The college football world is buzzing on Tuesday after a shocking playoff proposal was made. Perhaps even more stunning was who was behind that proposal.
Former Tennessee Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley offered up a Group of 5 playoff proposal. Yes, that Derek Dooley.
CBS Sports reported the details on Tuesday, which included that the proposal would be backed by private equity.
CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd wrote, “Former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley is pitching a Group of Five playoff that would be financially backed by private equity.”
The outlined proposal “would address — if not be motivated by — disappointment felt by the Group of Five conferences over revenue distribution shares under the new College Football Playoff media rights agreement.”
CBS’ report indicates that the G5 splits nine percent of the deal, worth $1.3 billion, with ESPN. But that’s down from previous agreements, which in turn may spurn them to further this proposal.
The current circumstances make it extremely tough for the Group of Five to break through to the College Football Playoff. But breaking off to do another tournament of their own may create its own set of unique issues and drawbacks. If only things could be easier, but, we crossed this bridge over a decade ago that we simply can’t go back on.
The college football world had much to say about this latest development. They were especially surprised by the invoking of Derek Dooley.
How about just giving us our rightful place at the table? https://t.co/YSKDArDzW0
— Howlraiser (@AStateFanRules) April 23, 2024
I wonder how a lot of the G5 programs would feel about this. One on hand, they’d get an actual chance to win something, but idk if they’d really go for it without a complete severance from the P4 https://t.co/0j2Juozhkw
— Garrett Chapman (@gchapatl) April 23, 2024
Dooley off the top rope with a big brain idea https://t.co/6PcMswVbTd
— Tristan Griffith (@TristGriffith) April 23, 2024
I would watch the snot out of this. https://t.co/EvqBymJw3S
— Mat Pistole⚡🏴☠️ (@coachpistole) April 23, 2024
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