Wait, tOSU almost went independent?
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And people said the big ten won’t do unequal revenue, lol.
I would think that if your one of the top dogs in college, when you TV rights deal comes up, you wouldn't be doing your job if you didn't consider it.
Ohio State and the like will leave behind the tiny Northwesterns/Vanderbilts and the medium Iowas/Arkansas and won’t think twice about doing it. That day is coming
Yeah, could see a world where some of the big dogs go independent with a scheduling alliance between some of them
Bet the "Alliance" stopped them.
I won't be surprised if going independent becomes the new thing after the superconferences are set. ND, Bama, OSU, USC and one or two others could just form a scheduling agreement to fill half their schedule each year and then pay to have all home games the rest of the season while having their own tv/streaming deals.
So why would we let them? Yeah they have the biggest market's BECAUSE they beat these other smaller teams every year which built their brand... they wouldn't be there without the little guy, they already profit the most and will soon shut us out completely...
As far as I'm aware no other sports league just pays the "bigger" teams more based on what they individually would theoretically bring in.
I'm pretty naive though, and no other sports league is as in-car realized and lawless as college athletics
Top 10 most ego-driven schools should just all form their own NFL lite (ND,OSU,Tex,Bama,etc).
The remaining power 5 schools should all band together, negotiate tv deals together, form a college football playoff together, and then play geographic rivals!
The remaining power 5 schools should all band together, negotiate tv deals together, form a college football playoff together, and then play geographic rivals!
Makes you wonder if they had any back door calls with UT. Texas probably looked at it too.
