Conference Realignments - Take 2

[FSSD]

Well, it looks like the go to like WDAY, Dom, Jeff and Herder have all been replaced by TBM (The Big Mountain).  Was it really an upgrade?     

 

 

[GeauxSioux]

I saw this on the CSNBBS board.... With college sports in chaos, 2 key meetings this week could chart a path forward: 'Something's going to have to give'

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In a 16-page memo distributed to attendees and obtained by Yahoo Sports, Smash Sports details its plan, which, in short, features optimizing football schedules to arrange more attractive non-conference matchups; establishing a new governing body; and offering billions to schools in private capital cash meant to bridge financing before a consolidated rights package can be struck after current television deals expire. (Smash would presumably recoup that financing while accepting a piece of the new consolidated package.)

Smash guarantees that all 138 FBS programs, including the SEC and Big Ten, will see annual distribution increases as part of its plan and allows conferences to determine the distribution formula, as they do now under the College Football Playoff structure.

Interesting to say the least.  Really smacks of anti-trust laws.  

[cberkas]

16 minutes ago, GeauxSioux said:

I saw this on the CSNBBS board.... With college sports in chaos, 2 key meetings this week could chart a path forward: 'Something's going to have to give'

Interesting to say the least.  Really smacks of anti-trust laws.  

My spidy senses is say this feels like a house of cards

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, cberkas said:

My spidy senses is say this feels like a house of cards

The entire NCAA is a house of cards. It's only a matter of time before it collapses.

[cberkas]

College football in a couple years after the Smash Capital sells it to another investor 

[homer]

On 2/26/2026 at 2:29 PM, FSSD said:

Well, it looks like the go to like WDAY, Dom, Jeff and Herder have all been replaced by TBM (The Big Mountain).  Was it really an upgrade?     

 

 

Troy, Sac St and possibly Eastern Michigan are my guesses. 

[The Sicatoka]

 

[cberkas]

4 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

 

I wish this guy would just disappear into the abyss.

Should have known where he was going to go with that rant and he pulled out all that victim cards he could. 

[nodakvindy]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

 

Political, no?

[fightingsioux4life]

3 hours ago, cberkas said:

I wish this guy would just disappear into the abyss.

Should have known where he was going to go with that rant and he pulled out all that victim cards he could. 

Whatever you think of his comments, the current trajectory of intercollegiate athletics is unsustainable in the long run. My concern is focused on how the fallout will impact UND.

[The Sicatoka]

9 hours ago, nodakvindy said:

Political, no?

The business of college sports?