Go big

Jul 5, 2022, 10:37 PM

Merger ACC and PAC 12 with ND and 4 Big 12 schools ….. create a truly super conference name.

As you know the old regional stuff is out the window; it is all what product can you provide for TV. The Big Ten, even with new SEC, will be in a good spot so they can sit tight or add a little if they want. It is the ACC, PAC 12 and remaining Big 12 that need a big time game changer. For once it is time to go big and even out do the SEC. Even it does not work you can always break it up, as we have seen conferences fall apart all the time. You know how the contracts would need to read, etc. So here it goes:

ACC/ PAC Northeast
Notre Dame
UVA
VT
Pitt
WVA
BC
Cuse
Louisville

ACC Southeast
Clemson
Miami
FSU
UNC
NC State
WF
GT
Duke

ACC southwest
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Colorado
Ok state
Texas tech
TCU
Kansas State

ACC West
Oregon
Oregon state
Washington
Washington state
Arizona
Stanford
Arizona state
CAL

-For Clemson 7 games a year are still "regional" and easy to travel to. Actually schedule is better as get Miami and UNC every year unlike now. I will easily trade those two for Cuse and BC

-for an incredible TV ratings and big contract you have a league "playoff". Winner of Northeast plays winner of Southeast in Charlotte. Winners of Southwest and West playoff semi-final in California/Arizona withConference Championship in Dallas. Clemson vs. Oregon conference title would rival SEC Championship.

-This playoff scenario may only mean you can play 10 games but so what, 10 games of great product. Play a 9 game conference slate and leave one spot for rival games. You play you 7 Division foes then kind of like ACC/Big Ten basketball challenge you kind of set matchups before season starts. Clemson v. Washington

Again it may mean long travel for one or two games a year but so what for the match-ups produced.

-You could create a mini "NCAA Tournament" for Conference Basketball tournament. Top three teams from each division make tournament along with 4 at large spots. So 16 team b-ball tournament. UNC, Duke, Baylor Cuse, UVA, Arizona is a tournament that would have incredible ratings. (who cares about the ACC tournament now, it not what is was before NCAA went to 64 teams. Most teams if they win it nice but really playing for NCAA). This tournament set-up is must see TV

So what if only half the league makes tournament, the SEC does not allow all baseball teams to make SEC baseball tournament.

Same thing for baseball. Top 3 in each division, 4 at large. Arizona, Stanford, UVA, FSU, Arizona State, OK. State, TCU....like a mini college World Series.

Ok I admit this is huge and may be you can do this through some alliance and not an actual conference. But the TV product this could produce is unbelievable. Obviously a lot of numbers would have to be crunched but can't see with these brands, conference playoff, etc how this not be huge dollars.

In this day and age, have to think big, big. I mean is it much different than SEC speculation about going to 20 teams?

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To alleviate the dead weight you could go the route of promotion / relegation on each side. And while we're adding Cincinnati, might as well tack on the other larger left out FBS in the mix. If good is playing good, it would still produce compelling content with the extras.

Atlantic Premier
Clemson
Miami
Va Tech
FSU
UNC
WVa
NC State
Pitt
Louisville
Cincinnati

Atlantic Champions
Ga Tech
Duke
Wake
BC
Syracuse
UVA
Memphis
UCF
Navy
USF

Pacific Premier
Baylor
OK State
Oregon
Washington
Stanford
AZ State
Utah
BYU
Iowa State
TCU

Pacific Champions
Boise State
Colorado
Texas Tech
K State
Oregon State
Washington State
Arizona
California
Kansas
Houston

Schedule 6 games within each division, 3 games cross division, and 1 game cross-league (matched with division strength). This would produce 35 marquee games per league per season. You could tweak the numbers to 7/2/1 if it makes more financial and competitive sense, but I would think 6/3/1 would do the trick and help keep geography and old rivalries still intact.

Programs in the Premier League earn more media rights revenue than those in the Champions League due to the enhanced competition and being the league's media breadwinners.

Promote/Relegate every 2 years based on either 4 or 6-year running conference records, and limit the numbers to maybe 2 per cycle.

If the SEC and B1G are looking at adding 4 teams each to a post-season, the Atlantic and Pacific would produce at least 2 - the Premier league regular season champ plus the next best regardless of division. If the number is 12 then that fills it. If the number is 16 then there's 4 at-large spots left between all leagues to fill.

Top competitors play more often. The dead weight plays among itself more often. Scheduling could prioritize rivals and geography as needed, but also tweaked for national interest. Schedules would be set for two years then completely rebuilt for the following two after promotion/relegation. And on and on.

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Go bigger then?

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As a further caveat for both TV and top programs in each

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I appreciate your effort, but I don't think it's the answer.

Does this division move the needle for you?

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TU for the effort...***

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