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Where’s this heading?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:25 am
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:25 am
Now that bowl season is meaningless & unlimited free agency has degraded the quality of games, it seems like TV advertisers are starting to demand some answers. And, while it’s painfully obvious that school presidents, ESPN execs, coaches & conference officials don’t give a rip about the fans, they care tremendously about corporate $ and are finally ready to change.
I don’t see any other outcome than an NFL model with salary cap, collective bargaining with shared TV revenue & players as W-2 employees. Legally, that’s what has to happen. I think the wheels are already in motion to make it happen rapidly (2-3 years).
Anybody see a different outcome?
I don’t see any other outcome than an NFL model with salary cap, collective bargaining with shared TV revenue & players as W-2 employees. Legally, that’s what has to happen. I think the wheels are already in motion to make it happen rapidly (2-3 years).
Anybody see a different outcome?
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:34 am to BevoBucks
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it seems like TV advertisers are starting to demand some answers.
I mean, this is logical but what have we seen to support this?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:38 am to BevoBucks
This year will be a tape job. We won’t see anything meaningful until this time(ish) 2025
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:38 am to BevoBucks
Don’t worry, it will free up your Saturdays.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:41 am to BevoBucks
The inevitable endpoint seems to be the disassociation of college football and colleges. Why should a minor league system with constant free agency be associated with predominantly state run institutions of higher learning? The continued association has been a farce for a while now (we all know it, we just ignore it because we enjoy the product), but it is rapidly becoming too ridiculous to ignore.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:42 am to BevoBucks
More Tiered divisions for competition based on budgets ranges
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:43 am to thatthang
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I mean, this is logical but what have we seen to support this?
Some of the Capital One execs were mega pissed about paying bank & getting served a 63-3 game. Other major players have started to chime in as well with their concerns about the risk of no plan being put forward.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:44 am to BevoBucks
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don’t see any other outcome than an NFL model with salary cap, collective bargaining with shared TV revenue & players as W-2 employees. Legally, that’s what has to happen. I think the wheels are already in motion to make it happen rapidly (2-3 years).
This is what it needs to be to create any kind of parity. We’re gonna have to see all of the large schools break away from ncaa and become what it is a minor league to NFL and then have a true college football back to the way it used to be with all of the smaller schools Honestly many of the P5 schools now won’t be able to compete with the larger schools in a decade.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:49 am to BevoBucks
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it seems like TV advertisers are starting to demand some answers.
Where are you seeing this? You make a claim but where is the source?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:50 am to GatorOnAnIsland
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Don’t worry, it will free up your Saturdays.
Not really worried. I’ve already made the jump to calling them pros and view recruiting as primarily negotiation/leverage instead of kids loving my school. I’ll be glad to just see some guardrails in place.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:50 am to BevoBucks
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salary cap
Two years ago I asked if the NCAA would ever institute a salary cap. I was criticized for even thinking it. But, it seems inevitable at this point.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:51 am to Decker
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Why should a minor league system with constant free agency be associated with predominantly state run institutions of higher learning?
Because the schools want the money. They aren't ever going to let that go.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:00 am to DawginSC
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Because the schools want the money. They aren't ever going to let that go.
Agreed. And if it means they have to share some to hang on to a majority share, they will.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 9:05 am
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:03 am to PeleofAnalytics
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where is the source?
First heard from Pate, who isn’t my usual go to. But, this time what he’s saying also lines up with similar thoughts from a P5 coach at a major program & knowledge of some contracts.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:06 am to AGGIES
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More Tiered divisions for competition based on budgets ranges
I wouldn’t mind seeing a promotion/relegation type system for CFB.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:08 am to BevoBucks
I agree on the players union and collective bargaining agreement, eventually all the no-name grunts getting no NIL money are going to figure out they hold a lot of power if they band together and go on strike.
Also the bowls all need to be tied into the playoff system, just freaking make them play-in games to the cfp’s or whatever to give them meaning.
Also the bowls all need to be tied into the playoff system, just freaking make them play-in games to the cfp’s or whatever to give them meaning.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:12 am to BevoBucks
If the playoff does as well as it should, it will expand.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:13 am to labamafan
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We’re gonna have to see all of the large schools break away from ncaa and become what it is a minor league to NFL
So all those teams have to break away from conferences, split their AD so they don't break title 9, figure out new schedules, argue over payouts, yada yada yada.
OR........
Money brokers can just promote the minor league that's already in operation, the XFL-USFL.
College football isn't as special as we think it is. Those XFL and USFL teams already have infrastructure and they're located in bigger metro areas that are easier to travel too.
College football survives until the money finds something better to invest in.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:18 am to BevoBucks
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Now that bowl season is meaningless & unlimited free agency has degraded the quality of games, it seems like TV advertisers
That's quite a few opinions, but what do the nielsen ratings (the facts) say?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:18 am to BevoBucks
College football is heading the same place everything else is. Down the toilet.
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