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With rising NIL, High Coaching Salaries and exorbitant buyout...
Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:48 pm
It there a chance, that some Athletic Departments go bankrupt when boosters and fans throw in the towel and say enough?
Under such conditions who pays the bills. The university, the state ( a.k.a tax payers) ?
NIL is being funded by millionaire and billionaire boosters. They are doing this for ego and influence...but at some point they will realize that this does pay back as much. For every $t they spend, these guys want $5 back. What happens when they do not get that back.
I think the system takes care of itself in a few years when the money runs dry.
Under such conditions who pays the bills. The university, the state ( a.k.a tax payers) ?
NIL is being funded by millionaire and billionaire boosters. They are doing this for ego and influence...but at some point they will realize that this does pay back as much. For every $t they spend, these guys want $5 back. What happens when they do not get that back.
I think the system takes care of itself in a few years when the money runs dry.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 6:09 am
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Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:53 pm to mike4lsu
Best not worry about that; we only live on Earth once.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 11:07 pm to jgriffith
Schools are ALREADY scaling back. Many schools do not give the $20.5 million in revenue sharing. They allocate a much smaller number or nothing at all. Schools are dropping certain sports. This process of cutting back will speed up.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:01 am to GeorgeWest
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Schools are ALREADY scaling back. Many schools do not give the $20.5 million in revenue sharing. They allocate a much smaller number or nothing at all. Schools are dropping certain sports. This process of cutting back will speed up.
Pretty sure any school that signed the agreement to be held to the profit share standard are required to spend the amount their conference has set for them to spend. That 20.5 per SEC school isn't a suggestion, its an order. They lost a lawsuit and that is part of the settlement. They owe over 2 billion in back pay plus whatever is allocated moving forward.
They may be scaling back NIL money, some just never had it to begin with, but the profit share amount set for each conference based on TV money is required to be spent. Again, the schools had the option to opt out of the agreement. Of course any major conference school that does so will soon no longer be part of a major conference. Hence all major schools signed the agreement.
Some average kids at a school like Vandy are making more money than they are worth, relatively. Its why they were able to afford to steal the top qb recruit in the country from UGA. They have 20 mil to spend and a roster lacking top money kids. Then they have NIL to supplement.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:05 am to mike4lsu
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It there a chance, that some Athletic Departments go bankrupt when boosters and fans throw in the towel and say enough?
Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction.
It's a better product right now.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:10 am to Odysseus32
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Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction.
No it is not....college football is now the wild wild west....
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:13 am to Odysseus32
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Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction.
You may be the only person in the country (not profiting of NIL) to feel that way.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:16 am to thenza
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You may be the only person in the country (not profiting of NIL) to feel that way.
Just untrue.
Get out of your bubble.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:23 am to Odysseus32
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Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction.
Anyone who thinks any of this is headed in the right direction is not a reasonable person.
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It's a better product right now.
100% false.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:26 am to lsufanva
I don't think that's correct. As an example, I HATE syracluse (due to a long time buddy rivalry type thing we have going on), so I keep up with them A LOT.
Syracluse has committed to the full amount for this year only. I'm pretty sure this is a yearly commitment to pay the max amount. Which will increase a couple of million annually.
When the TV contracts renew around 2030, some of the lesser schools in the power conferences are going to be left behind and won't have a seat at the big boys table.
NC state is another prime candidate for this. With all the posters on here that claim Wade would never leave Raleigh for BR, they might want to reconsider that notion.
LSU will definitely be playing with the big boys. Not every school can say that.
Syracluse has committed to the full amount for this year only. I'm pretty sure this is a yearly commitment to pay the max amount. Which will increase a couple of million annually.
When the TV contracts renew around 2030, some of the lesser schools in the power conferences are going to be left behind and won't have a seat at the big boys table.
NC state is another prime candidate for this. With all the posters on here that claim Wade would never leave Raleigh for BR, they might want to reconsider that notion.
LSU will definitely be playing with the big boys. Not every school can say that.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:30 am to Odysseus32
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Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction.
Absolutely not. Coaches are begging for someone to step in and govern college sports where rules can actually be applied.
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It's a better product right now.
Thats debatable. There’s certainly more parity because teams can’t hoard talent like they used to, but the system itself is totally out of control.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 6:31 am
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:34 am to GeauxLSU4
The trajectory this whole thing is on is not sustainable.
Sooner or later programs will bottom out and give up. It's headed toward survival of the fittest unless regulation is brought in.
IMO, this is why Lane came to LSU. There is more of a future here in terms of NIL and a path forward.
Sooner or later programs will bottom out and give up. It's headed toward survival of the fittest unless regulation is brought in.
IMO, this is why Lane came to LSU. There is more of a future here in terms of NIL and a path forward.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:42 am to mike4lsu
I don’t think it’s the athletic departments that will go under. It’s the foundations set up to support the athletic programs that handle the real money. They are the ones paying coaches salaries, etc. I think the foundations are the ones in the most jeopardy.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:51 am to mike4lsu
Eventually the people in charge will accept that they have to form a labor agreement. That is the only way you can govern the system. It is the Wild West now because this is what a true free market looks like.
It’s not sustainable. It’s just those in power are willing to let it ride for a time (probably hoping they can buy a championship or two).
I think that in less than 10 years, college athletes will be employees. There will be a salary cap. It will setup like pro sports. I think that is what is fair to the players and is a sustainable system
It’s not sustainable. It’s just those in power are willing to let it ride for a time (probably hoping they can buy a championship or two).
I think that in less than 10 years, college athletes will be employees. There will be a salary cap. It will setup like pro sports. I think that is what is fair to the players and is a sustainable system
Posted on 2/19/26 at 7:12 am to Metaloctopus
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100% false.
yeah, well, don't know what to tell you other than you're wrong.
Not an argument here, you're just wrong.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 7:21 am to Odysseus32
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yeah, well, don't know what to tell you other than you're wrong.
Not an argument here, you're just wrong.
You're free to believe that. But no data will back that up, and just logically speaking, when you have a system that encourages players to chase money or playing time elsewhere, when they don't get immediate playing time where they already are, you end up with very thin rosters, in terms of quality of depth, and it is also very hard to build team chemistry, because there is so much turnover every year. That leads to a very watered down product, and the results on the field all across the country attest to that fact.
Nothing about that is "better". I'm all ears if you have a reasonable argument.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 7:58 am to Odysseus32
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Most reasonable people understand that the sport is headed in the right direction. It's a better product right now.
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