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  1. roadkill

    2024 Football Portal

    Hard to argue with this coach's logic: “But there’s no such thing as cheating anymore. There are no rules.”
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    Conference Realignment

    The NFL simply plays games to make money, period. That's what it's always been about. It's also what the CFP is about. Sometimes the champion is also the best team, but the primary purpose is an entertainment business.
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    Conference Realignment

    For the NFL playoffs, each conference sends 7 teams to the playoffs, representing each division winner, plus 3 wild cards based on W/L record. The CFP could adopt a similar system for the P4, which could allow each conference to send both division winners, plus another team if it had a...
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    Spring Practice

    Excellent news. To quote @whitegoldsphinx's post from Eric's recruiting thread, "The track team is near the bottom of the conference. Maybe he can be given permission to help out by running the sprints like Snoddy did." But I can imagine Key telling our track coach "You can have him for track...
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    Conference Realignment

    To your point, organization is key, and currently, it is a chaotic mix. College football has long suffered from having hundreds of teams and schools with vastly different resources. Conferences evolved to support regional contests between near-peer schools when travel and scheduling were more...
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    Conference Realignment

    What is puzzling to me is that, while the NCAA can be justifiably criticized for a complete and continuing lack of strategic thinking for football, they somehow managed to grow their basketball tournament into a billion-dollar extravaganza while overtaking the NIT in relevance.
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    Nil-NCAA.com link

    That's fair. I generally try to avoid making unsupported inferences, but didn't think that one through fully. Regardless, I'd be sad to witness the loss of your support at a time when it's most critical.
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    Nil-NCAA.com link

    I'm trying to reconcile your lack of support for the program if a player makes big bucks, but apparently have no issues with coaches making multiples of that (and getting contracts that potentially pay them millions not to coach)? Strict amateurism in D1 football is dead now, if it ever truly...
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    Conference Realignment

    An interesting concept. They do that for the basketball tournament, but the CFP got ahead of them for football. Not sure how it could ever change to NCAA governance. I've suggested that the CFP organization itself be the governing body for D1 football. After all, they are now controlling the...
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    Conference Realignment

    There was a time when scholarship limits could have been used to achieve more parity. With NIL, that approach would no longer be as effective. It would have to be a pretty deep cut, since the blue-chip players could get enough through NIL to not care about a scholly. Roster size limits might...
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    Conference Realignment

    Another good one: "If I were this judge I’d announce that I was prepared to rule in FSU’s favor but the Jordan Travis injury means we’re gonna move the case to Alabama instead."
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    Conference Realignment

    Couldn't help but chuckle at this...
  13. roadkill

    Conference Realignment

    The problem with TFG's contract is that, at the outset, we agreed to pay him for 7 years regardless of performance. While it might seem unreasonable to continue paying him, that was stated upfront in the contract to pay him as long as he was not terminated for cause, with no other conditions...
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    Conference Realignment

    I don't see ESPN being concerned about the ACC's "brand". On the other hand, they are probably concerned about the overall media market value of the ACC if key members leave. If I were ESPN, I would be looking at the current lawsuits as an opportunity to renegotiate their media contract with a...
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    Conference Realignment

    Not a lawyer either, but if a court rules that liquidated damages are unreasonably high, it becomes a penalty. According to this, that makes it unenforceable...
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    Conference Realignment

    In my opinion, the Exit Fee needs to be related to incurred costs or loss of revenue resulting from a member leaving. Not sure how it follows that the ACC's operating expenses go up if Clemson leaves. There could be a loss of media revenue, although not necessarily during the term of the GOR...
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    Conference Realignment

    It shouldn't matter. But having the ACC Pres stating that it's a penalty doesn't help the ACC's case in arguing that it's not a penalty.
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    Conference Realignment

    I suspect that a primary reason that Clemson and FSU want to have their lawsuits decided by a friendly local venue is that the exit fee issue hinges on determining if it is a penalty, versus liquidated damages. The text says exit fee, but Clemson's suit quotes Jim Phillips saying it is a...
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    Article CFP unanimously approves 5+7 model for new 12-team playoff

    Sort of. You could argue that the NCAA BB Tournament method, which pays conferences based on the number of games their teams play for each season's contest, would be fairer. This is because it pays based on current performance, rather than historical conference strength. Of course, if the...
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    Article CFP unanimously approves 5+7 model for new 12-team playoff

    This won’t end the debate over what revenue distribution is fair, but being an engineer, I attempted to take another objective view of this by answering the following question: Based on their 2024 Conference members, what percentage would each conference have contributed to a 14-team playoff...
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