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Is there any scenario you won’t watch CFB

Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:00 pm
Posted by RTRnFlorida
Tampa, FL
Member since Mar 2024
123 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:00 pm
With all of the rule changes, NIL, Pay to play, unlimited transfer options, will the game become so out of hand, you may watch something else on Saturdays? CFB is no longer rooting for a player or group of players and being excited knowing they’ll be back for “next year”. To be honest, sure all Bama fans miss Coach Saban, but it is exciting to see what our new staff will do? I remember the first couple of title games I attended Bama fans were going in droves. Recently, even in Pasadena we were outnumbered big time by Michigan. I just hope the game doesn’t get ruined because for most of us, it’s the good part of our childhood memories.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
1355 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:04 pm to
Unlimited eligibility is probably the line. Who knows tho
Posted by BlindedMeWithScience
Member since Jun 2023
2302 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:05 pm to
Got enough practice with this during the series o'shitty coaches and sad seasons Tennessee had for a while. In particular, I hardly have a memory of watching CFB in the 2011, 2012, & 2017 seasons.
Posted by OleVaught14
Member since Jun 2019
6871 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:06 pm to
If there's some sort of top level split of like the top one 15 teams and my team is left out.
Posted by 1loyalbamafan
alabama
Member since Mar 2015
2683 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:18 pm to
I'll watch. Even if to just see the shite show.

I think many kids would play for free. They love the game but why not get what you can....i think i would at that age.

But the days of commitment to your team has been eroded for player and fans.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132321 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:19 pm to
Political motives
Posted by ugasickem
Allatoona
Member since Nov 2010
10770 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:28 pm to
Already happened for me. Saturdays used to be sacred to me. Fortunately I have a huge lake behind my house within 100 yards. So I’ll watch the Dawgs and a few big games but ultimately I don’t care anymore. Then go fishing. It’s lost its luster. And I don’t know how it will ever get it back. I’m happy the Dawgs win 2 ina row and I got to see one of them in person though. Crappie are biting. But that won’t last through any football season so, yeah, I’ll be watching it again lol. Damn you! You a psychologist or some shite?

Only reason I said that is because you got the exact response I feel about it, but I bet a lot of people feel the way I do.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 10:37 pm
Posted by bleedsgarnet
Virginia
Member since Apr 2014
781 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 3:43 am to
I'm almost there..before all this madness started I

1. Followed recruiting passionately
2. Checked in on spring practice updates
3. Would drive to the. Spring game
4. Would watch coach/player interviews
5. Couldnt wait for cfb Saturdays

Now I just wait til August 15 too peruse the the roster and start paying attention. And I just assume every kid on the team doesn't actually care one bit about the school they represent.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42505 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:18 am to
I think the expanded playoff will keep eyes on the sport assuming players don’t opt out of the playoffs
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
15796 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:19 am to
I no longer plan my falls around football.

If it’s raining, I’ll watch. Night games, I’ll watch.

I use to build every Saturday around it, but now I start with my tee time.

Gus broke me with inside zone 30 times in a row, but now I’m just not as interested in sitting and watching something I have no control over when I could be actively doing something where notionally I have some input like golf.

I still enjoy watching a game, but I don’t need it.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18436 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:44 am to
I don’t if I’ll ever completely stop watching, but it’s getting harder to really care like I used to. Maybe part of that is growing up, but the way a lot of players act doesn’t help. I don’t blame a guy for transferring out if he really needs to, but so many players are just quitters and aren’t scrappy. It’s harder and harder to admire or respect players.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18436 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:51 am to
quote:

assuming players don’t opt out of the playoffs


If players opt out of the playoffs, that might be what makes me stop or reduce how much I watch. You’re in the hunt and don’t want to compete? Why should I care and put money into the industry?
Posted by Joecaster06
Salt Lake
Member since Oct 2016
497 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:54 am to
Amen brother. The next 2-3 years will determine my outlook on CFB. Hopefully they can fix the issues with NIL and transfers. I do miss the good days of loyal players. At least Bryan Kelly is trying to get ahead by recruiting Louisiana kids. High school and transfers that want to come back.
Posted by Radio One
Garageland
Member since Sep 2023
1728 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:16 am to
I’m very, very close, as far as *genuine* enjoyment of and enthusiasm for the sport.

Honestly, one of the few remaining things that have kept me in it is finding the Rant. I love this shitshow and since its reason for being is college football, I’ll probably keep the game in mind if only to enjoy the magnificent disaster this place is.
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 6:25 am
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
30187 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:21 am to
Already stopped NFL d/t Poli
Posted by Radio One
Garageland
Member since Sep 2023
1728 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:27 am to
quote:

players opt out of the playoffs

I’m almost certain this will start happening.

And frick that in advance.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
44830 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:40 am to
Rapidly approaching that point now. I watched less last season than ever before.
Posted by SoggyBottomBaw
Live Free Or Die
Member since Nov 2022
434 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:41 am to
Only if the Executive Committee decides that games will be played with no penalties, no substitutions, and no time limit in the hopes that players who threaten the underlying corporate agenda (to demonstrate the futility of individualism) will be killed during the game.
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
18184 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:41 am to
quote:

any scenario you won’t watch CFB

It would be a very high mark to keep me from watching.

But, the trend is making it hard to root for the individuals on the team, as they come and go with ease and break the hierarchy of the traditional coach-player relationships in college sports and below.

That is the real shite side of it all. College sports is built around watching players wait, develop, and truly impact their programs to become legends. Now, it's headed toward "who was that guy that played that one year that made the awesome end zone catch to beat AU?" It kind of sucks.

If I wanted to watch entitled players getting in the faces of their coaches, pouting, and bailing at every time the $$$ is better, I'd watch pro sports.

Feels like we are a couple short years away from college athletes sounding like post-race Nascar drivers thanking their sponsors for 2 minutes to open up every post-game interview.

I have zero issue with NIL as it was intended. I don't like the collectives as it only fosters structured pay for play, and I like the free transfer rules less. The latter is the more pressing thing to address. If collectives are to stay under the current transfer rules, quit calling it a scholarship and make it a 3 year contract with conditions for if coaches change and a buyout to transfer.
Posted by theballguy
Colorado Springs, CO
Member since Oct 2011
1978 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:43 am to
If it affects the product on the field which it is starting to do. If mlb seems more compelling in the fall, then I’ll miss some early games. I’ll probably always watch Alabama but the other games? I’m starting to care less about those already. Already I don’t watch any of the bowl games. Even the ones that seem on paper to have a good matchup have been downright boring.
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