Kirby Smart on college football’s future
Kirby Smart urges leaders to prioritize the game’s future over personal or conference agendas in playoff talks.
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Would you look at that. We’re finally talking ball again.
Not court cases, or revenue sharing, or transfer portal or free player movement. Just football.
After spending two days holed up in a beachside resort for the league’s annual spring meetings, SEC coaches decided to drastically alter the narrative from this painfully parliamentary offseason.
The coaches want to play the Big Ten once a season. As soon as possible.
“I think I can speak for the room when I say that’s our first goal as coaches,” said LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “But you gotta get a partner who says we’re in for that, too.”
USA TODAY Sports reported last October that the SEC and Big Ten were talking about a scheduling agreement, one that would significantly increase media rights revenue as a stand alone regular season series. A Big Ten official, speaking in December on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the discussions, said the series may not begin until later this decade or the early 2030s because of logistics.
But in the fluid environment of college sports, where the world revolves around generating revenue to help offset pay for play, what’s concrete one month is mailable the next. Especially for the two super conferences quickly coalescing and gaining further separation from the rest of college football.
The ultimate goal of any scheduling agreement would be a straight 16 vs. 16 format, but there are obstacles. While Kelly said he was speaking for the entire group of coaches, that’s theoretically.
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