re: NCAA proposing new college athletics subdivision rooted in direct athlete compensation

Was good while it lasted boys

fricking stupid

Here is the money quote from the article

"59 DI schools spend more than $100 million on athletics; another 32 DI schools spend over $50 million; and a whopping 259 spend less than $50 million, with half of those spending less than $25 million."

I think LSU spends a little less than $200 million on athletics. LSU will be fine. You will have about 60-70 teams in the top division. I think a few schools will spend more to get into the top tier. You can adjust it periodically on what you have to spend to be in the top tier. Maybe in 2030 it goes up to $110 million.

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Then the current conference setups would collapse.

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It's already started with the Pac-12's collapse

Even smaller schools will make this work if they are in the upper tier of how much money they bring in.

Look at South Alabamas books, for example.

Revenue of 39mil and expenses of 33mil for 2022. They can budget an extra 5-6m a year.

Factor in that the cost of “rent a wins” from FBS-A programs will likely get into the 3-4m range instead of the 1.5-2m range, and it won’t really be that much more expensive.

This is just a scheme to get the women paid the same as the men.

Title IX will guarantee it and they know this.

Look past the surface.

Ross Dellenger
@RossDellenger
Yes. 50% of all cash deposited into the trust fund would need to go toward women to comply with Title IX.

Does that mean the total amount spent on men has to be the same as that spent on women? It's unclear. But the numbers who are receiving compensation need to be equal.

when all this started up I warned yall that even LSU wouldn't make the upper tier cut, that's not an insult to the University or the kids that play there.ITS SIMPLE MATH , THE ECONOMICS OF IT.

we have lost the spirit of community that College athletics offered young men and women. The opportunity to get to know people that came from different backgrounds to work together on something be part of a team that meant something to each other and the larger community of fans and alumni and administration.

We'll see just like pro sports that people start becoming fans of the superstars rather than the teams then the sense of community is lost because they don't have that shared environment generally speaking the community of fans had a regional connection Furthering the sense of community if you go back to what sports meant all the way back to tribes playing games the Indians and lacrosse how it was a form of genteel warfare to work out aggressions as a united community and then you could celebrate afterwards

it had a psychological benefit that is going to be lost and more and more people are going to feel more and more isolated we're losing what was the best part of college athletics

NFL football was the devils work its completely upended Sundays, Community, reflection, family its now drinking and gambling

and Saturdays which if you made the trip to the stadium, the fun, fellowship . tailgating it was something to look forward to and reconnect with people with whom you shared SOMETHING bigger than politics, skin color, background. And now when you know your team has no shot at winning EVER.. the ultimate..to be The CHAMPIONS..we need to feel that joy..at least the success of a good season and a bowl game means nothing

Lombardi and Saban are demons from hell

Let the P4 split. G5 with the NCAA-approved ability to govern themselves should implement some transfer portal reforms (mandatory sit-out year if entering the portal with certain exceptions. Hardships, coaching changes, etc.) Should temper the P4 farming a bit.

Then some bubble guys would have to choose: go to an FCS school with little-to-no funding/facilities to avoid having to sit out if their lucky number is called, or go to a G5 school with nicer facilities, low-level NIL potential, but having to sit out a year if the big boys come tampering, I mean calling.

There needs to be an agreed upon salary cap. There has to be some system in place to make it fair for most schools. This seems reckless