Why doesn’t FBS football split off from traditional conferences altogether and become its own entity?
What I mean by this is that instead of football-driven realignment creating these ridiculous conferences stretching across the country, take the the P5 (or P6, or however many teams you want) and create “conferences” that only exist for football. Perhaps they’re super-conferences that are split up by regional divisions. Then, basketball and the remaining Olympic sports can return to smaller, more regional conferences that save on travel costs. For example, perhaps Pitt is in a football division with Virginia Tech, Clemson, Miami, etc. while other sports are in a northeastern-centric conference (e.g. Penn State, WVU, Syracuse)
Rivalries are renewed and the schools still generate the same amount of revenue.
What say you? What’s the downside to this?
What I mean by this is that instead of football-driven realignment creating these ridiculous conferences stretching across the country, take the the P5 (or P6, or however many teams you want) and create “conferences” that only exist for football. Perhaps they’re super-conferences that are split up by regional divisions. Then, basketball and the remaining Olympic sports can return to smaller, more regional conferences that save on travel costs. For example, perhaps Pitt is in a football division with Virginia Tech, Clemson, Miami, etc. while other sports are in a northeastern-centric conference (e.g. Penn State, WVU, Syracuse)
Rivalries are renewed and the schools still generate the same amount of revenue.
What say you? What’s the downside to this?