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Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker
Yeah, this smells like an idea someone came up with and decided it must be true. Why the hell would those schools give a rat's ass if 2-3 more FCS teams go FBS? It's going to take what, .00000001% of the total pot away from the big boys?Quote:
Originally Posted by NDSU92
Not sure what to think yet. Matt Brown has a lot of deep connections and is often on the money on these things. FBS is becoming a money grab, and those at the top want to consolidate. They will likely be kicking G5 to the curb either way in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAILG8R
Flip side is how can the power conferences keep poaching from those below them, and then expect them not to backfill? Should the lower conferences just surrender and fold? The proposition seems absurd on the surface.
If Matt publishes an in depth story on this topic, it will be worth a read. All his prior stuff on NIL, etc has played out the way he projected.
If that was the plan, zero chance they are leaking it out to anyone because it is grounds for a massive lawsuit that will cost far more money than keeping anyone out would save.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker
Any school/conference that cares enough about how many FBS schools there are isn't making any real decisions to begin with. The Big 10 and the SEC could give two shits if NDSU or Montana or Sac State jumps up, the money involved is a rounding error to them.
Perhaps they are starting a list of grievances against the G5/6 so that when they leave, they have "reasons" besides greed to point to for their discontent. It’s laughable to say this after what CUSA did to survive. Total fing joke. Too little too lateQuote:
Originally Posted by NDSUstudent
IMHO there absolutely should be non-financial considerations to move up such as number of FCS titles/appearances, facilities, brand, research status, etc, but logic and realignment appear to have become immiscible
I’m a little surprised nobody here has linked the Forum article where ML basically says, "yes, we want to move up and the time is now". I guess that flies in the face of the narrative on here that so many have pushed for so long …
Agree with this. If anything it helps the B10/SEC in their crusade to separate. “Look at all the FCS teams that have jumped, it’s untenable now” is much better PR than “yeah, but I want fuck you money”Quote:
Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker
Am I missing something here or what? What direct effect on money distribution would this have? Aren’t payouts based on conference and then redistributed therein? Or is it actually based on number of teams in the conference? If it just goes to each conference, what does the P2 care if the MW waters itself down? It’s to their advantage…
I guess that article though is proof that nothing is hurt by saying what he said. I read it and lol’d to myself “there you go Matt, was that so fucking difficult?”Quote:
Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker
That said im guessing the difference in answer has more to do with President Cook than Matt L changing tact.
I do think something is in the works. 1660 last Thursday spent 10 minutes talking about how this was the right time, the right move. They even went into how FCS has become a bad product. Such FCS bashing has never, ever happened on 1660. And of course they’ve never allowed us to fill our silly little heads with thoughts of something better than status quo.
My guess is this has been in the works since Cook arrived. ML's choice of words sort of give it away, imo. To paraphrase ... "some want to see lakes flying a cropduster with the MWC banner in the sky, but doing this can derail the process. I'm talking about it now because its safe"Quote:
Originally Posted by NDSU92
We'll see. Last week was bad luck so time for me to go silent on realignment. Wrt to ETSU, Colorado when into Ft Collins and totally wrangled the sheep, and yet Bison defense kept them in that game in Boulder. In Johnson City, it seems we were simply out coached and unready. Their QB rungame was an unexpected twist, and what's puzzling is why it took so long to adjust
Wasnt that the point of raising the FBS entry fee to $5 mil?Quote:
Originally Posted by TAILG8R
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Originally Posted by NDSU92
This. Anything that ML did or didn't do before Cook was at Bresciano's direction. If there's a change now, it's a Bresciani to Cook change...
Is "16 DI sports" still the rule? If so, the Montanas only have 15 each.