• ASUN-WAC Conference Planning Jump to FBS

 #62455  by JohnKX512
 Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:36 pm
LOL.

These poor students going to these conferences. To not play in a bowl or playoff.

How will the historic ASUN and WAC schools make any impact in the FBS? I am assuming they make more money somehow. But this is a bubble to pop soon.
 #62463  by mathprofhiker
 Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:08 pm
Furmanoid wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:07 pm
Is there any explanation anywhere for why they want to do this?
The following is from the ESPN report on this event:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ources-say

"The reasoning for the new league is, according to sources, “greater certainty in scheduling and recruiting” and a clear pathway to the highest levels of college football. Also, the schools expect increased revenue through a more lucrative broadcast contract and increased guarantee-game revenue because the games would count toward bowl eligibility if they became an FBS league."
 #62672  by apaladin
 Sun Dec 11, 2022 11:35 pm
Of course there will be a mad dash to sign these schools to a multi-million dollar deal just because of tbe FBS level. All this does is to hurry the power 5’s to create their own entity away from the ncaa.