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re: What happens if the college athletics bubble burst?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:16 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:16 pm to SoFla Tideroller
I cant!
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:44 pm to KosmoCramer
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The only bubble is D1 college football and a much lesser degree men's basketball.
All of the non revenue sports have spending through the roof because Title IX says spending must be equal. They will face major cuts too.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:48 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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I see you've exhausted your debating skills with posting an emoji.
Dude has over 150,000 posts, and most of them are emojis or like the garbage that followed.
This post was edited on 8/20/26 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:52 pm to KosmoCramer
I’ve said it before
It’s only a matter of time before a university gets out of the athletic business because it’s not what their mission is all about
You will have a group of teams that decide to go back to a different type of league and the super league will take over for those teams that want to keep spending
It’s only a matter of time before a university gets out of the athletic business because it’s not what their mission is all about
You will have a group of teams that decide to go back to a different type of league and the super league will take over for those teams that want to keep spending
Posted on 8/20/26 at 7:53 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:04 pm to Tiger Prawn
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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
Nailed it. If LSU’s football team joins some minor league, with divisions and the like, changes names or starts going crazy with sponsorships, it’s done. Who will go and tailgate and hang out for a game filled with players that can be called up any day or traded?
Tiger Stadium would be renamed, because now you have to make money wherever you can, as the “salaries” will go a bit higher, and donors will surely start pulling the plug. Then private equity will come in and buy up the teams, reach an agreement on facilities, etc.
Fanbases will dry up fast.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:11 pm to WestCoastAg
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You just make amazing, well thought out, iron clad points
Am I doing it right?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:36 pm to Bigdawgb
no
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:47 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:I assume you keep trying to get to 6 wins
What if you’re Mississippi State
In my scenario, I'm talking about the Big 6 or thereabouts; teams that will probably win 8-9 games every year on average. You don't go all in every year, you try to time it; you have a good crop of underclassmen, you then go heavy into the portal. If you don't have a strong base to build on, you hang back on the big names.
*I'm talking about "Big Six" in healthy situations, so Auburn and Florida right now aren't in the mix currently. You could argue LSU isn't, but prior to last year had a run of 8-9 win regular seasons, so solid. And LSU returns a pretty good core- some good corners, a linebacker, some DL, a stud TE and 2 solid backs. That's not a bad group to start with, a few holes to plug (which they did).
A few years from now, once the money guys get tired of paying out every season, you probably need to be close to convince them to pony up again. If you're trying to rebuild, they will likely tell you no, go get a bunch of high school recruits and see if you can develop the core again, then come back and ask for the big portal money.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 11:01 pm to louisianamotocross
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What happens if the college athletics bubble burst?
I pray for this to happen.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:02 am to WestCoastAg
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no
You just make amazing, well thought out, iron clad points
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 12:03 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:08 am to Bigdawgb
Posted on 8/21/26 at 6:14 am to WestCoastAg
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There would absolutely be an audience for a professional u22 league, or an officially licensed NFL minor league.
Not paying anywhere near SEC, Big Ten ticket prices.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 7:40 am to KosmoCramer
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The minor league teams in UK soccer are very popular.
Only one “minor” league is popular and that’s the second division Championship. Teams in third tier League One and below can’t draw flies to their games for the most part.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 7:50 am to Floyd Dawg
League One teams averaged 12,268 people per match in 2026.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 7:57 am to KosmoCramer
Fifteen of the 24 teams averaged less than 10K per match. Looking at percentage to capacity, most sides were at less than 75% on average.
According to Transfermarkt, average League One attendance last season was 10,504.
According to Transfermarkt, average League One attendance last season was 10,504.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 8:01 am to Floyd Dawg
Taking your numbers as presented, that's slightly more than "can't draw flies" for a 3rd tier league.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 8:02 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 8:10 am to KosmoCramer
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They would.
If the best u22 players are playing, people will watch.
Absolutely not.
It would be like every other minor league that doesn't draw audiences/viewers. The "goodwill" in college football is the century plus association with the school. Your attachment as a fan is to the school...not the players
Make the team the "Columbus Buckeyes" and take away the classic OSU uniforms (because OSU would own those trademarks) and after a few years the Horseshoe would be 1/3rd full, at best.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 8:24 am to Alt26
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Absolutely not.
It would be like every other minor league that doesn't draw audiences/viewers. The "goodwill" in college football is the century plus association with the school. Your attachment as a fan is to the school...not the players
Posted on 8/21/26 at 8:36 am to louisianamotocross
It will take an act of congress for the bubble to burst. Too much interest, including the growth in online gambling, for it to burst otherwise.
Younger generations won’t remember the way college sports and CFB in particular “used to be.”
Younger generations won’t remember the way college sports and CFB in particular “used to be.”
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