Chapter 31 The World is Xixi
To be honest, the running back position of the Crimson Tide Storm in the new season is indeed very difficult. Injuries have become a roadblock. No matter how good the coach is, there is nothing he can do.
Behind Jacobs' decision to serve as the starting running back, you can faintly see the frustration of the coaching staff.
However, looking at it from another perspective, even though Jacobs is only a high school student, he is indeed talented and capable. With his own strength, he stood out from the fierce competition and won the starting position. In the current team configuration, he Just the best choice as a starting running back.
As for Levi?
Excellent is indeed excellent, there is no doubt; but starting to contact rugby from scratch, after all, only three weeks, the time is still too short.
In Shaban's original plan, he still hoped to use Levi as a surprise soldier to win by surprise.
However, yesterday's practice match made Shaban shake his mind. When he heard Burns' words, his first reaction was not objection.
Thoughts surged in my mind.
After all, Shaban was more experienced and rational. Although Burns's proposal was very tempting, he still stepped on the emergency brake and controlled himself——
He must consider the overall situation.
Yesterday, after all, it was just a practice match within the team. With Levi's intelligence, he knew the main team's defensive team's tactics well and took the lead; but if it were to the outside world, could Levi still perform like this?
"Warm-up match, let's see."
Burns is not surprised. No matter who is the starting running back, they will all appear in the warm-up game anyway, and they need to fully test their abilities.
Football warm-up games and preseason games are all like this, not only in the NCAA, but also in the NFL. This is the best time to test the team's lineup.
Win or lose?
It's not important, it has no reference value at all.
There are four quarters of rugby games. In warm-up games and preseason games, there is often one lineup for the first half and one lineup for the second half, which are used to test the team's tactical integration and player status. In the final analysis, it is the coaches who are ushering in integrated tactics. , a stage to adjust tactics and match lineups,
Some teams even change one lineup in each quarter and four lineups in four quarters to test the team's training results with different combinations.
Like the NFL, before the start of the season, the number of participants in the training camp is very large and bloated. After the warm-up games and preseason games, the coaching staff needs to lay off employees and finally match the number of teams stipulated by the league. Therefore, during the warm-up games, the number of players Everyone on the team can play.
This is the value of warm-up matches and pre-season games.
Red tide storms are no exception.
As the top traditional football team in the NCAA, there are countless teams willing to hold warm-up matches with them every year, and it can even be said to be a dream.
reason?
Televised!
It has been mentioned before, but now it is further expanded, and there are deeper and more complex interest entanglements behind it.
In the NCAA, it is divided into first-level league, second-level league and third-level league. Among them, the first-level league is the top and gathers a series of traditional famous schools.
The first-level league includes the Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific 12, Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference and other different divisions——-
The University of Alabama, affiliated with the Southeastern Conference (SEC), holds ten conferences every year There are two regular season games, eight of which are duels within the league, and four are collisions with teams from other leagues - they take turns playing against different leagues every year, so the opponents are different every year.
In the 1970s, sports leagues were based on regions. For example, the members of the Southeastern Conference were all from the southeastern region of the North American continent. Even if they went to away games, they would be in the next city or state. Fans could even go with the team to watch away games. Naturally, each league has its own strong teams and traditions, including rivals in the same conference.
But in the 1980s and 1990s, television broadcasting was on the rise, and broadcasting fees became an important source of income for universities. As a result, competition among leagues gradually intensified.
Everything originated from the Big Ten Conference.
At that time, the Big Ten Conference had a number of outstanding football schools such as Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, etc. League directors had always hoped to strive for more revenue, because national television stations ABC and CBS could only broadcast a few important college games.
In order to make money, the Big-Ten-Network was officially established to broadcast other games that cannot be broadcast on national television, including but not limited to football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, baseball, gymnastics, etc.
Such cable TV stations make money by relying on subscribers. The more subscribers they have, the more money they make. The Big Ten network has been a huge success and has a large market in the Midwest.
One thing worth noting is that the national ratings of NCAA football games have always been at the forefront, easily surpassing other professional leagues such as the NBA, NHL, MLB and so on. Although overall it is inferior to the NFL, the ratings of some NFL regular seasons are also not as good as those of the NFL. A showdown between top NCAA football schools——
This can be seen from ESPN's willingness to broadcast the University of Alabama's intra-squad games.
The Big Ten Conference television network was not satisfied with its success. They wanted to expand their territory, so they broke the tradition of the NCAA's geographical division and added the University of Nebraska, a famous football school, in 2010. In 2015, they added Maryland and Rutgers - —
Although the two universities are not strong in football, one is in New York and the other is in Washington. Therefore, the densely populated areas on the East Coast are also included in the subscribers of the Big Ten League. They have become the most powerful league in the NCAA.
Naturally, other alliances cannot sit still and wait.
The Southeastern Conference bears the brunt.
Schools in the South are extremely passionate about football and have always been far ahead in the ratings. There are countless traditional strong football teams such as Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, and Georgia. They have a very strong audience base. They have also established their own TV channels and begun to win over them. other schools.
Among them, the University of Texas is the key.
Because Texas is the second most populous state in North America.
The University of Texas is located in the Big 12 Conference and has been trying to establish its own television channel network by relying on its wealth and military strength. After regretfully failing, it angrily threatened to leave in 2010. Although it did not succeed in leaving at the time, it triggered a controversy. Series of turbulence——
Other schools in the Big 12 Conference are very tough and express their unwillingness to be angry with the University of Texas.
Then.
Nebraska left the Big 12 for the Big Ten, Texas A&M and Missouri left the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference, and Colorado left the Big 12 for the Pac-12.
As a result, the Big 12 Conference can only rely on two traditional strong teams, the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, to support themselves, and the chances of their games being broadcast nationally are getting smaller and smaller.
All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit.
From the moment the Big Ten League broke the balance, the NCAA's commercialization process became unstoppable. Like the NFL, NBA and other professional leagues, the struggle for interests began to change the structure of the entire league.
And Texas, just like every time there is a change of leadership, this time once again plays the role of a turning point in the history of the NCAA.
as always.
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