PP: Would Gophers be left out of a college football ‘super league?’

[BleedGopher]

Per Greder:

If a super league is made up of 32 teams, Minnesota would have a much harder time making its claim. For one, the Gophers have been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for only two weeks since the 2019 season.

A 48-team league would be much more likely to include Minnesota. And the Gophers would likely be focusing on being at the top end of a second tier of sorts, trying to be higher in a pecking order than, say, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan State.

Would Gophers be left out of a college football ‘super league?’

One of the biggest rumors buzzing around college football these days is on the potential creation of a “super league” of top programs nationwide.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Yeah I think a 32 team league would be tough. A 48 team they would be in. It seems over the last 5 years or so they’ve hovered between 30-45 overall. A little higher at times and a little lower at times.

 

[Some guy]

I think the people who write articles like this are interesting

If there was a 32 team super league the gophers weren’t in I would probably never watch another Bama or Texas game again

Kind of like I don’t watch USFL

I’m not sure leaving out 90 of the 130 programs in the country have nearly as predictable results in future viewership as some think

 

[stocker08]

Hard to say. If they were going to take the 32 best programs....Minnesota would likely fall on the wrong side of the bubble. However....money talks. MSP is the 15th largest media market. Do you, as a new league, freeze out one of the largest media markets in the country? Doesn't really make any sense.....and is why I really doubt that a single super conference is coming.

 

[fmlizard]

I think the people who write articles like this are interesting

If there was a 32 team super league the gophers weren’t in I would probably never watch another Bama or Texas game again

Kind of like I don’t watch USFL

I’m not sure leaving out 90 of the 130 programs in the country have nearly as predictable results in future viewership as some think

A "super league" would make the pie smaller due to many fans dropping out.

It's just a matter of whether a few programs want to have a smaller pie cut into fewer pieces, leaving potentially larger slices than their sliver of the huge pie.

But anyone who thinks there's massive national demand for a "super league" that will increase the size of the pie is mistaken, I believe.

 

[Some guy]

A "super league" would make the pie smaller due to many fans dropping out.

It's just a matter of whether a few programs want to have a smaller pie cut into fewer pieces, leaving potentially larger slices than their sliver of the huge pie.

But anyone who thinks there's massive national demand for a "super league" that will increase the size of the pie is mistaken, I believe.

A super league will get rid of slices but could also reduce the size of the pie

It could also have medium term unintended consequences as schools that currently see 7-5 as bad years go 1-11 and schools that see 9-3 as bad years go 4-8

 

[gopherbadgerman]

A super league will get rid of slices but could also reduce the size of the pie

It could also have medium term unintended consequences as schools that currently see 7-5 as bad years go 1-11 and schools that see 9-3 as bad years go 4-8

Yep. For every win there is a loss. A team like Iowa for example ( who I think would be in a 32 team league) would have a lot of 3 win seasons playing that competition all year.

 

[swede2]

Yeah I think a 32 team league would be tough. A 48 team they would be in. It seems over the last 5 years or so they’ve hovered between 30-45 overall. A little higher at times and a little lower at times.

On field success would be a very small part of the equation but only as it relates to viewer interest. The real question will be what schools will get the most viewers.

I think the people who write articles like this are interesting

If there was a 32 team super league the gophers weren’t in I would probably never watch another Bama or Texas game again

Kind of like I don’t watch USFL

I’m not sure leaving out 90 of the 130 programs in the country have nearly as predictable results in future viewership as some think

Some might take that view. But there's a whole lot of fans of schools that would have never made a January 1 bowl game, the BCS or the new CFP that still tune in to watch the helmet schools and blue bloods. There has been and continues to be an unofficial split in CFB. For 60 years, we've been on the wrong side of it.

Hard to say. If they were going to take the 32 best programs....Minnesota would likely fall on the wrong side of the bubble. However....money talks. MSP is the 15th largest media market. Do you, as a new league, freeze out one of the largest media markets in the country? Doesn't really make any sense.....and is why I really doubt that a single super conference is coming.

