Jimmy3Putt
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If they're going to regulate then they need to enforce the rules to the fullest and penalize/prosecute the law breakers.
Other wise we'll fall behind the usual cheaters.
Other wise we'll fall behind the usual cheaters.
Federal Legislation for College Sports
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GATTACA!
It's about to get gross
I agree. Retroactive death penalties for USC and Michigan.
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
The help is making money and moving freely. Somebody better stop it.
MNIrishman
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I support tight restrictions on athletic spending for public schools
greyhammer90
the drunk piano player
This sport is absolutely great at giving fans what they want in a monkeys paw format.
2014:
Fans: "The BCS sucks, every other level of this sport has a playoff and we should too. The current ranking systems are fine, but the field should be expanded to 8 or so teams."
Suits: "We hear you and made a playoff for four teams. Since picking 4 teams between 5 conferences is tough we made a committee with no clear method full of people with financial interests in the process. Oh and we're going to play the semi-final games late on New Years Eve. Don't worry though, we already publicly plan to move this thing to 12 teams ASAP."
2025:
Fans: "CFB needs regulation to stop media conglomerates from blatantly carving up the sport any further through conference expansion and playoff meddling."
Suits: "We hear you and are lobbying like crazy to create a federal law to get college football under control by putting a cap on NIL and limiting player movement."
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
I question that the money being paid to these coaches and players is from tax payers. I think boosters and donors are fronting a lot of this. You can bet your ass that a lot of those people are probably giving money to a lot of people in Congress, too.
I get the feeling that anyone trying to put the shit back in the donkey is just wasting their time at this point, but whatever. If enough powerful people with money want something to happen, it's going to get done, whether it makes sense or not.
There are far more important issues facing our Federal Government than regulating college football, but based on the last 11 months, I fully expect they'll put this to the forefront of their agenda and not do jack shit about important matters that will improve the lives of Americans.
I get the feeling that anyone trying to put the shit back in the donkey is just wasting their time at this point, but whatever. If enough powerful people with money want something to happen, it's going to get done, whether it makes sense or not.
There are far more important issues facing our Federal Government than regulating college football, but based on the last 11 months, I fully expect they'll put this to the forefront of their agenda and not do jack shit about important matters that will improve the lives of Americans.
Notre Dame Joe
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President Trump is the only man who could save the college football that we grew up with. I doubt however that the rest of Washington will go along with it.
RDU Irish
Catholics vs. Cousins
TBH- creating a relegation system dividing the FBS into two might add more to my quality of life than 99% of retarded government policies that almost always make things worse.
All they want from big daddy gubmint is to make CFB socialist again where cheaters win and players are controlled.
All they want from big daddy gubmint is to make CFB socialist again where cheaters win and players are controlled.
Irishdwarte
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I thought affordability is a hoax?
SWirishfan
I'm a Rocket Man
This will be my new go to phrase for doomed dogood-ery
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
I can't imagine the powers that be are going to go for a European relegation system.
BleedBlueGold
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Seems to me the genie is out of the bottle. College football isn't going back to what it once was. The day multi million dollar contracts started getting signed for coaches, players, facilities, plus the un-regulated transfer portal, etc was the day they turned CFB into a minor league farm system for the NFL. I don't like it, but I've accepted the reality and just hope they move towards a reasonable model. I just have no idea what that entails or how they manage to "play school" during all of this as well.
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I actually think the play school has gotten better. At least as far as making sure the kids walk out of there with the piece of paper. Georgia’s graduation rate used to be the norm and now it’s an anomaly. I remember the Crabtree year, Mike Leach suggested the Big 12 break the 3 way tie by graduation percentage. TT was the only one over 60%
Cackalacky2.0
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Its all about the grift..... baby.
BleedBlueGold
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That's great. I just wonder what would happen if a football indepedent "League" is formed. Say the solution is a NFL-style 64-team super league with four divisions. ADs, GMs, salary caps, contracts, transfer limits, etc. Revenue sharing through the networks with the highest bidding. Where do academics fit into it all?
Cackalacky2.0
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Right now the power lies with each state and they all have legislatively said fuck it... wild wild west. Hardly any state has come up with legislation that has any rules whatsoever. This is the free market. This is what they wanted.
If Trump gets the federal government involved it will just to be a grift. He'll want his cut and any regulations will hurt the kids and help a minimal amount of people. Maybe he' ll get a NCAA Official Peace chain too!
If Trump gets the federal government involved it will just to be a grift. He'll want his cut and any regulations will hurt the kids and help a minimal amount of people. Maybe he' ll get a NCAA Official Peace chain too!
Cackalacky2.0
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Well the federal government can make them ... lol
Cackalacky2.0
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This is the greatest post ever. Bro you are onto something here.
Cackalacky2.0
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They dont. Once we accept that CFB is the ONLY path for semi-professional development for the NFL then we can stop pretending academics is a core issue
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
Yeah. Let's see THIS administration explain to the SEC how a relegation system works. I'll pay admission to watch it live.
Cackalacky2.0
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WWE McMahon would be a great person to do this. It just means more coming from her.
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
Exactly.
"It's just going to be a minor league for the NFL."
Wake up, chucklefuck. It already is and has been for decades.
Jiggafini19Deux
Minister of Delayed Gratification
Tommy Tuberville and Lou Holtz would be in charge.
It won't be as bad as a measles outbreak, but let's be real: it'll fucking suck.
Cackalacky2.0
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BleedBlueGold
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Right. That’s my point. If academics aren’t a part of this, is Notre Dame?
Notre Dame Joe
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The good ole days were not capped compensation, the rule was work for free; room, board, tuition.
Guyjin37
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Well, this sort of thing kind of helped result in the game of football we have today. In 1905 Teddy Roosevelt gave the football powers that be an ultimatum to clean it up or get regulated. Led to the creation of the NCAA. That's what this feels like too: get your act together or we'll do it for you. Somebody needs to do something and whoever that is isn't going to do it without a little push.
Cackalacky2.0
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Same energy:
Cackalacky2.0
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Plantation mentality. Slaves were also allowed to work for free, given room and board and provided on the job training for a variety of jobs.
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notredomer23
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Probably a great thing for ND if this happens as long as the NIL/rev share doesn’t get reeled in too much
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