About this current state of wild Wild West free agency CFB, Re: Billionaires and

Dec 3, 2024, 2:12 PM

Corporations.

We know corporations will invest in conferences, as noted in recent articles. And advertising with NIL athletes will continue. It makes sense, like the bowl games.

However, I don’t believe many billionaires are going to be like Phil Knight and T Boone Pickens and spend their lives funding their school. Maybe Larry Ellison while he getting that tang. Does anyone else see in maybe 10 years, if the world hasn’t been “raptured”, that these wealthy individuals will lose interest in paying millions to 18 yr olds? I would think a certain level of boredom would set in. I mean, look at Texas A&M and all of the money they’ve wasted. No titles.

If they all want championships, most will live wanting and that doesn’t seem like a dignified way for a financial king to live. Oregon is still searching and this could be the year, but we’ll see.

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Re: About this current state of wild Wild West free agency CFB, Re: Billionaires and

It's a business model that shouldn't be sustainable. Plus, I do believe as this progresses, the "Haves" will have put smaller schools sooo far behind that the parity has gone out with the wind. And when I say little schools, I am not talking about the likes Wofford, App St, Citadel, etc, I am talking about the Clemson's, VT's, WV, Kentucky, Coots, Iowa's, Arizona, etc, that can't compete. At some point, either the fans or the schools will revolt (probably both) and some type of legal oversight committee will have to create some system to manage this world of college sports. What that model looks like, I don't have a clue, but when 20 schools or less are dominating the sports because they just buy all the top players from smaller schools, fans and schools will lose interest in investing into a 'No Win' scenario.