Where the SEC stands on college football 'super league', per coach

One anonymous SEC coach came forward with his opinion of whether the conference would embrace a so-called Super League in college football.

Sep 3, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; The SEC logo on the chains during a college football game. / Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports

Amid a recent revelation that a group of sports executives are proposing college football adopt a so-called "Super League" that would unite all the major schools, most of the reaction appears to suggest that there are too many obstacles standing in the way of such a thing ever becoming a reality.

That's also the opinion of an anonymous SEC head football coach, who came forward to share his belief that it's unlikely the conference would ever agree to such an arrangement.

"It's nothing," the coach old On3 Sports' Pete Nakos of the Super League proposal. "My AD [athletic director] told me that it's DOA. There's no way the SEC will go with the idea."

The proposal, created by a group called College Sports Tomorrow that includes university presidents and a highly-placed NFL exec among its ranks, suggests creating a group of 70 permanent members in a national league, and 10 others to be promoted from a second tier of programs.

A playoff system would do away with its selection committee, instead promoting the eight division champions and eight wild-card schools from the top tier would qualify for the postseason. Wild card spots would be determined by records and tiebreakers, similar to the NFL's system.

College football's current business arrangements suggest the Super League may be dead on arrival. Amid the recent wave of realignment, conferences have inked mega-deals with media partners that last several years into the future, and ESPN has confirmed a deal with the College Football Playoff worth billions.

Those developments suggest a college football super league isn't in the cards right now, an opinion at least one current SEC coach appears to share.

(On3)

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