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Sounds like this could be the end of the Mid-Majors, and possibly the end of the “lesser” Big Ten schools as well. You know the Power Conferences (and the true Power Schools in the Power Conferences) are going to want to reorganize so that they get the bulk of the TV money.
If the SEC has its way, it’ll be the end of “college sports.” D1 will simply be the minor leagues of professional sports, and that could lead a lot of D1 schools to drop most non-revenue sports. Although that could open an opportunity for schools that still want to maintain some academic integrity and amateurism in college sports. The question will be whether there’s a market for watching actual college students play sports?
If that formula worked with sports, divorced from the academic side, minor league sports would have multi-million dollar TV contracts and play in stadiums of 100,000 people for football or 20,000 for basketball. We all know that is not what happens in minor league sports. The vast majority of D1 athletes will never go on to major league or level sports but do enjoy the somewhat “semi-pro” level of competition and nationwide attention of playing at D1 schools. Having the athletes at least going through the motions of performing academically provides the discipline these young people will need later in life.
The SEC is a greedy, self absorbed, organization mostly interested in making large amounts of money. They would never be able to do this if they merely became minor league sports. Plus the alumni of most schools would not attend or provide financial support to these schools or teams if this went away.
Its an old conversation that has been discussed over and over since the 1970s but still hasn’t been resolved.