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<blockquote data-quote="WeWillWhen" data-source="post: 2008140" data-attributes="member: 746923"><p>I, for one, think the SuperLeague/Relegation model *could* work. </p><p></p><p>Think of the B1G, SEC and ACC as the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Spanish La Liga, with the CFB SuperLeague being akin to the Champions League. That model works. The difference here would be that the (let's assume 20) teams promoted to the SuperLeague mainly play other SuperLeague teams. Say those teams are broken into 2 divisions -- they'd play a nine game round-robin with the winners of each division (and maybe two wild cards) going to the playoff. The teams could have a "pre-season" playing teams in their legacy conferences. </p><p></p><p>Even assuming that the top 6-7 teams in each legacy conference are gone to the SuperLeague for most of the season, the teams "left behind" would still have a lot of traditional rivalries and decent games. Envision a Big Ten with: Illinois, Iowa, MSU, Minny, Purdue, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland, UCLA, Northwestern, Nebraska and Wisky all playing for the year-end goal of being promoted to the "elite," to replace a relegated team like Michigan, tOSU, Penn State, USC, Oregon or Washington. I think that would still preserve a lot of traditional rivalry and excitement. </p><p></p><p>Now, will the "Big Boys" agree to a system where they could be relegated? I highly doubt it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WeWillWhen, post: 2008140, member: 746923"] I, for one, think the SuperLeague/Relegation model *could* work. Think of the B1G, SEC and ACC as the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Spanish La Liga, with the CFB SuperLeague being akin to the Champions League. That model works. The difference here would be that the (let's assume 20) teams promoted to the SuperLeague mainly play other SuperLeague teams. Say those teams are broken into 2 divisions -- they'd play a nine game round-robin with the winners of each division (and maybe two wild cards) going to the playoff. The teams could have a "pre-season" playing teams in their legacy conferences. Even assuming that the top 6-7 teams in each legacy conference are gone to the SuperLeague for most of the season, the teams "left behind" would still have a lot of traditional rivalries and decent games. Envision a Big Ten with: Illinois, Iowa, MSU, Minny, Purdue, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland, UCLA, Northwestern, Nebraska and Wisky all playing for the year-end goal of being promoted to the "elite," to replace a relegated team like Michigan, tOSU, Penn State, USC, Oregon or Washington. I think that would still preserve a lot of traditional rivalry and excitement. Now, will the "Big Boys" agree to a system where they could be relegated? I highly doubt it. [/QUOTE]
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