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re: College Football is the dumbest pro sport in America
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:33 am to nwallb2
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:33 am to nwallb2
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Need a commissioner and need collective bargaining. Only way this gets fixed.
Gonna have to happen in order to get this under control. If not, it will only get worse.
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Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:02 am to AlaTiger
The universities have total control over this mess. They just need to admit that the players are employees. That would fix everything.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:07 am to nwallb2
quote:what the NCAA clearinghouse
Need a commissioner
quote:or whatever does.
need collective bargaining.
Last time I looked the players aren’t unionized, thus no reason to have a collective bargaining agreement .
I am not sure some of you understand that the only way for some of this to happen is to completely separate sports from the university where teams “represent” the school but the players are not part of the university OR force all athletes to be employees of the university with benefits and create a law that they can’t have a side business ie NIL which will never happen.
What would help is congress passing a law an athlete can’t transfer but 1 time without sitting out a year. The second transfer would force them to sit out. When they do that they also ought to get rid of all redshirts medical or otherwise.
This post was edited on 1/6/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:12 am to TigerDTT97
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And they have the same mobility coaches have always had.
Coaches are bound by contracts. Players aren’t even under that.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:22 am to AlaTiger
The survival imperative means these issues will be resolved.
I say it will take about three years and about three major court cases…
I say it will take about three years and about three major court cases…
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:31 am to DamageInc
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The crazy part is everyone agrees but I hear nothing at all about a plan to change it. There is no one in charge and the prisoners are running the asylum.
Can't put anyone in charge. NCAA too scared to make any rules or regulations after the Government stepped in twice. So, here we are. This is the beginning of the end. There is nothing the sport can do to salvage it.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:35 am to T1gerNate
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Future is pretty bleak. Sad man. The almighty dollar ruined the greatest spectator sport in the world.
Yea - I am old OLD man - grew up in era when almost all athletes were from the state - only problem keeping them was academics.
Felt closer to the team then - now it is like rooting for a distant pro team - definitely not the same.
Sad
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:45 am to ChineseBandit58
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now it is like rooting for Laundry - definitely not the same.
FIFY
It’s just jerseys now. Players change like the weather.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:54 am to T1gerNate
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Future is pretty bleak. Sad man. The almighty dollar ruined the greatest spectator sport in the world.
I can't see it going on like this forever. We will look back at these days as the Wild West times at some point. There is going to have to be some structure put around this.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:55 am to AlaTiger
quote:not true
can leave any time for another school
Posted on 1/6/26 at 9:58 am to AlaTiger
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Players getting paid millions, have agents, no contracts, can leave any time for another school, change teams year to year, every roster complete resets each year, unlimited transfers, no penalty, no buyout
This is completely stupid. No other pro sport works this way. How does this continue? Do the universities not have any leverage at all?
its like all the years of being "amateur student athletes" is being paid for in full right now.
i have no problem with the rev sharing format, and i have no problem with NIL if it were used the way it was intended and somewhat regulated......and even with those 2 I'm 100% opposed to the unlimited free transfer portal, and cases granting players 5th and 6th years when we all know its just "because" and nothing more.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:05 am to Bumble Bee
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Do the universities not have any leverage at all? No
The sport ceases to exist without them, so I would say they have leverage but don’t use it.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:07 am to T1gerNate
The amount of money this sport makes in a year is in the billions. Less than 2% of these student athletes actually make it to the NFL. I agree major regulatory change needs to happen, but let these kids get some of that money. They are the ones experiencing controlled car crashes every week for our entertainment. Why shouldn’t they get paid for it? Where do you think all the money should go to? I do agree this Wild West crap where the players have too much power and no real responsibility to a school needs to change. But I agree they should be compensated.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:07 am to Everyday Is Saturday
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Student-Athlete” is a farce. Making many of these athletes into real college students is unrealistic.
Fail them and kick them out of school. Put academics over athletics. If it’s a farce, it’s because the universities are letting it be a farce.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:13 am to Earnest_P
What we need is collusion that won’t happen because everyone wants to win. Don’t pay them these crazy amounts. Big time QB wants millions out of high school, that’s nice, what if no school offers it to him. Pay some of your upper class men what NIL is really about.
I truly believe the institutions draw the money, not these kids. Very few of these kids are draws, but the helmet and jersey are what brings the fans. I guarantee you could replace all of power 4 teams with naia kids, and the stadium is still filled up as before.
I truly believe the institutions draw the money, not these kids. Very few of these kids are draws, but the helmet and jersey are what brings the fans. I guarantee you could replace all of power 4 teams with naia kids, and the stadium is still filled up as before.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:14 am to TigerDTT97
Kids WERE paid in the past but not the ridiculous amounts. Vidal Alexander the LSU OG for example got his family's utility bills paid and his father given a job. The 12 team playoff has been a disaster...too many teams and automatic qualifiers whether the teams were that good or not...see Boise State last year...see Tulane and James Madison this year.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:21 am to Yaboylsu63
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But at the end of the day the NCAA needs laws from Congress so they can even enforce their own rules. Teams can openly cheat now and flip the ncaa off as they do it because they have zero teeth.
I think at this point the NCAA wants it to get as messy as possible so Congress will be forced to step in and do something.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:46 am to AlaTiger
Too many people are getting paid too much money right now for it to be fixed. Once there is a big scandal then something will happen. So everyone is milking it for every dollar they can. And I'm not talking about just athletes.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 11:38 am to Allthatfades
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Yeah it’s basically a pro league now. So it needs to be run like a pro league. Commissioner, rules, salary cap, etc. What we have now has become stupid.
It’s worse than a pro league. No contracts, no commitment, no consequences. Never thought I’d see the day where I would rather the NFL over college football. Pre portal/NIL I would rarely watch any NFL game other than the Saints.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 12:43 pm to AlaTiger
Let all these guys go to the UFL. I’m sure they will rake in millions, because we all know that nobody goes to CFB games for the name on the front of the jersey, the camaraderie, the traditions, etc.
But for real, let anybody who wants money go pro, then let true amateurs suit up for State U.
But for real, let anybody who wants money go pro, then let true amateurs suit up for State U.
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