Something Has To Change..

[orangepassion]

I feel that Fran would never have left before nil. I feel we are putting handcuffs on him and basically trying to play money ball here. I have said it here before, u need guys who have stayed in program like Indiana. Their team averages 24. We do not. They have well coached guys on both front lines. They still spent a few bucks on qb and stud oline guy. We haven’t done that yet. Indiana spent 21 mil this year we are probably less than half that. If we stay this course we will lose Fran for someone that spends a bit of money. I’m sure Angelli is our highest paid guy as he should be but under this I don’t see Fran with his hands tied getting us any better than 2 years ago. I prey I’m wrong but the landscape is ever changing for the worse.

We are coming off a 3-9 season. I'm not sure if people are lining up for him right now. Every school can only spend what they have. I'm sure if you donate the difference, the school will allow it.

 

[chugg21]

I am a firm believer this will be corrected sooner then later, even Billionaires cant sustain donating 20-25 millions a year with no actual return. Texas Tech spent a ton of money last year and got no real return on investment. Once the field expands and it will eventually the thrill of making the playoff for these whales will be even less, so then its championship or bust. Indiana's current roster was about 15 million bucks i have seen, and they probably win the title. Imagine what teams who spent 30 will think if that happens year in and year out.

Texas Tech got a crapload of return on their investment. They made the playoffs and were relevant in the sport that they love for the 1st time since Crabtree scored to beat Texas.

If you "only" have like 2 billion dollars and can't afford to buy a major league pro sports team then it sure would be a hell'uva lot of fun to toss $10 mill a year to your alma mater and get to play GM or personnel director. Seems to be what Cody Campbell is doing and it seems pretty damn awesome to be them right now.

 

[OrangeAl]

So, the Indiana championship looks like a wonderful feel-good story until you learn that Mark Cuban put up millions to buy fully mature players who make more than NFL rookies.

 

[cusefan88]

So, the Indiana championship looks like a wonderful feel-good story until you learn that Mark Cuban put up millions to buy fully mature players who make more than NFL rookies.

Minor point but I think it's more accurate that Cuban is helping land players that will play next season. I believe at best he had a minor role with the roster that won the title

 

[tipphill]

Ted Cruz blasts college football landscape: 'Absolute crisis' | Fox News

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz believes college football is on the verge of a possible disaster, as the NCAA still doesn't have strict guidelines for NIL deals and the transfer portal.

www.foxnews.com

Ncaa has been and will always be useless. Focused on minutia for years. They really are a disgrace.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I am don’t see private schools like SU being able to compete in this new world of college football.

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Just a couple years ago, prices were about 10-20% of what they are now. It's insane.

 

[Acesn8s]

Texas Tech got a crapload of return on their investment. They made the playoffs and were relevant in the sport that they love for the 1st time since Crabtree scored to beat Texas.

If you "only" have like 2 billion dollars and can't afford to buy a major league pro sports team then it sure would be a hell'uva lot of fun to toss $10 mill a year to your alma mater and get to play GM or personnel director. Seems to be what Cody Campbell is doing and it seems pretty damn awesome to be them right now.

He is one of the guys complaining the most! Watch his YouTube interviews.

 

[longtimefan]

Ncaa has been and will always be useless. Focused on minutia for years. They really are a disgrace.

I think Sen. Cruz ought to be more concerned about other, real disasters that are looming.

 

[Rufus_13th]

I think Sen. Cruz ought to be more concerned about other, real disasters that are looming.

If "Cruz" and "disaster" are in the same sentence, his secretary auto-books a vacation for him.

 

[Fat tire 13]

yea, honestly, i've heard a lot about fatigue even from folks at those places. A lot of them are propped up by a few very wealthy families. It's hard to keep asking folks to give money to pay kids. It's a lot easier to sell them stuff and tickets, suites, and ask them to donate to a university. But paying kids directly only works if you have a business and see the marketing value for most people.

The entire thing has a few years before it needs to drastically reshuffle IMO.

Glad to see the thread evolving this way because I agree. It’s a fluid situation and unsustainable in several ways. It’s like any bubble or “Wild West” situation. It will get silly then find an equilibrium. Sadly the NCAA has been completely inept and is behind the curve

Eventually donors will get sick of spending big bucks and low ROI on their “investments”

The Mensah lawsuit is interesting. Multi-year contracts can slow down the portal and would be more enjoyable for the fans. It’s exhausting for all parties when players move schools every year

The history of baseball could been seen as a parallel. You had zero free agency until the 1970s (similar to pre-NIL). Then you had free agency and spending exploded. Luxury tax helped a bit in bringing back towards parity (ex-dodgers now). The point is the landscape is always changing and I think it will continue to be rapid changes in college football.

I simply hope it calms down before some things are permanently broken (ie conferences and schools disappearing forever)

 

[Cusefan95]

I'm loving the parity. Miami, Oregon, Ole Miss and Indiana in the Final Four? Two schools that have never won a championship, Miami's been asleep for most of the last 25 years and Ole Miss hasn't won anything since the 60s.

The parity won’t last. Every time there’s a substantial external change to college football, new schools rise up and a few drop off (likely forever). The most recent big upheaval was after the 1984 NCAA lawsuit - Florida State was the biggest beneficiary, Miami’s ability to not be a flash in the pan was likely a result also. What’s likely is a few new (or nouveau riche) schools will emerge and a few will find their glory days are behind them, although it takes about a decade to occur in a way we can clearly identify.

Indiana just jumped to most likely to emerge as a new power - with their huge alumni base they are well suited to the NIL era. I am a firm believer Florida State has numerous structural disadvantages and is likely to be this era’s Pitt - some of the erratic behavior of their administration is due to the fact they can see their window closing and are in a panic about it.

 

[Cusefan95]

NIL is creating another issue which inpacts the NFL, so it’ll be interesting to see where this goes. Offenses in the NFL are mostly awful now - and a lot of that is due to poor QB play. Part of what is causing that is the development of QBs in college is awful. Due to the wider hash marks and ability of offensive linemen to go three yards downfield on passes (except if you’re Syracuse playing against Clemson) in college, it’s an RPO and horizontal passing game. Then QBs get to the NFL where that doesn’t work (NFL defenses have figured out RPO offense) - and they basically have to relearn the game.

NIL makes this worse, because college is now even more “win now” mentality than the NFL due to portal rules. Coaches aren’t going to work on developing broader skills in their QB that might take time to see results - most will just simplify their playcalling and lean into horizontal passing and RPO.

My guess is that the NFL will start putting pressure on college to change the hash marks and change the rule for linemen downfield on passes to match the NFL. The NFL badly needs better QBs coming out of college, the trends are all going in the wrong direction for that…pushing for rules changes is a way for the NFL to force college to help fix the problem. If we see those rules changes in the next five years - the impact of NIL will have contributed to its necessity.