The SEC and B10 might leave the NCAA.
They want 3 bids each in the 14-team playoff, with the ACC and B12 receiving 2 each. After the G5, that leaves 3 spots.
Apparently, ND will get in if they are ranked #14 or better.
That model sucks ass. I would tell them to go.
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Damn near a monopoly. They're asking for gifts. Go out and earn the spots.
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Exactly! Let me tell you how it should go...with 14 spots
Each P4 champion (plus highest ranked G5 champion) that is ranked in the Top 20 is an AQ,. The top 2 ranked conference champions (who played an actual conf championship game) get the coveted 1st round bye. However, they are not automatically the #1 & #2 seeds as the seeding order goes by the order of the final regular season ranking. The remaining spots after all AQs go to the highest ranked non-AQs who are seeded in order of final end of season ranking among all playoff teams.
Example:
1 Notre Dame 12-0 #1 seed/NO bye
2 Georgia 12-1 SEC/AQ #2 seed/BYE
3 Bama 12-1 #3 seed/NO bye
4 Tosu 11-2 B1G/AQ #4 seed/BYE
5 Clem 11-2 ACC/AQ 5seed/NO bye
6 TX 11-2 6seed/NO bye
7 TCU 11-2 B12/AQ 7seed/NO bye
8 PSU 9-3 8seed/NO bye
9 LSU 9-3 9seed/NO bye
10 FSU 9-3 10seed/NO bye
11 Utah 9-3 11seed/NO bye
12 Wisc 8-4 12seed/NO bye
13 A&M 8-4 13seed/NO bye
14 michigan 8-4 Bumped out by AQ/Liberty
15 random 8-4 P4 team
16 random 8-4 P4 team
17 random 8-4 P4 team
18 random 8-4 P4 team
19 random 8-4 P4 team
20 Liberty 10-3 CUSA/AQ 14seed
ROUND 1
Liberty @ ND >>> #1 ND
A&M @ Bama >>> #3 Bama
Wisc @ Clem >>> #5 Clem
Utah @ TX >>> #11 Utah
FSU @ TCU >>> #10 FSU
LSU @ PSU >>> #8 PSU
ROUND 2
Utah Vs ND
FSU VS Georgia
PSU Vs Bama
Clem Vs Tosu
The key is the CFP Committee who ranks the top 14. Who controls them, who influences them, & who
composes their membership.
Yep. Seems likely. Ok...maybe just very possible.
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Eventually college football will have a NFL type setup
and relegation like European soccer.
32-40 teams at the top "A" level. 8-10 divisions. schedules set like the pros. etc etc.
This is worse than the NFL.
This proposal is akin to the NFL awarding byes to the the winners of the NFC East and AFC West, every year.
The SEC and B10 wants baked in benefits before a season is even played. They can go fuck themselves.
This is begging for federal regulation given the impact on interstate commerce
Waiting for this to rectify itself is not in the best interest of the athletes.
The NCAA is effectively dead. Practically any restraint placed on teams is an antitrust violation.
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I think the collusion of the Big10 schools and SEC schools would be an interesting anti-trust case.
You have (almost?) entirely public institutions chartered under state constitutions colluding to attempt to create a self-beneficial and exclusionary for-profit system within the confines of a tax-exempt education system, all without any Federal oversight and under the auspices of "it's education".
If they want to play the "it's education" card, then education is subject to regulation under Federal aid laws - cue the Federal government. If they don't, which is where I think this will land, then spin the whole thing into its own enterprise unrelated to education, recognizing that all profits should be fully taxable, and seek to obtain an anti-trust exemption.
May be designed to force NDc from independence,
Or ND may view as still a path to playoffs
I think their target is the NCAA, then the ACC schools
I think they realize ND will play ball once the ACC folds
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