The Alliance was severely undercut by the B10, who has faced limited scrutiny in the last week as to their back-handed dealings. Supposedly, the Bruins and Trojans approached the B10. I believe that. And I understand that Kevin Warren had to do what he had to do.
But ... this deal (just like the OU/Texas deal last summer) has created severe upheaval for ~30 other schools (from the ACC to the Big12 to the Pac12).
This prioritization for max money over (sometimes) winning (example: Maryland), tradition (Penn State), relationships (Syracuse), academic integrity (ACC, B10) is not what the masses want. They don't. The only folks that want this are the conference commissioners, maybe the university presidents and the ADs who will earn bonuses for revenue gained.
The masses do not want a JV NFL. They want college football. They want the traditional rivalries. They want the bands. They want the occasional excitement that comes with an intersectional contest that happens rarely (like when OU played a home-and-home with Tennessee ... now they'll play every other year or something close to that). They want to see Navy's wishbone against ND, etc.
This consolidation of power/$ is going to hinder Fall Saturdays for years to come. Not much different than this:
According to Institute for Policy Studies analysis of Forbes data, the combined wealth of all U.S. billionaires increased by $2.071 trillion (70.3 percent) between March 18, 2020 and October 15, 2021, from approximately $2.947 trillion to $5.019 trillion.
College football is radically different than it was 20 years ago and it is only getting worse. *Sigh*
Sounds inconsistent, and it might be, but I hope above all that SU has a seat at the table. And SU's hands have blood on them, too, as our departure was the tipping point in the demise of the Big East.
