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If the top 20+ schools aggresively pursue the monetization of football, the next 40+ schools can set up their own division.  Stanford's recruiting would take some hit, but how many Stanford recruits are pursued by SEC schools?

The biggest impact would be on coaching salaries, but there would still be plenty of opportunity for TV exposure because the top 25 schools will not create enough games to satisfy the demand for live sports.

And it puts Stanford out of contention for anything beyond Sun Bowl consideration. If that. Never thought The End Time apocalypse would arrive so suddenly at The Farm. Heckuva job, ESPN!

You don’t think the Rose Bowl would be loyal to the PAC-12 and/or Big 10? It is hard to imagine it being controlled by the SEC. You may be overestimating the number of teams that are willing to go “pro”. Would there really be more than 25 schools willing to participate in that model and be successful. The majority of FBS schools could survive well with the current model just by downsizing coaching salaries to accommodate lower TV revenues. The “pro” schools can only control so many players and TV slots.

[chrisk]

If the top 20+ schools aggresively pursue the monetization of football, the next 40+ schools can set up their own division.  Stanford's recruiting would take some hit, but how many Stanford recruits are pursued by SEC schools?

The biggest impact would be on coaching salaries, but there would still be plenty of opportunity for TV exposure because the top 25 schools will not create enough games to satisfy the demand for live sports.

And it puts Stanford out of contention for anything beyond Sun Bowl consideration. If that. Never thought The End Time apocalypse would arrive so suddenly at The Farm. Heckuva job, ESPN!

You don’t think the Rose Bowl would be loyal to the PAC-12 and/or Big 10? It is hard to imagine it being controlled by the SEC. You may be overestimating the number of teams that are willing to go “pro”. Would there really be more than 25 schools willing to participate in that model and be successful. The majority of FBS schools could survive well with the current model just by downsizing coaching salaries to accommodate lower TV revenues. The “pro” schools can only control so many players and TV slots.