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College Football is the dumbest pro sport in America
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:40 pm
Players getting paid millions, have agents, no contracts, can leave any time for another school, change teams year to year, every roster complete resets each year, unlimited transfers, no penalty, no buyout
This is completely stupid. No other pro sport works this way. How does this continue? Do the universities not have any leverage at all?
This is completely stupid. No other pro sport works this way. How does this continue? Do the universities not have any leverage at all?
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:43 pm to AlaTiger
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Do the universities not have any leverage at all?
No
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:44 pm to AlaTiger
Future is pretty bleak. Sad man. The almighty dollar ruined the greatest spectator sport in the world.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:44 pm to AlaTiger
Need a commissioner and need collective bargaining. Only way this gets fixed.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 4:59 am to AlaTiger
It is certainly a professional sport and the whole concept of the “student” is a bigger farce than ever.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 5:03 am to weptiger
Yeah it’s basically a pro league now. So it needs to be run like a pro league. Commissioner, rules, salary cap, etc. What we have now has become stupid.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 5:13 am to AlaTiger
I agree with this. I have heard some say the NCAA had it coming to them for all the years of not sharing the wealth with the athletes. It may be true but the fans will suffer and it’ll never be the same
Posted on 1/6/26 at 5:49 am to AlaTiger
EXPAND THE PLAYOFF!!!!!!
Posted on 1/6/26 at 5:50 am to AlaTiger
The path to hell is paved with good intentions
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:14 am to AlaTiger
Yeah, beginning of the end. There are a number of Coaches who want no part of the College game because of this madness. Going to see more and more Coaches go to the NFL and avoid College.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:17 am to IM_4_LSU
The crazy part is everyone agrees but I hear nothing at all about a plan to change it. There is no one in charge and the prisoners are running the asylum.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:30 am to AlaTiger
It’s “less dumb” now than it was 5-10 years ago. Kids weren’t paid. Coaches could leave whenever they wanted but kids were penalized if they did.. and you had a “committee” decide the two best teams.
2011 season alone shows how much better it is now.
12 team playoff. Athletes share in the revenue and are paid their worth. And they have the same mobility coaches have always had.
2011 season alone shows how much better it is now.
12 team playoff. Athletes share in the revenue and are paid their worth. And they have the same mobility coaches have always had.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:41 am to Lige
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I agree with this. I have heard some say the NCAA had it coming to them for all the years of not sharing the wealth with the athletes.
Which is of course stupid, where did all the money go? The NCAA is such a meaningless scapegoat and is now handcuffed and won’t dare take anything away from the “student athletes”. There are some common sense measures, like limiting transfer opportunities, that would certainly hamper the annual bidding wars.
Instead we will wind up with a completely different system mimicking pro sports that will take years to implement and settle the market.
In the end, I think the fans are being asked directly for money, which is obviously already happening to an extent…which reveals that we need to actually create wealth to share with the players, and there wasn’t some mythical honey pot being withheld from them. Will the fans of individual schools pony up year after year to hopefully be competitive?
The pro leagues have always been the gatekeepers to the money. They outsourced development to college, rather than sharing revenue with developing players. Now we have college actively trying to fill that gap within a system that was designed in a contrary way, with no guardrails to provide stability.
At the end of the day, fan loyalty to their school is the core of revenue generation, is this really what they want?
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:44 am to AlaTiger
I think it will take time, but the interest will drop off and they will be forced to do something.
But at the end of the day the NCAA needs laws from Congress so they can even enforce their own rules. Teams can openly cheat now and flip the ncaa off as they do it because they have zero teeth.
But at the end of the day the NCAA needs laws from Congress so they can even enforce their own rules. Teams can openly cheat now and flip the ncaa off as they do it because they have zero teeth.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:00 am to AlaTiger
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Do the universities not have any leverage at all?
Yeah.... grades. But no university is going to tell their starting $4M for one year QB they are ineligible because of grades.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:01 am to AlaTiger
Just rooting for jerseys (laundry) now as coaches & players change like weather.
Been a bastardized pro/amateur model for many years.
“Student-Athlete” is a farce. Making many of these athletes into real college students is unrealistic.
98.4% of the NCAA players will not play in NFL and willing to bet 99% of NIL money that most of these 98.4% guys earn will be squandered away on stupid chit.
Check back 5 years after their football life ends. Netflix series incoming.
I like giving the players some control and a piece of pie. Just wish words like honor and commitment were designed into the model for key stakeholders. It’s just money madness now.
I love D3 football. It’s as close to pure football as it gets…and students who are building a career for themselves and their future families.
Capitalism needs to check itself sometimes. FBS P4, now is the time.
Been a bastardized pro/amateur model for many years.
“Student-Athlete” is a farce. Making many of these athletes into real college students is unrealistic.
98.4% of the NCAA players will not play in NFL and willing to bet 99% of NIL money that most of these 98.4% guys earn will be squandered away on stupid chit.
Check back 5 years after their football life ends. Netflix series incoming.
I like giving the players some control and a piece of pie. Just wish words like honor and commitment were designed into the model for key stakeholders. It’s just money madness now.
I love D3 football. It’s as close to pure football as it gets…and students who are building a career for themselves and their future families.
Capitalism needs to check itself sometimes. FBS P4, now is the time.
This post was edited on 1/6/26 at 8:07 am
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:15 am to Allthatfades
quote:agreed, but we already have a pro league (which I don't watch).
Yeah it’s basically a pro league now. So it needs to be run like a pro league. Commissioner, rules, salary cap, etc. What we have now has become stupid.
We don't need another one.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:22 am to atltiger6487
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As a whole, ESPN’s bowl game viewership is up 13% for non-College Football Playoff games through Dec. 27, the network announced. On the whole, 2.7 million people on average have tuned in as multiple games drew strong numbers.
We are cooked.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:24 am to AlaTiger
The Universities have to come together with a collective bargaining agreement. Force the players to conform and have some solid roster rules.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:26 am to AlaTiger
It went from transfer players only being allowed to play if they sat out a year and players getting their small allowance to players can do whatever they want and get paid whatever they want.
Had the NCAA just allowed players allowances to increase, everyone would be happy. Had the increased allowances and made transfer rules less stringent, everyone would be thrilled.
What the NCAA did was simply say frick it, do whatever you want, but we still want to pretend we’re in control.
Now college sports are a huge mess with no hope of being fixed.
Had the NCAA just allowed players allowances to increase, everyone would be happy. Had the increased allowances and made transfer rules less stringent, everyone would be thrilled.
What the NCAA did was simply say frick it, do whatever you want, but we still want to pretend we’re in control.
Now college sports are a huge mess with no hope of being fixed.
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