I don’t see how this financial arms race keeps going indefinitely across CFB

Leaving a major point. NFL is a business.

CFB administrators don’t use their money. It’s boosters throwing money for shites

This is not sustainable!

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The average NFL team had $581,000,000 in revenue last year

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NFL players get endorsements too that aren't in this number which is basically NIL, boosters, etc. When CFB revenue sharing starts it doesn't mean the end of NIL.

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If you don’t think college football is a business then I’m not sure what to tell you

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It’s a business, but they aren’t trying to turn a profit. At least that’s how it works at LSU.

They do not try to maximize profits. They try and maximize spending all the revenues,

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It’s a business, but they aren’t trying to turn a profit

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The goal of literally every business is to “not turn a profit” on paper. I can assure you that LSU Athletics has way more cash going into its account every year than going out while boosters cover real cash expenditures and cover the actual hits.

I think Spurrier said Freshman should not get NIL. Earn it first.

It will only stop when boosters stop donating which probably won’t happen.

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It will only stop when boosters stop donating which probably won’t happen.

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If they pay 12 million for a player and dont see their program win any kind of championship, they will slow down.

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A semi-pro league with a salary cap will come eventually.

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And once that step is made, will players then be considered employees and can be terminated for poor job performance?

Pandora’s box has been opened.

You and me.....the fans demand it. We want the arms race. We love the bragging rights. We bitch about the inflated prices of the tickets and stadium costs inside...but still we sacrifice our money to go watch the game. Fork over $100> per ticket. We'll gladly fork over $ 60 for a shirt with a .25 logo. On game day, you'll blow even more money to park, eat and drink. Some will bring monstrous RVs in a dick measuring effort and pay even more for the 8 days of a quasi bacchanalian celebration every Fall.

You'll gladly put up with ticket increases for incessant stadium upgrades for " the GameDay Experience". You'll laugh, brag and complain about coaches and their ridiculous salaries thinking you aren't paying....the boosters are. We fret , analyze, brag, bitch moan about the state of recruiting.....some of you pay to get in depth updates and analysis. We bitch some more, kids and young adults buy video games with the names and likeness....enriching the video game companies, the NCAA and by extension the member institutions. Everyone is in on the gig, now the players are....of course they always were, but quietly. But now they can do it out front.

Then the TV contracts and the leagues. ESPN, Fox, CBS....even NBC along with their spinoff of the SEC Network, Big 10 network and the ACC network. They pay the leagues obscene sums so we the fan can have our choice of games on Saturdays....we even get Friday games on Fox along with Thursday and even Tuesday.

Everybody is getting what they want. Guys like Sankey have more money than they know what to do with. Ciaches like Saban, Smart, Kelly, etc get generational wealth. Athletic Programs get money from increased ticket prices and sharing the revenue from TV contacts. The fans at home get their choice and can watch their favorite team week in and week out for almost no skin inthe game.

Yet, we complain about the actual players who have real skin in the game getting a taste of the pie that keeps replenishing itself

.....I still don't get why boosters are willing to shell out the kind of money they do on players and coaches. They're the dumbasses in my mind.