College football ‘Super League’ details unveiled, would be called ‘College Student Football League’

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A group of executives and administrators developing a college football “Super League” formally announced its proposal Tuesday, outlining a single, national league dubbed the College Student Football League (CSFL).

The details, which have been formulating for months, feature a football-only reorganization of the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools into two distinct conferences. The top 72 programs — mostly the current Power 5 — would compete in the Power 12 Conference, made up of a dozen six-team, geography-based divisions.

The remaining 64 programs — mostly the current Group of 5 — would compete in the Group of 8 conference.

A group of the top teams from the Group of 8 would be eligible for a “promotion” to play up against the Power 12 the following season, similar to the structure of European football leagues, but there would be no relegation among the Power 12 schools.

 

On the field, the CSFL would utilize a geographical- and results-based scheduling model to foster more competitive matchups, while still preserving certain long-standing rivalries, even between teams in different divisions. Postseason berths and seeding would be determined by win/loss records, similar to the NFL, with a 24-team playoff featuring division winners and wild card spots. The Power 12 season and postseason would run for 21 weeks from late August through early January, including multiple byes.
 

Off the field, the CSFL would collectively bargain via a single, comprehensive players association, which the CST’s proposal suggests could lobby in tandem with the league for a special classification from Congress enabling athletes to seek collective representation without being deemed employees.
 


So, IF this happens, and they adopt collective bargaining, does this mean that individual NIL deals are going away?
 


According to the CST, this would provide college athletes input on rules and compensation while offering the league protection from antitrust claims via the “non-statutory labor exemption.” The CFSL could also utilize a salary cap for teams and pay scales for player earnings, and proposes new guidelines such as limiting athletes to two transfers within a five-year window of eligibility.
 

The proposal suggests that within each conference, per-school revenue distribution would be relatively equal, with slightly more incentives eventually geared toward legacy and top-performing programs that drive the most value. However, an overwhelming majority of the revenue — 94 percent — would be distributed to Power 12 programs, with the remaining 6 percent going to the Group of 8.
 


I don't understand how they can do collective bargaining without the players being employees, and without collective bargaining how they can enforce certain things without them being ruled illegal according to anti-trust laws?

I guess I should stay at a Holiday Inn Express
 



CFB really wants to reign this monster in. Too many lawyers/sports agents to make this thing workable. The first thing that comes to mind is restraint of trade.
 

Why do the schools and NCAA need the CSFL to enact such an organization. They aren’t going to do this for free, or anywhere remotely free, or negotiate in good faith once they hold leverage. Why would the schools and conferences give up control of their crown jewel revenue producers. Finally, any “respected, influential, and progressive” organization that puts out a self-fluffing press release like this is not respected, influential, or progressive. The NCAA stands down and the vultures looking for a piece of the action really start circling. LMAO. I’ve heard better ideas on Gopher Hole.



 



Found this unsourced on reddit. I haven't verified if this is CST's actual proposal or just speculation.

The quadrangle of hate is reborn, plus Iowa State, which is great...but it looks like they tried to spread out the superpowers, so tOSU is grafted on. Not so great!

Notre Dame gets a soft, soft landing. Penn State too.
 



COLLEGE STUDENT FOOTBALL LEAGUE

They start right out with the LYING.

The only thing I'd be interested in is an actual college student football league. Not just LYING about it.
 



GopherGrit said:
I don't understand how they can do collective bargaining without the players being employees, and without collective bargaining how they can enforce certain things without them being ruled illegal according to anti-trust laws?

I guess I should stay at a Holiday Inn Express
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My guess is that's where this group met. At a HIE right by an airport, in that small area next to the exercise room that no one uses, where some people still print boarding passes.
 

BeenHazy said:

Found this unsourced on reddit. I haven't verified if this is CST's actual proposal or just speculation.

The quadrangle of hate is reborn, plus Iowa State, which is great...but it looks like they tried to spread out the superpowers, so tOSU is grafted on. Not so great!

Notre Dame gets a soft, soft landing. Penn State too.
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I also don't get Ohio St., which is 3 states away from Iowa & Wisconsin, 4 states away from Minnesota & Nebraska.
 



BeenHazy said:

Found this unsourced on reddit. I haven't verified if this is CST's actual proposal or just speculation.

The quadrangle of hate is reborn, plus Iowa State, which is great...but it looks like they tried to spread out the superpowers, so tOSU is grafted on. Not so great!

Notre Dame gets a soft, soft landing. Penn State too.
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Honestly, this makes way more sense than the garbage that is happening now. However, as others have stated, why would B1G and SEC schools give up power to the likes of the BYU's, Cincinnati's, UCF's, etc. of the world? It's gotten ridiculous with transfers, NIL, etc., but I'm willing to bet the big 2 conferences are willing to put up with that to keep a stronghold on the power.
 


maroon and gold said:
So, IF this happens, and they adopt collective bargaining, does this mean that individual NIL deals are going away?
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That would be like telling Travis Kelce he can't make commercials.

I think if the kids were getting paid real significant money the NIL boosters might not be so eager to give, I could be wrong tho
 



PMWinSTP said:
Non-starter
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Curious to see how it plays out, but I don't think it's a clear non-starter. This is the end result of the NCAA resisting stipends to players in the first place. They chose not to get ahead of it and grossly misread the legal sentiments toward the players' work product. Once the NIL lawsuit went the players' way, the boulder started rolling down the hill. Where the boulder lands is anyone's guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was some variation on this theme.
 

forever a gopher said:
Honestly, this makes way more sense than the garbage that is happening now. However, as others have stated, why would B1G and SEC schools give up power to the likes of the BYU's, Cincinnati's, UCF's, etc. of the world? It's gotten ridiculous with transfers, NIL, etc., but I'm willing to bet the big 2 conferences are willing to put up with that to keep a stronghold on the power.
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College Sports Tomorrow is a private equity play, so I imagine they'd do it by bringing on investors and throwing money around. Maybe a divide-and-conquer strategy where tOSU, Michigan, Penn State, and their SEC analogues are offered considerably more than now while the rank-and-file from those conferences get slightly less? The threatened alternative would be a smaller breakaway superleague that gets all the loot. Something like that.

Then you have the financial stability they're offering by clearing up the compensation and anti-trust issues (posts 3 and 6 above). If those are actually resolved (big if) that's a huge incentive for all the administrators - helmet schools, P4, G5, everybody.

If they can get enough admins to believe what you said (this makes way more sense than the garbage that is happening now), then it has a chance.
 

The devil would be in the details. If there's some kind of CBA and structure and maybe even a draft, it could be the pathway to an 8th National Championship.

Unregulated and unmonitored booster money flowing around college football is bad for Minnesota.

Regulated and monitored and shared TV and gate revenue flowing around college football is great for Minnesota. A draft system would be a colossal turning point for the program.

Minnesota is the sole flagship program in a top 15 TV market in a decent sized state but punches below its weight in a booster-and-recruiting based system. Perhaps no school would have more to gain from a super formal "baby NFL" approach to college football than Minnesota.
 

Where di I get popcorn? This is embarrassing for any intelligent idiot.
 


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