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The future of college football

skyman said:
Private Equity in cfb.. Its OVER..

Wait til they start charging to breathe the air while watching games in stadiums..
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Hydrogen water is already a thing

We can make this happen

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DMoney said:
It really should be one big league with regional divisions. Same as every other sport. There will be enough in the CBA (academic requirements, etc) to keep it college football.

The players are already pros. Just make it organized.
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Outright eliminates academic requirements unless they make degree pursuit a requirement of employment.
 
TomAce said:
Disclaimer...I am a Union guy to the bone....but the Universities/Conferences had all the leverage about a decade ago, anything they would have proposed would have almost universally accepted by the athletes and the public. They would have been hailed as progressive and employee friendly no mater the terms and conditions. In short, they missed their shot and the hay is out of the barn. The players/employees now hold the cards on compensation and have overwhelming public support.
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Exactly. Since college football is as fragmented as it is and the conferences only look out for themselves and their schools, they lacked the long view of seeing where the sport was going. To your point, they should have gotten together as one entity years ago, set up a plan of action recognizing they no longer would be benefiting from the stardom of student-athletes without allowing the players a share of the pie. The P5 at the time should have announced they were separating from the G5 to have their own championship. The G5 could have their own as well.

The P5 could have set standards for scheduling, player movement, salary cap, negotiation guidelines for active coaches, player contracts (including bowl games), etc. All the bs that is negatively affecting the sport right now. Perhaps, most importantly, negotiated TV deals as one entity. Every conference has its down years and by having more teams for content, they could maximize viewership each week for the most bang for the buck. Yes, it would basically become NFL, Jr., but the ship has sailed on the former college football template. At least being in front of it, they could have kept alive rivalries, kept regionalization for more fan interaction, and been in control of the process instead of reacting to everything.
 
DMoney said:
It really should be one big league with regional divisions. Same as every other sport. There will be enough in the CBA (academic requirements, etc) to keep it college football.

The players are already pros. Just make it organized.
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This is inevitbale. 67 power 4 teams right now. Say they add 3-5 for even numbers. Figure Oregon St. Wazzzu come back, and that leaves USF or maybe Boise, Tulane, Memphis? Either way you'll have 8 or so divisions and figure the top 2 from each make the playoff.
 
TomAce said:
What is there now?
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Chaos. Adding a union will more than likely add even more. I’ve had direct experience with one of the most corrupt unions in the country - the UAW. They’re nothing but a bloated bureaucracy full of corrupt grifters that strangle the companies they’ve involved with.
 
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423Hurricane said:
I agree there has to be something done about the current chaos in CFB but many times when unions get involved there’s corruption, favoritism and deadlocks amongst the governing body.

Be careful what you ask for.
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Every major sport has a players union and for the most part, they all are doing pretty well. And sorry, college football is a pro sport and big business for a long time now, no matter how hard they have tried to hide behind the facade of colleges' non-profit status.
 
TomAce said:
It will be interesting to see how those leagues handle the bottom half of teams. Will they keep the Perdue, Minnesota, and Arkansas type school or will they be more interested in Miami etc? Will he TV executives demand teams that get an audience? Not many people are watching a Minnesota vs Perdue game outside that regional area.
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If they follow the NFL template, there will be a national game that most of the country watches (i.e. Patriots vs. Broncos) and the other games are broadcast regionally (i.e. Dolphins vs. Saints in Florida and Louisiana only).
 
CaneinBroward said:
Every major sport has a players union and for the most part, they all are doing pretty well. And sorry, college football is a pro sport and big business for a long time now, no matter how hard they have tried to hide behind the facade of colleges' non-profit status.
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Agree on the business side of CFB but if they go the union route, they’ll need to tread lightly and maybe consult the NFL and other sports unions to ensure it’s done right. Otherwise, the sport will suffer the same fates as unions in corporate America.
 
CaneMutiny06 said:
CBA means return of the bag game and selective enforcement. I would imagine the SEC finds this very appealing
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I am no lawyer but I believe this would become a much larger legal issue than the bag game if caught. One the Feds would be more inclined to investigate and enforce and not with bowl bans but jail time
 
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423Hurricane said:
Agree on the business side of CFB but if they go the union route, they’ll need to tread lightly and maybe consult the NFL and other sports unions to ensure it’s done right. Otherwise, the sport will suffer the same fates as unions in corporate America.
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They would. Some student-athletes have already started to unionize. I see your point about the UAW, but it's apples and oranges. There are 4 real-world examples of players unions and the sky has not fallen. In fact, the values of pro teams sky rocket every year.
 
Really they just need to figure a conference. divisions and it will be ok. College football will still be college football just need to have better leadership enforcing actual rules/ laws that's not the ncaa
 
DMoney said:
After spending tens of millions to lose in court and Congress, schools are realizing that the only way to set enforceable rules is through NFL-style collective bargaining.

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We’ve only been saying this since???? Covid. And the universities fought every effort. Remember the Northwestern players?

There is no other way to make the legislation or rules constitutional.
 
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