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medinabuckeye1

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What does it cost to field a contender
« on: August 25, 2025, 03:38:17 PM »
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2025, 06:38:28 PM »
probably $15-20 million in NIL money for roster management and who knows how many tens or hundreds of millions poured into coaching staffs, facilities, and recruiting budgets.
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2025, 10:15:14 PM »
100 million a season or there abouts
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2025, 10:36:57 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2025, 10:15:14 PM
100 million a season or there abouts
not all paid by the university
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2025, 11:04:08 AM »
I went through the article and added it up, here is what I get:


So it is $8-17.9M and that is only for starters.  That doesn't include things like the fact that you have to have another WR or two for four and five wide two-minute and desperation sets and on the other side of the ball you have to have another DB or two to defend against those things.  This doesn't include specialists and doesn't even contemplate backups.  

I would guess that when you add in specialists, backups, and developmental guys you probably need around $25M to field a contender.  Additionally, at each position there are outliers which are expensive but also can make a humongous difference.  The article mentioned Jeremiah Smith as an extreme outlier at WR.  The Buckeyes are probably paying a lot more than $800k for Jeremiah Smith but he is realistically worth a lot more (as long as he isn't completely ignored and not targeted like the entire second half of the last game of the regular season).  It obviously helps to have a game-changing player like that so add a little more for them.  
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2025, 11:07:08 AM »
$20-$25M is about right, knowing roughly what Texas has been spending the past few cycles.

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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2025, 11:33:02 AM »
All this kind of puts a dagger in the heart of decent and fair and the game we grew up to appreciate and anticipate every saturday of the season. Feel like a jilted lover left at the alter as the Networks and bought Admins shafted everyone else. Sure the Blue Bloods always had a bit of an advantage recruiting and some with discerning bagmen. But other programs always had a punchers shot.

If they're going dive into this sanitary retention pond at least the powers that be should insist on a pay for performance scale.Other wise we're left with entitled 18 yr olds spurred on by unscrupulous agents. It'll be the Yankees,Dodgers,Astros,Red Sox,Giants,Braves and a few others wash,rinse and repeat.
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2025, 11:41:05 AM »
It would be great if the non-contenders broke away so that the contenders could just play with themselves.
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2025, 11:44:35 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 26, 2025, 11:41:05 AM
It would be great if the non-contenders broke away so that the contenders could just play with themselves.
I mean, they could.  There's FCS, Div2, Div3, and NAIA.  There are plenty of options.

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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2025, 11:46:46 AM »
Those options will likely be exercised. 
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2025, 11:47:36 AM »
And just give up that TV money 💰 
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2025, 11:49:49 AM »
What good is TV money if there is no chance to compete - causing TV money to diminish?

Fox isn't paying B1G money for Rutgers or Purdue or ...

They want Oregon, USC, OSU, UM and PSU. The rest are just baggage to them.
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2025, 11:54:13 AM »
Any money is good money to the guy in charge of keeping the lights on 
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Re: What does it cost to field a contender
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2025, 11:57:08 AM »
Some schools may choose to not keep the lights on.

Somehow, UChicago has survived since dropping out of the Big 10.
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