Saban to UT would change CFB for the worse....here's why

First off the bat, as far as LSU is concerned, what affects us more is what WE do in our own program as opposed whether or not CNS goes to UT. Make it a place players want to play. Big step in that direction is Cam Cameron. Next step should be increasing the recruiting budget to keep up.

That being said, let's say Saban accepts the UT job. At $8 to $10M per year. That will set off a chain of events that may change CFB, most likely for worse.

Bama won't just go away, they will seek out the next best guy (whoever that is) at $7M per year. While that's all going on, 10 other schools will pony up an extra $1-2M per year to make sure it's not their guy.

The idea being - just be one of the last 4 teams standing for the playoffs. Once these coaching arms races are on, not many schools will have the power to keep up. What's left are maybe a dozen schools (currently including LSU) that have those kind of resources - or are willing to spend them.

After the 4 team playoff run ends after it's contract - what we may have is the dissolution of the major conferences and what's left are maybe 32-48 teams in a national Superteam-Conference. And the rest are in "Division II/III/IV, etc). it would be similar to NFL Saturday every week in the fall.

The money will be huge if you're at the top - a typical schedule may have LSU with 8 of their games vs Upper Tier teams: UCLA, Bama, Ohio State, Texas, Florida State, Stanford, etc and the rest vs lower tier teams like Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, etc (example based on this year's results)

While it all sounds good on paper, I'm not sure this is the direction CFB should be heading. I'm sure LSU would be one of the big boys, but the Mississippi States, Vandy's, TCU's would probably be left out. And the bigger the money, the more tempting to run BIG money under the table to lure recruits (I don't think it's as bad now as many of you think - even at Bama).

Also, with so much talent concentrated on so few teams, it's only a matter of time before CFB will start to look like basketball and will become a one an done, or two and done proposition. At that point, does the NFL step in and want to get in on that gravy train and at the same time get rid of their competition? I mean, these players are not graduating, and school is not the primary reason they're there.

At that point the NFL sets up a Developmental League, and actually offers to PAY those players, and they don't have to go to school? And when the players go, so will the coaches, and what is then left of big time college football?

It may not go down like this, but the bigger the money, the more change will come. But to put it mildly, the NFL is watching with glee as college football begins to destroy itself with 2-3 teams who can afford to dominate, and with an unsustainable business model. When it makes the move to a developmental league, big time CFB is done.

Just my two cents.