(09-30-2026 08:20 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  

(09-29-2026 07:20 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(09-29-2026 07:11 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  

(09-29-2026 12:52 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(09-23-2026 01:45 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  Federal law can be challenged in lower courts. Does it make it to SCOTUS? You never know. Usually, it depends on how unique a case is before it gets that far, but it's certainly possible. Everything SCOTUS takes up(things the everyday person cares about anyway) is a matter of Federal law being challenged, local/State laws being challenged on the basis of existing Federal statutes, or in some cases an appeal to Federal law on matters of rights...basically, a charge that some entity is abusing its authority. The latter category is what gave us Alston or the OU/UGA ruling back in the 80s that ironically started us down this path.

Would any of the conferences or schools take on the burden of fighting it out in court? Maybe not. I agree that it would be costly, but depending on the stakes, I could see multiple entities making a challenge that the bill oversteps Constitutional bounds.

I do see some version of the bill passing the House, but they could very well have a fight over key provisions. How much is changed before it hits the President's desk? We don't know.

I don't disagree with your preferred course of action. Kavanaugh really did the conferences a favor by giving them a strong hint of what to do. They decided they wanted something as close to the old NCAA model as possible and here we are.

Well, it won't come to that. Today the Senate held voice votes on amendments and one that passed raised the cap to 20 on the PCSA. Clemson, FSU, UNC, and either Virginia or Duke are back on the table.

It's going to be rough on the ACC.

That’s a good cap to give the bill the best chance today to get passed by both houses. Obviously there are more than 6 ACC schools wanting a spot in the Big Ten or SEC, let’s not forget the Big 12 schools are still waiting for their tv contracts to expire in a couple more years so they too can have meaningful realignment talks.

The next step is to help find additional funding to pay for this round of expansion; college football playoff expansion. Increasing the revenue and payouts for that tournament should help facilitate adding more members to the P2.

Big Ten and the SEC want new markets. Big Ten wants rich southeastern cities while the sec wants rich untapped contiguous states.

Just gotta keep waiting until the dominos start to drop.

If the House approves it with the same cap of 20, I would think that somebody within college sports with a brain would say, let the Big Ten and SEC go ahead and add the schools they will be taking. That makes it easier on everyone else to know what to do. Exit fees can be withheld as a % of their new earnings in their new conferences.

What good does it serve college sports to keep this going any longer than is necessary? People are getting far more turned off by it now than interested. Traffic here indicates that strongly. In the past we would have 10's of thousands of visitors reading up to see what is going on. Now it's maybe 10 thousand or less and on the weekends mostly. Fans are weary. The sooner they end it now the better for the sport.

If the Big Ten and SEC are in agreement on who they want, they can go ahead and add the uncontested ones, settle any that might be contested and finish it. Then they can begin their negotiations on post seasons and scheduling agreements. It seems the Big Ten is willing to offer Notre Dame a scheduling agreement as is the SEC. I can see them remaining independent but playing a set number of games with both the SEC and Big Ten.

The sooner the ACC can backfill or the Big 12, if necessary, the quicker we can get back to just enjoying the sport. Realignment enthusiasts like many here, are in the vast minority compared to the viewing public. Dragging this out six years will prove unprofitable and off-putting.

I too am tired of the realignment can getting kicked down the road repeatedly. If the CFP gets expanded to 24, then that will be a strong signal as to how much money the P2 is expecting from postseason play and should help finance the next round of expansion. Everyone has been talking and preparing since the FSU vs ACC settlement. Let the dominos drop already.

Notre Dame as a partial just to keep them out of the Big Ten? Their fanbase is not exactly in the south, but to screw over the Big Ten I’m sure the boys in Birmingham could come to an agreement to make that happen. Could add another partial member to keep things balanced. How serious do you think those talks, ND/SEC, are if the ACC does lose six or more?

Well things changed again yesterday evening. 12 House members signed an amendment to the PCSA which kills the time for waiting as an independent and wipes out the caps. If that amendment passes the House and the Senate doesn't oppose it and it becomes law, it wipes out all of the above. If it doesn't pass the House and neither does the Bill that wipes it out as well. It would take both the House rejecting the amendment and passing the bill for the Senate to approve it and the cap remain at 20 and the time as an independent at 3 minutes. We may be looking at 24 again.