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How do we fix college football?
Proposed conferences
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Tulane
BIG 10: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St., Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Notre Dame.
SWC: Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, TTU, OKST, UNT, UTSA, Rice
Big 8: Colorado, Iowa St., Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, BYU
ACC: Clemson, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Miami, NCST, UNC, Virginia, Wake Forest, South Carolina, UCF, USF
PAC-12: Arizona, ASU, Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, USC, UCLA, Washington, WAZZU, UNLV, Boise St., Fresno St., SDSU, New Mexico
BIG East: Boston College, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, Syracuse, Maryland, UConn, VA Tech, West Virginia,
MW: Nevada, SJSU, Hawai'i, NMST, Air Force, Colorado St., UTEP, Wyoming, NDSU, Montana St., Montana, Idaho, South Dakota St., Utah St.
Sun Belt: FAU, FIU, GASO, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, UAB, Jacksonville St., LA Tech, ULM, Louisiana, Kennesaw St.
Appalachian Athletic Conference: CCU, ECU, Charlotte, Appalachian St., ODU, Liberty, JMU, Georgia St., Delaware, Navy, Temple, Army.
CUSA- MTSU, WKU, SHSU, Texas St., Arkansas St., Missouri St., Marshall, Tulsa,
We're getting rid of UMASS.
Next up, NIL is limited to SPONSORSHIP'S. No athlete can get sponsorship's until their freshman year is over. Schools can't pay NIL unless if the kid walks on and can only make a max of $350,000 dollars if they walk on to get paid.
We're cutting bowl games. Fenway Bowl, Mayo Bowl, Snoop Dogg Bowl (sorry Snoop), XBox Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl, LA Bowl, Frisco Bowl, Salute to Veterans (I don't hate veterans but the bowl is useless), Pinstripe Bowl, and New Mexico Bowl.
I'll add a few back like the Bluebonnet Bowl, San Francisco Bowl, and Hall of Fame Classic.
Rename a few: Outback Bowl, Copper or Cactus Bowl, Sunshine Classic, Queen City Bowl.
Playoffs: 8 teams. The quarterfinals will include the Citrus/Sun bowl, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl. Semis will be Cotton and Sugar, the Championship will be the Rose Bowl. SEC, BIG 10, SWC, BIG 8, ACC, and PAC-12 are all guaranteed one spot to the winner of the conference. No conference championships except for the final spot between the lesser conferences. Point differential, SOS, and regular season record are all factored in to the choosing of the contender. It will be up to a computer to decide who goes so there is no complaint about human (SEC) bias possible.
I don't believe this is everything yet as I have not covered TV deals and FORCED non-con rivalries that have existed for over 2+ decades or literal proximity. No equity deals are allowed either.
 
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Get rid of streaming services. It kills the legacy advertising model and forces advertisers to coalesce around sports which have active "live" viewers. Mo' money, mo' problems.

The fans aren't benefiting from this AT ALL, even if the money looks big, it's going to a tiny group of insiders.
 





MaxyJR1 said:
Collective Bargaining, NFL style league with salary caps, free agency rules tied to school progress, coach buyouts tied to roster salary cap. etc. etc.

80 teams with a commissioner

Good Luck!
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A union and a CBA would be good for both players & schools.
 


MaxyJR1 said:
Collective Bargaining, NFL style league with salary caps, free agency rules tied to school progress, coach buyouts tied to roster salary cap. etc. etc.

80 teams with a commissioner

Good Luck!
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And anything that doesn't start with a CBA, will get shot down.
 

The only hope is that Congress passes a bill reinstating amateurism, with the NCAA resuming its role as policeman for colleges. The law would immediately be challenged, eventually reaching the Supreme Court and this time its decision may be rational and favor the bill, ending the anarchy and greed that will keep going down to the grade school level if not stopped.
 



Easiest way to fix college football is to remove the years of eligibility - as long as you are enrolled in the school, you can play. This would instantly reset salary structures lower due to the flood of players and likely drastically reduce the recruiting costs and salary demands of freshman players. I think it is a rare that a 4-5 star freshman would outplay a 4 star Jr from the transfer portal in their first season much less a re-enrolled NFL washout going back to college. If the NCAA agreed to do this with a salary cap, even better. College football is not NFL-light, so let's stop pretending.
 

