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Posted on 1/6/24 at 3:54 pm to AUveritas
I think the Dr. Pepper portal commercial got it right. Portal + NIL has made it fully mercenary.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 4:27 pm to Auburn1968
I love those commercials. A few misses, but so many are dead on. I love the one this year with the cheerleaders from rival schools breaking up because they’re going to different conferences. “We have higher academic standards.” Classic!
The entire history over the course of those commercials of the teenage kid who is into soccer and it’s an analogy for him being gay is absolutely brilliant.
The entire history over the course of those commercials of the teenage kid who is into soccer and it’s an analogy for him being gay is absolutely brilliant.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:12 pm to AUveritas
I'd argue it was in the 90s...
Football coaches became the highest paid college employees
Spurrier made first $1mm contract I believe
Players were getting paid under the table
SEC to CBS - set the first stage for big TV deals
Football coaches became the highest paid college employees
Spurrier made first $1mm contract I believe
Players were getting paid under the table
SEC to CBS - set the first stage for big TV deals
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:36 pm to AUveritas
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When did college football become a business?
When the NCAA was told to frick off by the Supreme Court for the first time (TV Rights)
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:06 pm to ALhunter
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SEC to CBS - set the first stage for big TV deals
It's always been a business, but when it went from a regional thing to a national thing, the snowball really started rolling downhill. The big tv contracts helped it evolve into what it is today.
It was inevitable as the sport grew nationally and tv revenues grew with it. Once the players realized the amount of money they were making for the schools, the gig was up. Not to mention the fact that coaches contracts ballooned and they are able to go from school to school whenever they please while the players became locked into one school and had to pay a penalty of sitting out a whole year for a transfer.
It'd be nice to see NIL have some sort of structure/oversight so that it's more like a trust the players get when they finish school and can be performance based, but I'm not sure how that would work legally since there doesn't seem to be any one entity that can make that happen. The NCAA doesn't seem to want any part of it.
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