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Reckoning coming for college athletics
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:24 am
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:24 am
Coaching salaries, revenue share and only one team is gonna be happy at end of season
No way programs can continue to sustain this level of spending with boosters throwing in the towel
No way programs can continue to sustain this level of spending with boosters throwing in the towel
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:27 am to nicholastiger
It is odd that the player salaries are all "out of pocket" money from donors who only get a reward if they win.
Where the NFL player salaries are supplemented with TV contracts, concessions, ticket sales etc etc
Where the NFL player salaries are supplemented with TV contracts, concessions, ticket sales etc etc
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:28 am to nicholastiger
It’s cool seeing non traditional football schools having success though like Indiana, Vandy, GA tech, etc
Otherwise CFB sucks right now though with no signs of it getting better
Otherwise CFB sucks right now though with no signs of it getting better
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:31 am to nicholastiger
quote:if you think this is true, it's always been true.
and only one team is gonna be happy at end of season
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:33 am to castorinho
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if you think this is true, it's always been true.
Exactly. I think LSU fans are not handling last few seasons well and fear forever being second tier.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:40 am to nola tiger lsu
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fear forever being second tier.
This will absolutely happen. LSU can't compete with the funding. Just like Tech will always be third tier.
Finding diamonds in the rough was one of the things that made college football fun. Southern Miss would only have Brett Favre for one season before he ended up at Ohio State with the current setup.
Basically the school with the most money wins now.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:41 am to nicholastiger
I think the new way can be beneficial to a lot of big boosters. The ones who own businesses for sure.
Let’s say Jimmy Rane is going to give 5-10 million a year to the program. No he can lessen that, use the advertising budget of the company to put towards NIL on players. If that’s me I look at that as a positive.
Let’s say Jimmy Rane is going to give 5-10 million a year to the program. No he can lessen that, use the advertising budget of the company to put towards NIL on players. If that’s me I look at that as a positive.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:04 am to Upperdecker
It’s cool seeing non traditional football schools having success though like Indiana, Vandy, GA tech, etc
They have significantly deeper pockets than a program like LSU. Even Saban said Vandy would a force if the “played” the NIL game
They have significantly deeper pockets than a program like LSU. Even Saban said Vandy would a force if the “played” the NIL game
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:00 am to The Torch
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Where the NFL player salaries are supplemented with TV contracts, concessions, ticket sales etc etc
Player salaries are funded only by national tv contracts. All local revenues (ticket sales, parking, concession, merchandise, etc) stays with the respective team.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:16 am to RougeDawg
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This will absolutely happen. LSU can't compete with the funding. Just like Tech will always be third tier.
Reinstate the sit a year if you transfer rule.
That way both the player, and the Get Gordon booster trying to buy him away from another program, at least have to give it a second thought.
Won’t stop the single year free agency buying, but it would likely at least slow it down a bit, and would hopefully mean not so many kids who have been in “school” for three years and only have about a semester and a half of their degree complete.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:55 am to RougeDawg
It is just a new era and those that rise to the top will rise to the top. LSU needs to play the game. It has been fun so far. The sport is ascending.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:42 am to nicholastiger
Think I saw where the Duke qb is getting paid $4M per season. Anybody can compete if you are willing to spend like that
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:48 am to hiltacular
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Think I saw where the Duke qb is getting paid $4M per season. Anybody can compete if you are willing to spend like that
But at some point, that money has to run out, doesnt it?
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:50 am to nicholastiger
If we were honest about NIL, 99.99 percent of these athlete’s name image and likeness are virtually worthless in the actual marketplace. Anybody that believes a random position player at a random school commands the absurd amounts they are paid in the open market is a fool. It’s even more so ridiculous to believe any athlete coming out of highschool has a marketable value in relation to their NIL. College athletics as a whole is a massive financial bubble waiting to be popped because boosters have created an artificial marketplace that masquerades as paying players their market value. At some point when it sinks in that their is no real return on investment, they’ll bail and the entire marketplace will crash like the dot com bubble in the 90’s.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:51 am to hiltacular
NIL it's just an business expense for most big donors. They are not paying for name and likeness out of their personal checking accounts.
Now, coaching buyouts, that's a different discussion.
Now, coaching buyouts, that's a different discussion.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 12:13 pm to nicholastiger
We definitely need a reset on college athletics.
I'm on the minority but I think we need to do away with semi pro and go back to student athletes.
I'm on the minority but I think we need to do away with semi pro and go back to student athletes.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 12:15 pm to TheePalmetto
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Player salaries are funded only by national tv contracts. All local revenues (ticket sales, parking, concession, merchandise, etc) stays with the respective team
The NFL salary cap is based on the NFL's total revenue, including ticket sales and local revenue
Posted on 10/19/25 at 12:31 pm to nicholastiger
The tax-exempt status for college athletics should be revoked.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 1:08 pm to nicholastiger
There has to be a financial reset.
Prior to NIL: schools spent money on facilities and long term coaches to attract recruits. After all, recruiting was the lifeblood of the programs. Coaches needed a minimum of 5 years left on their deal so they would be there for the recruits entire career.
Other differences was recruiting skill of position coaches. Now, actual coaching is more important.
After NIL:
You are better off spending on players than guaranteeing long contracts for coaches or upgrading a facility to be anything but good enough.
Kids don’t like the coach? So what, you can leave next year.
Prior to NIL: schools spent money on facilities and long term coaches to attract recruits. After all, recruiting was the lifeblood of the programs. Coaches needed a minimum of 5 years left on their deal so they would be there for the recruits entire career.
Other differences was recruiting skill of position coaches. Now, actual coaching is more important.
After NIL:
You are better off spending on players than guaranteeing long contracts for coaches or upgrading a facility to be anything but good enough.
Kids don’t like the coach? So what, you can leave next year.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 1:17 pm to L5UT1ger
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Prior to NIL: schools spent money on facilities and long term coaches to attract recruits. After all, recruiting was the lifeblood of the programs.
The Top 40 or so programs were still buying players, it was just under the table, and you didn’t have…
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Kids don’t like the coach? So what, you can leave next year.
Because kid would have to sit a year.
The NIL train has left the station and ain’t coming back unless university presidents grow a set and tell kids who don’t want to “play school” to form their own minor league. However, reinstating the sit a year if you transfer rule would probably help the current shitshow.
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