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re: Tired of hearing NIL killed the college game.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:01 am to BigSneezy
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:01 am to BigSneezy
I like it.
I don't think that schools should be paying players but IDK how you can think it's right to not let a college student accept money from somebody because they happen to be playing a sport.
I don't think that schools should be paying players but IDK how you can think it's right to not let a college student accept money from somebody because they happen to be playing a sport.
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:02 am to BigSneezy
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Tired of hearing NIL killed the college game.
NIL didn’t kill the college game. Allowing NIL to exist completely unfettered along with an unlimited use transfer portal is what turned it into a game of mercenaries
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:19 am to BigSneezy
These are no longer student athletes. Let’s stop pretending they are. This is minor league football.
Nil has destroyed everything I loved about cf. i realize some fans love it but I am not one of them.
I shite on Sark a lot here but the truth is that I really no longer care who coaches us or how many games we win. I will still watch the games when I have nothing better to do but I will try find better things to do on Saturdays this fall.
Nil has destroyed everything I loved about cf. i realize some fans love it but I am not one of them.
I shite on Sark a lot here but the truth is that I really no longer care who coaches us or how many games we win. I will still watch the games when I have nothing better to do but I will try find better things to do on Saturdays this fall.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 7:20 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:36 am to BigSneezy
Without the colleges, not a single player is worth a plug nickel.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:54 am to BigSneezy
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Tired of hearing NIL killed the college game.
Hey BigTranny stfu
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 7:55 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:26 am to BigSneezy
STFU …Your stupidity is on public display. At least get rid of the A&M logo, you are an embarrassment to our school and fans. I guarantee you, that some spoiled brat NIL mercenary and his family, who is just passing through and spending a year or two on campus is in no way or form greater than any university in the SEC much less than Texas A&M.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:28 am to BigSneezy
Literally the opposite is true. If it weren't about the fans then where would the revenue be generated from? Also, to call them students is a stretch. They are employees.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:30 am to BigSneezy
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The game does not exist for the fans. It exists to provide opportunities for student athletes.
And without fans, there would be no opportunities. Hell, one could argue the game wouldn't exist either.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:33 am to BigSneezy
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The game does not exist for the fans
That's exactly why it exist.. If there were no fans there would be no game...
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:34 am to BigSneezy
quote:Wait. . .what?
The game does not exist for the fans.
Without the fans, there would be no teams
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:36 am to BigSneezy
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Tired of hearing NIL killed the college game.
Quit listening.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:47 am to Roaad
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Wait. . .what?
Without the fans, there would be no teams
Yeah, but we are not far removed . . . really just a few decades removed . . from passionate fans rooting for their team in much smaller and older stadiums after paying reasonable ticket prices because there were not a ton of games broadcast on tv.
Once the media networks and athletic departments got involved as profit maximizers, it all went to s$%t.
Now I would rank the stakeholders as:
1) Media Companies - ESPN picking and choosing playoff teams
2) Athletic Departments - need those sweet merchandising deals
3) Colleges themselves - many have seen budget shortfalls staunched by athletic department surpluses
4) Boosters - Bored, questionable character old dudes wanting control of athletic hiring decisions in return for big donations or NIL funding
5) T-Shirt fans - they outnumber actual grads
6) Actual college students and alumni
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:49 am to jpainter6174
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That's exactly why it exist.. If there were no fans there would be no game...
How many people show up to watch Hicksville High School with a HC that makes $40,000 a year, a DC who sells insurance full time, and 200 kids 9-12 play football? Not very damn many but they still manage to have a team.
The major universities would certainly still have football teams without exorbitant money and fan interest. You might actually even have players who are genuine students if this were the case.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:53 am to BigSneezy
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The athletes are why this game exists. The game does not exist for the fans. It exists to provide opportunities for student athletes.
So “whats good for fans” no one gives a shite about.
It always will be about the student. Always.
So deal with it. Because the students are way better off. And what fans think don’t mean a damn thing.
Like hell it doesn't exist for the fans. If it weren't for the fans the advertising companies wouldn't be spending millions of dollars to have their commercial, the merchandise companies wouldn't be making merchandise to sell. The football program wouldn't bring in the hundred of millions it does if fans weren't apart of the game. You take the fans out the game isn't what it is today.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:56 am to Globetrotter747
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How many people show up to watch Hicksville High School with a HC that makes $40,000 a year, a DC who sells insurance full time, and 200 kids 9-12 play football? Not very damn many but they still manage to have a team.
So if no one ever showed up to a football game ever again and there were literally 0 fans you think schools / TV would keep dumping money into it just because.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:57 am to i am dan
Meaning, as long as fans pay up with merchandise, tickets, tv viewership, donations, etc. nothing stops. We fuel it. People hate to lose and love to win - they will pay anything.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:57 am to BigSneezy
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BigSneezy
You're an idiot.....
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:59 am to BigSneezy
quote:Go pull up some early episodes of Last Chance U from East Ms Community College and tell me how many of those "students" should have been "students".
It always will be about the student. Always.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:03 am to hookem33
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These are no longer student athletes. Let’s stop pretending they are. This is minor league football.
Nil has destroyed everything I loved about cf. i realize some fans love it but I am not one of them.
I shite on Sark a lot here but the truth is that I really no longer care who coaches us or how many games we win. I will still watch the games when I have nothing better to do but I will try find better things to do on Saturdays this fall.
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I think you are an early adapter. I'm not there yet but will soon be unless somehow this gets under control. The portal is a huge issue. Once the players start acting like employees and not college students is when this will unravel. The fans will leave and so will the money.
College football will go the way of NASCAR as they leave their roots behind.
These are no longer student athletes. Let’s stop pretending they are. This is minor league football.
Nil has destroyed everything I loved about cf. i realize some fans love it but I am not one of them.
I shite on Sark a lot here but the truth is that I really no longer care who coaches us or how many games we win. I will still watch the games when I have nothing better to do but I will try find better things to do on Saturdays this fall.
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I think you are an early adapter. I'm not there yet but will soon be unless somehow this gets under control. The portal is a huge issue. Once the players start acting like employees and not college students is when this will unravel. The fans will leave and so will the money.
College football will go the way of NASCAR as they leave their roots behind.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:47 am to jpainter6174
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So if no one ever showed up to a football game ever again and there were literally 0 fans you think schools / TV would keep dumping money into it just because.
How many high school and college teams played all their games in 2025 without a single one being televised or having millions of dollars dumped into their programs? How many have little more than parents and grandparents in the stands?
You can have college football without the whole thing being a fricking entertainment behemoth.
Money and overzealous fans aren’t made college football. They’re what’s poisoning it. An extracurricular activity at an institution of higher learning isn’t supposed to be a multibillion dollar business.
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