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College Football THEN and NOW
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:43 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:43 am
THEN:
Coaching salaries and buyouts were out of control......while players had to brave injury, hurt and fan insult for a "scholarship" and a dream to play pro football
Coaches could leave at any time....while players had to lose an year of eligibility or wait three years to graduate.
From the media, boosters and fans...athletic departments made millions....players became ineligible if a coach bought a player lunch.
College sports had turned minor league pro football long long before NIL and the transfer portal.
Bear Bryant took the same salary as a college department chairman. Nick Saban took 13 million and now makes more as a showman on sports center.
Nobody cared about players...till the courts and lawsuits ushered in NIL and the transfer portal.......
NOW:
And now it is not professional league....it is mercinary league....no one plays for a team, a school, or their alma mater...they only play for themselves..... just like coaches coach for themselves.
Coaching contracts run over decades...even though an average tenure lasts 3-4 years.....
Coaches no that they get paid no matter whether they win or lose
And old man is Boston, can sit in his undies all day and earn $52 mill...while fans 100 times poorer than him pay into an athletic foundation that pays him
If Bama wants to get rid of DeBoer... after the 3-38 (boy I thought 0-21 was bad) they will pay $70 mill and DeBoer and his kids will be set for life....
At the same time prior to NIL....kids coming from mostly poor families were putting their bodies through a battering ram to play for a "scholarship".......now they are becoming millionaires without even playing a down of college football.......
Ultimately now fans and alumni pay $$$$$$$$$$$ for ego and a little pleasure....everyone much richer than them gets rich....
Coaching salaries and buyouts were out of control......while players had to brave injury, hurt and fan insult for a "scholarship" and a dream to play pro football
Coaches could leave at any time....while players had to lose an year of eligibility or wait three years to graduate.
From the media, boosters and fans...athletic departments made millions....players became ineligible if a coach bought a player lunch.
College sports had turned minor league pro football long long before NIL and the transfer portal.
Bear Bryant took the same salary as a college department chairman. Nick Saban took 13 million and now makes more as a showman on sports center.
Nobody cared about players...till the courts and lawsuits ushered in NIL and the transfer portal.......
NOW:
And now it is not professional league....it is mercinary league....no one plays for a team, a school, or their alma mater...they only play for themselves..... just like coaches coach for themselves.
Coaching contracts run over decades...even though an average tenure lasts 3-4 years.....
Coaches no that they get paid no matter whether they win or lose
And old man is Boston, can sit in his undies all day and earn $52 mill...while fans 100 times poorer than him pay into an athletic foundation that pays him
If Bama wants to get rid of DeBoer... after the 3-38 (boy I thought 0-21 was bad) they will pay $70 mill and DeBoer and his kids will be set for life....
At the same time prior to NIL....kids coming from mostly poor families were putting their bodies through a battering ram to play for a "scholarship".......now they are becoming millionaires without even playing a down of college football.......
Ultimately now fans and alumni pay $$$$$$$$$$$ for ego and a little pleasure....everyone much richer than them gets rich....
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 11:46 am
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Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:44 am to mike4lsu
Only thing that stays the same is everything changes.
Let it go and stop sky screaming.
A lot less pressure in the fan realm.
Let it go and stop sky screaming.
A lot less pressure in the fan realm.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:47 am to mike4lsu
In 2003, Saban became the highest paid coach in country making around $2M/year.
Sorsby just signed for Texas Tech for a 1-year stint for 2.5x what Saban made 20 years ago.
That's why cfb is busted.
Sorsby just signed for Texas Tech for a 1-year stint for 2.5x what Saban made 20 years ago.
That's why cfb is busted.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:47 am to CharlesLSU
quote:
lot less pressure in the fan realm.
Fans have to cough up now...more and more and more...every year
You say that is not pressure.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:51 am to TigerGrad03
Saban is why it is busted. His agent used to blackmail LSU for more every time he did something and then he left for more. Then at Bama, same story...more he won....the more he asked....and asked and asked....
Jimmy Sexton ran things....for Saban, Kirby....and another one...that I will get banned for mentioning. ....
More....more more.....
Jimmy Sexton ran things....for Saban, Kirby....and another one...that I will get banned for mentioning. ....
More....more more.....
Posted on 1/8/26 at 10:12 pm to mike4lsu
THEN:
- Maybe not all but many (most?) players played for the glory. It was enough motivation to play in front of 70K Tiger fans on Saturday night.
ETA: if you happen to read the Kayshon Boutte article it shows this. Grew up watching Juice and OBK and wanted to be like them. That P&G glory.
- There was a continuum between players-team-school. To pull for a plyer was to pull for the team was to pull for the school.
- Traditions were something almost sacred.
- Transfers were few and transfers to rivals were anathema.
NOW
- All of the above are minimal factors now.
- Maybe not all but many (most?) players played for the glory. It was enough motivation to play in front of 70K Tiger fans on Saturday night.
ETA: if you happen to read the Kayshon Boutte article it shows this. Grew up watching Juice and OBK and wanted to be like them. That P&G glory.
- There was a continuum between players-team-school. To pull for a plyer was to pull for the team was to pull for the school.
- Traditions were something almost sacred.
- Transfers were few and transfers to rivals were anathema.
NOW
- All of the above are minimal factors now.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 12:47 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 10:49 pm to AlwysATgr
quote:
THEN:
- Maybe not all but many (most?) players played for the glory. It was enough motivation to play in front of 70K Tiger fans on Saturday night.
- There was a continuum between players-team-school. To pull for a plyer was to pull for the team was to pull for the school.
- Traditions were something almost sacred.
- Transfers were few and transfers to rivals were anathema.
NOW
- All of the above are minimal factors now.
Eloquently put.
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