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I know for a fact that there are discussions going on for a "Best of whats left" basketball tourney for after the "Big Two" break away to be positioned as a national championship basketball tournament, and a separate discussion being had for a HBCU basketball championship for post break away, the latter starting as early as next spring as a HBCU invitational then ready to pivot to a championship once the breakup happens.

It seems to me that, if the SEC and Big Ten split off, the remainder schools would retain NCAA Div I branding along with its associated championships. Perhaps the football championship playoff will finally resemble those in the lower divisions. It will be interesting to see if the NCAA would allow SEC/Big Ten Olympic sports to participate in the NCAA championships.

If you keep NCAA branding, you keep giving the NCAA their 50% and 50% of a much smaller pile of cash at that.

I just hope if/when the breakaway occurs we all hold strong and don’t give them anything for the basketball tournament. Let them play an SEC/Big Ten basketball tournament. Taking away the small schools kills what makes March madness fun.

(04-24-2024 08:41 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  If you keep NCAA branding, you keep giving the NCAA their 50% and 50% of a much smaller pile of cash at that.

Would a G 5 league be any different? It seems to me that creating a new brand, building and supporting a league administration and supporting infrastructure will require a pile of cash.

(04-24-2024 09:51 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I just hope if/when the breakaway occurs we all hold strong and don’t give them anything for the basketball tournament. Let them play an SEC/Big Ten basketball tournament. Taking away the small schools kills what makes March madness fun.

Me too. However, I suspect that there will be a well financed “National Invitational” that includes the top ranked non - SEC/Big Ten schools. The money and exposure will be too much to resist.

(04-25-2024 06:30 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(04-24-2024 08:41 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  If you keep NCAA branding, you keep giving the NCAA their 50% and 50% of a much smaller pile of cash at that.

Would a G 5 league be any different? It seems to me that creating a new brand, building and supporting a league administration and supporting infrastructure will require a pile of cash.

I well planned G5 that grows to include the half of the power leagues about to be cut out might attract significant investment.

Even with a few former ACC, PAC, and Big 12 names, being separated from the expanded P2 and becoming G5 (G6?), this will result in a damage to college sports branding that I'm not sure is recoverable. The difference between the P2 and the non-P2 will expand and the perception will be similar to how we see FCS schools. This will be catastrophic for attendance and media money. I suspect many programs will just drop to lower division. Prepare for the possibility, sure, but the presidents and conference admins should be trying to avoid this as much as possible.

I think there will be initial damage to the expanded P2 programs, but they will take the short term hit for longer-term monopoly.