Re: Conference Realignment..?
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:19 am
I don't even care if we get 50% payouts for the first 5 years. Take the offer and run.NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:06 amZero hesitation.
I don't even care if we get 50% payouts for the first 5 years. Take the offer and run.NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:06 amZero hesitation.
He is not wrong that NIL happened two weeks ago, and also now realignment is happening again.
NIL had nothing to do with this. Schools losing massive amounts of money due to the pandemic is what drove the urgency on this.
Thousands have died every day since the COVID vaccine was first administered.
Not sure I 100% agree - I think the SEC/UT/OU sense that the NCAA is so feckless and inept and antiquated and so on, that now was the time to strike. I do think this is the first step in power schools disassociating from the NCAA, at least in football.
I agree with this. Also, conference realignment wasn't finished 6 or so years ago. It was just tabled for awhile. At that time the talk was for 4 16 team conferences. I like the idea for deciding a football championship, take the 4 conference champs and let them play it out.
It is insane to me that the Big 12 was caught with its pants down here. I am not optimistic we (KU) had a contingency plan, either, given Long's clear ineptitude and the recent AD transition.nu_bronco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:50 amI agree with this. Also, conference realignment wasn't finished 6 or so years ago. It was just tabled for awhile. At that time the talk was for 4 16 team conferences. I like the idea for deciding a football championship, take the 4 conference champs and let them play it out.
With the SEC now having so many powers, no chance they agree to only have 1 of their teams make the playoffs. More likely it'll be 2 or 3 SEC teams and the best 1 or 2 teams from the rest of the conferences in the playoffs if we stay at 4 teams. 8 teams seems harder to pull off because it'll take a long time.nu_bronco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:50 amI agree with this. Also, conference realignment wasn't finished 6 or so years ago. It was just tabled for awhile. At that time the talk was for 4 16 team conferences. I like the idea for deciding a football championship, take the 4 conference champs and let them play it out.
Bowlsby and the Little 8 look foolish.jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:53 amIt is insane to me that the Big 12 was caught with its pants down here. I am not optimistic we (KU) had a contingency plan, either, given Long's clear ineptitude and the recent AD transition.nu_bronco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:50 amI agree with this. Also, conference realignment wasn't finished 6 or so years ago. It was just tabled for awhile. At that time the talk was for 4 16 team conferences. I like the idea for deciding a football championship, take the 4 conference champs and let them play it out.
Yes, so much short sightedness. Staying at 10 was a bad idea. Long was here only to try and get football better. I think he helped some there but not to the level anyone wanted/expected. New AD has been extremely busy. I hope he is finding a good stable home for KU Athletics.jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:53 amIt is insane to me that the Big 12 was caught with its pants down here. I am not optimistic we (KU) had a contingency plan, either, given Long's clear ineptitude and the recent AD transition.nu_bronco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:50 amI agree with this. Also, conference realignment wasn't finished 6 or so years ago. It was just tabled for awhile. At that time the talk was for 4 16 team conferences. I like the idea for deciding a football championship, take the 4 conference champs and let them play it out.
I don't know that the Villes and Cincy's of the world would have changed anything stability wise.JayhawkInIowa726 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:59 am I still can't believe we thought we were good staying at 10 instead of finding at least a couple free agent schools to add to our membership.
Louisville, Cincy, Arkansas..... Anybody.
Why were we the losers waiting for this to happen since the last time it happened? We were already big losers seeing Neb, Colo, Misery and A&M walk out the door for WVU and TCU...
Count me in the group that would take a B1G or even Pac 12 invite today. I know this isn't what you were saying (so not directed at you), but the path through here is not to stay in a watered down Big 12. That's just an invitation for this happen again, just potentially with the B1G and/or Pac 12 having picked up alternatives to us.JayhawkInIowa726 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:59 am I still can't believe we thought we were good staying at 10 instead of finding at least a couple free agent schools to add to our membership.
Louisville, Cincy, Arkansas..... Anybody.
Why were we the losers waiting for this to happen since the last time it happened? We were already big losers seeing Neb, Colo, Misery and A&M walk out the door for WVU and TCU...
Also, a reminder that the first school to get all butthurt was mizzou, of course, when they flirted with the Big 10 b/c of mean ol' Texas.JayhawkInIowa726 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:59 am I still can't believe we thought we were good staying at 10 instead of finding at least a couple free agent schools to add to our membership.
Louisville, Cincy, Arkansas..... Anybody.
Why were we the losers waiting for this to happen since the last time it happened? We were already big losers seeing Neb, Colo, Misery and A&M walk out the door for WVU and TCU...
But of course NIL (or other compensation) was always where things were headed. It was inevitable. The NCAA had a chance to get in front of it, to shape it, but instead it let change be imposed on it. And, chaos.
In my opinion, this is an ignorant statement - kind of a head in the sand statement.