I don't like that the treatment of players who want to make a move has always been so lopsidedly draconian compared to the treatment of coaches.That's where I'm at.
I also think it's reasonable for the players to want to be able to do things like use their own likenesses for earning money.
However, the more college football resembles the NFL, the less interested in it I become. I'm not alone, attendance is dropping all across the country, the sport is failing to generate new fans to replace those that are leaving, and the entire trendline is in the wrong direction.
(https://i.imgur.com/ln2phvg.png)So, I think that’s not true.
Those body bag games are the primary source of athletics department revenue for many smaller schools. There's no way they're going to sacrifice their annual budget on the off chance that a larger school might get a chance to see one of their players for a half an hour.Plus, your stars are gonna be pissed when you explain that they won't be playing in any big cool gyms and they won't get to challenge good opponents from famous schools they grew up watching.
The powers that be were so hellbent on keeping as much short term money out of the hands of the players, they decided to give them every other right in the book, which is going to cost them so much more long term money.I've said this from the start: if the NCAA didn't fix their business model, someone else was going to fix it for them, and they're not going to like how it gets fixed.
I've said this from the start: if the NCAA didn't fix their business model, someone else was going to fix it for them, and they're not going to like how it gets fixed.This reminds me of a brilliant scene and performance by Buddy Hackett in Its a Mad Mad Mad World. Hackett tees off on the gaggle of folks plotting on how to split the $ 250Gs.
When was the last wise move made by the NCAA?I'm not sure what it was, but making no move may have been the worst option possible.