
oligarchgator
Favorite team: | Florida ![]() |
Location: | Davos with the other Oligarchs |
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Occupation: | Oligarch stuff |
Number of Posts: | 176 |
Registered on: | 11/16/2016 |
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Latest on the Oligarch Front: Big Ten and Pac 12 are shaking in their boots right now
Posted by oligarchgator on 8/12/20 at 10:37 am
In April, I informed you all that the season would be moving to the Spring. This was based on how TV and Advertising were interpreting the science.
https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/rumor-in-oligarch-circles-2020-season-moving-to-spring-2021/89402549/
However, several things since then have changed, primarily how well the leagues in Bubbles have done. This gave renewed hope for a Fall Season. Now, the Big Ten and Pac 12 eventually got to where I had heard all of CFB was going-- to the Spring and then to a potentially delayed Start to Fall 2021. But, they got here not because of the Science but because of the threat to the economic structure to amateurism that the virus presents.
The latest I'm hearing is that the Big Ten and Pac 12 are petrified that the SEC will do the one thing that I've always thought it would do: Blow up amateurism or redefine it at least to allow for open bidding of players via NIL. Doing this would relegate down the Big 10 and Pac 12 who are hell bent on not changing.
:usa:
https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/rumor-in-oligarch-circles-2020-season-moving-to-spring-2021/89402549/
However, several things since then have changed, primarily how well the leagues in Bubbles have done. This gave renewed hope for a Fall Season. Now, the Big Ten and Pac 12 eventually got to where I had heard all of CFB was going-- to the Spring and then to a potentially delayed Start to Fall 2021. But, they got here not because of the Science but because of the threat to the economic structure to amateurism that the virus presents.
The latest I'm hearing is that the Big Ten and Pac 12 are petrified that the SEC will do the one thing that I've always thought it would do: Blow up amateurism or redefine it at least to allow for open bidding of players via NIL. Doing this would relegate down the Big 10 and Pac 12 who are hell bent on not changing.
:usa:
re: Ahh Clemson fans
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/22/20 at 9:08 am
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Plantation Dabo
My friends and I will be cancelling Dabo after he refused to have our “White Fragility” consultants come give a seminar to his coaching staff. That will teach him not to mess with the powerful Management Consultants.
re: If we have no college football this year
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/11/20 at 12:55 pm
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JUST MAYBE that small number of people responsible for everything , just maybe they deserve a little more than a Full Scholly, maybe add in enhanced stipends plus NIL opportunities
Please stop. People like me need the masses to keep believing that a full scholarship is enough.

re: Herd immunity is gaining fast traction, peaking now...
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/11/20 at 12:46 pm
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I just hope we have a country left on 2021. The economy is gonna get destroyed this fall and winter I’m afraid.
Me and my friends will be ok but I don't know about the rest of you especially when we force Orange man out of office. Tough psychological blow for those of you who put your eggs in that basket.

re: Herd immunity is gaining fast traction, peaking now...
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/11/20 at 12:34 pm
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Kickoff will happen in SEC no later than Oct. 3rd. By mid season full stadium attendance will be allowed. IMHO.
:rotflmao:

re: I’m not saying...but saying....
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/3/20 at 10:06 pm
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Instead of just posting a senseless gif, why don't you explain what the endgame of these cultural terrorists is?
The war is economic (not cultural) and people Like me having been waging on the general public for a long time and the one thing that keeps the masses from realizing what’s really going are the media henchmen who we deploy to keep you distracted.
This supposed culture war helps me and my friends to keep working people divided. If the woke BLM crowd and the don’t tread on me crowd ever figured out what they have in common and joined forces under an economic agenda, then people like me would be in trouble.
So yeah, I get a kick out of those who take the “culture war” seriously.
re: I’m not saying...but saying....
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/3/20 at 5:57 pm
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I can’t force you to understand what a Cultural Revolution entails. But I assure you that those who wield ALL the power in our cultural Institutions
quote::rotflmao:
Leftist mass movements have ALWAYS done this. Destroying sports is a huge psychological victory for the Revolutionary Left and they will do anything to achieve that.

