Recent content by Pompous Elitist

Sadly I have. Surprisingly the SCORE act was introduced by presumedly NCAA, conference, school lobbyists and paid congresspeople and may have some traction. It guts NIL, assuming anyone enforces it. Which is doubtful. So I guess we’ll see where our distinguished legislative body comes down...

Antitrust laws, employment status will be decided by the courts, or Congress; not our distinguished president. I don’t think it’s over. No employee can be “forced” to do anything. An NFL player can calculate its worth to them. Seems like most see the benefits, since employers have to deal...

The NFL teams are very closely matched in terms of roster strength and depth. I don’t think that’s ever been the case in college football. Ever so slowly there has been some amount of spreading of the wealth but that’s still a distant fairytale at this point. A little sister program needs a...

The tyranny of the majority has already occurred with the current agreement so I don’t see why it would be any different if the players organize and toss out the current nonsense (notwithstanding the future effects or controversy sparked by the laughably stupid 1984ish doublespeak executive...

I have to kindly disagree with that sentiment ( not with you). Every penalty, fine, prison sentence in some way hurts the guiltless. Only the most heathen (like Harbaugh) will screw their coworkers, friends, family when they know the fallout will hit them as well. This is a get out of jail...

Determination of top conference teams is already done by wins/losses and tiebreakers Compensation is fixed and NIL is unlimited across conferences. Based on those factors there is zero reason the big ten should have more auto bids than the ACC or Big 12 or Conference USA. I don’t care about...

I guess what I mean is I’ve never heard anyone argue the fifth best big ten team or SEC team is national championship material. Sure, some fluky stuff could happen and be awesome but that can also happen under the current system (see Indiana). So, it’s purely a money grab by a dedicated TV...

If wins are the the desired outcome, rather than public accolades. Find out which officials are willing to play. Spend 💵. Make it worth their while. Smarter not harder.

If the ACC or Big 12 teams and boosters can pay players as much or more as big ten or SEC why are they awarded more slots without any rational justification besides some made up metric based on faulty and error upon error calculations. I don’t know of any league anywhere that operates in such a...

But why

At one time men of integrity (ok, at least a little) led these organizations and what’s more fans with integrity demanded it. Now…people just shrug and accept the ****show we’re seeing. I guess we have nothing better to do with our time. Now though, we can more easily gamble on the games 🎭

Meanwhile, the big ten and all of college football says “it is actually all about the money”. 🤷‍♂️

Now that the players agreed to their crappy contract deal management wants to expand their workload and personal risk of injury without a commensurate increase in compensation. That, and literally nobody anywhere has asked for such a large field. The regular season is supposed to mean...

Selective enforcement of the rules is pretty old school, familiar to Gopher fans. What’s new here is rationalization an of exchange of monetary penalties for postseason bans or roster reductions. The kinder, gentler NCAA’s idea of deterrence should only encourage every program to cheat like...

I am always down for a bet @GopherWeatherGuy. If both things happen: JJ finishes the season and the Vikings make the playoffs - I will leave for 6 months and vice versa. Are we on? Let’s make it interesting. I am hearing this is supposed to be a pretty good squad this year. Seems like high...