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re: What happens if the college athletics bubble burst?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:42 pm to louisianamotocross
Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:42 pm to louisianamotocross
I wonder when, not if, the student loan bubble bursts and we stop giving loans to every kid that wants one for college, if that impacts university revenue and class size so much that it impacts sports.
The sports bubble bursts when the money goes away. First, that means boosters and TV revenue. Boosters will always be there for some programs.
I have no idea
The sports bubble bursts when the money goes away. First, that means boosters and TV revenue. Boosters will always be there for some programs.
I have no idea
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Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:48 pm to BuckeyeGoon
quote:eh
If you took the top 200 high school recruits each year out of the recruiting pool and put them into a minor league, and the college teams could get the leftovers, college football would annihilate the minor league in ratings.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:52 pm to KosmoCramer
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athletes are actually student athletes that aren't good enough to get paid, and the NFL is forced to create a minor league.
Sounds good to me.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:54 pm to KosmoCramer
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They would.
Nah…think I agree with him/her more.
Maybe dedicated huge fans of NFL teams would to see how their farm team looks, but overall, probably not.
But I don’t care. Those who don’t want to play school should then go play without the school’s name on their uniform. Go collect all the money your heart desires.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 2:59 pm to MasterAbe1
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If/When the bubble bursts, tuitions will lower as well as tickets.
As long as the govt guarantees loans, tuition will always rise.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:01 pm to KosmoCramer
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The minor league teams in UK soccer are very popular.
From what I understand though those minor league clubs often represent specific neighborhoods or small towns and have been around for a very long time.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:03 pm to WestCoastAg
If the market existed to watch 18-22 year olds unassociated with any college programs play football, wouldn't this league already exist?
I have a hard time believing the people with serious money in this country are just letting this goldmine sit untapped, they know they could never compete with the established universities and fanbases.
I have a hard time believing the people with serious money in this country are just letting this goldmine sit untapped, they know they could never compete with the established universities and fanbases.
This post was edited on 8/20/26 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:09 pm to BuckeyeGoon
quote:it does. Its called modern college football
the market existed to watch 18-22 year olds unassociated with any college programs play football, wouldn't this league already exist?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:13 pm to KosmoCramer
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and the NFL is forced to create a minor league.
The NFL won’t be forced to do shite
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:15 pm to chalmetteowl
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The NFL won’t be forced to do shite
The NFL isn't going to draft 17 year olds and pay them millions of dollars in guaranteed money.
They wouldl be forced to do something.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:16 pm to louisianamotocross
It feels like it has to. I know multiple multi-generation tailgates at LSU that are simply no more because the older generation aged out and the next generation in their late 20's-late 30's was not interested in taking the baton. Hard to be excited about hosting a 40 person tailgate and all that entails when you can't afford to buy your first home until your 35 years old.
It feels like college sports from a booster/season ticket holder standpoint is hanging on by the Boomers and some Gen Xers. They are the only ones who can afford the shakedown.
It feels like college sports from a booster/season ticket holder standpoint is hanging on by the Boomers and some Gen Xers. They are the only ones who can afford the shakedown.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:17 pm to KosmoCramer
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They didn't have the best players.
Minor league baseball has better players than college baseball, yet college is more popular
G-League teams have more talent on their rosters than college teams. Minor league pro basketball is so popular that the Pels G-League affiliate plays their home games at the Pontchartrain Center
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:24 pm to WestCoastAg
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it does. Its called modern college football
Sure the market to watch "college" football exists, that doesnt prove minor league football on its own would ever be successful.
There's literally nothing stopping a handful of super rich people getting together to start their own minor league football league and promising to pay big money to high school recruits. There's no laws or anything stopping them from getting all the good high school players and making money off them instead of the universities doing it. They could have done it 30 years ago before NIL even existed. The only reason this never happened because they would have never made enough money to make it sustainable going up against the existing college football product.
Someone would have invented the minor league competitor to college football already if it was a viable business.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:24 pm to BuckeyeGoon
quote:they already do this. Its modern college football
There's literally nothing stopping a handful of super rich people getting together to start their own minor league football league and promising to pay big money to high school recruits.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:38 pm to WestCoastAg
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they already do this. Its modern college football
I must have missed when all the public universities were bought out and are privately owned now.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:40 pm to BuckeyeGoon
What do you think the money ESPN gives the SEC and Fox gives the B1G is?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:50 pm to WestCoastAg
And my point is why dont some wealthy private citizens get together and start a minor league since espn, abc, fox, etc are giving so much money away? It should be easy money if people want to watch 18-22 year olds regardless of college affiliation.
This hasnt happened because they know they couldn't compete with the attachment people already have to their university's teams. Because its about the schools, not the players.
This hasnt happened because they know they couldn't compete with the attachment people already have to their university's teams. Because its about the schools, not the players.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 3:58 pm to Underwood
The only way anyone will watch minor league football is if the NFL goes to a relegation system like Europe soccer leagues do and that’s not happening.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 4:00 pm to BuckeyeGoon
quote:or maybe no one has tried because its a pointless thing to do when both the entire existing media apparatus and the NFL are behind modern CFB and would be a pointless thing to do in 2026 because they are about 50 years too late
This hasnt happened because they know they couldn't compete with the attachment people already have to their university's teams. Because its about the schools, not the players.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 4:03 pm to louisianamotocross
TV money won't allow football or basketball to burst, they need it. Changes are probably coming because they need it but they aren't going anywhere.
Non revenue sports? i don't know what the future holds for them.
Non revenue sports? i don't know what the future holds for them.
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