re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/3/20 at 1:43 pm
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Are you gonna tell us who killed Epstein too
Not as exciting a story as you’d expect
re: I’m not saying...but saying....
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/3/20 at 1:41 pm
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Unfortunately, they maybe pushing it...but it is the legal department of institutions...plus, academic is run by people that have PhD/MDs behind their names.
Precisely , Big research Universities—even the ones in the SEC— aren’t run by pro-herd immunity Frat dudes with Kirby Smart haircuts nor are they run don’t tread on me types.
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/2/20 at 10:21 pm
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Haven't heard any kind of announcement on anything. Got any sort of evidence of this? Not saying it isnt possible but hoping it's not true. I can't wait 8 more months to watch football. Need some normal back in our lives.
The way the advertising side side of CFB works is as follows:
Networks spend the early part of the spring selecting the big games they want for the upcoming season as well the early season kick times. Then networks begin announcing these game selections and early season kickoff times during “upfront” which is an industry event when tv networks unveil their upcoming programming (including sports) to advertisers for purposes of locking in advertisements for the programming. The upfront for the fall usually take place the third week in May which is why kickoff times begin to come out around this time
Because of Covid-19,the May Upfront was cancelled and advertising trade groups were informed that CFB would likely be moving to spring for next season only. This was in an effort to gage the rates for AD time for a Spring CFB season. Now, Athletic Directors and School Presidents we’re going to do what they could to play in fall (get players back on campus, make plans for live instruction in the fall etc) but the current plans look untenable with the reality of Covid-19 not taking the summer break we anticipated. In addition, universities have found the legal and risk assessment side of this very tricky. Forcing waivers on players is a political nightmare and it’s somewhat oppressive considering that these are student athletes. The risk assessment side is very troubling. There is no insurance market for hedging covid-19 liability. No Insurance syndicate is willing to write a policy. This makes covid-19 a bottomless pit of risk exposure. Business lobbies are pushing for covid-19 liability shields but this is a political powder keg as well and even more so for universities trying to have CFB on campus. There have been discussions among conferences to create a covid-19 risk pool with athletic department reserves and endowment funds. There is also talk of creating a better incentive structure for players to play and to justify isolating them from the general public. This includes having NIL rules in place by the spring season and providing players some sort of hazard bonus or enhanced scholarship. Title IX could of course cause problems with that but it’s a discussion right now.
Back to advertising: The Rescheduled upfront period is coming up in mid-July so decisions must be made now and the decision will be the contingency that has been planned for: A Spring Season only for this upcoming season. The hope is that treatment & a vaccine is farther along and that more data on covid-19 creates a liquid insurance market.
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 7/2/20 at 7:17 pm
It’s happening
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/13/20 at 4:49 pm
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Hey dumbass... college football hinges on whether or not the NFL plays. If they play, we play.
Your spring stuff is retard shite. Why? Do you really think they will do 2 college football seasons in 1 fricking year? Or do you not think we will play in the fall of 2021 like we have for the past 130+ years?
Good grief. Did you even think about what you said while typing it?
You mad Bro?
LINK
This has been discussed for several weeks now in TV advertising circles. It’s either start on Labor Day weekend or Start on President’s day weekend in 2021.
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/5/20 at 6:34 pm
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/4/20 at 8:17 pm
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Play the season at the height of flu and covid season?
Flu season isn’t a problem and there is no evidence that Covid-19 will naturally decimate in warm weather. The spread in the Southern Hemisphere, which is exiting summer and entering fall, leads everyone to believe that warm weather doesn’t stop this. University epidemiology departments are universally advising that the combination of herd immunity, treatment drugs and vaccine will make the second wave of Covid-19 much easier to deal with.
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/4/20 at 5:55 pm
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If they did that, how would they get it back to fall the next season?
They would start the Fall 2021 season in November.
Everything would be back to normal fall of 2022
re: Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/4/20 at 4:13 pm
summer isn’t happening and fall will be too much of a risk. A season in the spring of 2021 is in the works and it will be a full season absent some game bowl games. They are working out the complications with stadiums and TV. Media Ad Buyers are pushing for Spring 2021 as well
Yes, the first half of the spring season will be full of bad weather. Yes, it will go up against March madness and yes there could be complications with the NFL draft, but it’s going to happen.
Yes, the first half of the spring season will be full of bad weather. Yes, it will go up against March madness and yes there could be complications with the NFL draft, but it’s going to happen.
Rumor in Oligarch circles: 2020 season moving to Spring 2021
Posted by oligarchgator on 4/4/20 at 2:29 pm
Hello my fellow ranters. I hope you and your families are well and safe during these difficult times.
Anyway this is what I'm hearing in Advertising and TV circles:
Media Advertising is frozen now as Media Advertisers realize that, despite TV viewership going up while everyone quarantines at home, ratings and eye balls are worth much less now and for the next 6-12 months because of a lack of discretionary spending. This is going to greatly affect sports that rely on tv revenue(which a lot of the sports we watch). The domino is that TV networks have already started hinting at re-negotiation of current TV contracts. This going to domino into schools getting less TV revenue, at least temporarily, even if the season is played. However, not playing the season will lead to massive shortfall that will cause several programs to seek gov't bailout.
Long story short, they will do everything to play the 2020 season in full and with fans in attendance(because the loss in TV revenue will be made worse with a loss of ticket revenue and local revenue(hotels, Bars restaurants, etc).
2020 season
Right now, the only option for playing a 2020 season in full and with fans in attendance will be a February 13th start to the season with the regular season ending on May 8. This gives teams 13 weeks to play 12 games. The plan is to move the entire season as it was set for fall 2020. Schools playing in nuetral site games are beginning to make calls places like Jerryworld and Mercedes Benz dome to ensure availability in an effort work on moving the entire season to the Spring of 2021. UF and UGA have been told the city of Jax will accommodate any date if the season is moved to spring.
Conference Championships will be played on May 15th, the CFP and a few bowls on May 22nd. Most big bowls and the National Title will take place over memorial day weekend.
This is what UF's Schedule would like in this scenario
Fall 2021 Season
The plan is to move the start date to Early November with most rivalry games(including WLOCP) on NYD 2022 which takes place on a Saturday.
The season will end in late Jan/Early Feb with the national title game and big bowl games to be played in early MArch 2022 right before March Madness
2022 Season
Everything goes back to normal.
Any announcement on this could comes as early as May and as late on July.
Also, the White House is putting pressure on governors to play NFL and CFB in the fall but this might not be possible given the trajectory of Covid-19
Anyway this is what I'm hearing in Advertising and TV circles:
Media Advertising is frozen now as Media Advertisers realize that, despite TV viewership going up while everyone quarantines at home, ratings and eye balls are worth much less now and for the next 6-12 months because of a lack of discretionary spending. This is going to greatly affect sports that rely on tv revenue(which a lot of the sports we watch). The domino is that TV networks have already started hinting at re-negotiation of current TV contracts. This going to domino into schools getting less TV revenue, at least temporarily, even if the season is played. However, not playing the season will lead to massive shortfall that will cause several programs to seek gov't bailout.
Long story short, they will do everything to play the 2020 season in full and with fans in attendance(because the loss in TV revenue will be made worse with a loss of ticket revenue and local revenue(hotels, Bars restaurants, etc).
2020 season
Right now, the only option for playing a 2020 season in full and with fans in attendance will be a February 13th start to the season with the regular season ending on May 8. This gives teams 13 weeks to play 12 games. The plan is to move the entire season as it was set for fall 2020. Schools playing in nuetral site games are beginning to make calls places like Jerryworld and Mercedes Benz dome to ensure availability in an effort work on moving the entire season to the Spring of 2021. UF and UGA have been told the city of Jax will accommodate any date if the season is moved to spring.
Conference Championships will be played on May 15th, the CFP and a few bowls on May 22nd. Most big bowls and the National Title will take place over memorial day weekend.
This is what UF's Schedule would like in this scenario

