Setup athletics similar to research parks
Corporate entities get infrastructure access, branding, and pay university talent.
I’d have no issue with this also resulting in taxes on the corporations operating in the athletic park
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Corporate entities get infrastructure access, branding, and pay university talent.
I’d have no issue with this also resulting in taxes on the corporations operating in the athletic park
Sure, definitionally, players are “worth” what the open market is paying them.
However, my point is that the value isn’t necessarily inherent to the player, but more based on a team prestige/need.
Notre Dame doesn’t get a $100 million dollar deal with NBC (or whatever the number is) because of CJ Carr. They definitely don’t get it because of whoever the hell their 4th string RG is.
The valuation of an AD is, in some sense, helped by the frequency at which they get good players on the open market now, as better teams who win more probably will be more financially successful over time.
Ask 10 different publications to rank the most “valuable” college football teams or brands, and you will get 10 different answers. It is absolutely not a list of roster price from 1 to 10.
I did not question why compensation is rising so quickly. I agree, it’s been suppressed and that it’s not “profit” driven. I also agree that players SHOULD be getting a larger piece of the pie than they have historically.
Ok, maybe he wants the SEC to give back $200 million per year to ESPN to allow near all SEC afternoon games, courtesy of ESPNU, ESPN News, ESPN+, and SEC Network.
Sounds like they are taking a vote later this summer that will include several different options ranging from full breakaway to potentially just a partial breakaway where they stay in the NCAA but get to ignore whichever NCAA rules they don’t want to follow.
University presidents who spoke to Yahoo Sports declined to reveal details of the different governance models they were shown, but the paths seem clear: (1) self-governance while remaining within the NCAA umbrella and competing for national championships; (2) separating completely from the association, its rules and its championships; (3) and/or implementing an athlete bargaining structure from the conference level or through an outside third party (the most complicated option).
University presidents who spoke to Yahoo Sports declined to reveal details of the different governance models they were shown, but the paths seem clear: (1) self-governance while remaining within the NCAA umbrella and competing for national championships; (2) separating completely from the association, its rules and its championships; (3) and/or implementing an athlete bargaining structure from the conference level or through an outside third party (the most complicated option).
Hey Hunter, you take the money, you play when they say yo play.
Yeah, they are reacting to the aptlly named “Middle Finger” Bill to the SEC and B10. Good luck to them trying to overcome the legal,liability and political hurdles in any type of attempted breakaway:
Only in the SEC does an athletic director have a Vice Chancellor title. Made me laugh.
Stop bluffing, SEC/Big 10. Go ahead, do it. Do it!
It may not pass this year due to mid terms or some blockade due to a totally unrelated issue but the odds of it eventually passing next year are good. It has to eventually in some shape or form for a variety of legal and financial reasons. And it would easily pass if it wasn’t for the selfish pricks from SEC/ESPN and B10/Fox.
7x10 or something close to it is the end game goal as clearly pointed out by co-sponsor Senator Cantwell.
7x10 with media rights pooling also clearly optimizes revenues for all of FBS and the pressure to maximize revenues should eventually prevail once control of CFB is finally wrested away from ESPN and Fox and their puppet boys, Sankey and Petitti. It was comical to see Sankey's comments yesterday regarding his opposition to the media rights pooling language in Cruz-Cantwell. He was clearly speaking on the behalf of his real boss, ESPN.
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I didn’t really think they were serious when they talked about just doing an SEC-only playoff but it sounds like it’s something they are seriously talking about doing. It sounds so dumb to me, I hope they don’t go through with it.
There are far-reaching possibilities that SEC sources have mentioned on background in exchange for their candor, preferring not to go public yet: Negotiating an SEC collective bargaining agreement with players that could secure a salary cap in exchange for player benefits. The SEC-only football playoff, the winner of which plays the best team from the rest of the country. That’s how the Super Bowl started. It could even bring back a regional charm to college football.
There are far-reaching possibilities that SEC sources have mentioned on background in exchange for their candor, preferring not to go public yet: Negotiating an SEC collective bargaining agreement with players that could secure a salary cap in exchange for player benefits. The SEC-only football playoff, the winner of which plays the best team from the rest of the country. That’s how the Super Bowl started. It could even bring back a regional charm to college football.
Airlines did this for decades - buying up more and more planes to try to scare away competition. "Look how much we spent on planes, so we are the big dogs and you better stay away!"
Except they ALL did it, and they all collectively lost money for decades. Until finally they got religion (after 9/11) and started behaving like rational corporations.
College sports is doing this now - but a lot of them still have giant fleets of planes (ie facilities and coaching buyout debt) to work thru.
ISU is fortunate to the extent that JP didn't borrow $100M to build a bunch of overwrought facilities, but was prudent in upgrading in an affordable way.
I am 100% for this. Let the SEC circle jerk themselves This would be the same as opening fire on Ft Sumter, and it would work out about the same in the end.
The high-minded B1G voices would probably love to the the "saviors" that keep CFB together. Chance to work with ACC & B12 & G5 & ND to create a bigger better NATIONAL league. The B1G loves their money, and they are arrogant too, but they're Mother Teresa compared to the SEC (imho).
Like all strategies, it can work or not work depending on many things
Odd to champion not keeping up in old arms race given nearly every university that did invest more in fixed costs, are still spending more on the new labor costs.
It is not like that was a strategic move to bid time until we invest heavily, including borrowing, in a more impactful asset like labor. We were slow to player comp too
JP is better for a school with a leading balance sheet. A bean counter. If you’re needing to grow to survive, investment (risk) will need to be taken. Being left behind with debt, no worse than left behind with no debt. Particularly if the latter of because you did nothing but balance your budget.
