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re: What if a multi billionaire decided to bankroll a college football team?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:27 pm to Rohan Gravy
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:27 pm to Rohan Gravy
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Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:29 pm to Rohan Gravy
Coaching. Culture. Development.
Not sure you can buy all that.
Not sure you can buy all that.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:34 pm to Griffindawg
I agree. Money can’t buy the intangibles.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:34 pm to Summer of Jimbo
I don’t know how much of their current roster was helped by Ra'Shaad Samples, who has been at Oregon now, but Samples was instrumental in getting offensive talent out of HS and the portal to SMU when he was there. One of the main guys that flipped their roster if you been watching SMU lately. I was caught off guard when they sat Preston Stone tho.
This post was edited on 12/29/24 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:36 pm to Rohan Gravy
It’s going to happen eventually. Not sure about entire athletic departments but football teams will be sold and treated like the NFL.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:53 pm to harmonics
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There is no return on your investment. If you're gonna do that, you might as well just buy an NFL team or start a new franchise.
NFL teams cost billions. Apples to oranges. Arkansas is suffering because the Waltons did just that.
As far as no return on investment. The uber rich piss away money on pet projects all the time. Some buy big hunting properties for millions and then spend a ton on them. Others buy yachts.....they don't give a shite about depreciation. Others give tens of millions to politicians. Others fund random movies or games or who the frick knows what.
Tossing 15 million at a football team for kicks and giggles isn't anything to a guy who has 1 billion generating 100 million in profit to play with every year.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:56 pm to Rohan Gravy
No one has a billion in liquid lmao
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:01 pm to Smokeyone
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TAMU, Ole Miss, Oregon, etc. it doesn’t work.
Well, Oregon is currently undefeated and ranked #1 in the country. They have won an average of 11.25 games in the past four years. I would say it’s working out pretty well for them.
Ole Miss may have fallen short this year, but they were a play or two from winning 10 or 11 games. And they destroyed Georgia. They have won an average of 9.5 games in the last four years. I would say it’s working out pretty well for them too. And they don’t have a billionaire benefactor. But, their fans and alumni have embraced the portal.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:43 pm to Warboo
As an didn’t have the competition and paid pennies on the dollar compared to now
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:00 pm to harmonics
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There is no return on your investment
Exactly.These guys didn't become billionaires by flushing their money down a toilet.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:03 pm to RD Dawg
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Exactly.These guys didn't become billionaires by flushing their money down a toilet.
Yet after they have become billionaires, they love to blow money on pet projects.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:04 pm to Rohan Gravy
As soon as a ROI is established, the Saudi’s will buy in. It could come from an equity stake in the TV revenue, or such. Speaking of which, be prepared to purchase multiple streaming services to follow your favorite team in the near future. Who knows, Netflix could financially support a few teams that just happen to wind up on their platform.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:50 pm to Rohan Gravy
Isn’t Cuban doing this with Indiana?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:24 pm to NickPapageorgio
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NFL teams cost billions
Ok but there is at least the opportunity to make money. If I am a billionaire, I'm not dumping $100 million on a college roster just so they win some games.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:26 pm to harmonics
I like how us everyday fans have expectations that the multi millionaires and billionaires of our schools buy us the best available talent 
What a wild time to be alive. If we lose, it’s now the boosters fault.
What a wild time to be alive. If we lose, it’s now the boosters fault.
This post was edited on 12/29/24 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:31 pm to Rohan Gravy
Billionaires aren’t idiots with their money
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:37 pm to Rohan Gravy
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Couldn’t that multi billionaire build the best program in college football history?
The problem with that is that they would want to control the program inside and out and basically be the owner...deciding many things that they have no business deciding. Roster moves, which player plays, etc.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:41 pm to Warboo
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Nick Saban and the elephants says hello. It worked quite a while for them.
Total bullshite. Accusations from an Auburn fan, that's rich. ... Cam Newton says hey... How many players got paid by that yellawood gay cowboy?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:42 pm to Diamondawg
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Done - Oregon
No
I mean stepping it up and getting the top three players at every position
Like bama used to do
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