Fall 2021 Season
The plan is to move the start date to Early November with most rivalry games(including WLOCP) on NYD 2022 which takes place on a Saturday.
The season will end in late Jan/Early Feb with the national title game and big bowl games to be played in early MArch 2022 right before March Madness
2022 Season
Everything goes back to normal.
Any announcement on this could comes as early as May and as late on July.
Also, the White House is putting pressure on governors to play NFL and CFB in the fall but this might not be possible given the trajectory of Covid-19
Hey UGA fans:
Posted by oligarchgator on 11/1/19 at 11:59 am
I hope you all vomit on the bus ride back to St. Simons after tomorrow's game. I also hope you have a terrible metaphysical hangover(aka Sunday Scaries) Sunday during the drive back to Athens or Greater Atlanta.
Mullen and Grantham are going in Dry.
:doublebird:
Mullen and Grantham are going in Dry.
:doublebird:
Kirby doesn't have DJ Shockley in the wings or commitment from a Matt Stafford
Posted by oligarchgator on 10/15/19 at 9:34 am
This "Kirby is Richt 2.0" talk is a bit premature. I think Jim Donnan 2.0 is a more accurate. Thankfully, we're no longer talking about UGA in the same breath as the ruling class of Bama, Clemson, Ohio State and it's newest member, LSU.
re: Joe Brady is what Harbaugh and Kirby thought they were getting
Posted by oligarchgator on 10/14/19 at 1:11 pm
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What in the sam hell are you talking about?
You don't think this is a possibility 3 or 4 years down the line when Brady's shoes become too big for the OC/passing game coordinator role?
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