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There are what, 68 teams that basically make the NCAA tournament, including the play in games? We see that people still b!t ch and complain when they don't make it, yet people still say that it is good that the CFP is expanding as it will cut down on the complaining. Yeah, right.
@AggieRider, it is the algorithm that they use. There is no real logic to their system. For instance, you cannot post the word C h r i s t i a n without changes, but you can any other religion, also you can't post Chr ist mas but you can any other holiday. Awaiting moderation basically means it is not getting posted.
Geeze! A sad story. Paul, I must ask. If you poison someone with their knowledge, isn't that assisted suicide?
The biggest problem with implementing any plan, from determining a champion to revenue sharing, is something no one seems to take into consideration. The FBS alone has 133 schools/teams involved. People talk about a system that is more like the NFL, well the NFL only has 32 teams, the FBS has over 100 more. The amount of money involved is, of course, huge but trying to make things more even is basically impossible. There are few of even the biggest teams in college football making money. There are also more revenue streams than just media rights, so how do you use media rights only to separate what revenue is share and what is not and how much, fairly and evenly among all the teams? There is going to have to be some kind of realignment, with the largest revenue generators in one level and the ones that do not have the money can stay with the student athlete model. This will work because there are just so many spots on a big name roster and a kid can still get attention from the NFL the old fashion way. Also, anyone that thinks these kids are being paid for their NIL also believes in the tooth fairy. Personally, I have seen few players actually using their name, image, or likeness to endorse/advertise for a product. Yet many players on a team are receiving money for their NIL. They need to just get honest about it and just call it what it is, pay for play.
I will have to disagree. Revenue sharing is not going to even things out. It WILL cause the big split that everyone expects to happen, to happen quicker. These larger and more established programs and conferences are not going to agree to paying the athletes the same amount as UMass when the larger and more established programs and conferences are the ones that bring in the money.
It is easy to turn down TAMU, you just say no thanks. As you said, he was already making 1.7 million a year. Is a few hundred thousand extra needed that badly? This probably has less to do with money, and more to do with what he feels is a lack of direction and leadership since a President has yet to be named, or he does not like the names bandied about.
@PhildnStream, that they are being paid does not make what I said incorrect. Though some are not getting paid, some are getting paid lunch money, and some are getting paid a good amount. None of them are getting paid NFL money to play an NFL schedule while many of them do not have the physical development or maturity due to age. They also must, at this time, maintain their grades or they will be kicked out of school and then they have nothing.
They will do it because once you start down the road, the money becomes too good. They did not extend the NCAA basketball tournament from 32 to 64 because they thought it would give more teams a chance to win it, or to crown the TRUE champion. They did it because of money. They doubled the number of games. Then they extended the number of teams with play in games which is the same as being part of the tournament, and now they are talking about adding more teams to it. The proof is in the results. There have only been 2 #16 seeds to ever beat a #1 seed and then that 16 seed proceeded to lose the next game. These lower seeded teams in the NCAA or the CFP are not being added because people think they actually have a chance to win, but to increase the number of games to make more money and put players at risk.
@EKingGill, just because you win an award does not make your opinion worth listening to when it comes to that award. Ed Orgeron won a national championship, yet I do not see people lined up to have him come in a coach the team to pass on his knowledge. So no, his opinion doesn't carry much weight. I guess his opinion would carry more weight if the subject was striking your GF or drinking and partying too much or having a vastly overrated opinion of yourself. Don't forget that you are an anonymous poster so does that mean your opinion matters less? It also does not matter what criteria the Heisman Trust used to strip Bush of his trophy. The fact is that it is owned by the Heisman Trust and not the NCAA and the NCAA has no input as to the winner or what the Trust does with the trophy. For something to be arbitrary and capricious you must first be able to prove the others were knowingly paid yet the Trust still awarded them the trophy. The NCAA proved to their standards that Bush was paid, and the information that has come out since has proven that they were correct. You cannot use your assumptions to determine the arbitrariness or capriciousness of past enforcement.
@LSUSMC because after his failure in the NFL he had 3 pretty good seasons at USCe, other than that he had nothing until he quit. Saban on the other hand, had much better than 3 good seasons after the NFL, so comparing their effectiveness after the NFL is like apples and oranges. As for his right to have an opinion, this is true, that does not mean he should be voicing it. Just because you have the right to do something, does not mean that you should.
