USF Conference Expansion

[JTrue]

you want more comments?  Try this.

http://www.thebullspen.com/topic/89078-usf-realignment-rumors-tweets-etc/

Interesting. I didn't know we previously covered expansion. On a side note, what do you guys think about an OCS?

[Roaming Bull]

Interesting. I didn't know we previously covered expansion. On a side note, what do you guys think about an OCS?

I think you forget to mention publix somewhere in that thought. Hmm, I think I'm feeling like a Cuban for lunch today

[MaltLiquorBull]

It's the money issue.   The AAC is looking competitive now, but year by year, the gap between the P5 and the G5 will grow.  The difference between the P5 and G5 TV contracts is just too large.  If the AAC could get a better TV contract, we could be closer to competing with the P5, but that won't happen unless there is an audience interested in AAC games (ratings).

[Bear]

It's the money issue.   The AAC is looking competitive now, but year by year, the gap between the P5 and the G5 will grow.  The difference between the P5 and G5 TV contracts is just too large.  If the AAC could get a better TV contract, we could be closer to competing with the P5, but that won't happen unless there is an audience interested in AAC games (ratings).

That is correct.. And while we have teams ranked in thed top 25...

 

They must finish the season ranked in the top 25....

 

Maybe... just Maybe Temple will get knocked off the Top 25 by us

[Bulls1181]

The gap  of talent level between 'P5' and 'G5' will stay the same as long as we can pay the same amount of stipend to our athletes.. I will argue that the talent gap between the 'P5' and 'G5' and FCS for that matter has been tightening up. The NFL/CFL will find you no matter where you play. 

[MaltLiquorBull]

The gap  of talent level between 'P5' and 'G5' will stay the same as long as we can pay the same amount of stipend to our athletes.. I will argue that the talent gap between the 'P5' and 'G5' and FCS for that matter has been tightening up. The NFL/CFL will find you no matter where you play. 

You are probably right about the gap in talent level.  It could start to get tighter over time.  But for now, the gap in revenue level between P5 and G5 is getting bigger each year.

[Sellular1]

You are probably right about the gap in talent level.  It could start to get tighter over time.  But for now, the gap in revenue level between P5 and G5 is getting bigger each year.

The talent gap has always been there but now is in real jeopardy.  There is a cap of 85 scholarships a football team can have, but a recently filed lawsuit is challenging that status quo.   If successful, huge programs like Bama and Texas could take as many players as they wanted and prevent other schools from getting them.  IMO it would wreck CFB.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/lawsuit-challenges-ncaa-transfer-rules.html?_r=0

 

[NewEnglandBull]

The talent gap has always been there but now is in real jeopardy.  There is a cap of 85 scholarships a football team can have, but a recently filed lawsuit is challenging that status quo.   If successful, huge programs like Bama and Texas could take as many players as they wanted and prevent other schools from getting them.  IMO it would wreck CFB.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/lawsuit-challenges-ncaa-transfer-rules.html?_r=0

 

Counter law suites will take place on a massive scale or the class action variety. It would years before this would happen. 

[Sellular1]

Look how quickly the O'Bannon case closed.  Less than 4 years and $40+ million dollars from EASports to stop making NCAA Football.

[NewEnglandBull]

But that is way different. Athletic departments will be more resourceful than EASports. Congressmen and Senators don't give a crap about some company making video games but they will fight for their university. Further, the implications are much greater than $40 mil.