re: Isn’t it fair to say

How long until complete apathy of fan bases set in? I can see the bottom of the SEC, Big 10, and ACC falling way behind very soon and result will be 15 - 20K fans at games and even they won't care if their team gets throttled by 49. Know many Arkansas and Miss. State fans who have given up season tickets, quit buying merch, and stopped donating to sports. They see no reason to throw money away in this new environment.

This apathy will eventually creep into tier II of the P4s, this is when the majority of fans will no longer care about football. At this point we will crowds that resemble the covid nationwide. Traditional rivalries probably will carry no weight so "hating" a team will be a shell of its old self meanings fans won't tune in to see the team they despise lose. Personally, I am at this point now.

What's really bad though, is the effect on these G5 and smaller schools. Any decent player will portal out thus leaving these schools completely helpless to even present an illusion of competing. This will ultimately lead to the demise of most od the football programs accross the country.

Not necessarily, when you've lost out on the top QB and one of the top CB's in the nation, now that money you were allocating to them gets focused on other players.