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Modern State of College Football

Ruh Roh Raggy

Ruh Roh Raggy

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Sad and funny at the same time.

Seems like salary caps are going to be needed at some point otherwise the game will be even less competitive than it is already at the top. With that said, I have no solutions other than the stitching and beotching.

What do you think?
 

There can’t be salary caps in college football. As has been demonstrated in recent court rulings, there is no organization currently that has the legal standing to implement salary caps or pretty much anything else.

The horse left the barn. The only question is, who will be the first $50 million “college” quarterback? I would guess we will see that by the 2027 season.

As I’ve been saying for 2 years, all of this new money from media is sofa change. Only 8-10 programs have the money to bankroll pro teams. One of those isn’t getting media money for the next 7 years.

After those 8-10, it’s just a bunch of also-rans.

And you can be sure that TV and the game officials will do whatever necessary to protect and promote those 8-10 brands, as evidenced several times over the last 30 days or so.

The rest of FBS is nothing but pawns; we just haven’t picked up the clue phone quite yet.
 
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Did not know about court rulings on the matter. Apparently, I was too busy with work, but now that I gave them the foam finger, I'll have more time to look into that.

I agree that what we seem to have is like MLB, but worse. Only a handful of teams can really challenge, with the rest of the teams just providing something for the networks to put on TV (and the owners to overcharge the privilege to watch in person).

I also clearly agree that the networks will do all that they can to protect their ratings by shafting the non-favored teams.

The greed at the universities, networks, and elsewhere are ruining a sport that I used to love more than I do now.
 
Ruh Roh Raggy said:
Did not know about court rulings on the matter. Apparently, I was too busy with work, but now that I gave them the foam finger, I'll have more time to look into that.

I agree that what we seem to have is like MLB, but worse. Only a handful of teams can really challenge, with the rest of the teams just providing something for the networks to put on TV (and the owners to overcharge the privilege to watch in person).

I also clearly agree that the networks will do all that they can to protect their ratings by shafting the non-favored teams.

The greed at the universities, networks, and elsewhere are ruining a sport that I used to love more than I do now.
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The P4/5 conferences could have collectively taken steps to protect the greater good, jointly negotiating blockbuster media rights for the entire show, with plenty of money to feed all of the mouths. They opted not, and as a result, every school is feeding the crocodile-hoping the lizard will eat it last.
 
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WestTexasHusker said:
There can’t be salary caps in college football. As has been demonstrated in recent court rulings, there is no organization currently that has the legal standing to implement salary caps or pretty much anything else.

The horse left the barn. The only question is, who will be the first $50 million “college” quarterback? I would guess we will see that by the 2027 season.

As I’ve been saying for 2 years, all of this new money from media is sofa change. Only 8-10 programs have the money to bankroll pro teams. One of those isn’t getting media money for the next 7 years.

After those 8-10, it’s just a bunch of also-rans.

And you can be sure that TV and the game officials will do whatever necessary to protect and promote those 8-10 brands, as evidenced several times over the last 30 days or so.

The rest of FBS is nothing but pawns; we just haven’t picked up the clue phone quite yet.
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We will likely see the first NIL-powered CFB champion this year which will only quicken the arms race.
 
WestTexasHusker said:
The P4/5 conferences could have collectively taken steps to protect the greater good, jointly negotiating blockbuster media rights for the entire show, with plenty of money to feed all of the mouths. They opted not, and as a result, every school is feeding the crocodile-hoping the lizard will eat it last.
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Greater good is not where these gimmiedats are anymore. Schools, networks, and a good chunk of players.

Any hope for continuity of coaching and athletes is fleeting. I would hope that most of these athletes would realize that their chance at the 'bigs' is very small and that they should focus on a degree, but that may be just whistling past the graveyard.
 


I tend to agree that college football is gone. It will only be a short time until anyh resemblance to a "college" sport will vanish.. Then it's just a question of which billionaires want to buy which brands.

Who knows what will follow -- something like the English model where teams move in and out of various divisons depending upon results each season?

Sad. But there are many things about the current world that make the 1950s look really terrific in retrospect. This one seems minor cared with some of the others.
 
