Schools worse off after leaving their historic league for money:
B12 abandoners: Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, aTm (literally all of them)
Big East abandoners: Syracuse, Louisville (arguable), Rutgers, Boston College
ACC abandoners: Maryland, South Carolina (not really for money but will count)
Schools better off after leaving their historic league for money:
West Virginia (maybe???), Utah (for now)
I often see on Twitter fans of these schools saying they secretly wish they could go back to their old leagues, but the problem now is even if their school decided culture and history was more important than money, it's not like they could naturally just go back where they belong, because their leagues have already replaced them. With the benefit of hindsight, I think just about every fanbase in the country would want to go back to the way conferences existed in the early 2000s if not earlier, but there is just no feasible way for that to happen, which sucks, and with the revenue and talent gap about to blow as wide open as it will, the fans will now just be thankful they made the move before the schism of P5 into P2.
With the upcoming B10 and SEC expansion into national businesses (what was so wrong with regional amateur sports orgs???), the only major football brands not in one of those two leagues will be Clemson, FSU, Washington, Oregon, Notre Dame, and arguably Miami. I think this reality leaves us with a few distinct possibilities:
1. Next round of realignment (expected early-mid 2030s) sees Clemson, FSU, Miami, UNC join the SEC and Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Cal join the B10. Those two leagues break off from NCAA
2. Expanded CFBP stays at 12 teams with 5 autobids and that is enough to incentivize the few football players left in the ACC, B12, and P12 to stay in their leagues for the easier route to the playoff
3. Further expansion of postseason football and cooperation between TV networks leads to a nationalization of college football regardless of conference affiliations (i.e. much larger playoff) and this minimizes the importance of being in one of the two mega conferences.
I'm curious if anyone else has thoughts on which of those outcomes seems most likely, or if you think I am missing a potential outcome.
FYI - when I say I hate college football, I hate it because it's causing this. I absolutely love the sport itself, but the greed of its stakeholders means hell for fans and athletes of every other sport. Imo, as the only truly profitable college sport, football should be organized separately. It's a shame to see so many other sports and athletes dragged down by major corporations like Disney and FOX.
B12 abandoners: Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, aTm (literally all of them)
Big East abandoners: Syracuse, Louisville (arguable), Rutgers, Boston College
ACC abandoners: Maryland, South Carolina (not really for money but will count)
Schools better off after leaving their historic league for money:
West Virginia (maybe???), Utah (for now)
I often see on Twitter fans of these schools saying they secretly wish they could go back to their old leagues, but the problem now is even if their school decided culture and history was more important than money, it's not like they could naturally just go back where they belong, because their leagues have already replaced them. With the benefit of hindsight, I think just about every fanbase in the country would want to go back to the way conferences existed in the early 2000s if not earlier, but there is just no feasible way for that to happen, which sucks, and with the revenue and talent gap about to blow as wide open as it will, the fans will now just be thankful they made the move before the schism of P5 into P2.
With the upcoming B10 and SEC expansion into national businesses (what was so wrong with regional amateur sports orgs???), the only major football brands not in one of those two leagues will be Clemson, FSU, Washington, Oregon, Notre Dame, and arguably Miami. I think this reality leaves us with a few distinct possibilities:
1. Next round of realignment (expected early-mid 2030s) sees Clemson, FSU, Miami, UNC join the SEC and Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Cal join the B10. Those two leagues break off from NCAA
2. Expanded CFBP stays at 12 teams with 5 autobids and that is enough to incentivize the few football players left in the ACC, B12, and P12 to stay in their leagues for the easier route to the playoff
3. Further expansion of postseason football and cooperation between TV networks leads to a nationalization of college football regardless of conference affiliations (i.e. much larger playoff) and this minimizes the importance of being in one of the two mega conferences.
I'm curious if anyone else has thoughts on which of those outcomes seems most likely, or if you think I am missing a potential outcome.
FYI - when I say I hate college football, I hate it because it's causing this. I absolutely love the sport itself, but the greed of its stakeholders means hell for fans and athletes of every other sport. Imo, as the only truly profitable college sport, football should be organized separately. It's a shame to see so many other sports and athletes dragged down by major corporations like Disney and FOX.