Big Ten and SEC officials to meet in Nashville

[Rufaninga]

Why even 3? That makes the conference championship meaningless yet again.

One conference auto bid is fine.

Guaranteed $ for conference.
2/3 of teams coming from those conferences means greater exposure & chances for winning.

Locks many of the halve nots out of contention.

 

[NickRU714]

This makes a lot of sense. Playing teams you are guaranteed to beat makes no sense.

The NFL is all about the $$$. What do they do? They seek parity.. they have a draft that promotes parity. They schedule promoting parity... the good play the good the bad play the bad. Guaranteed fluctuations in wins/losses.. sure.. but that's not the end of the world because of the MONEY.

The stars get protected.. the star teams get some protection. It is a show. And they all profit.

Same could be done with college football. But who will resist? Those few whose fan bases expect flirting with undefeated championship seasons every year.

Anyone know if Fox and Disney (ABC/ESPN) execs will be at these meetings? The NFL award contracts to many different networks.. including Amazon Prime like tonights games. College could do the same if presented as one product. But Fox is a part owner of BTN. This will be interesting.

People ignore this point constantly.
The elite teams 100% are fine trading losses for more money.

OSU, UM and PSU voted to add USC, Oregon and UW.

Bama, Georgia and LSU voted to add Texas and Oklahoma.

Why? Because of money.
Money outweighed potential losses.
Perhaps tbey are all delusional and think "Texas won't be a threat to me...."

If they just wanted to guarantee wins they would add UConn.

 

[mosito]

With 4 auto bids they can have multiple final week game options...

1v2 and both are in

Potentially 3v6 and 4v5 for final 2 spots .. addresses uneven schedules. And more $$$ for the league.

Big12 and ACC would only have 2 auto bids...