@Swedenscove, there are more than 200 different types of cancer. Some so obscure that throwing time and research dollars at them would cost more lives than it saves. Cancer can attack each person differently, as can each treatment. There is no one size fits all for a treatment. There are many people surviving cancer today that would not have 40-50 years ago. Then you have to take into consideration as to what stage it is found. Many people do not have regular checkups and many others ignore symptoms. Thus, when it is found it is too late. I had a type of throat cancer that gives very few symptoms, and some of those are very vague, so that when it is found it is advanced. Mine was stage 4 before it ever presented symptoms that I could identify as something that needed to be look at. I survived, though I was not expected to do so. The Alabama vs UGA national championship game in 2017 was supposed to be the last game I ever saw. Cancer will never be irradicated. It is genetic and the survival rate is dependent upon the time of diagnoses, the response to treatment, and God's will or fate if you do not believe in God.
RIP Chris Mortensen. You fought the good fight now you can rest. I am at about 5.5 years cancer free from throat cancer. You always have the question in the back of your mind of if it is going to come back.
Spurrier was a great football coach while at UF. He was a failure in the NFL and then had a few good years at South Carolina before he just quit before the end of the 2015 season. Since, he has coached one season in some off brand football league. The game is not close to the same as when he coached. He needs to shut his yap. He does not need to be the doddering old coach that criticizes the current coaches. Napier does not need to respond to him. What is he going to say, "you are retired, and you need to stay that way"? When you start answering critics you will have no time to do anything else. Napier needs to follow his plan and it will either work or it won't, but foundering and making changes on other people's say so will not bring you success. Did you ever thing that maybe what the SEC and the BIG10 are asking for now is to put pressure on the others to agree to something else? So often your "multiple industry sources have no idea what they are talking about.
Great receiver, with a good mindset. He didn't let a terrible game, in front of a national audience, define his career or abilities.
Oh, the NCAA has nothing to do with the Heisman. The Heisman Trust is the one that took the trophy back and they will have to be the one to return it.
Just because that which was illegal is now legal, does that mean that every team in history that has had to vacate wins, or forfeit wins, for paying players, can now reclaim those wins? Can SMU now seek redress because paying players is now legal, and they received the death penalty and have never recovered from it? You go by the rules that were in force at the time of occurrence.
I am sure that will just break everyone's heart and make them immediately rethink their position. Johnny is going to be shocked that people don't give a $h!t what he thinks or does. It appears that he is trying his hardest to be relevant again, it won't work.
@drumlin, every point you made in your number 2 applies to both teams. Therefore, you have to conclude that it is talent, or lack thereof, that produces the large number of blowouts. This is something that is just going to increase as the numbers allowed into the playoffs increases.
@LSUSMC, that is the way forfeits work. A losing team is not required to forfeit. Games have had to be forfeited before and they will be again. If they do not want a losing team to win, then they need to keep their @ss off the court or field.
@RonMexico1, pay attention. We are not talking about players, from any teams. The subject is fans being where they have no business being. You know like AU fans ready to storm the field after a game that was virtually meaningless for them, until the Gravedigger.
@LSUSMC that at this point is impossible. According to Title IX, the scholarships and benefits must be equal among men and women. They will have to change federal law to disband, or make club teams out of women's scholarship sports, unless they equally do the same to the men. They will have to do this even if some of the men's teams produce revenue or at least break even.
People keep wanting to use the NFL as a model for how the NCAA should run college football. They seem to forget that the NFL only has 32 teams, with revenue fairly even. The NCAA has 133 FBS teams with the amount of revenue wildly inconsistent, and where the top teams bring in $50 million or more than the teams in the lower levels. It is going to be very difficult to have a revenue sharing plan that is equal among all the players. The BIG10 and SEC are not going to agree to share revenue equally among the teams like Troy or USA for example, when they spend the money, bring in fans, and have the infrastructure that brings in the vast majority of that revenue. I believe that if it goes to revenue sharing that you are going to see both the SEC and BIG10 conferences add a few more teams and then break away from all those schools and conferences that have no business having a say in how those 2 leagues spend their money. You also have to keep in mind that they will not just have to pay football players, they will have to pay them all, including the female athletes that in most cases do not bring in enough revenue to support themselves.
He is a good coach and a good recruiter. I wish him well.
At least Bama has not had any former players punch 9 year old autistic children. At least as of yet.
Yeah, it is a commitment when you are committed to a school, but your commitment is open. How The f&#K is that any different than not being committed?