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re: Curt Cignetti: “College football won’t exist the way we’re going right now…”
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:46 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:46 am to RollTide1987
Kind of hypocritical of the guy that took full advantage of it and helped make it what it is becoming.
Spoken like a true Saban protege. Once the others start pushing the limits like them, then the sport is being destroyed.
Spoken like a true Saban protege. Once the others start pushing the limits like them, then the sport is being destroyed.
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Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:01 pm to Crimson K
It’s only a small few who are complaining. Seriously, if there was a full on fan uprising we would know it. Outside of a few fan message boards and the usual propaganda out of the ACC, SEC, and BIG spring meetings no one is talking about this. And is because the vast majority of fanbases have no problem with FINALLY being able to cheat without having scholarships reduced or death penalties. The only ones complaining are the former power schools who suddenly have lost their main advantage.
Rolltide, you are a good poster and I know you truly believe in your heart things need to be fixed for the good of the sport but caring about the good of the sport is about 60 years too late. Your entire fandom has been built on payments. There is a reason 2 teams who were pretty dominant in decades prior - GT and Bama - took 2 completely different paths in the 70’s and beyond. And it wasn’t because GT suddenly didn’t have a recruiting base for black athletes or forgot how to coach.
Rolltide, you are a good poster and I know you truly believe in your heart things need to be fixed for the good of the sport but caring about the good of the sport is about 60 years too late. Your entire fandom has been built on payments. There is a reason 2 teams who were pretty dominant in decades prior - GT and Bama - took 2 completely different paths in the 70’s and beyond. And it wasn’t because GT suddenly didn’t have a recruiting base for black athletes or forgot how to coach.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:27 pm to RunningJacket
If I were king:
Ban gambling. I hate it.
Hard cap on NIL.
Break off the top 50 teams into a new league and let mid majors have their own league.
Transfer rule. 1 free transfer then sit out a year. No more hardship extra years. Five years to play four.
No poaching of coaches in season. Harsh penalties for tampering including suspensions, playoff bans.
Change transfer portal and signing day until after playoffs. One portal only.
Ban gambling. I hate it.
Hard cap on NIL.
Break off the top 50 teams into a new league and let mid majors have their own league.
Transfer rule. 1 free transfer then sit out a year. No more hardship extra years. Five years to play four.
No poaching of coaches in season. Harsh penalties for tampering including suspensions, playoff bans.
Change transfer portal and signing day until after playoffs. One portal only.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:30 pm to RunningJacket
quote:
It’s only a small few who are complaining. Seriously, if there was a full on fan uprising we would know it. Outside of a few fan message boards and the usual propaganda out of the ACC, SEC, and BIG spring meetings no one is talking about this. And is because the vast majority of fanbases have no problem with FINALLY being able to cheat without having scholarships reduced or death penalties. The only ones complaining are the former power schools who suddenly have lost their main advantage.
World is pretty freaking messed up right now, so I think the outrage for sports has been significantly limited. We have complete morons for leaders the past 20 years and the country is going into the shitter.
People simply don’t have the energy to fight the college sports bs from a priority standpoint.
I have seen plenty of die hards now say they don’t give a shite about their alumni. They support it but as a low priority in their lives.
It is nowhere near what it was because everyone knows the joke it has become.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 1:53 pm to Geauxgurt
Where are those alum from? They aren’t from Vandy or GT or Indiana or any other school that has started winning more games then normal because we now get 4 stars playing the same bagman game.
Can’t you guys just admit the ones crying are the ones who don’t benefit from the most from the portal or NIL.
Can’t you guys just admit the ones crying are the ones who don’t benefit from the most from the portal or NIL.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 7:00 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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There's a long list of teams that lost the National Title in early October like 1992 FSU.
2008 USC lost the National Title in late September.
Now its just seeding for the "real season" in December and January... The one thing, the one thing that truly made,CFB special.... That "every game matters" was the first thing they killed. Unbelievable.
but everyone had to have a playoff....had to have it.
then predictably the only thing that mattered was the playoffs and once you were eliminated....season over
so predictably....admins demanded more spots so it keeps growing......
so predictably....the regular season gets diminished in terms of importance.
95% of this board wanted a playoff. this is the result
Posted on 6/1/26 at 7:05 am to RollTide1987
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I understand your frustration.
