(09-06-2022 08:38 AM)_C2_ Wrote: If the big schools break away in football only, could we see a system of European soccer style promotion and relegation?
Benefits of this include:
-It allows a "Premier League" of the biggest and best brands.
-It means only the biggest money schools make the highest playoff.
-It means the schools can still play lower division schools for buy games and even maintain rivalries with demoted schools.
-It leaves the door open for declining programs (on and off the field) such as perhaps a Miami to be demoted from the premier league.
-On the opposite side of the coin, developing potential powerhouse programs such as a Liberty can make the show and add to the league.
-It concretes the largest brands together and there are none that don't carry their own weight.
They could do this and leave basketball (and the rest) alone, which wouldn't kill their golden goose, which is the NCAA Tournament. There'd still be a place for Gonzaga, Villanova and the Big East without rendering them irrelevant.
Unlike Premier League soccer, they could promote and relegate every two years to allow for series home and homes.
Instead of Pro/Rel, have a Champions League where each FBS conference nominates its best. The teams don't leaver their home conference.
So let's allocate 27 berths among the P5 on a pro rata basis:
SEC(7): Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, Arkansas
B1G(7): Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan State, Iowa
ACC+(6): Clemson, Pitt, Notre Dame, FSU, NC State, Syracuse
BXII(5): Baylor, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, K-State, TCU
P10(4): Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington
MtW(2): AFA, Nevada
AAC(2): SMU, UAB
Sun Belt(1): Louisiana
CUSA+(1): WKU
MAC(1): WMU
The 36 teams are placed into four bowls:
Bowl 1: Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Clemson, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State.
Bowl 2: Wisconsin, Iowa State, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan State, Pitt, Arkansas.
Bowl 3: Notre Dame, Iowa, K-State, TCU, Florida State, NC State, Syracuse, Utah.
Bowl 4: Oregon State, Washington, Louisiana, SMU, AFA, WMU, Nevada, UAB, WMU.
Each team is scheduled against two teams from each of the four bowl, a total of 8 games, with one home and one away. If there are multiple teams from the same conference draw them together to the extent possible.
For the SEC:
Bowl 1: Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma will play each other.
Bowl 2: Texas will play A&M (rivalry game). This will force Arkansas to play Florida. The Texas schools will be drawn against the non-Texas schools.
Bowl 1:Bowl 2. Three teams in Bowl 1 will play two games, two teams in Bowl 2 will play two SEC games, and two will play one. Georgia-Florida and Oklahoma-Texas will be matched (rivalry games).
For the B1G:
Bowl 1: Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State will play each other.
Bowl 2: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan state will play each other.
Bowl 1:Bowl 2. All teams will play two games. Michigan-Michigan State will be matched (rivalry game)
Bowl 1:Bowl 3. Iowa will play two of three teams.
Bowl 2:Bowl 3. Iowa will play two of three teams, including Minnesota (rivalry).
ACC:
Bowl 3: Notre Dame, FSU, NC State, Syracuse will be drawn for two games. No games are considered rivalry games. For this competition, ND will be considered to be an ACC team. Army, UConn, and UMass as CUSA teams.
Bowl 1:Bowl 2: Clemson v Pitt.
Bowl 1:Bowl 3: Clemson v. NC State? and one other.
Bowl 2: Bowl 3: Pitt v. Syracuse? and one other.
B12:
Bowl 1: Baylor v. Oklahoma State
Bowl 3: K-State v. TCU
Bowl 1: Bowl 2: Iowa State v Baylor & Oklahoma State
Bowl 2: Bowl 3: Iowa State v K-State & TCU
P12:
Bowl 3: Utah v. Arizona State
Bowl 4: Oregon State v. Washington
Bowl 3:Bowl 4: Utah and Arizona State v. Oregon State and Washington
MtW:
Bowl 4: AFA v. Nevada
AAC:
Bowl 4: SMU v. UAB
Inter-conference (example).
Bowl 1:Bowl 2. Clemson, Baylor, and Oklahoma State have only one game, as do Pitt and two of the four SEC teams. Draw another game for each avoiding Clemson v. Pitt.
The SEC teams in the champions league will have 4 games (5 teams) or 3 games (2 teams) against SEC teams. We can bring them up to 7 games each by scheduling them against the other 9 SEC teams. This could rivalry games such as Alabama-Auburn, Alabama-Tennessee, Georgia-South Carolina, A&M-LSU, and Missouri-Arkansas. These.
The Champions League teams play 8 games and will be placed in a single 36-team table. The Top 16 will advance to the playoffs. Conceivably there could be some play-ins to break ties for the last berths. It will likely require a 5-3 or 4-4 record to qualify. The other records can be used for seeding purposes. A possible playoff bracket.
1. Georgia
16. Michigan State
9. Wisconsin
8. Baylor
5. Clemson
12. Florida
13. Texas
4. Michigan
3. Ohio State
14. Texas A&M
11. Iowa State
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
10. Oklahoma State
15. Minnesota
2. Alabama
The bottom 10 will subject to removal from the Champions league. The conferences will be seeded based on average (mean) wins by the conferences teams and matched against the last 16-placed teams. Perhaps
1. SEC
Tennessee v. WMU
2. B1G
Northwestern v. UAB
3. BXII
Texas Tech v. Nevada
4. ACC
North Carolina v. WKU
5. P10
Oregon v. AFA
6. SB Coastal Carolina v.
SMU
7. MtW Boise State v.
Louisiana
8. CUSA Liberty v
Washington
9. AAC Tulane v.
Oregon State
10. MAC CMU v.
Arizona State
The teams in bold would be favored. If that happened, then the new allocation of berths in the Champions League would be:
SEC (8)
B1G (8)
ACC+ (7)
BXII (6)
P10 (5)
AAC (1)
SB (1)
Finally, there could be intra-conference challenges. Teams that finish out of the playoffs (17-26) could be challenged by top teams in their conference not in the Champions League (maximum of two per conference). Possible:
Auburn v. Arkansas
Indiana v. Iowa
BYU v. TCU
Cincinnati v. K-State
Miami(FL) v. NC State
Wake v. Syracuse
Cal v. Utah
$$$$$
Home team owns media rights (subject to any conference GOR), ticket sales and concessions. There might be a required sale of tickets 10%? to visitor who keeps money if they can sell the tickets. A participating team might be required to use stadium with 30K (or 40K capacity.
Media rights for playoffs distributed to participants (after CFP takes cut for administration, and small percentage to NCAA for licensing purposes).
Base for 36 teams: 8 units, plus one unit for each win (an 8-0 team gets twice as much as 0-8 team). 4 units for making playoffs and 4 for winning each game, and 8 for championship. Potential for champion 40 units (or 5X minimum).
Payout over 5 years to avoid fluctuations. Conferences decide distributions.