I think the media market would certainly be a factor but I don't think it would have the same effect if this conversation occurred 20 years ago. If this were 20 years ago, there's no question we'd be in based on market size alone. But I think there's a lot more data now and much more accurate data regarding viewership and its going to be more about what programs attract eyeballs overall, rather than a particular market. If market size were paramount, there's a whole lot of blue bloods that would be left out. Are the Gophers a top 32 brand nationally?

A "super league" would make the pie smaller due to many fans dropping out.

It's just a matter of whether a few programs want to have a smaller pie cut into fewer pieces, leaving potentially larger slices than their sliver of the huge pie.

But anyone who thinks there's massive national demand for a "super league" that will increase the size of the pie is mistaken, I believe.

Fans might drop out. It is, after all, minor league football. But the NFL only has 32 teams and it is the entertainment king.

 

[PMWinSTP]

A "superleague" would relatively quickly find its way back to having 5-6 perennial top teams, 5-6 perennial bottom dwellers, and 20 some teams in a big middle group that move up and down in that group.

 

[pregameatblarneys]

Relegation in a league like this would be fun

 

[Schnauzer]

There is a reason why the B1G took Rutgers and it wasn’t for the success of their football team. Freezing the 15th largest media market out of any 32 team national sports league would be silly.

 

[LeftofThaDial]

It’s been reported that If the Big Ten comes to an agreement with a Private Equity firm it would push the grant of rights till 2046, which would kill the Big Ten being a apart of any super league, at least until then.

 

[FanSinceTheFifties]

Hard to say. If they were going to take the 32 best programs....Minnesota would likely fall on the wrong side of the bubble. However....money talks. MSP is the 15th largest media market. Do you, as a new league, freeze out one of the largest media markets in the country? Doesn't really make any sense.....and is why I really doubt that a single super conference is coming.

The twin cities is a pro market. Interest in college sports is secondary and largely followed by alums. O

Hard to say. If they were going to take the 32 bestge programs....Minnesota would likely fall on the wrong side of the bubble. However....money talks. MSP is the 15th largest media market. Do you, as a new league, freeze out one of the largest media markets in the country? Doesn't really make any sense.....and is why I really doubt that a single super conference is coming.

MSP is a pro market. Interest in college sports is secondary. That's one of the reasons why it's difficult to recruit to mpls.

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

Yes. We would be left out if the 32 teams are allowed to have unlimited money. Essentially a "Pro College League" Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Alabama. Georgia etc.

I would be fine having the Gophers as one of the top schools of the next tier.

 

[mngg11]

Yes. We would be left out if the 32 teams are allowed to have unlimited money. Essentially a "Pro College League" Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Alabama. Georgia etc.

I would be fine having the Gophers as one of the top schools of the next tier.

Give me a league where it's us, wisconsin, iowa, Nebraska, Iowa state, etc and the "blue bloods" were far removed. I'd be just fine with it.

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

Give me a league where it's us, wisconsin, iowa, Nebraska, Iowa state, etc and the "blue bloods" were far removed. I'd be just fine with it.

sure. I will go a step further. Have that be our conference. Have other similar conferences from other parts of the country. The next tier 32 teams. Thats our league.

 

[FinnGopher]

Per Greder:

If a super league is made up of 32 teams, Minnesota would have a much harder time making its claim. For one, the Gophers have been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for only two weeks since the 2019 season.

A 48-team league would be much more likely to include Minnesota. And the Gophers would likely be focusing on being at the top end of a second tier of sorts, trying to be higher in a pecking order than, say, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan State.

Would Gophers be left out of a college football ‘super league?’

One of the biggest rumors buzzing around college football these days is on the potential creation of a “super league” of top programs nationwide.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

If we went to a British fútbol system, the Gophers would not be in the Premier league. They would be relegated to the EFL Championship league. But, if the Gophers won the lower league, they would eventually be promoted to the Premier league.

 

[swede2]

It’s been reported that If the Big Ten comes to an agreement with a Private Equity firm it would push the grant of rights till 2046, which would kill the Big Ten being a apart of any super league, at least until then.

OSU and Michigan are balking.