![]() A 20-school Big Ten or SEC would work most practically in football with five- or 10-team divisions based on geography. It feels like a coalition that requires subdivision to make sense. Because 18 or 20 or 22 doesn’t feel like one league. It may be that in practice, 16 is the upper boundary for what constitutes a conference. Neither will begin operation as a 16-school league until 2024. But we’ll discuss the ACC’s situation in a bit. Clemson, Florida State and Miami especially consider themselves direct competitors with SEC schools for recruits, and the leaders at those athletic departments consider the idea of a $30 million or more per year gap in conference revenue distribution to be an existential threat. The reported number of schools examining their options in terms of challenging the grant of rights is seven (Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech), but these schools have varying degrees of aggrievement. The consternation among the ACC schools isn’t going away. I wish this reader had attached a name to this question because it’s excellent and I’d like to give proper credit.ĪCC realignment rumblings: How airtight is grant of rights? So, what’s in it for the SEC and the Big Ten? - Anonymous But if anything, it seems like the SEC and Big Ten would want to widen the gap between themselves and other conferences, rather than extending a ladder to help the best of those “lesser” leagues across the moat. Isn’t it in the Big Two’s interests to let the ACC powers wither on the vine? The longer Clemson and FSU are in the ACC, isn’t that better for the SEC and Big Ten teams that have to recruit against them? Why extend a helping hand to the ACC teams? I can see the logic of not wanting those teams to get a glide path to the Playoff. But why? Would adding any of those teams increase the size of the pie so much that it would be worth dividing it into even more pieces? Not to mention, it would bring in more teams that the leagues’ powers would have to go through to get to the College Football Playoff (or one more likely loss for the mid-tier teams fighting for bowl eligibility). But there seems to be a sense of certainty that the SEC and/or Big Ten are just drooling at the chance to expand even further to add, say, Clemson or Florida State or UNC. Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.Īndy, the talk about several ACC teams trying to get out of the lengthy grant of rights makes me wonder: Are they sure they’re that valuable on the open market? I certainly understand the ACC teams wanting to make more money. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast.A conference is having an awkward meeting in beautiful Amelia Island, Fla., and you have questions … The football schedule for the Michigan Wolverines is so bad that Brendan is scared of its consequences.Īnd plenty more weaved in and out of the show.Andy Staples has another idea, and of course it’s good - and of course it’s absolutely awful because it will never happen.Jack Swarbrick is the father of the century.Will Notre Dame ditch Under Armour and go with Nike or Adidas?.Notre Dame is shopping for a new apparel deal.The scholarship count and a quiet transfer portal cycle.Alexander Ehrensberger is done with the football life and is going back to Germany.Regionalized position talent has many truths to it.A brief insider tale from the BK recruiting machine.Joshua isn’t stopping with cargo shorts on the “take back” campaign, but does he go too far?.Joshua and Brendan crack open the podcast dispenser for what is almost a type of emergency episode following some interesting Notre Dame Football news items from the day.
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