes from scouting those games. And you start diminishing teams playing at this level, I mean while college football is very popular, it is not the NFL. In many ways, I am surprised the NFL hasn't backdoored some of these networks telling them to tone it down, or they are going to sign with other networks and even compete against the college product if they continue to mess with this supply chain.
NFL talent doesn't get caught on the bench, though. I think the only way the NFL starts to notice is if colleges decide to untie enrollment and allow NIL to keep players away from the NFL.
It absolutely will in a 2 conference 40 team scenario. With those 40 teams flush with TV and NIL money kids will sit in the hopes of eventually playing in the spotlight instead of playing in a secondary league against weaker competition for less or no money. That's the issue and that's why the NFL isn't going to sit back and allow it to happen. There will only be so many roster spots and so much playing time, but all the demand will be to land on one of those 40 teams. They're also not going to allow scenarios like Jordan Addison making more money at USC as a senior than he did as a rookie to continue because it ultimately constricts the flow of NFL ready players to NFL teams.
The networks might object, but if/when Congress gets involved, all bets are off. The smart play is for Fox and ESPN to inject themselves into the solution. Be proactive.
You're assuming that kids would rather take the money to sit on the bench somewhere. Jordan Addison didn't go straight to USC for a reason. Players want to play. I mean, you claim Addison gave up money to go to the NFL a year early, right?
I endorse any plan that gets rid of conferences. No matter how unlikely, it is a start.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.
Bingo. Except it won't be the NFL, it will be the NFLPA. They will become the defacto "union" which represents the players. That is the next shoe...err... boot to drop as it has already gone thru the courts.
The Sports Broadcasting Act was designed to protect interest in amateur football - i.e., high school and unpaid college football players.
There's still that annoying anti-trust exemption they'd have to get around.
Courts overturn laws whose original intent is no longer being met due to change circumstances all the time. It's a 60+ year old law that was designed to protect amateur football players, not protect college football teams with $20M+ per year payrolls from competition from the NFL. Why would a court continue to uphold that law?
Anti-trust is barely enforced nowadays and a huge part of enforcement is the sympathy of the little guy.
NFL doesn't fear the courts. They fear congress, who granted them the exemption. Last thing the NFL wants is to get caught in a political mess.
Dude, do you know what an example is? It's not just Pitt. There are many more colleges who will be left out of the 40 team mega conference than those who remain. The left out people vastly outnumber the mega conference survivors. Maybe Ohio State, LSU, and Texas produce many more Federal District Judges than every non-40 school but maybe not. In any event, you just have to find 1 friendly judge for you to fast track yourself to victory.
I don't think the NFL gets involved and the haves will stick it to all of the have-nots. If you're not a blue blood, you might be in the big 2 conferences but you'll be settling for a few more bucks for your troubles than the schools left out. Equal revenue sharing won't be happening by the time it's all said and done.
Dude, you're just making s*** up to respond now.
I have very little regard for Goodell, but if he helps sort this mess out he'd rise to above subhuman for me.
