Football, MBB, WBB, VB, SB, BASE are going to be your only survivors.Good bye most non revenue sports.
It stinks but embrace debate. Would we rather those sports pay and keep us in the highest level or keep track and field and play ball with the fcs?Football, MBB, WBB, VB, SB, BASE are going to be your only survivors.
Give me football, men & women basketball, wrestling and to even it out volleyball.It stinks but embrace debate. Would we rather those sports pay and keep us in the highest level or keep track and field and play ball with the fcs?
Those sports aren't going to survive at the FCS level either.It stinks but embrace debate. Would we rather those sports pay and keep us in the highest level or keep track and field and play ball with the fcs?
I was talking about the level of football and basketball for Iowa state but yes I hate that those sports would be killed off at that level too.Those sports aren't going to survive at the FCS level either.
Bowlsby flat said UNI isn't going to have golf, swimming, tennis, track, cross country and, maybe, wrestling in 10 years. He's been pretty blunt about that stuff since he's been in town.
Has FriendlySpartan been on yet to tell us how good this will be for all the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rate conferences? I'll check back later.Dodds article is two parts: the new topic, revenue sharing. The 2nd is to reinforce - again - that the Big 10 and SEC have much more revenue than others. Thanks Dodds, not like we haven't heard that before.
I’ve been pretty consistent that paying athletes directly from the schools (and making them employees) is the death knell for college sports especially most of the non revenue ones for most schoolsHas FriendlySpartan been on yet to tell us how good this will be for all the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rate conferences? I'll check back later.
IMO the whole damages/reparations is BS. Student-athletes since the beginning of time accepted scholarships knowing the deal. They got a scholarship which gave them the platform and development structure to pursue their professional dreams.
If the fans are on the financial hook, which directly or indirectly they will. I think a lot of alumni will be turned off.
Personally, I'd prefer 2 tiers of college sport with separate TV deals & championships.
IMO college sports is quickly transforming to an activity which is outside the core mission of academic institutions. I'd rather see ISU choose the 2nd model.
- Semi-pro where athletes are employees with scholarship, revenue sharing and NIL administered by university.
- Traditional model where athletes receive scholarship and negotiate NIL independent of school & its boosters. There are expense caps for each sport and AD net profits go back to university general fund.
They just get the Union rate.A player can't be forced to join a union, though. If the top end guys decide they don't think that union membership would be beneficial to them, they don't join. And the union doesn't get the benefit of their clout in negotiations.
It’s getting tough. They are almost pricing me out.As much as I enjoy/enjoyed college sports I can live with out them just as easy. We will see if I survive the new pricing structure to attend events live.
It’s getting tough. They are almost pricing me out.
I may drop down to the cheap seats first since I will have a kid there for a few more years.I listened to Pete and Eric long before I went to a game or set foot on campus, I can switch back JW & Eric on the radio is how I take in most away games anyway.
This is the fundamental conflict happening, wrt competitive balance.It won't really change anything. That money is already getting to the players. These guys all want to get to the NFL. You don't get there sitting on a bench with no film.
I think the big change is that the Big 10 and SEC will quit sharing revenue equally.
I would guess the entire point of this - the $300M price tag - is to basically get to the superleague.Good bye most non revenue sports.