That super rich a-hole that backs Texas Tech is trying to blow up our B1G TV Deal

[Jimbosc]

Big Ten, SEC urge Congress to reject proposal that would consolidate FBS broadcasting rights

Campbell is the money buying all Texas Tech's players. Clearly he wants to erode the financial advantage the B1G and SEC have right now over other conferences. Specifically the Big 12 in Tech's case.....

Be interesting to see if it gains any traction. Dude is tight with POTUS.....so you never know.

I will add if this happens - conference affiliation won't mean anything. Go wherever makes sense - likely everyone would switch to regional conferences to limit travel costs.

 

[RED ED]

Big Ten, SEC urge Congress to reject proposal that would consolidate FBS broadcasting rights

Campbell is the money buying all Texas Tech's players. Clearly he wants to erode the financial advantage the B1G and SEC have right now over other conferences. Specifically the Big 12 in Tech's case.....

Be interesting to see if it gains any traction. Dude is tight with POTUS.....so you never know.

I will add if this happens - conference affiliation won't mean anything. Go wherever makes sense - likely everyone would switch to regional conferences to limit travel costs.

I bet he doesn’t want to see the nil dollars regulated and a cap placed.

 

[HuskerVotary]

I'm not familiar with the SAFE proposal. And it's hard to get a good feel for what is being proposed simply by reading an online article. But much of what it is described makes sense to me. It might address at least some parts of the CFB landscape that have been road-graded in recent years.

I'm not sure it seems right to me that only two conferences should prosper and flourish, while the rest of the conferences fade into obscurity. That's no fun in the end. Without changes, I'd suggest that in ten years, it'll be even less fun to be a college football fan (and some on the board say it ain't much fun right now).

imo, some essential degree of fairness is needed to restore some of what was lost. Maybe a larger collective, bargaining as the old Div. IA and with third-party oversight, is worth thinking about.

As to NIL, the article had a quick cite to something called the SCORE act, which is apparently aimed at creating a "national framework for NIL regulation and athlete compensation standards" (which could mean anything, I suppose).

 

[Cigarman]

Trying to regulate TV revenue makes no sense. First, there is no precedence for it. Second, it is a free market. It is like minor league baseball asking for MLB television money.

The fourth or fifth rated team in Texas trying to control college football is actually funny.

 

[Jimbosc]

The fact a billionaire Texas Tech booster wants to blow up TV revenue for the money conferences Tech is not in is the story. He could care less about the future of college football - just wants to level the financial situation so his money can be spent more effectively to make Tech a powerhouse. The article fails to capture that aspect but 100% is the reason he is proposing it. Therefore it is a bad idea.
I've mentioned a few times Congress is the only way to fix NIL......it could also extend to TV revenue I guess. But it looks and smells like a political 3 rail. I doubt it goes anywhere but into minutes of various Congressional hearings or meetings and that is the end of it. Kneecapping Michigan, Alabama, Ohio State, etc. seems like a good way to lose an election in the states that love their football teams. Can you imaging how Campbell will be viewed in Texas by Longhorn and Aggie fans if he screws them over? Probably have to move to California.

 

[justino52]

Big Ten, SEC urge Congress to reject proposal that would consolidate FBS broadcasting rights

Campbell is the money buying all Texas Tech's players. Clearly he wants to erode the financial advantage the B1G and SEC have right now over other conferences. Specifically the Big 12 in Tech's case.....

Be interesting to see if it gains any traction. Dude is tight with POTUS.....so you never know.

I will add if this happens - conference affiliation won't mean anything. Go wherever makes sense - likely everyone would switch to regional conferences to limit travel costs.

You mean there might be a Pacific conference on the west coast or a Southwest Conference team in the southwest part of the country and maybe a conference with teams from the west or mountain areas - like Western Athletic or something. Maybe teams from the Southeast would all go together. The midwest could probably have 2 or 3 groups of teams - some with 8 or 10 or 12 teams. Teams on the Atlantic Coast go be together. I mean that sounds like a smart way to limit travel and costs and make rivalries better.

 

[Husker99]

All I know is that when a billionaire is specifically pushing for something, it's because their end game is to further line their own pockets. The idea of an "altruistic billionaire" who just wants a level playing field that is fair to and for everyone is patently absurd.

Now I can agree that having two monster conferences (The B1G & SEC aka The Haves) running the entirety of college football is ultimately a bad thing. However, this Texas Tech billionaire can go shove a red hot poker where the sun doesn't shine.

 

[Uenth]

All I know is that when a billionaire is specifically pushing for something, it's because their end game is to further line their own pockets. The idea of an "altruistic billionaire" who just wants a level playing field that is fair to and for everyone is patently absurd.

Now I can agree that having two monster conferences (The B1G & SEC aka The Haves) running the entirety of college football is ultimately a bad thing. However, this Texas Tech billionaire can go shove a red hot poker where the sun doesn't shine.

