One thing is certain. If Kentucky did find themselves getting pushed out of the SEC if football there's absolutely no way they would continue to be a part of the dumpster fire that is SEC basketball.
Conference Realignment (Again)
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Would much rather have VT and VA as they are geographically the better fit. NC state would open up a new market as well and then it would come down to who fits the last slot.
The article said Tennessee owns the Louisville and Lexington markets. That is absolutely not true.
This is CFB fan-fiction, not serious reporting
This is CFB fan-fiction, not serious reporting
I honestly think the sec is done changing. What school wants to add more football schools. Alabama at the top doesn't want to add Oklahoma, and neither does Vanderbilt at the bottom. All this money is for the purpose of winning football games, so why make the conference tougher.
If anything does happen, the conference would try to poach a mediocre North Carolina (or State) and Virginia from the acc. Way more money in that move anyway.
Before the sun collapses, it will grow to swallow the earth. That's my prediction for the big 12. The Texas legislature will not let UT leave Baylor, Tech, and TCU in the big 12. They add Memphis and Cincinnati Utah State and Colorado state in desperate bid for tv footprint and money.
If anything does happen, the conference would try to poach a mediocre North Carolina (or State) and Virginia from the acc. Way more money in that move anyway.
Before the sun collapses, it will grow to swallow the earth. That's my prediction for the big 12. The Texas legislature will not let UT leave Baylor, Tech, and TCU in the big 12. They add Memphis and Cincinnati Utah State and Colorado state in desperate bid for tv footprint and money.
SORRY i dont give a crap wat conference we are in We are not 2nd fiddle to anyone!! Lol BEHIND UNC the cheaters from the last 20 to 30 years!! Yeah OKAY oh there is another thing titles and all time wins!! KENTUCKY IS 2ND TO NONE IN BASKETBALL ITS DOESN'TMATTER THE CONFERENCE, THE COUNTRY,THE NATION,THE UNIVERSE! KENTUCKY IS COLLEGE BASKETBALL!!
THE USC.....The University of South Carolina.....the little usc out west is just another who cares team.....at least for some of us southerners.
It's why I thought adding east Carolina to the sec made so much sense. I believe they are the 2nd largest student body In North Carolina.... but they aren't making the schedule noticeably harder. Houston makes a lot of sense for the same reason. TV market and not Oklahoma good.
I understand the schools make up the ncaa. The 64-80 main Football schools should separate themselves from the next tier schools. The current make-up of the ncaa is not representative of the special interests of these schools and, by nature, is concerned with the welfare of smaller schools.
The major Football schools, as well as the bball schools could easily form their own group. Forge their own TV contracts, make their own rules without regard to smaller schools. Like with pay for play...granted, there needs to be standardization, but the larger schools should be able to do their thing without concern for schools such as those in the MAC, Sunbelt, etc...
If those schools decide that Football players must maintain at least a 0.2 GPA, that's up to them. If they don't even want to make them go to class...fine. It's up to those schools and their interests.
I wouldn't put too much down on that being a division in the SEC. VT and Virginia are tied together as for as conferences go by their state legislature, they forced Virginia to allow VT in when the ACC pulled Miami, from the Big East. The same is for OU and OklaSt. so regardless of who is targeted for expansion those schools are a 2 for 1 deal. NCST might be able to leave the ACC on its own, but to buy their way out of it is unrealistic Who knows how it will get divided up if they go the super conference route, they may throw geography away and make sure each conference has a footprint in every region like Stanford, UF, PSU, Michigan, Baylor, Louisville, Iowa, Houston, A&M, MSST, Kansas, Duke, GT, Illinois, Arizona and Oregon St. Each conference would be represented in almost every major TV market with that, but old rivalries would be gone. Don't think I like that much but I don't put anything past the NCAA.
As I said...they have already done so.
Who do you think negotiates the tv contracts? All of the SEC's TV contracts are between the SEC and ESPN and CBS. The NCAA has zero to do with them. That has been the case since the formation of the CFA that was created in 1977 and ceased to exist in 1997 after all of the conferences including the SEC started negotiating their own TV contracts.
By a 16-2 vote, the NCAA adopted the Division I model released to its members last month (August, 2014). Division I board chairman Nathan Hatch, president at Wake Forest, said the vote “marks a significant step into a brighter future for Division I athletics.”
What does all of this mean? Some questions and (attempted) answers:
Q: What does “autonomy” mean for the Power 5 conferences and why is it happening?
It lets the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 create their own rules — other conferences can adopt them, too, if they want — in certain areas to benefit college athletes. Leaders of the major conferences say they have the resources to provide more to athletes and have tried for years but get blocked by smaller schools. External pressure by lawsuits and Congress has also forced the issue.
Thanks for enlightening me. I like the idea of the big schools not being bound by the needs of the smaller schools.