(01-15-2019 06:22 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 06:20 PM)YNot Wrote:  

(01-13-2019 07:26 PM)leofrog Wrote:  

(01-12-2019 04:19 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  Peanuts for all. Somebody needs to file a lawsuit to blow this system up.

For what reason?

If you’re talking about the TV dollars, that’s negotiable based on supply/demand.

If you’re talking about the CFP dollars, that is something that was negotiated and unanimously agreed among all 10 FBS conferences.

I'm not agreeing that somebody needs to file a lawsuit, but whether it was originally 'negotiated and unanimously agreed' can be overcome in an anti-trust lawsuit. It would be fairly straightforward for a school, or group of schools, to allege that the CFP contract is or has become collusive and an unreasonable restraint of trade.

Whether they would win is a different matter, but they could make a reasonable allegation that would justify a very public lawsuit and investigation.

I'm curious - what "trade" do you think is "restrained" by the CFP?

Do you think that if, e.g., the G5 negotiated their own post-season bowl and playoffs deal with the networks separate from the P5 that they would get more money?

Seriously?

https://www.antitrustlawblog.com/2009/08...-legality/

"In his opening statement to the Subcommittee, Senator Hatch detailed his concerns that the BCS violated both Section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act: “Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies to limit competition. I’ve said before that I don’t believe a plainer description of the BCS exists.” Id. Senator Hatch characterized the system as an agreement between preferred conferences and the major bowl games as to how they will compete against each other and the non-preferred conferences. Id."

"Clearly, the BCS bowl games exist in a category all their own and the architects of the BCS system appear to have intentionally excluded teams from non-privileged conferences, not on the basis of competition, but due to pre-arranged agreements.[3]"

Again, I'm not saying that the lawsuit would come out a winner, but these exact same arguments that were made to a senate subcommittee against the BCS could be made against the CFP and NY6.