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Is There Anything That Could Stop Someone From Straight Buying a Championship?
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:15 pm
Let’s just say one of the Walton heirs, worth in the $90-95 billion dollar range, wakes up and says “I want to see Arkansas win a national championship before I die.” What would stop them from spending $150 million to not just accumulate the best team, but to take the best players from the top competitors. Raid Georgia for their top three or four players, raid Oregon for their top three or four, raid Ohio State for their top three or four. Pay the top five QBs an insane amount to come ride the bench for your team instead of playing for the other guys. Let’s say it cost them $150 million. So what, that is the equivalent of someone making $125,000 spending $2,000. That seems to be the direction we are headed.
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Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:16 pm to captdalton
They'll need a great coach to put it all that talent together like Ed O. 
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:17 pm to captdalton
Well let you know in about 16 days 
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:19 pm to captdalton
Sure. Ask Jimbo Fisher and A&M. If the stories are to be believed about money ? Ask Kentucky and Mark Pope.
For all the crying about "buying a championship" - I'm not seeing it happen. Just a bunch of crying from all the "Big Six" fans regarding all these upstarts.
I'm sure it was much more fun whenever one's favorite brand was automatically "good" every year. Funny how that worked. Funny - honestly - how it happened at Kentucky every winter.
For all the crying about "buying a championship" - I'm not seeing it happen. Just a bunch of crying from all the "Big Six" fans regarding all these upstarts.
I'm sure it was much more fun whenever one's favorite brand was automatically "good" every year. Funny how that worked. Funny - honestly - how it happened at Kentucky every winter.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:19 pm to captdalton
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Is There Anything That Could Stop Someone From Straight Buying a Championship?
Maybe it's already happened.
Alabama sure was able to convince a shitload of 5 stars to sit on the bench for a long time.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:21 pm to TheScogg
Ohio state bought a championship last year.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:22 pm to TheScogg
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Ask Jimbo Fisher and A&M.
That was way back in the day when teams were buying HS players.
The new model is to buy your team from the portal - way more effective.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:23 pm to captdalton
Well Bama doesn't have the donor base so don't you worry about it
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:23 pm to captdalton
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Is There Anything That Could Stop Someone From Straight Buying a Championship?
Bama did it for years leading up to its last title in 2017.
This post was edited on 1/3/26 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:23 pm to captdalton
Yes, there is. All the other football programs that are trying to “buy a championship” every season. They’re gonna show up and beat your studs-IU does it. Vandy does it.
If spending way more than all the other teams guaranteed a Natty, we’d see someone do it.
But other teams get a say, too. Money is precious. And money spent has diminishing returns.
Also, it takes more than the “best” players. You also have to have facilities, large fan base, visibility for your players.
If your program has no national notoriety, great players won’t come.
If spending way more than all the other teams guaranteed a Natty, we’d see someone do it.
But other teams get a say, too. Money is precious. And money spent has diminishing returns.
Also, it takes more than the “best” players. You also have to have facilities, large fan base, visibility for your players.
If your program has no national notoriety, great players won’t come.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:24 pm to topcat88
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Ohio state bought a championship last year.
Exactly. It's already happening.
There are 2 ways you can go - get an elite talent evaluator as a coach, and he can get you a lot more bang for your buck, or you can have a player's coach like a Ryan Day, and have so much money to spend on players it doesn't really matter.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:25 pm to captdalton
Ohio State did it this time two years ago when they got Judkins, Will Howard, Jeremiah Smith, and Downs.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:27 pm to captdalton
Ehhh I dont think there are any rules in place to stop it, but common sense already stops it. It's a hollow achievement done the way you've listed - raiding other rosters & paying guys just to not play for another team. That's not what anyone's doing
It would be the equivalent of spending $2,000 for a GameShark so you can say you beat a videogame.
It would be the equivalent of spending $2,000 for a GameShark so you can say you beat a videogame.
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Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:28 pm to captdalton
Buy an elite coach first. Then get the players. Spend big on the HC, OC, DC, ST coach first
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:29 pm to TheScogg
Ask Texas Tech how it worked out for them this year
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:30 pm to captdalton
quote:Nick Saban says no.
Is There Anything That Could Stop Someone From Straight Buying a Championship?
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:33 pm to captdalton
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Let’s just say one of the Walton heirs, worth in the $90-95 billion dollar range, wakes up and says “I want to see Arkansas win a national championship before I die.” What would stop them from spending $150 million
The fact that there is zero return on investment??
winning a NC is not a financial windfall and it certainly wouldn’t generate a 150 million dollar return just to break even. The Walton’s didn’t accumulate the wealth they did by investing huge sums of money and losing their arse to stroke their ego. Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:34 pm to captdalton
Do you actually believe multi-billionaires have billions of freed up liquid capital just sitting around?
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:41 pm to captdalton
1. Are you complaining about a made up scenario?
2. You do realize that your team greatly benefited from this type of strategy when Bear Bryant would steer recruits to other schools to keep them from going to his oponents. You also benefited from coach Saban stockpiling a 3 deep rotation of 4-5* talent. It aint fun when the rabbit's got the gun, eh?
3. tDecline is real.
4. Get used to these teams:
2. You do realize that your team greatly benefited from this type of strategy when Bear Bryant would steer recruits to other schools to keep them from going to his oponents. You also benefited from coach Saban stockpiling a 3 deep rotation of 4-5* talent.
It aint fun when the rabbit's got the gun, eh? 3. tDecline is real.
4. Get used to these teams:
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:42 pm to SECCaptain
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Do you actually believe multi-billionaires have billions of freed up liquid capital just sitting around?
Yes. They clearly just have a billion dollars in their credit union account, duh!
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