RE: The Next Steps That Greg Sankey, The SEC, and ESPN Should Make
Muskie, there was never going to be parity for ACC and PAC. Their attendance averages and viewership numbers simply would not have permitted it, and their athletic contributions lag as well as a group.
They could have helped their markets made access to a playoff easier to guarantee through a set of cooperative moves.
And yes for the sake of markets, stability in playoff participation, and freedom from the NCAA to monetize basketball and baseball we could still do it with some ground rules.
1. We all move to 18. The Big 10 and SEC both have to take a G5 school.
2. The Big takes Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Kansas, Missouri
3. The SEC takes North Carolina, Duke, and South Florida
4. The PAC takes Brigham Young, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas Christian, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech
5. Baylor, Central Florida, Houston, and West Virginia join Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, N.C. State, S.M.U., Syracuse, Tulane, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
That's 72. If Army, Navy and Air Force wanted in then Memphis, Tulane, and Central Florida are out.
The idea is to sculpt access to the playoffs. To let the SEC & B1G grow, grow within parameters, keep them more or less geographically aligned, but not necessarily grow too much in their strengths. ND and Kansas give the Big 10 a national brand in football and basketball. Missouri gives you a companion for Kansas which is AAU and decent in football and usually in hoops. Cincy is your G5 with academics which could hit AAU with grooming and with solid football and hoops. The SEC adds 2 hoops brands, no football brands and a second Florida School in a good location for the SEC, but not an athletic juggernaut. The ACC enhances football and markets. The PAC enhances markets and competitiveness and picks up a time zone to sell.
Perfect? Hell no! Workable? Absolutely.
B1G:
Indiana, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers
Cincinnati, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin
SEC:
Duke, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, South Florida, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
PAC:
Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State
Arizona, Arizona State, California, California Los Angeles, Colorado, Southern Cal
Brigham Young, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Christian, Texas Tech
ACC:
Baylor, Central Florida, Florida State, Miami, Southern Methodist, Tulane
Boston College, Louisville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia
Clemson, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Each Conference has Semi Finals. The number 1 seed plays the 1 at large. The number 2 seed plays number 3. You have the CCG and the 4 champs move on.
Every conference holds interest in each division until the end of the regular season because of the at large entrant. Every Conference Champ Advances.
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2022 07:45 PM by JRsec.)
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