I have been hearing some chatter, but nothing concrete about a potential Big 12/ACC merger coming. It sounds like they are looking to put together some sort of National NFL/NBA type conference. The SEC and Big10 are looking to cut out all of the other conferences for the most part from the playoff. The SEC and Big10 want to guarantee 4 slots from each conference in the playoff of 12 teams, leaving only 4 slots for everyone else. Hoping one of those conferences takes us in, but if they don't I would probably be on board with this merger. It would eliminate OOC games in all sports and everything would be played internally in this league. TV would be sold to a Network that has access to the entire TV package for Football. Basketball would be negotiated separately. Same with Baseball and soccer. All schools would have a salary cap for the major sports.
Football
40 Teams National Conference/4 Divisions/10 teams per division
Playoff of 8 teams that has 4 division champs and 4 wild cards.
It will be split up into East and West Championship games (East is NE and South, West is Mid and West)
Eastern Champion will play Western Champion for the Championship
Play 9 division games, then 1 team from each division, 2 warm up preseason scrimmages against teams of your choice
No rankings or selection committees (like the NFL)
No OOC games
Team Salary caps
Free Agent signings at end of year (playoffs and championship) until Spring Practice (internally in this league) - contracts fall under salary cap
Players have to honor their contracts. If they sign a 4 year contract they are ineligible to leave on their own. They can ask to be traded.
OOC transfer players would be treated the same way and would need to fall under the salary cap.
Teams can trade players any time of the year with exception to the last 2 months before the playoffs/championship. Trades would have to fall under the salary cap.
All New Recruit commits are contract signings with amounts and times. Could be 1, 2, 3 or 4 year contracts.
All new contract signings have to be done at least 1 month prior to the start of the season.
Teams manage their rosters and how much they want to pay their players
100 max player roster size
Basketball
40 Teams National Conference/4 Divisions/10 teams per division
Basketball will play 9 division games, 3 teams from each of the other divisions
Playoffs will feature 4 Division winners and 12 wild cards
4 Division winners will have a buy in the first round of the playoff
12 Wild Cards will feature 6 from East (NE and South) and 6 from West (Mid and West)
Basketball will feature a Western Champion vs and Eastern Champion in the Championship game like football
Salary cap and contracts just like football
Free agent signings only at end of championship game through June 1st.
All players are signed under a contract
Teams can trade players any time of year with exception to the last 2 months before the playoffs/championship. Trades would fall under the salary cap.
OOC transfers are treated the same way and would need to fall under the salary cap
All New Recruit commits are contract signings with amounts and times. Could be 1, 2, 3 or 4 year contracts.
All new contract signings have to be done at least 1 month prior to the start of the season
Teams manage their rosters and how much they want to pay their players
15 max player roster size
Northeast
BC
Cuse
Pitt
Cincy
VT
UVA
Louisville
WV
ND
Memphis
South
Miami
UCF
FSU
GT
CL
UNC
NC ST.
WF
Duke
USF
Mid
SMU
Texas Tech
Baylor
TCU
Houston
Kansas
Kansas St.
Oklahoma St.
Iowa St.
Tulane
West
Cal
Stanford
Arizona
Arizona St.
Utah
BYU
Colorado
Oregon St.
Washington St.
Boise St.
Football
40 Teams National Conference/4 Divisions/10 teams per division
Playoff of 8 teams that has 4 division champs and 4 wild cards.
It will be split up into East and West Championship games (East is NE and South, West is Mid and West)
Eastern Champion will play Western Champion for the Championship
Play 9 division games, then 1 team from each division, 2 warm up preseason scrimmages against teams of your choice
No rankings or selection committees (like the NFL)
No OOC games
Team Salary caps
Free Agent signings at end of year (playoffs and championship) until Spring Practice (internally in this league) - contracts fall under salary cap
Players have to honor their contracts. If they sign a 4 year contract they are ineligible to leave on their own. They can ask to be traded.
OOC transfer players would be treated the same way and would need to fall under the salary cap.
Teams can trade players any time of the year with exception to the last 2 months before the playoffs/championship. Trades would have to fall under the salary cap.
All New Recruit commits are contract signings with amounts and times. Could be 1, 2, 3 or 4 year contracts.
All new contract signings have to be done at least 1 month prior to the start of the season.
Teams manage their rosters and how much they want to pay their players
100 max player roster size
Basketball
40 Teams National Conference/4 Divisions/10 teams per division
Basketball will play 9 division games, 3 teams from each of the other divisions
Playoffs will feature 4 Division winners and 12 wild cards
4 Division winners will have a buy in the first round of the playoff
12 Wild Cards will feature 6 from East (NE and South) and 6 from West (Mid and West)
Basketball will feature a Western Champion vs and Eastern Champion in the Championship game like football
Salary cap and contracts just like football
Free agent signings only at end of championship game through June 1st.
All players are signed under a contract
Teams can trade players any time of year with exception to the last 2 months before the playoffs/championship. Trades would fall under the salary cap.
OOC transfers are treated the same way and would need to fall under the salary cap
All New Recruit commits are contract signings with amounts and times. Could be 1, 2, 3 or 4 year contracts.
All new contract signings have to be done at least 1 month prior to the start of the season
Teams manage their rosters and how much they want to pay their players
15 max player roster size
Northeast
BC
Cuse
Pitt
Cincy
VT
UVA
Louisville
WV
ND
Memphis
South
Miami
UCF
FSU
GT
CL
UNC
NC ST.
WF
Duke
USF
Mid
SMU
Texas Tech
Baylor
TCU
Houston
Kansas
Kansas St.
Oklahoma St.
Iowa St.
Tulane
West
Cal
Stanford
Arizona
Arizona St.
Utah
BYU
Colorado
Oregon St.
Washington St.
Boise St.
