(09-06-2021 07:27 PM)Big Frog II Wrote:  

(09-06-2021 06:07 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-06-2021 06:02 PM)jgkojak Wrote:  We are in a new era of college sports with the NIL.

Well, I don't think the New Big 12 is going to retain its P5 status after 2025. It seems highly unlikely to me that the SEC and B1G will share playoff money and other trappings of "power" equally with the NB12 when the brand-value gap is so vast.

The NB12 will be viewed as either the top G conference or a true "tweener" that the AAC was striving to be.

Wrong

Well, your thoughtful reply made me reconsider and .... I'm still where I was before, LOL.

I mean, just consider this: With Texas and OU set aside as in limbo, so not counting for either the L12 or the SEC, the top seven brands in the SEC are about a light-year ahead of the top seven brands in the L12.

Then, if you look at the next five brands, to soak up all the L12 schools, you see that ... the SEC's next five brands are all flagships and are more valuable than the L12's last five brands.

In fact, one can argue that the SEC's 8-12 brands are better than the L12's *first* five brands.

And again, that's *without* TX and OU added to the SEC. So given that situation, why on earth would the SEC be willing to treat the L12 as a Power league in any post-2025 CFP deals, contract bowl deals, etc.?

I'm not seeing it.