What a world we’ve ended up in nowadays!
The expanded playoffs have largely rendered the rest of the post-season bowls irrelevant. Players were already starting to opt out before that, but now we have schools actually choosing to decline invitations.
Conference championship games are on their way to becoming just an annoyance for the teams involved except in very specific circumstances.
Programs have to re-recruit their rosters every off-season as other schools try to lure their best players away with bigger NIL offers.
Some players get a big NIL deal and then try to hold their programs hostage by demanding more even when their on-field performance doesn’t warrant a “raise.” All the while, these guys are pimping themselves to other programs to see if they can get more $.
Coaches have always (mostly) been $ wh%res, not that different from politicians - but now so many of us rush to make excuses for garbage like Lane Kiffin. Heck, it looks like Dan Campbell ran out on his players without even talking to them.
This is the new world we’ve made. It’s daunting to think where the sport is headed. I hope we figure out how to stabilize things a bit in the next year or two.
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