(08-03-2022 06:30 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Seems the easiest thing to do and reduce corporate paperwork and expenses, would be for the SEC and ACC to merge and create a 30 school super conference along with ESPN in charge of the broadcasting rights. Since so many of the schools are already playing schools in both conferences it would be far more profitable to have one conference retain what is the largest viewership in the country.
The B1G could do the same with PAC and Big XII schools but they more than likely would need to reduce the AAU status as a requirement for admission, yet still having the best programs available. After all, They likely are forming a 2 Super Conference breakaway from the NCAA in all sports. Keeps 60 schools, states,FOX and ESPN happy . But it likely won't become a reality even though corporate mergers are common place these days

Honestly... I mean what is that a 26 vs 30 split with maybe KU ND and a couple more going to the B1G? That's probably the most sensible solution to foster a full breakaway.

I know the Big 12 guys don't want to hear it. I mean, maybe additional Big 12 schools can be sent here or there like ISU to B1G and OSU to SEC, but that would be a mass consolidation that would save the networks a lot of money if we had unequal revenue distribution based on performance instead of history.

Just goes to show, any time you have mass consolidation like this, it means that the money is tightening and financial gains are waning. There are not gobbles of cash sitting around to chase college football. Otherwise we'd see expanded viewerships and additional G5 schools breaking into the power ranks organically. That could still be the trajectory, but we are far flung from that at the moment.