They are maintaining those conferences but that doesn't mean the teams in them will stay the same as now. It also doesn't mean those will be the only conferences (70 teams in 4 conferences would be 17.5 teams per conference, 5 conferences is a perfect 14 pet conference).
Most importantly you have to consider the "Why?" behind teams like USC, Oregon, UCLA, Washington going all the way over to the B1G. It was money!
That reason would no longer exist under this plan and with all of these teams under the same League (not called the NCAA) the money remains same regardless of their conferences and they could have freedom to easily realign the teams to their regional conferences.
Example: B1G has 18 teams and would need to move to 14. 4 Pac teams return to Pac/Western Conference (not sure about rights regarding the naming of it), Nebraska goes back to Big 12 and ND makes long anticipated move to B1G.
This same type of thing would happen with the other conferences, like the SEC currently has 16 teams, so they could slide TX, A&M, and OU back to the Big 12 and add, say FSU since bridges seem burnt between them and the ACC.
Replies to: "I think you are missing something..."
- Project Rudy [LINK]
- Nigel Tufnel - 10:03pm 10/8/24
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- First crack at what this might look like. Kick the tires, make suggestions... - Chrisb - 9:09am 10/10/24
- Someone needs to bring order to the chaos & sooner rather than later [NT]
- LanceManion - 2:37pm 10/9/24
- Indeed...install P. Diddy as Commissioner...and move to a 16-team Freak Off... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 3:47pm 10/9/24
- Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. [NT] - Clem - 7:34pm 10/9/24
- Savvy Jack is going to have to earn the commissioner’s job the hard way [NT] - LanceManion - 3:57pm 10/9/24
- Indeed...install P. Diddy as Commissioner...and move to a 16-team Freak Off... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 3:47pm 10/9/24
- If we continue to have a 12 team playoff or more then there has to be some uniformity - ndphysics - 1:45pm 10/9/24
- Don't see it. These independent guys want 12.5%. Conferences can raise their own private equity cash [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:31pm 10/9/24
- Probably wouldn't name it after "Rudy"...after the pump and dump stock scam... - TakethetrainKnute - 12:21pm 10/9/24
- Not just you...that is THE thing I don't like about it. [NT] - Chrisb - 6:19pm 10/9/24
- Maintaing the conferences instead of creating geograhic divisions makes no sense... - SteveM - 10:59am 10/9/24
- I took the exact opposite from it.. - Chrisb - 12:13pm 10/9/24
- Agreed. - AlbanyIRISH - 12:43pm 10/9/24
- Chrisb & Albany, note from the link: "The model preserves the four power conferences..." - SteveM - 1:22pm 10/9/24
- I think you are missing something... - Chrisb - 3:39pm 10/9/24
- My take from the statement is that the conference teams remain as is... - SteveM - 6:29pm 10/9/24
- I think we both have similar vision for how it should be, but took different things from it. [NT] - Chrisb - 7:57pm 10/9/24
- My take from the statement is that the conference teams remain as is... - SteveM - 6:29pm 10/9/24
- I think you are missing something... - Chrisb - 3:39pm 10/9/24
- Chrisb & Albany, note from the link: "The model preserves the four power conferences..." - SteveM - 1:22pm 10/9/24
- Agreed. - AlbanyIRISH - 12:43pm 10/9/24
- I took the exact opposite from it.. - Chrisb - 12:13pm 10/9/24
- Freeman is a huge proponent. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:53am 10/9/24
- 70 team Super Conference, revenue sharing with players, expanded playoffs...🤔 [NT]
- Irishize - 7:38am 10/9/24
- You read it wrong, it's not a 70 team conference but a 70 team league.. - Chrisb - 12:10pm 10/9/24
- Good point. My bad. [NT] - Irishize - 1:56pm 10/9/24
- You read it wrong, it's not a 70 team conference but a 70 team league.. - Chrisb - 12:10pm 10/9/24
- Savvy Jack needs the billable hours. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 10:07pm 10/8/24