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Joel Klatt: Conferences will drop schools that don’t bring in as much revenue as top teams
Posted on 5/27/23 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 5/27/23 at 10:51 pm
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Does it sound crazy? Maybe so, but FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt predicts that the future of conference realignment could include teams being dropped from conferences, once the top-tier programs realize they’re carrying dead weight.
“You know what’s next for us in college football? I told you this is never going to stop, right? I wasn’t lying. This is never going to stop. Because it’s been about who can we add to increase value so that we all make more money,” Klatt said. “Well pretty soon it’s going to start being about who can we drop? I know people think I’m crazy and look at me kind of sideways. That’s absolutely coming. Because again there’s not an unlimited source of money and the money then has to get smarter.”
Klatt went on to say, “And I know a lot of college football fans don’t like this conversation because I’ve said the word money too much,” Klatt said. “But the bottom line is like that’s irrelevant in this model. And I’m going to get to a place where I think that there are some fixes that will make the sport better, but for right now you have to understand that what is going to be entering into college football is really poor economies of scale. Think about it. Now you’ve got all these members, only a few of them are actually driving the overarching value. Almost like taxpayers, right?”
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Posted on 5/27/23 at 10:57 pm to Bench McElroy
He’s right and it sucks arse that greed is destroying the game
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:00 pm to Dr RC
I imagine people said this when Sewanee or Tulane left the SEC. Or when the Ivy League stopped dominating. The only constant is change.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:00 pm to Bench McElroy
Joel Klatt is a moron. The SEC won’t drop anyone. Although we should drop Arkansas. They’re dead weight. Haven’t won a natty in a big three sport this century. They share that honor with only Mizzou, Tennessee, and Texas A&M in the SEC.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:03 pm to Uga Alum
It won’t technically be the SEC dropping teams but it’ll be like what the 7 ACC schools were threatening to do where the biggest earners will form a group big enough to dissolve the conference so they can move on w/o whoever it is the networks tell them to drop.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:21 pm to Bench McElroy
I think the move is actually a rebellion against the current trajectory. I believe we're going to see schools like Stanford, UF and some others that don't thrive in an NIL environment, break away. A new division will be formed.
No NIL, no portal, rules to govern coaching buyouts, less time away from academics, with a revenue sharing model for players - and I believe this will survive a court challenge for those wanting to keep NIL, and there will be a challenge as soon as the first player inks a deal and the new division says, "ok that's fine, but your eligibility is now gone."
There are many schools in the nation with excellent fan support, that made money, yet will not be big players in NIL. Those schools will still thrive if they go back to a non-NIL system but have a system where players get some money. There are easy solutions for that problem.
No NIL, no portal, rules to govern coaching buyouts, less time away from academics, with a revenue sharing model for players - and I believe this will survive a court challenge for those wanting to keep NIL, and there will be a challenge as soon as the first player inks a deal and the new division says, "ok that's fine, but your eligibility is now gone."
There are many schools in the nation with excellent fan support, that made money, yet will not be big players in NIL. Those schools will still thrive if they go back to a non-NIL system but have a system where players get some money. There are easy solutions for that problem.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:30 pm to Bench McElroy
Bye Vanderbilt! You bring nothing but good academics.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:34 pm to BZ504
4th in basketball this year and in the baseball title game. Louisiana is a dying State with a shrinking population. Nashville is booming. If anyone gets voted out look in the mirror.
This post was edited on 5/27/23 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:51 pm to morriscat2
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Nashville is booming.
Nashville crime has sky rocketed in the last 5 years, dumbass.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:54 pm to Bench McElroy
Thanks Texas
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:58 pm to memphisplaya
That’s rich coming from someone’s whose handle includes “Memphis”.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 12:33 am to morriscat2
Has any school ever been ejected from the SEC? Or any conference? Is it even possible?
Posted on 5/28/23 at 12:37 am to Bench McElroy
Vandy bowling keeping them relevant.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 12:47 am to Bench McElroy
In the end it will all come down to how many schools is wanted in the big picture revenue "league". Is it 64(you have room for the lower end) or more like 48(some are getting cut or bailing)? That's where we're headed just matters how many teams the tv/apparel companies are willing to bankroll.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 1:00 am to Bench McElroy
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Joel Klatt
Posted on 5/28/23 at 1:02 am to morriscat2
quote:Memphis has been high crime for forever, but Nashville's trend started in 2015 when they kept promoting being the bachelor/ bachelorette landing zone and started being soft on crime. Hence my point that the crime in nashville has skyrocketed since 2015. In 2016 Nashville saw a 3.5% increase in crime from the previous year. A trend that has only increased each year.
That’s rich coming from someone’s whose handle includes “Memphis”.
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Up 8% from 2019, the violent crime rate in the Nashville, Tennessee, metro area stands at 616 incidents per 100,000 people — well above the national rate. The increase in violent crime in the Nashville area was led by homicides, which surged by nearly 29% year over year.
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Posted on 5/28/23 at 1:35 am to GeorgeWest
they wont have to get booted. some schools will simply be left behind when the superconferences are restructured and renamed
Posted on 5/28/23 at 2:34 am to Uga Alum
Arkansas has won more Nattys in all sports than ANY other SEC team, you dumbfk. 
Posted on 5/28/23 at 3:40 am to Slackaveli
Texas
Posted on 5/28/23 at 3:49 am to memphisplaya
Dude... you are the one who made it about crime. Crime wasn't even the point of his post. Growth, money, viability, what a school adds to the conference, IS
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