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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues

CUAviator said:
Here’s the mind of a Stanford alum - my cousin. She graduated about 8 years ago. Shes a huge sports fan, so much so she is now the Manager of Baseball Communications for the Oakland A’s. She would text me every time CU played Stanford to give me ****.

Yesterday when I asked what she thought of realignment, she said “looks like we’ll be seeing each other in the Mountain West with everyone but Johnny and Jenny (our cousins that went to UCLA and USC)”. After some discussion, I came to realize she had no idea what had happened to the Pac-12 and didn’t realize the 4 were all this were left. Then she said, “well, maybe Stanford can start playing teams more on their level.”
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to be fair there were some people were saying that about CU football too
 
Buffnik said:
Maybe if Oregon hadn't opened last season by losing 3-49 against Georgia, the Pac-12 would have been given a modicum of respect for all the 10-win teams it had last year. Utah opening with a loss to a weak Florida team didn't help either.
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Those opportunities for the PAC to enhance their brand have blown up in their faces more often than not.
 
Fred 2 said:
I don’t understand why people aren’t giving Dan Lanning a bunch of sh**. His school was the only thing holding the conference together and they blew it up! For all the crap he gave CU he’s an ahole and a hypocrit!
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This post cements it. Fred is a troll or a sock. No way the authentic Fred makes fun of himself. The real Fred is incapable of laughing at himself.
 
There will not be Conferences in 5-6 years, even the B1G or the SEC should be removed from the playing field with where this is headed.
Do the SEC or B1G have actual assets or ownership or sway beyond connecting schools to money?
So, just like a LIV model, I suggest the following:

ALL College Football Players past and present come together to create the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, and this new CFPA gets very organized with staff, lawyers, and marketing power. The CFPA states out loud that within 5-10 years that there will be say 3 levels of College Football, all at equal levels of competition within the 3 levels, not unequal revenue as they have now. CFP1, CFP2, and CFP3 for instance would be demanded.

Working with the schools and not the conferences, in fact, the CFPA can say that they do not see conferences as productive for College Football, and rather the conferences can focus on Olympic Sports competition within a regional framework that is actually better for the student-athletes. Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, and maybe even College Baseball could develop similar organizations and formats.

CFP1 would likely create minimum standards and a commitment platform to bring somewhere between 48-64 teams/franchises into a formal structure that has a unified TV deal with revenues that reflect where things are going, and similar things would be created for the other 2 levels. The money would flow up and down throughout all levels in an appropriate level of player pay scales and unified health and wellness benefits. Schools and Players get all the money, and conferences can go back to doing their jobs running sports programs. You cannot run a system with such disparity in money and the free for all of a system like this.

My point is that the problem with CFB is the CONFERENCES and the NETWORKS. The SCHOOLS and the PLAYERS are hoping to move things toward academic and economic fairness, but too many people in the middle are f-ing it all up and they are being led by the nose to a bad place.
 
4BienemyTDs said:
There will not be Conferences in 5-6 years, even the B1G or the SEC should be removed from the playing field with where this is headed.
Do the SEC or B1G have actual assets or ownership or sway beyond connecting schools to money?
So, just like a LIV model, I suggest the following:

ALL College Football Players past and present come together to create the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, and this new CFPA gets very organized with staff, lawyers, and marketing power. The CFPA states out loud that within 5-10 years that there will be say 3 levels of College Football, all at equal levels of competition within the 3 levels, not unequal revenue as they have now. CFP1, CFP2, and CFP3 for instance would be demanded.

Working with the schools and not the conferences, in fact, the CFPA can say that they do not see conferences as productive for College Football, and rather the conferences can focus on Olympic Sports competition within a regional framework that is actually better for the student-athletes. Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, and maybe even College Baseball could develop similar organizations and formats.

CFP1 would likely create minimum standards and a commitment platform to bring somewhere between 48-64 teams/franchises into a formal structure that has a unified TV deal with revenues that reflect where things are going, and similar things would be created for the other 2 levels. The money would flow up and down throughout all levels in an appropriate level of player pay scales and unified health and wellness benefits. Schools and Players get all the money, and conferences can go back to doing their jobs running sports programs. You cannot run a system with such disparity in money and the free for all of a system like this.

My point is that the problem with CFB is the CONFERENCES and the NETWORKS. The SCHOOLS and the PLAYERS are hoping to move things toward academic and economic fairness, but too many people in the middle are f-ing it all up and they are being led by the nose to a bad place.
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The NFLPA can't get their act together enough keep the league and players from dictating the conditions of employment.

You think a bunch of 18 year olds who dream of going to the NFL are going to do this? Hilarious.
 
