re: How many of you are actually giving up on watching college football?

I’ll always watch, my passion for it has certainly decreased though. I find myself liking individual players more than the team itself

I still watch.

But instead of wall to wall football on weekends, I plan around Alabama and maybe 1 other game. Then do other shite I like.

I’ve watched Alabama football on my phone more times than I can count the last ~3 years. I love CFB, but it isn’t appointment viewing for me anymore.

I’m still going to watch at least until something better comes along. I just don’t care as much.

I bitch and complaining about it all but the new SEC contract has 3 fricking great conference games setup for about 11 hrs every Saturday.

Hate myself for watching it though. :(

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My Saturdays haven't been monopolized by football all day like they used to just a few short years ago. You can choose to believe that or not, I don't really care much in the same way I don't really care about football outside of LSU.

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I think some of that is getting older anyway. When I was in my mid-20s it was football all day every Saturday. Now I'll watch OSU and then if there's another game I'll catch it if possible

my saturdays used to revolve around college football

not no more

i watch less and less every year

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Your decisions are your decisions. Thus, I can't say they are "wrong". I'm just curious as to what has changed? The play on the field has not changed. It's just the frequency of the turnover of the bodies in the uniform have changed. Which is kind of ironic given two of the best players to ever play for LSU, and two of the schools three Heisman trophy winners, came to LSU as transfers.

Perhaps I'm different than most, but college football is just a form of entertainment for me. I don't think the players should be "representatives" of my university, and I don't hold personal grudges if they aren't...or choose to play elsewhere. I cheer for the "uniform". The players wearing it have always changed. Now, it's just a bit more frequently. But as long as they are wearing the colors, playing in Tiger Stadium, and all of the pageantry that existed before NIL/transfer portal is there, I see no reason to stop being a fan.

Is it disappointing as a fan to see a guy play well for you one year, then leave to go elsewhere the next? Sure. But I can't blame the players for doing so. There is a market for their services. I'm not going to advocate for anyone to turn down a significant amount of money SOLELY because it might decrease my entertainment value.

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Pretty much everything with CFB has changed. Play has changed some but that isn't the complaint from me or most people who where diehards that have lost our passion for the game.

To sum it up in one word, money has ruined College Sports as it has been at the heart of most negative changes.

Conference realignments, coaches salaries (buyouts), portal transfers, NIL, playoffs.

Yes I liked the old Bowl system where you may have a double NC winner. It was super rare in modern times but it has happened and gave people even more to debate. I could have lived with the BCS but the second the BCS was started, everyone knew that eventually it would end up with a playoff and of course, that playoff size keeps growing.

Coaches salaries have gotten ridiculous and with them the buyouts. I can't blame anyone for getting that kind of money but with a $10m salary comes win a NC in 2 years or you are out. The goals of a coach should be, recruit a great (hopefully cleanly team), beat your rival(s), win your conference, make a bowl and win it and hopefully get a NC at the end.
Now it is buy a team and win a National championship (see OSU last year).
The regular season is basically meaningless now.

Conference realignment has permanently damaged the sport.
Having USC in the Big10 is sacrilege.
Texas in the SEC is the worst.

Seeing the teams only in playoffs or in special OOC games made them super special (LSU / UT 2019) now the games are routine and the outcome somewhat meaningless as long as you make the 12 team playoff (likely to continue to increase).

These changes along with NIL and transfer portal have decimated mid-major and lower teams. Have a good to great player on a mid-major, not anymore. At least with the old transfer system, players had to sit out so their choice in schools was more important.

Now we have players holding out for bonus money.
No wonder Saban retired.

Now I dont think NIL is all bad as I think the NCAA rules on player benefits was archaic and needed an overhaul but the current system is unsustainable and is on the path to destroy most other non-football / basketllball sports.
NIL will likely get reformed but the genie is out of the bottle and CFB is now the NFL AAA. Likely to happen is player contracts which may be a good thing to keep player movements down but that isnt what CFB is, at least not to me.

they can have their tv games and revenue
My days of buying tickets and paying for everything else are coming to an end

athletic departments are in for a belt tightening
you don't need staffs in the hundreds for football
you don't need the staffs athletic departments have
it's time to slash the budget

Don’t get me wrong I absolutely hate the path college sports in general is headed down with NIL but I’m not gonna set here and act like I’m gonna completely stop watching football because i know come September I’ll be watching.