The ACCES Super Conference
5:01 pm June 8, 2010, by Doug Roberson
Because thereās nothing more fun than discussing college football expansion, hereās something I threw out on twitter (@ajgatech) a while ago thatās been retweeted a few times:
Why donāt the ACC and SEC merge into one 24-team super-conference. It can be called ACCES (get it?).
For football and basketball there would be two divisions: the ACC, and the SEC.
Each team would play eight teams in its division, and four in the other. So no more non-conference games against Colorado or Kansas.
The division winners would meet for the ACCES championship.
In basketball, the top eight teams in each division would play in the conference tournament.
What would be the advantages: Well, it would be cool, for starters.
The conference would reign supreme from Boston to the Bayou. Millions of TV eyes would be available, so I imagine that advertising rates would be fairly decent.
Whatās that you say, both conferences just signed TV deals? They wouldnāt be affected because the conferences are now divisions. TV deals still stay in place.
What about the TV deals for the championship game? That would be decided by someone else.
So, Iām sure there are many, many more holes in my proposal, but if everyone else can float scenarios, why canāt I?
What do you think?
5:01 pm June 8, 2010, by Doug Roberson
Because thereās nothing more fun than discussing college football expansion, hereās something I threw out on twitter (@ajgatech) a while ago thatās been retweeted a few times:
Why donāt the ACC and SEC merge into one 24-team super-conference. It can be called ACCES (get it?).
For football and basketball there would be two divisions: the ACC, and the SEC.
Each team would play eight teams in its division, and four in the other. So no more non-conference games against Colorado or Kansas.
The division winners would meet for the ACCES championship.
In basketball, the top eight teams in each division would play in the conference tournament.
What would be the advantages: Well, it would be cool, for starters.
The conference would reign supreme from Boston to the Bayou. Millions of TV eyes would be available, so I imagine that advertising rates would be fairly decent.
Whatās that you say, both conferences just signed TV deals? They wouldnāt be affected because the conferences are now divisions. TV deals still stay in place.
What about the TV deals for the championship game? That would be decided by someone else.
So, Iām sure there are many, many more holes in my proposal, but if everyone else can float scenarios, why canāt I?
What do you think?
