Conference Restructuring in Motion...

[nbluedevils]

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1090747


It seems rather likely that this offer, which stands to add six Big 12 teams to the Pac 10, will go through (mostly for the added TV revenue that the teams will get, combined with the recent turmoil in the Big 12).

How do you think this will affect the game? Will they have to patch it in or will they have it resolved before the game ships?

[mcshea]

Any realignment agreement done this close to the season would not go into affect until another year or two. So it wouldn't change anything for the 2010-11 season.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by nbluedevils

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1090747 It seems rather likely that this offer, which stands to add six Big 12 teams to the Pac 10, will go through (mostly for the added TV revenue that the teams will get, combined with the recent turmoil in the Big 12). How do you think this will affect the game? Will they have to patch it in or will they have it resolved before the game ships?

If conferences restructure, we won't even see any real-life changes for a couple years. So the game won't change at all. If a school accepts their invitation, they have to give their current conference the heads up. I think I read somewhere that the Big East has a 27-month waiting period for a school to leave. So if any of these moves happened, they will not be on the game, there will not be a patch, etc. Because the moves wouldn't go into effect for at least 2 years in real life.

[nbluedevils]

Quote: Originally Posted by SwampStomper90

If conferences restructure, we won't even see any real-life changes for a couple years. So the game won't change at all. If a school accepts their invitation, they have to give their current conference the heads up. I think I read somewhere that the Big East has a 27-month waiting period for a school to leave. So if any of these moves happened, they will not be on the game, there will not be a patch, etc. Because the moves wouldn't go into effect for at least 2 years in real life.

Ahh...good call. Didn't realize that. But still, interesting development for sure.

[jolson88]

Quote: Originally Posted by nbluedevils

Ahh...good call. Didn't realize that. But still, interesting development for sure.

No kidding. Perhaps I don't follow college football close enough, but I definitely didn't see this coming. As a Pac-10 guy, this seems pretty exciting though .

[Sublime12089]

16 team conferences are bad for football imo. Too many teams.

[Vaporub83]

Quote: Originally Posted by BIGFOOT999

16 team conferences are bad for football imo. Too many teams.

I agree you end up having teams not play each other. That is a terrible way to find out who the champion of the conference is.

[CreatineKasey]

If leagues are getting this big, why not mimic pro sports and have a top tier conference of 20-30 teams followed by lower tier conferences. Maybe conference championship or some kind of playoff could circumvent the BCS (I'm dreaming).