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Conference pride makes 0 sense in the NIL era
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:36 pm
Whether or not you should cheer for your fellow SEC schools during bowl season has always been at least a little debated, however I would argue it makes the least sense it ever has.
The players barely even represent the school, the schools don't represent their city, state, or regions, and the conferences don't represent any sort of geography or culture or values at all anymore.
Cheer for whoever you want but conferences are nothing but financial arrangements now.
There's pretty much no community of any kind left in college sports, it's just individual players and individual teams trying to maximize their own respective individual values.
The players barely even represent the school, the schools don't represent their city, state, or regions, and the conferences don't represent any sort of geography or culture or values at all anymore.
Cheer for whoever you want but conferences are nothing but financial arrangements now.
There's pretty much no community of any kind left in college sports, it's just individual players and individual teams trying to maximize their own respective individual values.
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Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:39 pm to StansberryRules
My SEC brothen can all eat stinky pond algae for all I care.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:41 pm to StansberryRules
I agree . Instead of S-E-C just chant N-I-L.
This post was edited on 12/11/24 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:42 pm to StansberryRules
Only cucks and redneck boomers have conference pride.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:43 pm to StansberryRules
Correct. This is a professional sport now and 100% of the players are free agents.
The one scenario where conference pride made sense (strength of schedule) the committee has announced doesn’t mean anything.
Clemson, SMU and Boise State are in much better position to make the playoffs annually over any SEC team.
The one scenario where conference pride made sense (strength of schedule) the committee has announced doesn’t mean anything.
Clemson, SMU and Boise State are in much better position to make the playoffs annually over any SEC team.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:44 pm to StansberryRules
SEC down year is nothing to cheer for. We will see how far each race horse can adjust to running distance now.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:48 pm to Mohican
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Correct. This is a professional sport now and 100% of the players are free agents.
Yes imagine how stupid someone would sound saying "NFC SOUTH PRIDE!"
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:53 pm to StansberryRules
It never made sense even before. frick all of you, forever. South Carolina, you’re still kinda cool, tho.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:56 pm to StansberryRules
And that is why CFB was different than the NFL.
No Falcons, Bucs, or Panthers fans are rooting for the Saints to do well in the playoffs.
When you have a best friend from high school who attended Auburn, who married a girl from Alabama, but you went to Georgia, and one half of your family are all Florida fans, it was easy to pull for those schools OOC, especially when Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and midwest schools were getting the TV spotlight while you were hoping Jefferson Pilot or ESPN2 would air your game.
NIL and the portal have changed that.
No Falcons, Bucs, or Panthers fans are rooting for the Saints to do well in the playoffs.
When you have a best friend from high school who attended Auburn, who married a girl from Alabama, but you went to Georgia, and one half of your family are all Florida fans, it was easy to pull for those schools OOC, especially when Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and midwest schools were getting the TV spotlight while you were hoping Jefferson Pilot or ESPN2 would air your game.
NIL and the portal have changed that.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:58 pm to Murph4HOF
Also, about the only way to get season tickets anymore without paying out the arse to get in the appropriate donor level just to get the chance to buy tickets is to be a student.
And college tuition isn't exactly cheap.
And college tuition isn't exactly cheap.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:58 pm to StansberryRules
Any type of championship will come down to who spent the most money. It’s all ruined.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:58 pm to StansberryRules
Unfortunately nothing makes sense in the NIL/transfer portal era
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:00 pm to StansberryRules
It was dumb even before.
I think it is exaggerated a bit from those OOC, because it’s done in jest to make them mad. But overall it is dumb.
I think it is exaggerated a bit from those OOC, because it’s done in jest to make them mad. But overall it is dumb.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:01 pm to CNB
Was dumb anyway. Go bucks and go Clemson soon.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:01 pm to Omahawgs15
I do have to cheer for Texas though.
Yall understand
Yall understand
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:05 pm to StansberryRules
You should look into Highschool football if that’s your criteria.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:09 pm to StansberryRules
I hate you all. Except for Vandy. You can't hate Vandy.
That being said, I want all of the SEC (Texas and Okie y'all gotta earn your time so you're still BIG12 in my eyes) to kick everyone's arse. And then after said victory, I hope a meteor crashes in to your programs with no mercy.
That being said, I want all of the SEC (Texas and Okie y'all gotta earn your time so you're still BIG12 in my eyes) to kick everyone's arse. And then after said victory, I hope a meteor crashes in to your programs with no mercy.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:14 pm to StansberryRules
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The players barely even represent the school,
They don't represent any school at all. They don't represent any community or state at all.
They're just hoes looking for a paycheck that happened to have shacked up on a school's campus for a year.
That's what the sh*tshow that NCAA football has become.
This post was edited on 12/11/24 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:29 pm to momentoftruth87
As if that wasn’t already the case.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 5:33 pm to StansberryRules
I've never had conference pride and never will.
It's just a fact that the SEC is the strongest and toughest conference in college football and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
You can all lose for all I care and I often hope you do.
It's just a fact that the SEC is the strongest and toughest conference in college football and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
You can all lose for all I care and I often hope you do.
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