re: Will parity ever return to college football?

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It doesn't matter how many scholarships you give or don't give a school, if a generational head coach is at a power school like Alabama or Ohio State they will continue to win at a similar level.

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To some extent I agree. Where I disagree is that generational coaches don't grow on trees. In the last 20 years, I'd say there have been two. Saban and Meyer. Before them, it was basically Osborne, Bowden, Spurrier.

Up until recently, even the generational coaches I listed off in the 80s and 90s lost games. While they had a major leg up, it wasn't a complete shoe in.

What's happened is you have a present day scenario where there are generational coaches (good for those schools, you can't fault them), programs/conferences that are willing to invest, other programs not willing to invest that used to be powerhouses and waning interest on a major section of the country.

You can't fault the coaches. I mean, what do you do, ask them to stop trying so hard? But something has to be done to level out the field.

For me, it's not about leveling the field for some humanitarian reason. But if something isn't done, sooner or later, the money tree that has kept growing the last 20 years is going to dry up.

Right now just sort of feels like the NFL before the salary cap got instituted. Prior to that, you pretty much knew who the dominant teams were. But for as much shite the NFL has gotten (and deserved in many cases), they've managed to make most teams fans believe they have a shot. And it's been proven that you can in fact improve your situation if you even give a shite in the slightest.

The tradition and fandom of college football makes it better than the NFL, in general. But the NFL's postseason at this point is far, far superior to that of college. Particularly with any bowl game outside of the two playoff games in college not meaning jack shite any longer.