TXGopher09 said:
How do we fix college football?
Proposed conferences
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Tulane
BIG 10: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St., Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Notre Dame.
SWC: Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, TTU, OKST, UNT, UTSA, Rice
Big 8: Colorado, Iowa St., Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, BYU
ACC: Clemson, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Miami, NCST, UNC, Virginia, Wake Forest, South Carolina, UCF, USF
PAC-12: Arizona, ASU, Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, USC, UCLA, Washington, WAZZU, UNLV, Boise St., Fresno St., SDSU, New Mexico
BIG East: Boston College, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, Syracuse, Maryland, UConn, VA Tech, West Virginia,
MW: Nevada, SJSU, Hawai'i, NMST, Air Force, Colorado St., UTEP, Wyoming, NDSU, Montana St., Montana, Idaho, South Dakota St., Utah St.
Sun Belt: FAU, FIU, GASO, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, UAB, Jacksonville St., LA Tech, ULM, Louisiana, Kennesaw St.
Appalachian Athletic Conference: CCU, ECU, Charlotte, Appalachian St., ODU, Liberty, JMU, Georgia St., Delaware, Navy, Temple, Army.
CUSA- MTSU, WKU, SHSU, Texas St., Arkansas St., Missouri St., Marshall, Tulsa,
We're getting rid of UMASS.
Next up, NIL is limited to SPONSORSHIP'S. No athlete can get sponsorship's until their freshman year is over. Schools can't pay NIL unless if the kid walks on and can only make a max of $350,000 dollars if they walk on to get paid.
We're cutting bowl games. Fenway Bowl, Mayo Bowl, Snoop Dogg Bowl (sorry Snoop), XBox Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl, LA Bowl, Frisco Bowl, Salute to Veterans (I don't hate veterans but the bowl is useless), Pinstripe Bowl, and New Mexico Bowl.
I'll add a few back like the Bluebonnet Bowl, San Francisco Bowl, and Hall of Fame Classic.
Rename a few: Outback Bowl, Copper or Cactus Bowl, Sunshine Classic, Queen City Bowl.
Playoffs: 8 teams. The quarterfinals will include the Citrus/Sun bowl, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl. Semis will be Cotton and Sugar, the Championship will be the Rose Bowl. SEC, BIG 10, SWC, BIG 8, ACC, and PAC-12 are all guaranteed one spot to the winner of the conference. No conference championships except for the final spot between the lesser conferences. Point differential, SOS, and regular season record are all factored in to the choosing of the contender. It will be up to a computer to decide who goes so there is no complaint about human (SEC) bias possible.
I don't believe this is everything yet as I have not covered TV deals and FORCED non-con rivalries that have existed for over 2+ decades or literal proximity. No equity deals are allowed either.
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What are you talking about?? College football is all about money. Teams that have more money, don't want ro give it up to have a level playing field. They have the power and they will not agree to any changes. Communism vs Capitalism.
 

csom_1991 said:
Easiest way to fix college football is to remove the years of eligibility - as long as you are enrolled in the school, you can play. This would instantly reset salary structures lower due to the flood of players and likely drastically reduce the recruiting costs and salary demands of freshman players. I think it is a rare that a 4-5 star freshman would outplay a 4 star Jr from the transfer portal in their first season much less a re-enrolled NFL washout going back to college. If the NCAA agreed to do this with a salary cap, even better. College football is not NFL-light, so let's stop pretending.
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You're a good thinker.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Collective Bargaining, NFL style league with salary caps, free agency rules tied to school progress, coach buyouts tied to roster salary cap. etc. etc.

80 teams with a commissioner

Good Luck!
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Why would players agree to a salary cap?
 





Word said:
Makes you wonder why the NFL players did.
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Because they did it a long time ago when things were very different

NFL Pa started in 1956 and didn’t get the first contract they were working for until 1968
Free agency didn’t even exist as we know it
 
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Word said:
Makes you wonder why the NFL players did.
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The owners can lock the players out. And in any lockout, the players will feel the effects before the owners do.

I don't think such a concept exists for getting college athletes to universally agree to something. If the B1G tried it, all the good players would go to the SEC, for example. Virtually no chance of all universities coming together at the same time to try - and if they did, would that be collusion?
 

Kitzmann57 said:
What are you talking about?? College football is all about money. Teams that have more money, don't want ro give it up to have a level playing field. They have the power and they will not agree to any changes. Communism vs Capitalism.
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So you want communism?
 

Kitzmann57 said:
What are you talking about?? College football is all about money. Teams that have more money, don't want ro give it up to have a level playing field. They have the power and they will not agree to any changes. Communism vs Capitalism.
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The American professional sports system is one of the greatest examples of socialism working and creating a rising tide that lifted all boats.

It made a bunch of players and owners far richer than they would if it was the same 3 rich teams contending every year and everyone else as feeder programs for them.

Turns out that having 30-32 cities all interested and watching and paying is more profitable than having a tiny slice of the population on top and everyone else locked out.
 


Some guy said:
Why would the players to limit their ability travel, transfer, get compensated, play immediately etc ?
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They won't want to but will likely have to come to some concessions in a CBA
 



fmlizard said:
The American professional sports system is one of the greatest examples of socialism working and creating a rising tide that lifted all boats.

It made a bunch of players and owners far richer than they would if it was the same 3 rich teams contending every year and everyone else as feeder programs for them.

Turns out that having 30-32 cities all interested and watching and paying is more profitable than having a tiny slice of the population on top and everyone else locked out.
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Without trying to get political, I'm not sure a salary cap is really socialism.

If a cap was instituted, it's not like Texas and Texas Tech and such would be forced to give us money to spend. They would just not be allowed to spend as much as they currently are.
 


GopherTheJugular said:
Without trying to get political, I'm not sure a salary cap is really socialism.

If a cap was instituted, it's not like Texas and Texas Tech and such would be forced to give us money to spend. They would just not be allowed to spend as much as they currently are.
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Correct.

But I get his point: artificial intrusions into labor marketplaces rarely works. But in the case of professional sports leagues, it can and does yield positive results. Owners get richer every year. And the cap goes up every year -- meaning the players get richer, too. Everyone wins because the collective product is better in the eyes of the consumers.
 



disco said:
The Pop-Tarts bowl and surrounding silliness is one of the best things to happen to college football in the last decade. We need more fun things like this.
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I didn't specifically point out the Pop Tarts Bowl but just hinted at this in another thread. The bowl game season is as fun of time in college football as there is IMO. The bowls can be so entertaining. Even conservative guys like Fleck open it up and have more fun in them.
 

touchdownvikings said:
Correct.

But I get his point: artificial intrusions into labor marketplaces rarely works. But in the case of professional sports leagues, it can and does yield positive results. Owners get richer every year. And the cap goes up every year -- meaning the players get richer, too. Everyone wins because the collective product is better in the eyes of the consumers.
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Yeah, I get his point too. Look at NFL vs. MLB.
 

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