Is money killing college sports or making it thrive like never before?

BuzzLaw said:
Exactly. I do try to watch every GT game, and I may watch our game 2 or 3 times during the week. But I don’t care to watch anyone else play. I don’t know if that’s the result of the game being boring, too much money influencing the game, politics placed in the coverage, me liking to deer hunt or a combination of all that.
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Oh, well, that's still plenty respectable.
 
I'm still amazed by how far those clods in Jacksonville allowed the Gator Bowl to fall. To go from being one of the first-tier NYD bowls after the BCS to what they are now... I'd definitely rather do the Music City Bowl.

Imaginary or not, the Tangerine Bowl would carry more perceived prestige if they had kept the name.
 
Allen Koholic said:
Money has juiced the sport to the point where it's basically a handful of big 10 and SEC teams operating as psuedo-pro teams. It is more popular and lucrative than ever, but it's probably going to kill the sport in 5-10 years because there's no way at this rate you can still make money off these kids without paying them. If UCF can be sitting on a 21(*) game winning streak and still be outside the top ten, you known öööö's rigged.

(*) That they only achieved because they ducked us last year and blamed a hurricane. Pussies.
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CFB, throughout its history, has never ever had parity. It's always been 15 Haves vs 90+ Have Nots.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
CFB, throughout its history, has never ever had parity. It's always been 15 Haves vs 90+ Have Nots.
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Yes, but at least for most of its history the have nots could plausibly think they were supporting an amateur sport and therefore be satisfied with competing with long time rivals or within their own conference.

That’s a lot harder to do when Tech pays its 10+ yr coach $3mm/year and its barely higher than the median ACC coach’s salary, the vast majority of which have less than a couple of years with their teams.
 
Change the rules to max 65 players and/ or limit signings to a max of 20 players each year and everything would get interesting quickly.
The NFL offers potential parity and that is why it kills it. The NCAA could learn from them.
 
rghoae said:
Yes, but at least for most of its history the have nots could plausibly think they were supporting an amateur sport and therefore be satisfied with competing with long time rivals or within their own conference.

That’s a lot harder to do when Tech pays its 10+ yr coach $3mm/year and its barely higher than the median ACC coach’s salary, the vast majority of which have less than a couple of years with their teams.
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Not to mention the savings on paying an OC
 
GT flunkout said:
I'm still amazed by how far those clods in Jacksonville allowed the Gator Bowl to fall. To go from being one of the first-tier NYD bowls after the BCS to what they are now... I'd definitely rather do the Music City Bowl.

Imaginary or not, the Tangerine Bowl would carry more perceived prestige if they had kept the name.
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Or The Honeybell Bowl.
 
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