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I'm a Gen-X'er, so I don't know about the 1950s unless I talk to my Dad or read a book. But, I agree that many of the changes that I have seen in my time have been good, while others much less so.

The competitive soccer model used in Europe may well be on its way to our shores. Lord help us as next thing we'll see is that nil-nil outcomes will be allowed.
 
WestTexasHusker said:
There can’t be salary caps in college football. As has been demonstrated in recent court rulings, there is no organization currently that has the legal standing to implement salary caps or pretty much anything else.

The horse left the barn. The only question is, who will be the first $50 million “college” quarterback? I would guess we will see that by the 2027 season.

As I’ve been saying for 2 years, all of this new money from media is sofa change. Only 8-10 programs have the money to bankroll pro teams. One of those isn’t getting media money for the next 7 years.

After those 8-10, it’s just a bunch of also-rans.

And you can be sure that TV and the game officials will do whatever necessary to protect and promote those 8-10 brands, as evidenced several times over the last 30 days or so.

The rest of FBS is nothing but pawns; we just haven’t picked up the clue phone quite yet.
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It will either continue to get out of hand or there will be a correction at some point. Paying someone any massive sum of money to come play college football is pretty much throwing away money. Even if you get the BEST football player, you are getting 2-3 years of positive productivity out of them. Most kids don't walk in from high school ready to make a massive impact, and once they do they are ready to head to the NFL.

Not to mention how many swings and misses you see in recruiting or guys that take their talents elsewhere when things aren't just to their liking.
 

WestTexasHusker said:
There can’t be salary caps in college football. As has been demonstrated in recent court rulings, there is no organization currently that has the legal standing to implement salary caps or pretty much anything else.

The horse left the barn. The only question is, who will be the first $50 million “college” quarterback? I would guess we will see that by the 2027 season.

As I’ve been saying for 2 years, all of this new money from media is sofa change. Only 8-10 programs have the money to bankroll pro teams. One of those isn’t getting media money for the next 7 years.

After those 8-10, it’s just a bunch of also-rans.

And you can be sure that TV and the game officials will do whatever necessary to protect and promote those 8-10 brands, as evidenced several times over the last 30 days or so.

The rest of FBS is nothing but pawns; we just haven’t picked up the clue phone quite yet.
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You make it sound like there's no possibility of fixing college football.

Steps are being taken. It appears there is a plan lead by the B1G and SEC to reign in the wild west of college football. The 105 roster limit is a step in that direction. You are absolutely correct that until there is an organization with legal standing to negotiate on behalf of college football players there won't be substantive change.

I think the leadership in CFB is moving in that direction. I do think they are playing around the edges trying to set a foundation while maximizing their future negotiating leverage.

I do believe we will see a cap on the number of times players can transfer.
I do believe we will see a cap on the number of seasons a player can play.
Not sure we will see a salary cap per se but I do think you will see a pool of monies (aka revenue sharing) made available for all players.
NIL probably goes untouched as that will likely prove to be a touchy legal time bomb but some of the other things will help reign that in.
 
Cornhuskers7 said:
It will either continue to get out of hand or there will be a correction at some point. Paying someone any massive sum of money to come play college football is pretty much throwing away money. Even if you get the BEST football player, you are getting 2-3 years of positive productivity out of them. Most kids don't walk in from high school ready to make a massive impact, and once they do they are ready to head to the NFL.

Not to mention how many swings and misses you see in recruiting or guys that take their talents elsewhere when things aren't just to their liking.
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Also, at the moment there seems to be 15-20 teams with boosters willing to spend pretty much anything to buy a team. Only one team can win it all each year. What happens if after 4-5 years, SMU, TT, Ole Miss, etc. don't have a National Championship despite boosters spending incredible amounts of money? Sure the coach gets fired, maybe the AD too, but will much of the money suppliers decide that they aren't getting the return on investment and stop supplying near unlimited funds?

Or do really smart people who have made millions stop caring about what they have for a net worth and just blow it in a 10 year span to no avail?
 

So if there are only 10 to 15 programs willing and able to spend multi millions and more who will those SUPER TEAMS play? Will other programs line up to be crash test dummies for these SUPER TEAMS? Do football fans really want to watch prohibitive favorites slaughter the great unwashed every weekend? Seems like it might become pretty boring......
 
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