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College Football Luxury Tax and Salary Cap
Posted by Surd on 6/28/14 at 6:51 pm
Not sure if anyone is paying attention to the O'Bannon lawsuit. Judge won't issue ruling until August, but while presenting possible [link=(http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24599450/obannon-plaintiffs-offer-new-options-if-they-win-ncaa-trial)]hypotheticals[/link] of what ...
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re: Division IV: Good Or Bad For SEC?
Posted by Surd on 6/2/14 at 6:30 pm
Well, I'm a little biased. I started 4 years in small college football, where we actually did only spend about 20 (maybe 25) hours a week on football. I'm a huge fan of bringing the Student back into student-athlete, and would love to see most of the proposals passed....
re: Division IV: Good Or Bad For SEC?
Posted by Surd on 6/2/14 at 6:23 pm
[quote]So, in the long run, it will hurt the student athletes of the SEC because schools will make it so they are taking easy, non-helpful courses so as to keep them eligible for play.[/quote]
Isn't that already happening?...
re: Division IV: Good Or Bad For SEC?
Posted by Surd on 6/2/14 at 6:15 pm
You have to remember that the NLRB ruling at Northwestern, that football players are employers, was based on two primary things. Revenue generated and time spent generating that revenue. NCAA's "20 hour rule" didn't carry any weight with the labor board when it was shown how much actual time footb...
re: Who hosts the Super Regional if both Washington and Miss. State emerge today?
Posted by Surd on 6/2/14 at 3:06 pm
The committee also has a history of rewarding money spent on stadium improvement. Washington just put $20 million into major renovations that completed this year. If the bids are close, expect that to be the trump card for UW....
re: So they ran a mock scenario for the upcoming playoff system and here is what ...
Posted by Surd on 5/25/14 at 2:06 pm
Last year would have been interesting to see how it played out.
Florida State and Auburn would have made the playoffs.
Then I think it would have come down to picking two of Alabama, Michigan State, Stanford, and Baylor....
Pac-12 zooms past Big Ten, SEC in college sports revenue
Posted by Surd on 5/25/14 at 1:47 pm
In case anyone had any doubt as to why their cable bill is about to increase to fund the SEC Network...
[link=(http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2014/05/23/pac-12-conference-tax-return-revenue-record/9497233/)]LINK[/link]
[quote]The college athletics conference financial pecking ord...
re: NIT Watch 2014 (artist formerly known as Bubble Watch)
Posted by Surd on 3/16/14 at 5:59 pm
Here's the one [link=(http://www.syracuse.com/patrick-stevens/index.ssf/2014/03/bracketology_despite_loss_mich.html)]site[/link] to correctly pick all 68 teams in the bracket.
NC State over SMU was the only real surprise from the [link=(http://www.bracketmatrix.com/)]consensus.[/link]
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re: Should the SEC hire and train their own basketball officials?
Posted by Surd on 2/7/14 at 5:03 pm
[quote]quote:
However, the SEC uses a single assigner who utilizes specific officials for SEC games.
This is something I didn't know. Thanks for the insight.
One of the benefits to be had by going to route I suggest is potentially increasing the pay for SEC officials, attracting be...
re: Should the SEC hire and train their own basketball officials?
Posted by Surd on 2/7/14 at 3:17 pm
Quick background: My wife was an Acad-All American Point Guard, became a college basketball coach, and then became an official as my job moved us too much (and babies came) for her to continue coaching.
1. You are talking Semantics. Yes, all officials pretty much everywhere in the U.S. are ind...
re: How was Oregon able to use Nike money to start winning, but no Arky with Wally?
Posted by Surd on 2/3/14 at 8:15 pm
Oregon's transformation is actually really interesting because it has been a 20 year process, and the Uncle Phil money is a bit too simple of an answer. Despite one of the more famous donors, Oregon still doesn't typically crack the top 10 in total annual [link=(http://espn.go.com/ncaa/revenue/_/so...
re: The REAL 12th man on display tonight
Posted by Surd on 2/3/14 at 3:09 am
Interesting etymology on the 12th man [link=(http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/the-twelfth-man-a-football-phrase-with-disputed-roots/)]here[/link].
Questions the historical accuracy of the Texas A&M version, while presenting a lot of other historical usage of the term. A&M should feel...
re: When and why did the illegal substitution rule for defense change?
Posted by Surd on 1/1/14 at 7:05 pm
[quote]If the defense lines up with 12, they have three seconds to get the extra man to run off the field[/quote]
Correct. Illegal substitution is a deal ball foul, and 5 yard penalty. In college (not NFL), if a play is run with 12 men on the field, that is illegal participation and a 15 yard y...
re: Why should't JFF repeat as Heisman trophy winner?
Posted by Surd on 11/17/13 at 9:34 pm
If he keeps up his current pace, he would have thrown the most interceptions by a Heisman winner since Ty Detmer, and 3rd highest total ever....
re: BCS Countdown in game thread 11/17
Posted by Surd on 11/17/13 at 7:56 pm
[quote]Stanford still top 10 with two losses to unranked (at the time) teams, what in the hell?[/quote]
Because they have 5 wins against (at the time) ranked teams....
re: Top 25 Schools with most active NFL players
Posted by Surd on 11/12/13 at 10:29 am
Here are the average players per school for the big 5 conferences.
SEC - 29.6
P12 - 25.6
ACC - 24.5
B1G - 23.4
B12 - 18.4
No surprises at the top, unless you expected a bigger delta from SEC to everyone else. Perhaps a surprise with the Big-12 at 5th and how far behind the other 4 they ar...
re: Top 25 Schools with most active NFL players
Posted by Surd on 11/12/13 at 1:22 am
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re: Top 25 Schools with most active NFL players
Posted by Surd on 11/12/13 at 1:17 am
[quote]I read it, and I regret it.[/quote]
Yeah, sorry. I know it is an Iowa love fest. But pulling that much data together to compare recruiting rankings to NFL players drafted is a nice piece of work....
re: Top 25 Schools with most active NFL players
Posted by Surd on 11/12/13 at 12:51 am
On Iowa and California success in producing NFL players, I recommend reading [link=(http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2012/5/15/3018727/player-development-2012-grading-the-journey-from-high-school-recruit)]this[/link]....
re: Top 25 Schools with most active NFL players
Posted by Surd on 11/12/13 at 12:26 am
[quote]Rutgers[/quote]
Seriously, Ray Rice and..... who else? Taking a peak at [link=(http://www.pro-football-reference.com/colleges/rutgers/)]LINK[/link], only 8 of their active players have been starters in the NFL....
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