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

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ELA

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Re: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.
« Reply #2968 on: October 23, 2025, 08:35:54 AM »
Private clubs.  I thought the top swimmers, track athletes and gymnasts already trained outside the NCAA system.

Now NIL might have been changing it, because previously you couldn't take sponsorships.

It probably hurts late bloomers and kids who can't afford it for sure.  But MSU had the best college decathlete a couple years back.  He pulled out midseason in 2024, because the competition schedule conflicted with his training schedule for the 2024 Olympics, and IIRC the other USA decathlete never competed at the collegiate level.  He entered a few NCAA events as an unattached athlete
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« Reply #2969 on: October 23, 2025, 09:54:46 AM »
Quote from: ELA on October 23, 2025, 08:35:54 AM
Private clubs.  I thought the top swimmers, track athletes and gymnasts already trained outside the NCAA system.

Now NIL might have been changing it, because previously you couldn't take sponsorships.

It probably hurts late bloomers and kids who can't afford it for sure.  But MSU had the best college decathlete a couple years back.  He pulled out midseason in 2024, because the competition schedule conflicted with his training schedule for the 2024 Olympics, and IIRC the other USA decathlete never competed at the collegiate level.  He entered a few NCAA events as an unattached athlete

Your first example proves the point-- he didn't pull out of the NCAA system until he was proven elite.  With fewer or zero Olympic sports on college campuses, there will be a much smaller net. There will be fewer young athletes entering those sports, because there will be nowhere for them to go, post-high school.  And there won't be nearly as much time to identify those promising young athletes.

Right now the American net is cast very wide, because there's an order to the system, and a place to go after high school.  Without that, I suspect that a lot of them either won't bother entering the sport, or they won't be discovered in time for it to make a difference.
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« Reply #2970 on: October 23, 2025, 10:21:03 AM »
No, that's a fair point.  The fact that he was at MSU, famously not a track power, is more evidence.  It's not like he was at Oregon, or Arkansas, or Florida, or Texas.  Even actual track schools weren't looking at him
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« Reply #2971 on: October 23, 2025, 10:51:54 AM »
Quote from: ELA on October 23, 2025, 10:21:03 AM
No, that's a fair point.  The fact that he was at MSU, famously not a track power, is more evidence.  It's not like he was at Oregon, or Arkansas, or Florida, or Texas.  Even actual track schools weren't looking at him
I really hope you're right that private entities will be able to step in and fill the gap.

Basically what I'm worried about is the funnel or the pipeline of raw potential athletes becoming diminished.  It's like in Sales, when you have fewer quality leads, you inevitably close fewer deals.
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« Reply #2972 on: October 24, 2025, 07:47:46 AM »
well, it hasn't happened yet

hopefully, the sky doesn't fall
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« Reply #2973 on: October 31, 2025, 11:01:10 AM »
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« Reply #2974 on: October 31, 2025, 11:53:22 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on October 20, 2025, 10:19:44 AM
The US Olympic teams can get paid now, correct?
Yes. 2020 gold medalist Suni Lee went to Auburn after the Tokyo Olympics and cashed in on NIL. 
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« Reply #2975 on: October 31, 2025, 02:06:47 PM »
Well yeah, they eliminated the amateurism requirement in American Olympics over 30 years ago-- hence the first basketball "Dream Team."

It's just that, for the most part, there's not much money flowing to Olympic athletes in non-revenue sports who are not attractive women.
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« Reply #2976 on: October 31, 2025, 08:59:13 PM »
well, that can change quickly
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« Reply #2977 on: October 31, 2025, 09:22:09 PM »
How do ya fix ugly? Asking for a friend
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« Reply #2978 on: October 31, 2025, 09:57:51 PM »
no answer here
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« Reply #2979 on: October 31, 2025, 10:24:32 PM »
Thanks to the magic of Hollywood, Tonya Harding was played by Margot Robbie...

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« Reply #2980 on: October 31, 2025, 11:31:43 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on October 31, 2025, 09:22:09 PM
How do ya fix ugly? Asking for a friend
Beer goggles. 

Gotta leave before the sun comes up or still be buzzed in the AM tho. 
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« Reply #2981 on: Today at 09:12:10 AM »
even with double vision, I just see 2 uglies
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