The Deion Sanders thread
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Here's something else that's going to be a big disadvantage to the blue bloods because of NIL. Let's say that Texas and LSU are really going after a 5 star quarterback. It will be very easy for someone on social media to falsely put out that a booster from another school besides LSU just offered that kid $500,000 more than Texas just offered and I'll bet the Texas booster would be stupid enough to up his bid based on false information.
Basically the Swac champion has declined the FCS playoff spot since 1999 because of when the last conference games land... particularly the Bayou Classic which is Thanksgiving weekend and the SWAC championship is the next weekend after so they can't do to the playoff. Also the winner of the MEAC doesn't go to the FCS playoff either as they both battle it out at the Celebration bowl MEAC vs SWAC
The 2nd place team In their division FAMU did go to the FCS playoffs though
Here is a way the Big 12 could use NIL to benefit its member schools. Why not negotiate with people with big pockets and offer them this. We add two HBCU schools and see if they would be willing to offer NIL money and throw their weight behind the conference.
That'll be how we get tighter NIL rules. Doubt the blue bloods are too happy they were outbidded by an FCS team
so they consider a bowl type of thing above playoffs?
Does the winner of that game ever have a national champ claim or is it like the CUSA and Sun Belt champs playing?
No the HBCUs haven’t really been able to compete with the MVC type teams, although that seems to be changing with Deion. That’s part of the reason they opt out of the playoffs.
It's the Black College and University National Champion. They way make way more money that route than the playoffs. They basically sold 60K for the Celebration Bowl this year
I guess I didn’t realize it was that separate.
I do remember hearing about Eddie Robinson and Grambling a lot in the 80s, just didn’t realize the structure of it now.
Yeah it has a name and kicks off the season for them. It's some generic name like the southern game or bayou game or something. I watched it this year.
Looks like it's actually played on Thanksgiving time. I must be remembering a different game earlier in the year.
Thats when I remember watching it. I usually watched that and the Florida/Florida State game on Thanksgiving Saturday. That was back when it was rare to have games on that Saturday.
Basically just buying the rights to use his NIL. They don't have to use it.
