Project Rudy---a new Super League concept looms that could radically alter college sports

[RUDead]

There is nothing for this from the SEC and B1G perspective.

Zero chance they sign on. No highly successful industry leaders are signing over control of their companies to PE sharks for a few dollars that they are going to make anyway.


It would be like Google giving up control to make their competitors stronger. Makes no sense.

Bingo! They don't need any outside money. They are probably meeting with them to see if they have any good ideas.

 

[Caliknight]

B1G and SEC are meeting with each other not this PE firm.

 

[Brisket and Bourbon]

The B1G/SEC are coming up with their own “Project GTFO”…both those conferences…plus a few select teams from the b12 and ACC might feel compelled to distance themselves from the rest. I guarantee you that the likes of Bama and Michigan and OSU, the two big TX schools and a few other have no desire for parity with the likes of Cindy, byu, UCF and so on. PERIOD

 

[LotusAggressor]

It boils down to this for many:

1. "NIL and Unrestricted Transfers are bad because they create a competitive advantage for schools with more money. That competitive advantage is bad for the sport."
2. "Combining revenue or pooling media contracts across conferences is bad because the Big Ten/SEC has more money. We don't want to give up that competitive advantage. It doesn't matter to us if that competitive advantage is bad for the sport."

The common denominator is that nobody really cares about fairness, parity, or what's good for the sport.

 

[RUInsanity]

It boils down to this for many:

1. "NIL and Unrestricted Transfers are bad because they create a competitive advantage for schools with more money. That competitive advantage is bad for the sport."
2. "Combining revenue or pooling media contracts across conferences is bad because the Big Ten/SEC has more money. We don't want to give up that competitive advantage. It doesn't matter to us if that competitive advantage is bad for the sport."

Just to be clear - this proposal would not create an even competitive landscape. Essentially it would be taking only the teams from the 4 Power Conferences, cutting all other programs out. It would then re-align the 4 Power Conferences into .....wait for it....... 3 Divisions with different revenue distribution levels - the bottom 2 of which are eerily similar to the current setup. 4 years in - the Tier 1 Programs could get distributions almost 10x the amount of Tier 3 schools.

• Tier 1: the top 16 schools earn per-school revenue projections from $130 million in Year 4, escalating to $250 million in Year 12 (double the SEC and Big Ten’s current distribution rate).
• Tier 2: the next 22 schools earn revenue of $60-$110 million (similar to the SEC and Big Ten current rates).
• Tier 3: the last 32 schools earn projections of $30-$60 million (similar to the Big 12 and ACC rates).

Playing this out in real life.......this is just a disguise on creating a Top 16 super conference. The rich would continue to get richer. Out of the gate they would take the blue bloods from each conference plus ND and put them in Division 1 and not look back. The rest would be continuing to fight for purgatory. Not sure why any Rutgers fan would want this.

Also - to your first point. I don't believe that people's hate of NIL / Transfer rules is about competitive advantage (or not). I think it;s more about some having a nostalgic view of what they think college sports and college athletes should be - and are resistant to the thought of changing that.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Its well known that China told BlackRock that if they want to do business in China they will have to push CCP agenda in US. BlackRock pushed ESG/DEI poison pills, got radicals on Exxon to cut production 25% among other things. BR is the gang that sees undercutting US as a goldmine. Foreign countries (and others) see US sports as great propaganda tools

"ESG has grown in importance and value, moving beyond a niche set of investors to large institutional investors and hitting a watershed moment three years ago when BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the world’s largest institutional investor, declared in his annual letter that companies should get on the right side of ESG or get out of the BlackRock portfolio."

ESG and the CCP: Why Investors Should Care about the Chinese Communist Party Incorporated

Investors have a vested interest in understanding the Chinese Communist Party’s relationship with corporate environmental, social, and governance regulations. By holding all industries accountable to strong standards, business and society will benefit.

www.csis.org

"BlackRock invests in about 30 subsidiaries of Chinese defense contractors that have been banned since 2022 by the Treasury Department."

Wall Street, Led by BlackRock, Is Funding Blacklisted Chinese Companies

BlackRock invests in about 30 subsidiaries of Chinese defense contractors that have been banned since 2022 by the Treasury Department.

www.newsweek.com

Sports: The next frontier of foreign influence in America

American sports had remained one of the few sectors in American society that was largely insulated from foreign influence. Until now.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

The worst thing is that all of this has been funded by US outsourcing manufacturing to China. Those profits have gone to spread CCP influence around the globe... further harming US business and USA defense interests.

The execs involved do pretty well though.. so that's nice.

 

[ashokan]

The worst thing is that all of this has been funded by US outsourcing manufacturing to China. Those profits have gone to spread CCP influence around the globe... further harming US business and USA defense interests.

The execs involved do pretty well though.. so that's nice.

The BlackRocks have also invested Mr and Mrs America's funds in China - which China lets them do as long as they are pushing the agenda.

BlackRock got activists placed on Exxon's board and they tied production up in knots.
Then CCP gets to push green scams (which radicals love most) on US while US commits economic harakiri .
A hostile country with thin fossil fuel resources builds alternative energy economy using US market to sell their stuff under DC mandates, while huge US resources get padlocked. Its insane.

CCP is very clever and strategic, and US is beat-up like a baby seal because of "elites" who help. US military and now healthcare going down the same sewer because military has their retirement pirates as well. CCP always gets the benefit of US nonsense and they should not be allowed near sports.

Exclusive-US government funding yielded hundreds of patents for China-based researchers​

Exclusive-US government funding yielded hundreds of patents for China-based researchers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense Department, NASA and other government agencies funded research that led to more than 1,000 U.S. patents for China-based inventors since 2010, including in sensitive fields such as biotechnology and semiconductors, data from the U.S. patent agency showed...

ca.finance.yahoo.com