My hunch would be no. The lesser elites get the “privilege” and “prestige” of getting beaten by 'Bama or whoever. “It just means more”. “ROLL DAMN TIME” does not include a mentality of “but don’t roll too hard”.
I also don’t think the mob would dare set this up with any kind of relegation system. It’s their racket, and they’re going to keep it.
They might do it with an exception for “core” or “founder” programs. Those programs cannot be relegated. (Aka the SEC & B1G)
Yes, they will think that way.
Seems like that leaves the door open for erosion. If a “core” program finishes under a relegatable team enough times, there would be room for justified criticism. This cannot be allowed.
I’ve been saying 70-80 was the magic number. 30 teams was always going to be too risky for them to try
Not worried about this new model. We will play football somewhere. Too many competing interests for it to likely materialize.
Quick Rick wants SL for hoops:
Just throwing something out here. I totally understand and agree with 30 to 40 teams, because it makes dollars and sense! But, i keep wondering if this would get politicians envolved, because their team didn’t make the cut. For example, if Chapel Hill made it, but State didn’t. Would our politicians interfere with that. Would it not be possible that they would take more teams to appease the politicians. Let’s face it, government isn’t too good with making financial sense. Again, just throwing it out here.
That’s probably why they’re aiming for 70. It’ll include all the teams that have the financial and political means to fight it.
Won’t be any need fight anything if all of P4 is included.
That was my point
I’m busy making an ass of myself fighting Jay Blias on Twitter.
It’s pointless but I’ll admit it’s a tad cathartic.
He is such a shill for the Network he works for.
Their only agenda is contraction to keep their costs down.
Just like they tried to do with MLB in the early 2000s.
If you are fighting Jay Bilas, you are definitely NOT making an ass of yourself. He is the ass! Way to go NA!
Jay isn’t hiding that his goal is contraction. I’ve straight up accused him of it about 4 times now and all he does is try to rationalize it.
He keeps saying that everyone but the top programs should be playing D2 or D3 sports.
Fuck that guy. Seriously. What an absolute knob.
It is so obvious that is what ESPN’s play is here. They want to shed every program that they feel doesn’t maximize their profits.
And neither they nor Jay give a shit about the collateral damage to college sports as a result.
They’re the worst. They need to be called out and taken to task.
I thought the story of Rudy was that of a player who played above his size and led his team despite being told several times he didn’t have the size and chops to play with the big boys. He was even a walk-on right?
I don’t understand calling the Super League project after that story. It is the antithesis of that. “Project Rudy” is don’t even give the “little guys” a shot. Don’t even deign to play them. Maybe that’s the idea. Rudy with a big, red 
sign across his face.
As Run and others pointed out - they couldn’t help but out themselves. Rudy was accused of securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a pump & dump scheme…
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/football-underdog-rudy-sacked-for-stock-fraud-idUSTRE7BF1QR/
This whole narrative about “necessary contraction” is another fraud. How apropos.
Yea, I saw that pointed out before, but I’m questioning their intended meaning. It’s paradoxical.
You’re still on the network dictatorship bandwagon? Even though the SEC and B10 are getting ready to meet without said network? What you said implies that the schools and conferences don’t want this to happen. I assure you they do. If anything, the networks like cinderella and upsets. But the venues like more tickets sold, which is more likely with the schools with the bigger followings. And the schools with the bigger followings do not like sharing revenue with Boise St, Cincinatti, etc.
Jay says it out loud here. Media partners don’t want cupcakes or lesser brands. He is the espn mouth piece.