A story from The Athletic today revealed a group of people trying to create a "Super League" for college football.
The story is behind The Athletic's paywall, but here's some of what their own writers have put out publicly to highlight the details.
From Stewart Mandel: A group of sports execs and college presidents is proposing a football “Super League” of 80 schools, to pay players, collectively bargain and increase revenue. “The current model for college athletics is dead.
The schools own the league, much like MLS. Sold as one TV property. Bottom 10 schools can be promoted/relegated.
From Andrew Marchand: The group, College Sports Tomorrow, has some heavy hitters involved in it, including the No. 2 exec at the NFL, Brian Rolapp, who was the mastermind behind the league's current $110 billion in TV rights deals.
Full story:
The story is behind The Athletic's paywall, but here's some of what their own writers have put out publicly to highlight the details.
From Stewart Mandel: A group of sports execs and college presidents is proposing a football “Super League” of 80 schools, to pay players, collectively bargain and increase revenue. “The current model for college athletics is dead.
The schools own the league, much like MLS. Sold as one TV property. Bottom 10 schools can be promoted/relegated.
From Andrew Marchand: The group, College Sports Tomorrow, has some heavy hitters involved in it, including the No. 2 exec at the NFL, Brian Rolapp, who was the mastermind behind the league's current $110 billion in TV rights deals.
Full story:
Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport
A group of influential sports leaders and college presidents are pitching a drastic change to the current CFB model as the best way forward.
theathletic.com
