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It could really become a problem in scheduling teams from those conferences down the road. This is a circling of the wagons and an agreement not to aid and abet other group(s) not within their alliance. May not be revolutionary, but could be very effective against that revolution. And what may make it more effective is that they have the large population base behind them.
I think UPC will still be playing us. I also still believe our conference will move to nine games, maybe more so because of this. Our schedules are going to be stout enough and there will be some decent G5 teams to play.
Agree with us going to 9 or 10 conference games and that there will be some good G5 teams to play....especially since it appears that some of the remaining Big 12 teams will end up there. If UPC wanted to hurt us individually they could quit playing us.
But if this is all they've got, they might as well. Now, if these conferences meaningfully expand, they might have something. They won't be able to trump what the SEC just did, but expansion will be more substantive than this.
ACC officially announces alliance with Big Ten and Pac-12
The alliance, supported by the conferences and their 41 universities, is focused on a collaborative approach for the future of college athletics and scheduling.
How can you say an alignment of 41 Universities that includes Clemson, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn St. Southern Cal, UCLA, Oregon and Stanford isn’t a big deal. If those member institutions agree to agree or disagree on any policy that policy will go in that direction.
You are missing the point. It's about being able to establish a voting bloc that is unified in controlling the outcome of all votes taken on issues such as playoff expansion.
An "alignment" is not a conference. An "alliance" is not a conference. The UN is an alignment. Just look at it.
......or NATO. Some alliances work well together....and, to borrow an old adage, "the whole is greater than......"
As long as theses conferences are separate, they will be, first and foremost, competitors. That will only ramp up when they start individually expanding. That will mean they are still competing. If they eventually merge, break into divisions, and start crowning a single champion in each sport, then I will be impressed. Until then, they've got nothing.
You and I see this development differently. That "alliance" has big schools with massive fanbases in most of the highest populated states in the country.
But doing what? They'll be playing a few games against each other. But unless they're playing on the first Saturday in December, they ain't doing jack.
Who says they won't be playing on the first Saturday in December?
This was originally promised as an agreement, turns out the announcement itself says "no agreement". It isn't really an alliance at all. Just a present intention to work together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling.
From their public announcement, buried down near the end: "“While there is no contractual agreement between the three leagues as far as it relates to the alliance”.
From their own announcement, a direct quote: “While there is no contractual agreement between the three leagues as far as it relates to the alliance”.
I would guess a written agreement between 3 seperate entities would take a while to work out all the details.
Sure, if those details don't take money from one and give to the other, right? But that is inevitable, right? I am sure the Big Ten is the big dog financially here and it isn't giving money to the other two. This announcement was for public consumption to take pressure off the cries to "do something, the SEC is getting too strong." There is no meat there if no agreement. It isn't like lawyers are just working out unimportant details. There is money at stake and no one has agreed to give any up.
Doubt the B1G will part with any of its money....they simply make way too much to do so. And if they can find a way to add UND as well as most likely Kansas that will improve their payouts even more. The B1G payouts per team have been on average $5-10M more per year than the SEC payout per team....add UND to that and......
ND has a contractual commitment to join the ACC in football if they align with anyone in all sports. I don't know for how long the deal runs.
I would guess as long as its current TV deal, but not sure. Have a hard time believing that they would limit their options too much.
Yes, that’s true, but if these conferences are in alignment in thought and action which is the intent, then it is stronger than any conference.
I am pretty sure the SEC would just not participate and we would go back to the AP poll and Coaches Poll to decide the national champ. Just like the six or seven decades before 1998.
