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Opting out isn’t just for players any more

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We Are Marshall.

https://twitter.com/clowespn/status/1868037550205513901?s=46

The greed of college administrators started this ball rolling down the hill. NIL and the collectives added fuel to accelerate it. The transfer portal and the NCAA’s decision to cave on the revised transfer rules have turned it into a high-speed snowball.

I hate this for college sports below the P4 level.

Marshall, App State, and Georgia Southern were three proud brands of Division 1-AA football back in the day. It was stupid for them to make the jump to FBS.

I would love to ask Erk if he believed the Eagles jumping to the Sun Belt from the SoCon was worth the money.

Refugees, love to hear from you.

Not Manchester United, Georgia Bulldogs.

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This made the rounds last year but I didn’t pay much attention to it until recently. Several news outlets had similar charts, but this one from Projection Sports had one of the nicer looks:

https://twitter.com/ProjSports/status/1690100965414674433

The PAC-12 is dead. The ACC’s not looking so hot these days. The Big 10 is more like a Big 18 that spans the East and West Coasts. And the SEC . . . well, where would I start? We’re in a strange new world of college football with changes that go far beyond realignment. Now Houston Christian University moved the court in House v. NCAA to intervene arguing

that HCU’s financial interests were not adequately represented by the proposed terms of the House settlement agreed to last month.

The motion, if granted, could signify the first of many objections from smaller universities that felt they did not have a sufficient voice in a potentially historic reshaping of college sports.

Can you blame them? And how many more universities will follow HCU’s lead in asking to intervene? With the coaches’ strong opposition to roster caps mixed in, how this all shakes out is far from settled.

When all the talk about a “premier league” started last year, the idea seemed far-fetched. It seems now that all options regarding player compensation, the transfer portal, revenue-generation for the universities, and the general governance of all things college football are up in the air.

Given that, a model like the one above could solve some of the problems, such as generating excitement where it’s needed. It would generate a lot more interest in the lower-tiered schools working to climb the ladder. More playoffs for all tiers generates more excitement and likely more revenue. More revenue for schools = more revenue to share with players, if the settlement in House holds. Geographic concerns? Traditional rivalries? We’ve all but completely thrown those concerns out of the window already. My wish to put the genie back in the bottle won’t be granted, so is a proposal like the one above a help or a hinderance to all involved? And by “all involved”, bear in mind that the fans are the ones that make the train go. We’re included (at least in this discussion). Have at it in the comments.