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Topic: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.

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utee94

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« Reply #2506 on: July 14, 2025, 10:56:34 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 14, 2025, 10:52:19 AM
Bu "imploding", do you mean something specifically, or just generally it's going to lose "our" interest and become secondary?
I believe that a combination of CTE/injury liability at all levels, and the ever-declining entrance and interest of younger players (due to multiple factors but parental fear of injury is a major one), is eventually going to end football as we know it.

We've already seen the NFL change its kickoff rules in order to minimize injuries and I'm viewing that as only one, very small step.  I think the sport is going to change dramatically in the coming years.

It might continue on in some reduced form, maybe some kind of flag footballish sport, but I doubt that it will continue with its current and former popularity if/when that happens.  The violence is a major part of the appeal.

That's just my opinion of course, but that's the direction I'm seeing.
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« Reply #2507 on: July 14, 2025, 10:57:56 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 14, 2025, 10:46:35 AM
Yeah I agree.  I've never wanted college football to become NFL Lite but at this point it's probably the only thing that would save it.

Even then, though, it would only "save" it for fans of the top schools, the helmets/marquee teams, the Kings and Knights.

As folks like bwar have pointed out, the sport is already basically dead for fans like him.
the Cleveland Browns have fans
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« Reply #2508 on: July 14, 2025, 11:00:09 AM »
you're the only one bringing this up anymore

CTE/injury liability

at least I haven't heard much about it in the past couple seasons
I agree that it could pop up with one injury and become a real issue as you've warned
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« Reply #2509 on: July 14, 2025, 11:00:49 AM »
I agree football leagues are very likely to take measures to reduce CTE issues, perhaps ending with flagish football, if you will.

In backyard football, I recall playing where you couldn't rush the passer for X seconds.  Then there was "touch football" which was flag football without flags in effect.

Maybe we'll see good lookin' women in bikinis playing flag football.  Or volley ball.  Oh wait.
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« Reply #2510 on: July 14, 2025, 11:02:38 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 14, 2025, 10:57:56 AM
the Cleveland Browns have fans
Right, and in this scenario, Nebraska is the Cleveland Browns.  

And Purdue is the St. Louis Battlehawks.
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« Reply #2511 on: July 14, 2025, 11:32:20 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 14, 2025, 10:57:56 AM
the Cleveland Browns have fans
Think about it. As Greg Giraldo said, if you can't distract yourself by painting yourself orange and brown and getting drunk on Sunday, you might wake up and ask yourself: "Holy SHIT, I live in CLEVELAND?! What the hell have I done wrong in my life to get here??"
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« Reply #2512 on: July 14, 2025, 11:34:15 AM »
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« Reply #2513 on: July 15, 2025, 12:40:05 PM »
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« Reply #2514 on: July 15, 2025, 01:15:26 PM »
Texas Tech???
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« Reply #2515 on: July 15, 2025, 01:20:42 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on July 15, 2025, 01:15:26 PM
Texas Tech???
Google "Billionaire Cody Campbell" and you'll see.
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« Reply #2516 on: July 15, 2025, 01:32:19 PM »
If Texas Tech and Miami aren't at least in the CFP, heads will roll
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« Reply #2517 on: July 15, 2025, 01:42:31 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 14, 2025, 08:12:27 AM
Doesn't matter.  If the collective pays someone a million dollars to appear at children's hospitals and read stories to them, and the committee asserts that's not fair market value, they've just entered into a legal world where it's not likely they're going to win.  Every single time it happens, it's immediately going to court.  A committee from some consulting firm doesn't get to control money paid to private citizens.

If those private citizens entered into a collective bargaining agreement that allowed such limitation, it could be different.  But that hasn't happened yet, and for a multitude of reasons, is highly unlikely to happen.




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« Reply #2518 on: July 15, 2025, 01:45:04 PM »
Looks like your forecasting prowess applies to more than just Dell's business.  
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