4BienemyTDs said:
There will not be Conferences in 5-6 years, even the B1G or the SEC should be removed from the playing field with where this is headed.
Do the SEC or B1G have actual assets or ownership or sway beyond connecting schools to money?
So, just like a LIV model, I suggest the following:

ALL College Football Players past and present come together to create the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, and this new CFPA gets very organized with staff, lawyers, and marketing power. The CFPA states out loud that within 5-10 years that there will be say 3 levels of College Football, all at equal levels of competition within the 3 levels, not unequal revenue as they have now. CFP1, CFP2, and CFP3 for instance would be demanded.

Working with the schools and not the conferences, in fact, the CFPA can say that they do not see conferences as productive for College Football, and rather the conferences can focus on Olympic Sports competition within a regional framework that is actually better for the student-athletes. Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, and maybe even College Baseball could develop similar organizations and formats.

CFP1 would likely create minimum standards and a commitment platform to bring somewhere between 48-64 teams/franchises into a formal structure that has a unified TV deal with revenues that reflect where things are going, and similar things would be created for the other 2 levels. The money would flow up and down throughout all levels in an appropriate level of player pay scales and unified health and wellness benefits. Schools and Players get all the money, and conferences can go back to doing their jobs running sports programs. You cannot run a system with such disparity in money and the free for all of a system like this.

My point is that the problem with CFB is the CONFERENCES and the NETWORKS. The SCHOOLS and the PLAYERS are hoping to move things toward academic and economic fairness, but too many people in the middle are f-ing it all up and they are being led by the nose to a bad place.
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and where does the money come from to operate all of the other sports.... including basketball?
 
MtnBuff said:
The NFLPA can't get their act together enough keep the league and players from dictating the conditions of employment.

You think a bunch of 18 year olds who dream of going to the NFL are going to do this? Hilarious.
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Previous players, such as Jeremy Bloom and other smart folks would be in on the planning.
Schools still get a majority of the money they normally got within a larger pool.
I have listened to Sports Business discussions that say this is coming, and the fact that the B1G and SEC currently have uneven financial options over the other schools is the chasm that makes this all happen.
 
4BienemyTDs said:
Previous players, such as Jeremy Bloom and other smart folks would be in on the planning.
Schools still get a majority of the money they normally got within a larger pool.
I have listened to Sports Business discussions that say this is coming, and the fact that the B1G and SEC currently have uneven financial options over the other schools is the chasm that makes this all happen.
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This is the dirty side of how it all goes
Bully Conferences and Private Equity

www.cbssports.com

Third-party influence may soon shake foundation of college football impacting conferences, programs

How does a new conference financed with a $1 billion investment sound to you, college football fan?
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com

Players getting organized

www.espn.com

New group aims to rep college football players

A new players' association launched Tuesday with a goal to organize and represent college football players as they push for more rights.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

My point is always to focus on a fair and proper way to work this out between Public Academic Institutions and the Players. Of course, the media folks have way too much control right now, but maybe Apple could swoop in and fund this super venture in an altruistic way that is profitable, but not despicable.

$100 Million per school in CFP1 x 64 = $6.4 Billion
$40 Million per school in CFP2 x ?
$20 Million per school in CFP3 x ?
 
Just my observation, but I perceive there's been a dearth of coverage of the past week's realignment by the MSM, who usually report significant sports stories. CNN and MSNBC have had nothing I've seen.

Looks like just sports dedicated media is covering this, to me.
 
hokiehead said:
Just my observation, but I perceive there's been a dearth of coverage of the past week's realignment by the MSM, who usually report significant sports stories. CNN and MSNBC have had nothing I've seen.

Looks like just sports dedicated media is covering this, to me.
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Because these 2 articles are futuristic compilations of the death of conferences in 2031 when the big TV deals are up.

Those articles portray a world where College Football IS the minor leagues and completely abandons the educational aspect.

Why would CNN of Fox cover this right now?
 
hokiehead said:
Just my observation, but I perceive there's been a dearth of coverage of the past week's realignment by the MSM, who usually report significant sports stories. CNN and MSNBC have had nothing I've seen.

Looks like just sports dedicated media is covering this, to me.
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Why do they care! Their ratings are crap and they have political fish to fry!
 
PhillyBuff said:
Because these 2 articles are futuristic compilations of the death of conferences in 2031 when the big TV deals are up.

Those articles portray a world where College Football IS the minor leagues and completely abandons the educational aspect.

Why would CNN of Fox cover this right now?
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Oh... Fox would cover this if there were lies to be told.... CNN would cover this if Fox had lied......
 
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