Mark Emmert: "Change is coming to NCAA"

So

SEC
ACC
PAC12
BIG10
BIG12

then everyone else in their own division?

Gonna be a lot of butthurt ULL fans.

Fragmenting the current Division I is a myopic idea that will negatively impact the long-term popularity of the sport.

I would make 3 or 4 super conferences

Big 10 would have 16
Big 12 would have 16
Pac 12 would have 16
SEC would have 16

maybe you could have a 6 or 8 team playoff winners of these 4 big conferences get automatic bids while the remaining slots go to at large teams.

to fill all these conferences you take teams from the American and ACC and some of the smaller conferences.

I think the best thing to do would be for the SEC to add two ACC teams should be added to the SEC. Keep them in the East and move Mizzouri to the West. That will give 8 for the west and 8 for the east.

Big 10 would most likely suck up most of the American Conference and some from the ACC. I would move Notre Dame to the Big 10. Big 12 would mostly take from some of the smaller conferences in the planes part of the country. Houston could be a team that could be added there.

Pac 12 would also take mostly from their part of the country, Bosie for sure would go there you could add Fresno State, maybe some other teams.

Regions of the country would still have an impact on what teams are in what conference, I think I would move West Virginia to the Big 10 just to fix the geography issue they have now in the big 12.

It would take me to long to split up all the teams but this is my idea behind it.

I may also want to create a couple of big mid major conferences who could get an auto bid if they meet certain requirements, example win the conference and be ranked in the top 5.

LSU wouldn't be affected that much only thing that would change in the schedule is we play mizzou every year, also I would do away with protected rivals and have a 9 game SEC schedule. 7 division games and 2 eastern conference games, rotating schedule against the east 1 away 1 home. In this system you would play each team once every 4 years or twice every 8.

sry for the long post.

Eight conferences with 9 teams would be the top level.
- No independents (ND).
- High commitment to playing to be one of the 72.
Go back to 11 games (no need to kill these kids).
- Every conference plays 8 game conference schedule.
- Teams can only schedule a game with a lower division rent-a-win once every 3 years.
- Max of 6 home games for any team in a given year (makes teams look for attractive trips/neutral site games)
8-team playoff, open only to conference champions.
- Teams are not drastically punished for the aforementioned OOC road games.
- Higher ranked team hosts first round of playoffs. (Rewards those teams that win those OOC road games.)

GEAUX TIGERS

I have been saying for a few years that the Big 12, Pac, Big 10, ACC and SEC needed to split off and form their own division AND only play each other.

Emmert is horrible. He has zero credibility on the enforcement side and is playing the bait and switch game. He doesn't want us talking about players taking cash, so they float this crap out there to try to divert coverage.

If he had any nuts, Bama/Tennessee/MSU would be in trouble. But he doesn't and they won't be.

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Just a complete guess.


But the ACC did a fine job replacing their "loss" in Md.

The Big Least goes to Non AQ status and will be a nice mid-level conference to play non conference games with.

But the Big 12 is the weakest of all since no one likes, or trusts Texas.

Again, not the ideal scenario, but Microsoft paint is F U N!!!!!

Preface- IMO NCAA idea of amateurism is a joke. CFB is a big business. Kill the charade and go all out with this idea.



They need to combine into a 40 team super league. Get the 40 best programs, however you want to define that. Forget conferences, set up regional divisions/pods/whatever. No rent a wins anymore. Last month of the season do regional championships, then semis, then the final. Can keep bowls (set up and run by the league, not 3rd party bowl clowns) for teams that dont make the tournament- more $$$

ESPN, CBS, FOX, NBC, would pay absurd money for a lean and mean (read not less games, just less weekends like last weekend) CFB regular season with a playoff system. They get more bang for their buck (why pay for Vandy just to get Bama?) and the teams drawing eyeballs get more $$$.

As a twist, set up relegation/promotion tournament for the other 60+ teams not in the super league. Have a set number of their best play an equal number of cellar dwellers in the super league. You suck (how much would it be to see USC or Texas have to fight for the super league status?), you dont get to keep cashing in the fat paycheck. Likewise you dominate your division, come play with the big boys and reap the rewards of the $$$.