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The NCAA will eventually collapse on itself. Can't happen soon enough in my opinion.
agree 100%
I used to enjoy the game of college football when the ALMA MATER was a 1-AA school and hanging out with friends on Saturday afternoons at the stadium was fun and part of college life. No one cared as much if the team won or not, but it was about the college atmosphere. All students got in free.
Something that CANNOT be replicated on TV And is going away with conference realignments and corporate sponsorship not to mention paid players, and worse of all, the focus with money and recruiting limited to a few programs, with 120 other colleges being ignored or treated as "also rans"
The IVY league does a lot of right. Academics first and sports later is one. Avoiding bowls and payout programs helps too.
This is why I follow MAC Games and ften watch Games with the sound off. IF I am watching Akron vs Toledo I want to watch that game, not hear 2 hours of talk about Alabama or Michigan and not be inundated with ads for playoffs and bowls.
I used to enjoy the game of college football when the ALMA MATER was a 1-AA school and hanging out with friends on Saturday afternoons at the stadium was fun and part of college life. No one cared as much if the team won or not, but it was about the college atmosphere. All students got in free.
Something that CANNOT be replicated on TV And is going away with conference realignments and corporate sponsorship not to mention paid players, and worse of all, the focus with money and recruiting limited to a few programs, with 120 other colleges being ignored or treated as "also rans"
The IVY league does a lot of right. Academics first and sports later is one. Avoiding bowls and payout programs helps too.
This is why I follow MAC Games and ften watch Games with the sound off. IF I am watching Akron vs Toledo I want to watch that game, not hear 2 hours of talk about Alabama or Michigan and not be inundated with ads for playoffs and bowls.
I am SO in agreement with you and Canes2006Champs. I'm hoping the whole NCAA football thing implodes so "somehow" FBS college football can return to something resembling common sense.
My college is STILL FCS and I'm very happy about it. Even their playoff system still makes sense as does the conference alignments. The Big 10/SEC mess WITH the NIL issue is destroying the games.
We're still one of the few states where the best paid state employee is NOT a university football or basketball coach. I'm pleased about that.
I used to enjoy the game of college football when the ALMA MATER was a 1-AA school and hanging out with friends on Saturday afternoons at the stadium was fun and part of college life. No one cared as much if the team won or not, but it was about the college atmosphere. All students got in free.
Something that CANNOT be replicated on TV And is going away with conference realignments and corporate sponsorship not to mention paid players, and worse of all, the focus with money and recruiting limited to a few programs, with 120 other colleges being ignored or treated as "also rans"
The IVY league does a lot of right. Academics first and sports later is one. Avoiding bowls and payout programs helps too.
This is why I follow MAC Games and ften watch Games with the sound off. IF I am watching Akron vs Toledo I want to watch that game, not hear 2 hours of talk about Alabama or Michigan and not be inundated with ads for playoffs and bowls.
I'm thinking Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten. Utah Arizona and Arizona ST to the Big 12. The rest will either be spilt or merge with the Mountain West and make a new Power conference. What a shame. Imagine if the Pac-12 was well run and became the Pac-16, adding BYU, Boise ST, Texas and Oklahoma.... Oh well.
I'm thinking Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten. Utah Arizona and Arizona ST to the Big 12. The rest will either be spilt or merge with the Mountain West and make a new Power conference. What a shame. Imagine if the Pac-12 was well run and became the Pac-16, adding BYU, Boise ST, Texas and Oklahoma.... Oh well.
I hate seeing the demise of the Pac 12. There needs to be a pacific based "power conference". Instead, money has dictated that we have to have these coast to coast super conferences. At least the SEC is staying relatively true to its geography.
I agree that the Big 10 will have to grab Oregon and Washington. It makes too much sense for them. The rest of the four corners to the Big 12 makes sense too. There's going to be a lot of crow eaten on behalf of Utah and Arizona State if they're forced to join the Big 12.
I hate seeing the demise of the Pac 12. There needs to be a pacific based "power conference". Instead, money has dictated that we have to have these coast to coast super conferences. At least the SEC is staying relatively true to its geography.
I agree that the Big 10 will have to grab Oregon and Washington. It makes too much sense for them. The rest of the four corners to the Big 12 makes sense too. There's going to be a lot of crow eaten on behalf of Utah and Arizona State if they're forced to join the Big 12.
Agreed, not having a true west coast power conference blows. Unless the Mountain West can pickup the slack. Though I'm skeptical of that.
Colorado ditching the Pac-12 is squarely on George Kliavkoff. The conference has been throwing out BS about new media rights for months, and Kliavkoff has had to move the goalposts multiple times. The bottom line is what the Pac-12 thinks its conference is worth and what the media thinks it's worth are two very different numbers. I fully expect Arizona, ASU, Washington, and Oregon to bolt the conference, too.
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