re: The future of NCAA football

Parity is just never going to happen for the g-5 or even in conferences. Some schools care more and will find ways to win. I do agree it gets tiring seeing Clemson and tosu over and over but that is a function of their conferences being trash. CU is in a power conference but they will never seriously compete long term unless the admin changes.

I do agree somethings needs to be done though to help save the sport and stem the kids quitting.

quote:

---

So what do you think happens next?

---

It will only be a band aid for the many issues/problems
facing the future of NCAA football as we knew
it---but playoff expansion to
give more teams at least some optimism they have a shot
at the Big Kahuna, would help in the meantime.

quote:

---

Worked out in a national championships last year.

---

Not because of recruiting because of a transfer which is another part of the broken system.

quote:

---

Stop with the Saban is perfect bullshite. Best ever, sure but he isn't a God and cutting down on the scholarships and spreading talent around more make it less likely he hits every time.

---

As an Alabama fan I will Saban is the GOAT on the field but any fan can also say he is the GOAT off the field as well. No one has learned how to manipulate the roster and recruit better than Saban. Even the LSU board right now has multiple threads threads on it. It is a fact that he has found all the loopholes in a broken system and mastered how to take advantage of them.

There is always and have always been a handful of coaches every decade or so that are above the rest in producing top talent and being in the hunt for a NC every year. No matter how many changes you make those programs will probably still rise above the rest with those coaches at the helm. Yes you may make the top 50% better programs and have more enjoyable games but I doubt with any changes being mentioned in this thread the teams that have played in NC during the playoff or BCS era would change.

quote:

---

I don't know when everything changed, but players and a lot of fans only care about championships now.

---

It changed in the mid-2010s with the College Football Playoff. While the BCS had been a thing for over a decade, the media powers that be still gave plenty of attention to the other major bowl games. With the advent of the playoffs, the "Who's In?" tag line took over the sport and made the other bowls irrelevant seemingly over night.

quote:

---

A draft would fix all issues but a draft is not going to work in amateur athletics. Unless a guy is getting paid you can't tell him where to go.

---

Even if you pay him you can't tell him where to go to college. Contrary to popular belief, education still matters to a lot of these athletes. Andrew Luck chose Stanford over Alabama and a number of other schools because of Stanford's engineering program. He wanted to get a quality education on top of his professional football prospects.

quote:

---

It changed in the mid-2010s with the College Football Playoff

---

I think it started before this. When I was a kid, going to Orlando was a good ending to a solid season. By the time I was in my early 20s, every Florida bowl game besides the Orange Bowl was a disappointment.

Weirdly, I think social media has a lot to do with this as well. Before social media, fans really only interacted with fans of their school and rival schools, and winning the conference was a big bragging point. After social media, fans could interact with fans from all over the country. Ohio State and Clemson fans don't care if you win the SEC. The only comparable talking point is national championships.

Social media is a cancer and a net negative on all aspects of society.

quote:

---

There once was a time where winning your conference was the ultimate goal of a season and anything after that was gravy.

---

Because then it was the only thing really in your control. Only 2 teams had a chance and then the majority of fans and those who followed the sport questioned how NC were crowned. Even in the 90s there were multiple NCs. Hell in 2003 with the BCS who claimed LSU NC the AP declared USC.

quote:

---

It changed in the mid-2010s with the College Football Playoff. While the BCS had been a thing for over a decade, the media powers that be still gave plenty of attention to the other major bowl games. With the advent of the playoffs, the "Who's In?" tag line took over the sport and made the other bowls irrelevant seemingly over night.

---

Playoff killed the sport. More than a third of the 5* players go to the same schools - those schools are the ones always in the playoff

Expand the playoff, and suddenly the talent isn't ALL going to those schools. Especially if you drastically reduce the scholarship numbers that each team has. Why is it that CFB has 80+ scholarships, when the NFL has an active roster of 53? For those who say scholarship reductions won't do anything I can provide a counter-argument

Yes it will be about A&M/Texas - what I grew up on. If you look at the timeframe before the current scholarship limits the series between the schools is incredibly lopsided. But since they were implemented, things are a lot more even. Schools (popular ones) cannot simply stack talent and keep it away from the competition.

If you expand the playoffs, it is probable that 35% of the best players won't go to three schools. If you implement further scholarship reductions there will be less stacking of talent on the bench at the name schools. Bowl games actually matter, and players don't opt out as much. If sixteen playoff teams in the field suddenly USC/Oregon allows interest from the West, Texas/Oklahoma from the BDF, tOSU/Michigan from the North, etc, etc ... And these teams will rotate with time

And I'd like to see the horns stew in mediocrity for all eternity as an A&M fan, but it isn't good for the sport for so few to be the "chosen" ones. The playoffs have to expand, or done away with all together

First, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
L
Very interesting and poignant question. .

Here is my plan to save college football.
1. 32 teams split and form new conference
2. New conference structures itself after 32:team NFL. Two conferences and 4 - 4 team divisions. Copy NFL SCHEDULING AND PLAYOFF.
3. Kill current Cfp structure.
4. Create new bowl alliances , tv alliances, Get multiple tv partners so no one entity(ESPN) can control and dictate everything
5. 30% of profits are evenly splint between all players on a team. Held in trust until graduation. If no graduation, no MONEY. PLAYERS MUST PLAY MINIMUM 4 years before going Pro. Day of graduation or after 4 years, money wired into player account etc.
6. Monthly stipend, different by school. Money will be deducted from payout upon completion.
7. Cost of education will be deducted from disbursement. Tuition, books, housing, food, stipend.
8. Injury insurance paid on every player on a graduated scale by each school.

Example:
Revenue from all sources. 40,000,000. Just a guess. Not profit but revenue
30%. =12mil
85 players per team. 12,000,000/85= $141,176 x 4 years= $564,705
Say tuition, books, housing , stipend etc is $75000/year.
75000x 4 $300,000
Player upon graduation or completion of 4 years receive check for $264,705 dollars.
Everybody wins.

Plan would have best players going into league. . Tv deals negotiated like in nfl. The money would be massive.

Thoughts?

My brain is tired.
Doable or not?

quote:

---

I was 23 when Georgia played Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl (1/1/2013) and it was incredibly disappointing to be in that game.

---

Possibly because you were less than five yards away from a national championship game appearance in the game prior to Nebraska. An appearance in the Rose Bowl wouldn't be enough consolation to me after a loss like that.