Can't say I like where College Football appears to be heading at all...
Link: College Football World Reacts To Big Ten, USC Rumors
the last two years. They're not going to be able to finance the athletic arms race for very much longer. Keep in mind unis' profit centers are found in on campus housing and meal plans, both of which were eviscerated due to shut downs. Oregon has been lying for years about the financial efficacy of their athletic program, using academic side subsidization to keep things hidden. And that's suppose to be a college sports success story. Research what's been going on at Oklahoma and LSU. A few years ago, Okie's Pres said the school has a billion dollars in debt that he couldn't pay debt service. LSU was going to shut down academic programs because LA was in so much financial trouble, the state couldn't continue to fund the school as the same previous rate. What do you think is occurring at the Iowa States, Rutgers, and CALs of the world? Enrollment is falling because the schools have priced themselves out of the market.
All this bullshit coming from the schools is an attempt to divert attention from the obvious. USAAmerica is still in a financial depression, colleges have WAY too much debt, they can no longer fund both academics and ADs, and many are facing bk. Fuck em. they've become nothing but loan mills and boiler room operations that prey on stupid teenagers and their equally dumb parents, except more people are finally waking up...
their own conference. Get Boise, Utah and BYU to give them teams to beat up on. B10 doesn't really make sense.
Throw in Stanford and/or Washington and create a west division. If they can get up to 20 teams, then 4 divisions with 5 each. Not just a conference championship, but a semifinal as well. And the plus for the existing teams is with 4 divisions, they'd be able to avoid Ohio State, possibly until the conference championship. Scheduling would get crazy, as USC vs. Rutgers or Maryland is a long haul for the visitors, but you'd probably have games against all your division teams, plus one or two games against each of the other divisions rotating.
Or just take the whole pac 10 and merge with the big 10.
Hopefully someone ends these idiotic moves before they actually happen.
This may eventually end some football programs outside the chosen 30-40. Financially, how can some survive, and, along with those fatalities come collateral damage, women's programs. Oooops. The left over schools from the Big 12 and Pac 8/10/12 or whatever they are called now will be hard pressed to fill stadiums, get decent TV coverage, and even attract some of the best of the rest recruits. If the SEC soon adds Clemson and FSU, the death of college football will be complete. Over rated North Carolina cannot carry the ACC on the football side. As for ND, scheduling any SEC schools might be impossible. I vote NO!
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