DeltaV wrote:I think some of you are being overly optimistic that schools will downgrade football in favor of basketball. Really, the only school that has done that is UConn, and they didn't really have any football history and a ton of basketball success.
Football is still the most popular sport in the country, and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon, and the non super conference schools will salvage what they can and stay together. Now, out of that you'll still probably get some decent basketball conferences as well, but I'm not expecting Syracuse and Pitt to come back to the Big East.
Hall2012 wrote:Hear me out - the Big East should add the entire A10. Not just add the teams - purchase their brand too. However, keep the leagues separate and institute a promotion-relegation system between them. This helps boost the conference schedule by raising the level of the bottom of the conference and keeping teams motivated even when they're out of postseason contention. It allows struggling programs to develop young players and build through the A10 and then jump to the Big East when they're ready to compete.
Obviously only half serious. I think it would be an entertaining format, but obviously the current Big East schools would have no interest in a format that risks them getting dropped from the league, even temporarily. So my adjustment is expand the Big East to 14 teams with our current 11 immune from relegation. Hope you enjoyed my ridiculous proposal!
DeltaV wrote:I think some of you are being overly optimistic that schools will downgrade football in favor of basketball. Really, the only school that has done that is UConn, and they didn't really have any football history and a ton of basketball success.
Football is still the most popular sport in the country, and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon, and the non super conference schools will salvage what they can and stay together. Now, out of that you'll still probably get some decent basketball conferences as well, but I'm not expecting Syracuse and Pitt to come back to the Big East.
Xudash wrote:DeltaV wrote:I think some of you are being overly optimistic that schools will downgrade football in favor of basketball. Really, the only school that has done that is UConn, and they didn't really have any football history and a ton of basketball success.
Football is still the most popular sport in the country, and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon, and the non super conference schools will salvage what they can and stay together. Now, out of that you'll still probably get some decent basketball conferences as well, but I'm not expecting Syracuse and Pitt to come back to the Big East.
Yep. Have to agree with you here. Jasper got me thinking about it, and that sent me off on my semi-cathartic lengthy post to arrive at essentially the same conclusion.
I had gotten excited about the idea that some of the P5 private schools, in particular, would take such a hit to their media agreements that they would shift their emphasis, especially if they enjoyed historically strong basketball programs within their athletic departments. It certainly seems more likely that they will still desperately solve for football, while probably ending up with good hoops programs.
Nonetheless, any way you cut it, especially when considering what the SEC and B1G are about to become, members of the ACC, Big12 and Pac(n) are headed to the back seat of the family wagon, and those among them that are smaller, private schools are going to feel some real pain in their athletic departments when the dust settles long term.
The key point along the way for the Big East is the renegotiation of our media agreement. What will that look like, given the success of the conference following the reboot, and given UCONN's addition to it? Obviously, if the new payout per school bumps up to, say, $7 million, I would think that the Big East would simply sit tight at 11, because the only school that could make sense at that point would be Gonzaga at this point.
Django wrote:Hall2012 wrote:Hear me out - the Big East should add the entire A10. Not just add the teams - purchase their brand too. However, keep the leagues separate and institute a promotion-relegation system between them. This helps boost the conference schedule by raising the level of the bottom of the conference and keeping teams motivated even when they're out of postseason contention. It allows struggling programs to develop young players and build through the A10 and then jump to the Big East when they're ready to compete.
Obviously only half serious. I think it would be an entertaining format, but obviously the current Big East schools would have no interest in a format that risks them getting dropped from the league, even temporarily. So my adjustment is expand the Big East to 14 teams with our current 11 immune from relegation. Hope you enjoyed my ridiculous proposal!
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Hall2012 wrote:Django wrote:Hall2012 wrote:Hear me out - the Big East should add the entire A10. Not just add the teams - purchase their brand too. However, keep the leagues separate and institute a promotion-relegation system between them. This helps boost the conference schedule by raising the level of the bottom of the conference and keeping teams motivated even when they're out of postseason contention. It allows struggling programs to develop young players and build through the A10 and then jump to the Big East when they're ready to compete.
Obviously only half serious. I think it would be an entertaining format, but obviously the current Big East schools would have no interest in a format that risks them getting dropped from the league, even temporarily. So my adjustment is expand the Big East to 14 teams with our current 11 immune from relegation. Hope you enjoyed my ridiculous proposal!
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