Agree 100%.
Fans like to think their favorite team is in a balls to the wall contest to win. In reality, pro sports (and increasingly college sports) are a business. The objective is to get butts in the seats in a cost-effective manner. Some leagues have a salary floor. There are structures in pro leagues to maintain some amount of competitive balance. All teams are on the same TV contract. There are player drafts, contracts and trading rules. If college sports are going to be professional, there needs to be some structure. That's the only way it will work, especially long term.
It will not.
The Yankees still are limited in their player acquisitions by the draft and luxury tax on salaries. There's increased talk of a salary cap. Baseball is about the only pro sport without a cap.
You might want to check MLB history before you put words into the mouth of the Yankees.
Again, how much of the ncaa problem has Levine contributed to? Zero
Wazzu and Oregon State attendance went UP. Fans are more engaged when their teams are playing peers in competitive games.
The P2 isn't authoring solutions for the unfair competitive model in college sports. They like it unfair and want to keep it unfair. No irony there.
lol delusion is a powerful drug! So in your way of thinking Wazzu and Oregon State have had no economic impact from the Pac 12 being decimated and being restructured, diminishing their media rights from $30 mil to $10-$13 mil annually? Media in eastern Washington have reported that the collapse of the former Pac-12 in 2023 has since diminished football attendance, affecting the hospitality and restaurant industry in the region and pushing businesses to the brink in Pullman. Enrollment has dropped from 28k to 22k. With every waking day the B1G and $EC are trying to box out more and more teams not listed in their club. They make all the coin so they cut off up an coming schools at the knees (JMU, NDSU, Boise State, USF). If it's not skewing the CFP toward their favor, it's the no cap rules for NIL. Major college sports affect the whole ecosystem of a community and state.
Correction, they created the unfair model, they and their TV partners. Most Iowa State fans think it’s despicable.
Oregon State had averaged 30-35,000 since 2014 and averaged right at 30,000 this year
I'm talking about breaking away and creating a separate division that excludes a bunch of programs that have always played at the highest level.
From 2012-2023 they averaged 28-30k. Covid excluded because of partial shutdowns they have not hit those benchmarks since. Oh and since you quote Gemini, Copilot comments that lack of historic rivalries and tradition from the Pac 12 has contributed in a decrease in ticket sales. In addition the media revenue dropped significantly for them which is about 25 to 50% of a schools athletic budget. Case in point. The demise of two once proud Pac 12 schools in the has them fishing for money and students. We along with many other institutions not in the P2 are not Immune to this.
Did you even read the article?
