the goal is to have the fewest number of schools possible, and still keep both the media and politicians happy.
premise,
you're a former activist hedge fund manage, who has been hired to put together a collalition of schools to make up the top division of college athletics.
any industry consolidation dynamic has the end goal of as much concentration of wealth and power in as few hands as possible.
maximum concentration, while still being able be satisfy both tv/streaming needs, and political forces.
for college sports, what would that number be, and who would be included in that number?
64, 50, 32?
you might have to have enough schools in enough states that you don't piss off 60 US senators all at the same time..
or maybe not, your call. and there's more than one way to satisfy a senator.
how many senators you need to please is just as much a part of the game as satisfying the tv and streaming guys' needs.
example league.
PSU, OSU, Mich, Wisc, Bama, Fla, Miami, Clemson, UGa, LSU, Texas, OU, A&M, USC, Washington, Oregon, FSU, Auburn, MSU, UNC, Iowa, Tenn, UCLA, Nebraska?
that's 24 teams, which is 12 games per Saturday, which is 4 games per each of the 3 Saturday noon, 3:30, 7:30 time slots, and enough to even slide a game or 2 into that late night west coast time slot.
and more than enough to move a game or 2 a wk to Fri night.
should be more than enough for the tv guys. right?
probably more than enough to build an 8 or 16 team national playoff.
of course there's still a possible numbers problem.
we are circumventing monopoly anti trust, no matter how clever we think we are about doing it, so there still could be a DC issue.
i still have 64 US senators totally unrepresented, and maybe a couple more getting flack from their base because of the brother still left behind, like in SC and Okl, and Penn, and Wash and Oregon and Cal and even Ga.
of course some senators in fly over states like Wy or Montana or Idaho, or Nev, or New Mex, or the Dakotas, who aren't invited to the party now, and never have been, might not care since they aren't losing anything they ever had to begin with.
especially if the league laid a mil per senator each in their political PAC account every term, which of course is perfectly legal thanks to our "honorable" judiciary.
remember, the goal is to find the least number of schools/shares of the pie possible to form the league, while still having enough schools to satisfy TV's/streamer's needs, and keep DC off your back.
give us your league.
premise,
you're a former activist hedge fund manage, who has been hired to put together a collalition of schools to make up the top division of college athletics.
any industry consolidation dynamic has the end goal of as much concentration of wealth and power in as few hands as possible.
maximum concentration, while still being able be satisfy both tv/streaming needs, and political forces.
for college sports, what would that number be, and who would be included in that number?
64, 50, 32?
you might have to have enough schools in enough states that you don't piss off 60 US senators all at the same time..
or maybe not, your call. and there's more than one way to satisfy a senator.
how many senators you need to please is just as much a part of the game as satisfying the tv and streaming guys' needs.
example league.
PSU, OSU, Mich, Wisc, Bama, Fla, Miami, Clemson, UGa, LSU, Texas, OU, A&M, USC, Washington, Oregon, FSU, Auburn, MSU, UNC, Iowa, Tenn, UCLA, Nebraska?
that's 24 teams, which is 12 games per Saturday, which is 4 games per each of the 3 Saturday noon, 3:30, 7:30 time slots, and enough to even slide a game or 2 into that late night west coast time slot.
and more than enough to move a game or 2 a wk to Fri night.
should be more than enough for the tv guys. right?
probably more than enough to build an 8 or 16 team national playoff.
of course there's still a possible numbers problem.
we are circumventing monopoly anti trust, no matter how clever we think we are about doing it, so there still could be a DC issue.
i still have 64 US senators totally unrepresented, and maybe a couple more getting flack from their base because of the brother still left behind, like in SC and Okl, and Penn, and Wash and Oregon and Cal and even Ga.
of course some senators in fly over states like Wy or Montana or Idaho, or Nev, or New Mex, or the Dakotas, who aren't invited to the party now, and never have been, might not care since they aren't losing anything they ever had to begin with.
especially if the league laid a mil per senator each in their political PAC account every term, which of course is perfectly legal thanks to our "honorable" judiciary.
remember, the goal is to find the least number of schools/shares of the pie possible to form the league, while still having enough schools to satisfy TV's/streamer's needs, and keep DC off your back.
give us your league.
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