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Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:53 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:53 am
Details will come out and this will get done real quick.
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Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:53 am to Farmer1906
The vote has already happened.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:54 am to Farmer1906
ESPN doesn’t have the pull it did just 5 years ago. They’re a dying network.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:57 am to cokebottleag
One does wish. We don't need them running and ruining sports with that Disney-liberal fairytale virtue signalling crap.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:57 am to cokebottleag
Not when they get some new SEC deal that includes Oklahoma and Texas. ESPN is about to make bank.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:58 am to cokebottleag
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ESPN doesn’t have the pull it did just 5 years ago. They’re a dying network.
ESPN is owned by Disney. I think they'll be alright
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:59 am to cokebottleag
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ESPN doesn’t have the pull it did just 5 years ago. They’re a dying network.
Look at the tv agreements with the Big 12, tu, SEC, and the new negotiation with the SEC. The pieces match. Just wait until the Big 12 gets out of their deal so this gets done much sooner than 2025.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:05 am to Farmer1906
Nope:
The Playoff Expansion to 12 teams made this all but inevitable. Stop and think, the SEC, and the other big time football teams create the brand and incentives for the Playoffs. You have all this G5 teams who did nothing to develop the brand so to speak that created the playoff. In fact, what started it was LSU and Bama's 2011 where LSU won the regular season match up SEC title and Bama won the rematch for the old BCS Title (no need to review the 21-0 shutout, we all saw it).
So from that you get playoffs although no doubt ESPN talked about the need for a playoff after 2 SEC teams got in the playoff and within 2 weeks after that game, a 4 team playoff was put together. From there, there were talks about expansion after last year and then the 9-0 Supreme Court decision against the NCAA. But pay careful attention to Kavanaugh's opinion that is quoted in the article.
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Someone here with a Law Degree can chime in, but Kavanaugh's opinion and you look at Gorsuch's opinion, where he said the lawsuit only dealt with NIL, not across the board compensation, you can see where this is potentially going.
So:
1) Expanded 12 team playoff
2) Transfer Portal, which is College Free Agency, lets call it what is.
3) NIL
So what could in theory come later, compensation paid to the student athletes which means more $$$$$ are going to be needed to compete at the top level of College sports.
The Playoff Expansion to 12 teams made this all but inevitable. Stop and think, the SEC, and the other big time football teams create the brand and incentives for the Playoffs. You have all this G5 teams who did nothing to develop the brand so to speak that created the playoff. In fact, what started it was LSU and Bama's 2011 where LSU won the regular season match up SEC title and Bama won the rematch for the old BCS Title (no need to review the 21-0 shutout, we all saw it).
So from that you get playoffs although no doubt ESPN talked about the need for a playoff after 2 SEC teams got in the playoff and within 2 weeks after that game, a 4 team playoff was put together. From there, there were talks about expansion after last year and then the 9-0 Supreme Court decision against the NCAA. But pay careful attention to Kavanaugh's opinion that is quoted in the article.
LINK
Someone here with a Law Degree can chime in, but Kavanaugh's opinion and you look at Gorsuch's opinion, where he said the lawsuit only dealt with NIL, not across the board compensation, you can see where this is potentially going.
So:
1) Expanded 12 team playoff
2) Transfer Portal, which is College Free Agency, lets call it what is.
3) NIL
So what could in theory come later, compensation paid to the student athletes which means more $$$$$ are going to be needed to compete at the top level of College sports.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:06 am to Farmer1906
The only deal ESPN will need is the SEC.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:09 am to SCgamecock2988
Still can't believe CBS wanted out. They had the premiere games in the greatest conference by a longshot to themselves.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:12 am to bamameister
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Still can't believe CBS wanted out. They had the premiere games in the greatest conference by a longshot to themselves.
I dont think they wanted out as much as the SEC wanted to move.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:37 am to StopRobot
Nah, ESPN blows, they are like MTV, they use to do sports now they have talking head and mainly talk about rumors and entertainment stuff. Less about sports and more about click-bait. See Stephen A for the depth of analysis. They are talking heads, not analyst. And do not forget Tom Renaldy with his piano music human interest crap.
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