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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3462075, member: 405"]
It seems very unlikely that college football is going to happen this year at all with people in the stands.

The players, of course, may boycott.  The entire NCAA "amateur" athletic system is on the verge of collapse.

Did you read the article by the Pac-12 players ?  They aren't kidding.

They want half the money generated, and they are demanding colleges to fund non-revenue sports from their endowments, if necessary, to honor and keep those kids' scholarships, too.  They want health insurance, they want to unionize.

College sports as "big time" financial drivers at universities may be ending.  No way the current system remains unchanged.

Pay per view is the only way I see of athletic departments to make enough money this year.  The only reason the Premier League can succeed, to an extent, with games in empty stadiums is because they reach a global audience that dwarfs that of the Super Bowl every week.

And many of THEIR teams can't make it work financially.  Even mighty Barcelona is talking about players and coaches taking forced pay cuts.

How popular will college football be without fans?  Let's be honest, the NFL audience is mostly about betting and fantasy sports.  Those degenerates will still watch.  But college?  How much of their game day revenue is tickets, parking and concessions?  Maybe PPV can bridge the gap.
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