"It's very real." —@CFBHeather on the possibility of the SEC breaking away from the NCAA ✍️

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A split of some kind, at least in football, feels inevitable. But the SEC won't be able to go it alone, they will need the other major conference teams as well.
 



A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
What would this get them?

Just different rules?

What rules?
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Whatever the specifics are, you can be sure that they want more ways to exert control by throwing around money, to exclude certain schools with less money, and make sure the biggest entities get bigger and rule over all.

It's all about the money and tearing down the limits on how it can be spent to influence outcomes.
 




MonikerSchmoniker45 said:
Only a matter of time before CFB turns into a European soccer model.
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I've long said the first American sports league to adopt relegation will be massively rewarded. Can you imagine the interest in a Rutgers/Northwestern late November game with the loser moving down to an inferior level?

Or instead of NBA tanking they bring in a relegation system? Hard to do with stadium sizes of pro teams, but the interest level would be massive.

Go Gophers!!
 

I'm guessing this was always something they've been considering in recent years but it comes across as throwing a tantrum because they are no longer the top conference.

Look to their Media Days they just had. Sankey continues to spout his normal nonsense. Missouri coach Drinkwitz said it was easier for the Big Ten to win the NC the past 3 seasons because they are not required to play a nonconference game against a power conference. Which makes no sense as every BT team played 9 conference games, and many teams were playing 10 P4 opponents. Missouri, on the other hand, played 9 P4 opponents the past 3 seasons.
 



BleedGopher said:
I've long said the first American sports league to adopt relegation will be massively rewarded. Can you imagine the interest in a Rutgers/Northwestern late November game with the loser moving down to an inferior level?

Or instead of NBA tanking they bring in a relegation system? Hard to do with stadium sizes of pro teams, but the interest level would be massive.

Go Gophers!!
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As long as the games are fair, but think back to that Illinois/Mich game, like 2022, where that Mich WR blocked on 4th down before the pass was thrown but it wasn't called?

If you get relegated on something like that, I don't think the interest level would remain for very long.
 



The Big Ten is going to break way with them. Those are the two conferences getting hosed in the current legislation. Seems like it is almost a given at this point. The other conferences are playing with fire making B10 and SEC get in bed...
 



BleedGopher said:
I've long said the first American sports league to adopt relegation will be massively rewarded. Can you imagine the interest in a Rutgers/Northwestern late November game with the loser moving down to an inferior level?

Or instead of NBA tanking they bring in a relegation system? Hard to do with stadium sizes of pro teams, but the interest level would be massive.

Go Gophers!!
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Anyone that has followed the European soccer leagues knows that the term "tanking" doesn't exist. Some of the most intense and fun matchups of the entire season are at the end of the year involving teams near the bottom of their tables. The financial distress caused by potential relegation is one heck of a motivator.

Watching the B1G make them their little b*tch has the SEC scrambling for outs and I love every second of it.

"It just means more...to play with ourselves." - SEC
 


BleedGopher said:
I've long said the first American sports league to adopt relegation will be massively rewarded. Can you imagine the interest in a Rutgers/Northwestern late November game with the loser moving down to an inferior level?

Or instead of NBA tanking they bring in a relegation system? Hard to do with stadium sizes of pro teams, but the interest level would be massive.

Go Gophers!!
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none outside of the fanbases of rutgers and NW. Same as there's not increased interest to watch burnley or wolves when they're getting relegated. If it was someone big (like we saw with tottenham this year), people will hate watch it. ]

the problem with the US doing this is the geographic space between the teams and resultant mega stadiums. Travel costs are hugely problematic there given your catchment zone for fanbases plummets outside of your geographic home site. Add to it we have large stadiums and we don't restrict ticket purchasing (love this about EPL that there is a small away end and the rest of the stadium is your fans) and you'd see drops in revenue with the move and add the fear of dropping revenue precipitously if you missed out so that no ownership group would ever even consider it.
 

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