There certainly cannot possibly be any motives other than greed, pure and simple! Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Cigarman]

If he wants congress to act in his behalf, he can pound sand. Probably close to 2/3rds of the population of the US lives in the Big 10 - SEC areas. West Texas holds less than 1% of the population. Where do you think the votes are?

 

[MadRat]

I can see merit on the post season impact and how it hurts other conferences because the media companies are broke.

 

[Jimbosc]

Something that levels the revenue playing field for college sports and regulates NIL is not of itself a bad idea. I just don't trust Campbell to actually propose something that does that. He's looking to kneecap the B1G and SEC so Tech has a better chance to win national championships.

 

[HuskerVotary]

Trying to regulate TV revenue makes no sense. First, there is no precedence for it. Second, it is a free market. It is like minor league baseball asking for MLB television money.

The fourth or fifth rated team in Texas trying to control college football is actually funny.

I didn't read it as an attempt to "regulate" revenue, but a proposal to allow the schools to bargain as a single collective. NBA and NFL players do this, and nobody seems to think it's an outrageous approach.

I agree there's a reference to third-party oversight of the distribution of the money. And as I said, I don't know anything more than what I read.

Of course it's okay to take the view that it's a "free market", so let the money do the talking. That's what's brought us NIL, the transfer portal and a money race b/w schools.

 

[Cigarman]

I didn't read it as an attempt to "regulate" revenue, but a proposal to allow the schools to bargain as a single collective. NBA and NFL players do this, and nobody seems to think it's an outrageous approach.

I agree there's a reference to third-party oversight of the distribution of the money. And as I said, I don't know anything more than what I read.

Of course it's okay to take the view that it's a "free market", so let the money do the talking. That's what's brought us NIL, the transfer portal and a money race b/w schools.

In the NFL and NBA all the teams are forced to adhere to strict compliance as to stadium and arenas. The play between the teams is much more common as well. It is nothing like college ball.

In college football, some teams have 15K stadiums and a fan base of 1500 per game. They don't have near the commitment that teams in the Big or SEC have. TV revenue is fully based on the number of people who watch the games. These small schools or frankly a team like TT draw very little TV interest. In addition, football is not the only sport this revenue is based on. For example, Nebraska Volleyball probably generates as much interest as TT football. Giving TT or other low draw teams a share of other team's revenue makes no sense.

 

[HuskerVotary]

In the NFL and NBA all the teams are forced to adhere to strict compliance as to stadium and arenas. The play between the teams is much more common as well. It is nothing like college ball.

In college football, some teams have 15K stadiums and a fan base of 1500 per game. They don't have near the commitment that teams in the Big or SEC have. TV revenue is fully based on the number of people who watch the games. These small schools or frankly a team like TT draw very little TV interest. In addition, football is not the only sport this revenue is based on. For example, Nebraska Volleyball probably generates as much interest as TT football. Giving TT or other low draw teams a share of other team's revenue makes no sense.

Fair points, and maybe you know more about the proposal than I (not a high bar; I don't know anything really). I just feel the general topic is worth thinking about.

People (fans as a whole, across the conferences) aren't overjoyed with the current state of affairs. The path we're on is only going to make things worse from a fan perspective, imo. If (heaven forbid) the Huskers weren't in one of the two "have" conferences, it'd all be harder to swallow.

At least this guy is proposing something a little different...

 

[HuskerVotary]

And I still contend that an injection of "fairness" is needed in the larger environment that is major college football.

 

[Uenth]

And I still contend that an injection of "fairness" is needed in the larger environment that is major college football.

I second that emotion! We're lucky we're in the conference we are or we would be totally screwed but I'd like to see some overall fairness in this new game.

 

[Husker99]

And I still contend that an injection of "fairness" is needed in the larger environment that is major college football.

I 100% agree. I really do hate the idea of "Haves" vs "Have Nots." One of the biggest problems in society right now is income inequality. And, not to get all 3rd Rail here, but this is a serious issue that I believe needs to be addressed. I just don't trust a corrupt billionaire oligarch to have the greater good in mind.

Conferences need, at the minimum, their champion to be guaranteed a spot in the CFP. And I don't want to hear from the people who snort and say, "You really think FAU as the "champion" of the AAC deserves a spot in the playoffs? To me, it's not about deserving, it's about how to reward teams that win their conference. It used to be the mantra of college football was that every game matters. Well, if you exclude certain conferences from playoff consideration, then not all games and not all conferences matter. And, it is usually the most corrupt "Haves" at the top that always want to write the rules to keep tilting the game into their favor. To me, that's why guillotines were invented, but I terribly digress.

 

[HuskerVotary]

Limiting the exchange to football for the sake of discretion, I think we're at the same table.

gbr

 

[GIJoeRed]

yep...thinking it's time to go back to rabbit ears, simple times, and playing for the love of the game.

In color of course. I'm not totally against progress.

 

[MadRat]

NCAA can regulate what a conference is but every conference needs a champion to be involved. Please keep it to 12-13 total.