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What y’all think?

My fix for college football (promotion/relegation style):

Split conferences into Classes:
Class 1 = SEC + Big Ten
Class 2 = ACC + Big 12
Class 3 = everyone else

• Play mostly inside your Class
• Win a lot → promote up. Lose a lot → relegate down
• Lower Class teams can STILL make the playoff & win the natty

Player rules:
• One transfer in your career
• NO swapping teams inside the same conference
• Play up in a higher Class? You can’t drop back down

Salary cap on NIL spending:
Bigger cap for good grads, clean play & sportsmanship
Smaller cap for dirty hits & bad behavior

Teams earn their spot instead of just buying everyone. Less chaos, real stakes, rewards doing it right.

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Conference pride would be back in a big way. SEC vs Big Ten wouldn’t just be bragging right it could impact future Class standings.

[DrSlots @DrSlotsDrip]

What y’all think?

My fix for college football (promotion/relegation style):

Split conferences into Classes:
Class 1 = SEC + Big Ten
Class 2 = ACC + Big 12
Class 3 = everyone else

• Play mostly inside your Class
• Win a lot → promote up. Lose a lot → relegate down
• Lower Class teams can STILL make the playoff & win the natty

Player rules:
• One transfer in your career
• NO swapping teams inside the same conference
• Play up in a higher Class? You can’t drop back down

Salary cap on NIL spending:
Bigger cap for good grads, clean play & sportsmanship
Smaller cap for dirty hits & bad behavior

Teams earn their spot instead of just buying everyone. Less chaos, real stakes, rewards doing it right.

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Fans of 8-4 teams would stay engaged a lot longer. Not every season has to be championship-or-bust when promotion is on the line.

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The biggest thing for me is that cross conference games would actually matter.

A Class 3 team upsetting a Class 1 team could help elevate their entire conference.

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Exactly. No system will make everyone happy.

One thing I forgot to mention is how much value it would add to cross-conference games. Right now a lot of them are mostly bragging rights. Under this system, every conference would be fighting to prove where it belongs.

A win over a higher Class opponent could matter long after that Saturday.

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@PghPennStateDad I appreciate that friend, I'll repost a few more times. Maybe create some media to go with it.

[DrSlots @DrSlotsDrip]

My fix for college football (promotion/relegation style):

Split conferences into Classes:
Class 1 = SEC + Big Ten
Class 2 = ACC + Big 12
Class 3 = everyone else

• Play mostly inside your Class
• Win a lot → promote up. Lose a lot → relegate down
• Lower Class teams can STILL make the playoff & win the natty

Player rules:
• One transfer in your career
• NO swapping teams inside the same conference
• Play up in a higher Class? You can’t drop back down

Salary cap on NIL spending:
Bigger cap for good grads, clean play & sportsmanship
Smaller cap for dirty hits & bad behavior

Teams earn their spot instead of just buying everyone. Less chaos, real stakes, rewards doing it right.

What y’all think?

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@PghPennStateDad 💯 I believe it would bring value to CFB

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@LisaRawlsFit Thank you friend! #RollTide

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I keep hearing people say Nick Saban was afraid of competition.

Are we talking about the same Nick Saban?

The one who spent 17 years in the SEC, won 7 national championships, 11 SEC titles, and put hundreds of players in the NFL?

Feels like some folks are confusing him with Urban Meyer.
#Rolltide

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@IchBinDeutsch_ @jtthebamafan @KirkHerbstreit That's solid logic.

I still don't see how the current NIL model is sustainable long term. A couple of down years can wreck a program's recruiting, and eventually schools will be robbing Peter to pay Paul just to keep up.

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#RollTide

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I keep hearing people say Nick Saban was afraid of competition.

Are we talking about the same Nick Saban?

The one who spent 17 years in the SEC, won 7 national championships, 11 SEC titles, and put hundreds of players in the NFL?

Feels like some folks are confusing him with Urban Meyer.
#Rolltide

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@IchBinDeutsch_ @jtthebamafan @KirkHerbstreit I don't disagree with you that it happened.

I do disagree that Saban was just successful and got his recruits because the program he was running had more money than others.

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Saban didn’t achieve greatness in the NFL, but nobody forgot what he’d already done in college.

I remember watching Alabama vs. Arkansas when Arkansas had Darren McFadden and was ranked #4. When Alabama started pulling away, @KirkHerbstreit said something along the lines of:

“Everyone knew Saban would bring Alabama back to prominence. The only question was how long it would take. I don’t think anyone expected it to happen this fast.”

That’s the key. Saban wasn’t hired because of what he did in Miami. He was hired because of what he’d already proven at LSU, and he somehow exceeded even those expectations.

As far as SEC teams bending rules and finding loopholes to pay players before NIL, I 100% agree.

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@footballlady24 @Grinder2003 @jtthebamafan Urban Meyer won't get the hate that Nick Saban gets, not enough success to generate a fraction of the haters Saban has.

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@jtthebamafan It's a statement to Saban's greatness. Unprecedented success sustained over a decade created so many haters.

There was an era of time where Alabama broke every other fan bases spirits before the first whistle was even blown on game day.

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I think people forget Saban was already Saban before Alabama. He’d won a national title, coached in the NFL, and had a reputation for putting guys on Sundays.

Alabama wasn’t selling rings in 2007. Saban was selling a process. Julio Jones bought in, others followed, and the rest is history. Not everything needs a conspiracy theory attached to it.

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@305Everything26 @onemanbamafan The issue isn't NIL, its the regulations around the NIL.

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Saban didn’t fear competition.

He spent 17 years beating it.

He feared a future where development mattered less than bidding.

#RollTide

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@DavidJohn010101 I remember when we won our first championship. #stepbrothers

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@onemanbamafan @MrMichaelOlson I pray that it's not.

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@onemanbamafan @DavidJohn010101 Also there is proof of his greatness in the coaches that worked alongside him. So many went on to do great things as head coaches. Saban breeds great leaders.