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FOX to broadcast games on Friday nights:

FOX Sports will televise a college football game on Friday night in primetime each week this fall, the network announced on Thursday.
The Friday primetime slate on the FOX broadcast networks will include games from the Big Ten, Big 12, and Mountain West conferences.
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https://fbschedules.com/fox-to-air-friday-night-college-football-matchup-each-week-this-fall/

Watch Colorado end up with a bunch of Friday night games after Deion complaining about the Saturday night games in the Pac 12.
 
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On an annual basis, for example, the Big Ten and SEC will be making more than $21 million per school, a number that's up from the nearly $5.5 million the Power 5 leagues are currently being paid.
In the ACC, the schools will get more than $13 million annually, and the Big 12 will get more than $12 million per school. Notre Dame is expected to get more than $12 million as well, and sources tell ESPN there will be a financial incentive for any independent team that reaches the CFP. (There will no longer be a participation bonus for any of the other leagues -- a detail that was frustrating to some leaders in the Group of 5.)
The Group of 5 schools (the American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt) revenue will increase to just under $1.8 million from the current $1.5 million.
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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39732645/sources-all-fbs-conferences-expected-agree-next-cfp-contract

Pretty crazy that eight conferences are on board with being classified as second and third tier citizens, but just shows how much power the Big 10 and SEC are wielding. Also pretty surprised that Notre Dame is OK with being locked into the second tier. Maybe the "financial incentive for any independent team" will be enough for them to close the gap? Seems doubtful.
 
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I didn‘t see anything else about this In the threads, apologies if someone already posted it. Trev Alberts is leaving Nebraska to become the AD at Texas A&M.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fort-worth/sports/2024/03/14/trev-alberts-is-leaving-nebraska-to-become-texas-a-m-s-ad

Kind of surprising. Some of us remember Alberts as a pretty good rush end on those early 90s Nebraska teams (and another Colts draft bust). He was a Husker legend, and was the driving force in hiring Matt Rhule. Some folks are saying he’s leaving because he’s angling to the be the first commissioner of the BCS playoff series, and needs SEC exposure. Some others are saying it is because Nebraska has been without a president since last August, when the then-President (Ted Carter) left to become the head of tOSU (once Skrub signed off). A lot of people are suggesting that the President‘s slot is open because the Governor is requiring that they hire a faith-driven anti-woke candidate for the role. Good luck with that. Should really help with recruiting athletes of color.

I‘m guessing Rhule will be gone after his next winning season. No President, no AD, no leadership, and a meddling governor.
 
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Thoughts on the college football Super League idea?

Inside the college football ‘Super League,’ one powerful group’s idea to fix a ‘dead’ system - The Athletic

The current CST outline would create a system that would have the top 70 programs — all members of the five former major conferences, plus Notre Dame and new ACC member SMU — as permanent members and encompass all 130-plus FBS universities.

The perpetual members would be in seven 10-team divisions, joined by an eighth division of teams that would be promoted from the second tier.

The 50-plus second-division teams would have the opportunity to compete their way into the upper division, creating a promotion system similar to the structure in European football leagues. The 70 permanent teams would never be in danger of moving down, while the second division would have the incentive of promotion and relegation.
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The playoffs would not require a selection committee, as the eight division winners and eight wild cards from the top tier would go to the postseason. The wild-card spots would be determined by record and tiebreakers, much like the NFL.
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The big question is how the money is going to be distributed. Is the "Southeast" division selling their TV rights independently or also bundled together with the Iowa States and Cals?

But if this comes to pass, SMU is the absolute winner. Bought their way into the ACC in exchange for a "permanent"* spot in the SWC -- home run move.

*At least until 2035 when the haves start talking abut breaking away yet again.
 
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The can't-move-down rule is some bullshit, that's for sure.

I'd go for it, if not for that.
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Pro/Rel for some, permanent membership for others. And uneven distribution of revenue with the current big schools getting more?

They really were inspired by John Henry's "Super League" plan.
 
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