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Mason Chambers Commits!!! (The original thread)

VeloClone said:
Why does everyone assume 16 team leagues? There are a lot of leagues that are there or have approached that for some time and the reasons for going big have been slipping away. I think by the time things blow up - if they do - no one will really want to have leagues that big. A 16 team league really isn't a league at all. The divisions are really separate leagues with agreements for interleague play.
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I have always felt 11 team conferences were the optimum- play 10 games against teams in your conference and 2 pre-conference games. So IMO the Big 12 at 10 teams is closest.

I am hopeful that at some point college presidents among the Big 5 get smart and negotiate the college football TV contract as a single body- similar to the NFL. Having 6 or 7 conferences with 11 teams each and regional based would make for a great fan experience. Then have each conference regular season champion make an 8 team National Championship playoff- with 1 or 2 other teams selected by poll.
 
isucy86 said:
I have always felt 11 team conferences were the optimum- play 10 games against teams in your conference and 2 pre-conference games. So IMO the Big 12 at 10 teams is closest.

I am hopeful that at some point college presidents among the Big 5 get smart and negotiate the college football TV contract as a single body- similar to the NFL. Having 6 or 7 conferences with 11 teams each and regional based would make for a great fan experience. Then have each conference regular season champion make an 8 team National Championship playoff- with 1 or 2 other teams selected by poll.
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I wonder if monopolizing the P5 might hurt the market for their media rights. A single company couldn't afford the whole package, so they'd be angling for a split from the beginning. The Big 12 has made this work, but it's more difficult to imagine on a larger scale. More difficult to brand for the networks too. ESPN loves pushing the brands they have a stake in. You can't sell something that's competing against itself both in timeslots and on the field.
 
A common theme we keep hearing over and over again:

<<“I’ve decided to go to Iowa State, mainly because the coaches are extremely different than the other schools that I’ve been to before,” Chambers said of his decision. “You can tell Coach Campbell is not just worried about the football team but also building his players into men, something a lot of other schools aren’t really focused on. I just felt comfortable when I was there, it was a good experience when I went up there.">>

Pretty soon everyone is going to be wanting to hire coaches who cut their teeth at Mt. Union.
 
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OnlyCyclones said:
I wonder if monopolizing the P5 might hurt the market for their media rights. A single company couldn't afford the whole package, so they'd be angling for a split from the beginning. The Big 12 has made this work, but it's more difficult to imagine on a larger scale. More difficult to brand for the networks too. ESPN loves pushing the brands they have a stake in. You can't sell something that's competing against itself both in timeslots and on the field.
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Sounds like its time to break the monopoly up.
 
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