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Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:23 pm to Smokeys Howl
Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:23 pm to Smokeys Howl
Ok so here is my concern. You’ve alluded to it with collective bargaining, but in essence the outcome you are describing is a pro league.
I think that would be such a radical change to the status quo that it would result in either an unrecognizable product or a collapse of the system.
The first issue becomes, why do these schools have pro teams they are hosting. I’ve said this before, but the justification right now is that athletics is part of the education, the whole mind, body, spirit thing. The trouble is that a pro team is not an educational endeavor and thus is contrary to the schools’ mission. This is even a bigger issue for state schools as, among other problems, it may hurt their academic freedom shield against state interference.
The other big issue is the economics of the league. D1 sports in total brings in about 18billion in revenue, but that is across like 300 schools and dozens of sports. I’ll need to find it, but an ncaa report showed where that money came from and how it was spent. On the whole it is not encouraging that a separate football league is viable. Let’s assume that the schools have to split off their football programs into a separate league, which is a real possibility. We now have the issue of facilities who owns them and would there be a fee for usage. Same goes for the names and brands of the schools, presumably they will license these to the independent teams.
If that’s not enough change consider the relationship with the nfl. Will CFB only allow 4 years of play in its pro league and then players must move to the nfl? Maybe, but maybe not. Let’s say it doesn’t, now CFB is directly competing with the nfl. The nfl will not like that and may say players can come straight from high school or maybe they set up their own development league. Or maybe the nfl will set up the indecent teams as farm teams, but if that’s the case are you really going to like the team called Tennessee volunteers if all it is is the minors for the titans?
I know this is a bit doom and gloom, but I really don’t see a pro league working out. At least not in a way that we as CFB fans recognize it.
I think that would be such a radical change to the status quo that it would result in either an unrecognizable product or a collapse of the system.
The first issue becomes, why do these schools have pro teams they are hosting. I’ve said this before, but the justification right now is that athletics is part of the education, the whole mind, body, spirit thing. The trouble is that a pro team is not an educational endeavor and thus is contrary to the schools’ mission. This is even a bigger issue for state schools as, among other problems, it may hurt their academic freedom shield against state interference.
The other big issue is the economics of the league. D1 sports in total brings in about 18billion in revenue, but that is across like 300 schools and dozens of sports. I’ll need to find it, but an ncaa report showed where that money came from and how it was spent. On the whole it is not encouraging that a separate football league is viable. Let’s assume that the schools have to split off their football programs into a separate league, which is a real possibility. We now have the issue of facilities who owns them and would there be a fee for usage. Same goes for the names and brands of the schools, presumably they will license these to the independent teams.
If that’s not enough change consider the relationship with the nfl. Will CFB only allow 4 years of play in its pro league and then players must move to the nfl? Maybe, but maybe not. Let’s say it doesn’t, now CFB is directly competing with the nfl. The nfl will not like that and may say players can come straight from high school or maybe they set up their own development league. Or maybe the nfl will set up the indecent teams as farm teams, but if that’s the case are you really going to like the team called Tennessee volunteers if all it is is the minors for the titans?
I know this is a bit doom and gloom, but I really don’t see a pro league working out. At least not in a way that we as CFB fans recognize it.
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Posted on 2/9/24 at 1:00 pm to MondayNightPavs
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the outcome you are describing is a pro league.
That's a foregone conclusion. NIL is here to stay. USSC has already ruled on it.
Nothing any of us are for or against is going to change that.
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The first issue becomes, why do these schools have pro teams they are hosting. I’ve said this before, but the justification right now is that athletics is part of the education, the whole mind, body, spirit thing. The trouble is that a pro team is not an educational endeavor and thus is contrary to the schools’ mission.
Yep. A lot of the smaller schools may mothball their football programs. But the big schools won't. The mighty dollar will keep them in the game.
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The nfl will not like that and may say players can come straight from high school or maybe they set up their own development league.
There ya go, look at the bright side!
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That was me
hahaha yeah this is one of them
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Boosters can not recruit
Anything the NCAA does which inhibits a player from getting paid runs afoul of the Sherman Act.
You need to memorize that line. Print it out, tape it over your computer monitor. Let it guide you, so you don't keep making yourself look stupid and uneducated. I mean, you ARE stupid and uneducated, but at least not as many people will realize it.
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 1:04 pm
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