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Is the Superteam dead?

Jedi Master Cane said:
II’m Deloitte alumni , I can tell you things will most definitely be in a better place with them providing oversight .

Still a ton of questions of who and how much power each of the bodies will have in this new world though . Stay tuned .
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Providing oversight and enforcing/validating NIL deals are two different things. The first deal they void is going to have Jeffrey Kessler running to the nearest courthouse
 
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FromDeeeeep said:
Providing oversight and enforcing/validating NIL deals are two different things. The first deal they void is going to have Jeffrey Kessler running to the nearest courthouse
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If that happened...agreed. I don't think it will.

See my original post. There is still a ton of that needs to be colored between the lines here. None of us know the details yet of how this all ultimately is going to work. My point is simply that from an enforcement angle.....Deloitte won't be Mark Emmert and allow the SEC to run wild while teams outside the conference get constantly scrutinized.

Ask anyone that's ever worked at Deloitte. They thoroughly believe in scrutinizing EVERYTHING and EVERYONE equally. The words "professional skepticism" are engrained in every engagement they perform. This would be a **** of a lot better option than allowing the good old boys of the SEC and Big 10 to vote in a board full of their own friends to run the "oversight committee".
 
AtlAtty said:
Please always separate roster spending cap arguments from NIL arguments. It is possible for schools to collectively agree to put a limit on how much money the schools can spend on a roster. Indeed, the limit used to be $0 over the table, which simply drove the spending under the table.

It is impossible for schools to limit how much money an athlete can make off his/her NIL. Impossible. Our Supreme Court has written as much, and will quickly decide in favor of unrestricted NIL if any more cases reach it. Now does that mean NIL in its current state with school collectives, or NIL in its intended state of private business paying athletes for their NIL? I can’t answer this question, but the courts likely will. But at most we are back to discussing the form of NIL, as opposed to the existence of NIL.

But make no mistake, the cat is out of the bag in regards to NIL. College athletes, just like the rest of us, can earn income from their NIL.
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Pretty much sums it up.
 
Jedi Master Cane said:
If that happened...agreed. I don't think it will.

See my original post. There is still a ton of that needs to be colored between the lines here. None of us know the details yet of how this all ultimately is going to work. My point is simply that from an enforcement angle.....Deloitte won't be Mark Emmert and allow the SEC to run wild while teams outside the conference get constantly scrutinized.

Ask anyone that's ever worked at Deloitte. They thoroughly believe in scrutinizing EVERYTHING and EVERYONE equally. The words "professional skepticism" are engrained in every engagement they perform. This would be a **** of a lot better option than allowing the good old boys of the SEC and Big 10 to vote in a board full of their own friends to run the "oversight committee".
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Sorry I should have elaborated in my post. I agreed with what you said but I wanted to point out what happens when they try to void a deal.

I think for the most part schools, collectives, and boosters are going to find the loopholes fairly quickly. Like for example what is going to stop a booster from opening/buying an existing business and signing a NIL with a player? Like Acme Ice Cream shop signs a 5 star WR to a $1M deal. Is Deloitte really gonna try and say that is not a valid NIL deal between consenting parties?
 
There will always be haves and have nots in college football. That said, the days of one or two teams just being heads and shoulders above everyone else are over at least for now. Look at the playoffs last year. After the first round, the games were all hyper competitive and close. Which shows me that the top 8 or so teams are relatively even but the drop off after that is significant. Ohio State was a two loss champion. They have/had a load of talent but no super team loses two games in one season.
 
DMoney said:
The past couple months, I've dipped my toe into national CFB coverage with Group Chat Sports (please support by liking and subscribing here).

One thing I've learned: every team, no matter how blue blood, has roster concerns. Powerhouses like Ohio State and Alabama are just as worried about DT depth as we are. Even though it was only a half-decade ago, it feels like a long time since Georgia and Alabama stacked their rosters with five stars on the bench. Now, those blue chippers move on the moment they don't play.

Even guys like Damon Wilson (a five-star EDGE slated to be the top rusher for UGA this year) are being poached by the Missouris of the world. In 2020, it was unthinkable that Vanderbilt could upset Alabama. But when it happened this year, it didn't even feel like a fluke.

This got me to thinking: is Ohio State 2024 the last "Super Team" in college football? That team was the result of blue-blood recruiting, unrestricted NIL, and years of booster frustration caused by Michigan. Now, we're entering a potential salary cap era with third-party enforcement.

There's always the risk of selective enforcement, which happened during the Mark Emmert era. Miami got hit for Benihana's dinners while Emmert's friend Nick Saban paid everyone under the table. But the third-party enforcer (Deloitte) is an almost 200-year-old company with half a million employees across the world. They're unlikely to be as corrupt and incompetent as the NCAA.

Is the parity we experienced in 2024 an aberration, or a sign of things to come?
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It’s pretty simple. Recruit well at the offensive line position and sprinkle in one or two experienced portal guys to anchor your line.

As you mentioned before, getting a QB is a priority. Either through recruiting or the Portal but get your hands on one.

Recruit well on the defensive line and mix in with ready to go portal guys.

Lastly, great skill players will come from recruiting 95% of the time. So hitting on those differences makers at wide out and secondary will have you set. With the talent gap decreasing between the top programs and lower programs, coaching now becomes huge.
 
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