Are the SEC and Big Ten losing their power?
The SEC and Big Ten are at a crossroads; College Football Enquirer discusses if the power conferences are losing their power.
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So 75% of the schools in the FBS have to wanna participate in this thing.
So- To trigger the- Yeah, yeah antitrust exemption to let them collude.
75% of 138 is 103.5.
So 104 would be your magic number.
Mm-hmm.
What is 138 minus the membership of the SEC and the Big Ten?
Mm-hmm.
It is 104.
Yep.
And, and, so Notre Dame fans have been quick to say- Right but would Notre Dame wanna do this?
You guys don't under- this is not Notre Dame having to join a conference.
Right.
This would be Notre Dame pooling TV rights and, and just taking more money.
Mm-hmm.
We know the Big Ten and SEC are opposed to this.
So basically, to boil it down, right, the Big Ten, SEC, and Notre Dame- Yeah stop the pooling of rights- They could from happening.
But I don't know that the pooling of everybody else would matter, right?
I don't know that it would increase- I don't Yeah their value that much.
It's not necessarily worth that much.
It, it would probably allow them to Some more flexibility to schedule and sell, and- Maybe, yeah.
It'd actually be more practical