Y’all spent more money than God on NIL, dropped $77 million to buy Jimbo Fisher out of his contract, and still can’t buy a championship in the SEC. What's worse is that you've had the bagman reputation for years without ever getting the results. Now you’re out here defending the Wild West because your school finally gets to do legally what they were already doing under the table…and you’re still mid. That’s gotta sting.
my school is using the wild west to its advantage 100% and i still hate it but i understand what is going on too
in the end, unless congress passes a bill and the schools come together and do a CBA....there is not going to be much that can be done from a rules standpoint because the courts have consistently ruled that you can not restrict the players ability to make money from NIL. legit or not, cant do it.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 7:53 am to LooseCannon22282
quote:“OH WOW” “ARE YOU KIDDING ME” “I CANT BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED” “HERE’s Tebbbow” da da da da mmm mmmm mmmmm mmmmm it’s the SEC ON CBS….
the game intros use to be great especially on CBS. They used to show shots of the bands, cheerleads, and mascots a lot more than they do today. maybe it's just me. I know those parts aren't terribly important, but you can tell the difference when they all add up
It wasn’t just a small part it was everything. It made you want to watch. Feel alive. The 08 Alabama lsu intro is the GOAT
Posted on 6/1/26 at 7:54 am to lsu777
Posted on 6/1/26 at 8:44 am to RunningJacket
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The only ones complaining are the former power schools who suddenly have lost their main advantage
A historical total shitshow of a program that just won a natty in this new era just had the head coach sounding alarm bells, my man.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:33 am to Hot Carl
Agree with all of this. Well done!
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:40 am to WestCoastAg
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But now mid-majors and smaller programs get raided as talent farms
indiana just won the national championship beating alabama and ohio state
gee it's almost like most of their main contributors transferred in (to a P4 Big 10 program) from a smaller shittier school. Exactly what the other dude was saying. You're just proving his point even more.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:04 pm to JoeyP239
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I’ve always thought if the college football players are getting paid, the entire experience should be compensated as well which means the cheerleaders and band need checks too. They are part of the ambience and entertainment value of a college football game
I wouldn’t miss either one. I never pay attention to cheerleaders (a stupid tradition) because I never believed fans need to be told how and when to cheer.
The band? Fine, pay them for the opener. No pay for a halftime “show”. Yawn. Always a snoozefest.
But I can definitely see Aggie cheerleaders getting paid. That program really thrives on the gay ambiance.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:41 pm to Crimson K
I don’t care at all what any coach’s opinion is including Cignetti, Saban, or my own. They are glorified PE coaches who have made a career of lying to athletes to benefit themsleves. Just because most posters slobber over any statement a coach makes doesn’t understand they are not running this. There are much smarter people running things.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:24 pm to UncleRuckus
Coaches don’t pay them
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:43 pm to JoeyP239
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It’s just a pro league now
That needs to adapt to some pro league rules. The pendulum has swung way too far in one direction. It will correct itself, one way or another and there will be casualties, there always is.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:55 pm to Willie Stroker
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I never pay attention to cheerleaders (a stupid tradition) because I never believed fans need to be told how and when to cheer.
I don't pay attention to them one iota during the game, but cheerleaders are one thing that make CFB what it is and differentiate it from the soulless, faceless, corporate entertainment entity called the NFL.
People can't say "College football rules and is so much better than the pros" then want to do away with everything that made cfb unique to begin with. Marching bands, cheerleaders, the pageantry and tradition, student sections, etc...are just a couple out of hundreds of reasons college USED to be the best sport on earth. Not sure why anyone would want to continue chiseling away at it until all we're left with is some mongoloid NFL-lite farm league.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:57 pm to WG_Dawg
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Exactly what the other dude was saying. You're just proving his point even more.
It’s funny how some people don’t realize Indiana was a Big Ten program making Big Ten money.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 4:00 pm to NIH
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College football is better than ever.
You don't actually believe this. No one does.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 4:48 pm to UncleRuckus
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If coaches stop paying the high demands, the prices will go down. But the coaches won’t stop paying those prices so they need to stop crying when it’s them who are paying the players
Two problems:
1) winning an NC is a huge boost financially for coaches and programs. Even the community and university benefits. Maybe shithead teenaged athletes aren’t really talented and experienced enough to make millions, but they generate the revenue for the payments to be worth it
2) if everyone stops paying, some team will decide it’s worth it to pay. Notre Dame fans and boosters are still salivating to return to the top of CFB. So they’ll pay and win. Then other teams like Alabama, Ohio St, etc will want to pay to win as well because they believe they should be at the top. Then Auburn pays because Alabama returns to dominance. Then LSU and so on.
CFB can and will exist the way it is. It’s not going anywhere until the fans get sick of it. But the average fan doesn’t give a shite and gambling is a major economic boost.
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