With college football super conferences, why not consider relegation?
Vanderbilt is a member of the SEC. The Commodores have received more money from the conference than they have earned. The current upheaval in college sports may bring about relegation.
Nick Saban suggests that college football's super conferences should be reorganized like European soccer's. The current Power Five/Group of Five dynamic is unfair. Nick Saban thinks that teams should move up and down based on results.
The Big Ten is about to sign a $1 billion-plus TV deal with Fox, NBC, CBS and a streaming partner. It will pay members about $100 million a year. The bottom three teams in the Premier League get demoted to the Championship League every year, while the top three second-level teams take their places.
The powers-that-be want to bring more merit to the system. Greg Sankey says it's blue-sky thinking.
The SEC could be made up of current members and whatever might be scooped up from the ACC. The bottom two SEC 1 schools would get bounced to SEC 2. Big Ten could partner with the MAC. Whatever becomes of the Big 12/Pac 12 could partners with Group of Five teams.
Leicester City could earn their way back to the top tier.
Leicester City won the Premier League despite starting with 5,000-to-1 odds. Coastal Carolina would still be about 5.000 to 1. Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, et al. would dominate. LSU coach Brian Kelly says the college football conferences should prioritize merit over chumminess.
