Future of College Football

#152
#152
Pendulum has swung grealy and chaos rules. No need to worry about ya can't control.


Everything, except change, changes.
Always a certain degree of lament involved, it seems, directly proportional to our resistance to the change.

"Let them eat cake"
 
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#153
#153
Brave Volunteer said:
With one caveat. Unlike the 50's and 60's, the standout players from those lower conferences will get poached yearly by the upper tier programs instead of playing 3-4 years where they are (thanks transfer portal).
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We are about to reap the whirlwind. Since everybody is on a year to year contract. The top players will be constantly recruited within their current playing tier, plus above their current playing tier. They will be enticed with money, playing time, and other things. There could even be intra year year recruiting if a team has significant injuries. Could be playing for UT in August and by October playing for Georgia with a big raise.
 
#155
#155
If we were in the shoes of a program like UGA or Bama right now, nobody would be whining about payers being paid. It suck for Vols because we are in worst slump in program history, boosters are divided in their loyalties, and we lost just about a whole generation of fans who could be pumping in money. We don't have the resources to play the new game. The new rules only make it harder for have-nots to rise up. The one game changer that can help Vols now is playoff expansion. Six or eight-team playoff probably won't help us. Has to be a 12 teams or more for us to have any realistic chance of making it with our current situation.
 
#156
#156
Most of the semifinal games have been blowouts. Except to make more money, and the rare year (2003) when the MAC (for instance) upset P5 four times (Northern Illinois beat Alabama - I don't recall the other 3) - but Sagarin had Miami (OH) as #6 that year (his is an Elo-based system, like chess ratings) -
unfortunately Miami (OH) had one loss and thus they were out of the discussion for even a major bowl, there's not much reason to expand.
 
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#157
#157
Brave Volunteer said:
When players sign a letter of intent to play for a school, is that not essentially a binding agreement? Where are the school's rights in all of this? They are making a sizeable investment in this kid by paying for his education, paying for his room and board, paying for his meals, paying for his equipment, paying for his training/rehabilitation, etc. Why are just the players being granted such unchecked autonomy? Even some businesses in the real world have certain conditions that employees must agree to. For example, my company will pay 80% tuition for any employee who chooses to further their education. There are two conditions to this. 1. Whatever they study must be in a field that would be considered beneficial and add value to the company and 2. The employee must give a minimum of 4 years of service to the company from the time of reimbursement. If they breach this agreement and leave for another company prior to the 4 years, they must pay back the entire compensation they accepted for their tuition or the company will pursue legal action.

Also if we are going to allow players to just come and go as they please with no penalty, then we should likewise give coaches the right to cut players with the same level of autonomy. If the player doesn't want to feel "stuck" in a place they don't want to be, the coaches should likewise not be made to feel "stuck" with a player who's not contributing and adding value to the team.
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They're not "employees", at least at this point. Individual schools can dictate many requirements the problem is colluding with other schools. Schools getting together to stop transfers is pure colluding,as a generalization. Whether they are "employees" or not is kind of moot, the schools are trying to stop competition via colluding.

Why are just the players being granted such unchecked autonomy?
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There is no group that tells me where I can go to school or work. Its called freedom.
 
#158
#158
I had to look it up.
Marshall defeated Kansas State (ranked 6th at the time)
Toledo defeated Pitt (9th)
Bowling Green defeated Purdue (16th)
Northern Illinois defeated Alabama (21st)
also
Miami, OH defeated Northwestern (6-6 in regular season, 4-4 in the Big Ten that year).
 
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