LONG.This May Not Be A Popular Post RE. FB

Apr 21, 2024, 2:24 PM

Much is said and written about NIL and the demise of CFB. The players are being
blamed for the demise and fans want a return to the "good old days" of yesterday.

Players did not ruin CFB. GREEDY adults ruined it and continue to do so. Coaches in the top programs were being paid more than any other University employee, including the College President. They were also the highest paid State Government employee for State supported schools. Coaches and Universities were not honoring contracts, and Coaches were leaving for higher paying gigs or were terminated and paid millions to leave.

College athletic departments were making hundreds of millions on FB revenue which was/is footing the bill for all other sports programs.

Media companies and personnel were/are making billions. All of this billions of dollars were being created by teens and young adults barely out of their teens. Many of these young men/teens come from a economically poor background and 90% plus will never play professional FB.

These young men/teens were not allowed to even have a free McDonalds hamburger happy meal given to them by anyone connected to the University. A coach or team employee could not even let them ride in their car to go home even if the coach was going right past their house.

The NCAA and all those adults associated with CFB is what killed it.

The players were like employees at a multi- billion dollar company being paid in college credits for their work and could not be given a free meal at the local greasy spoon by any manager or supervisor.

Sooner or later, this greed at the expense of young people was bound to come to an end. And, I for one am happy that it has begun to turn. Coaches and fans pointing fingers at the athletes who produce the billions and blaming them for wanting a small piece of the pie is comical. Coaches making 10 million a year complaining about NIL and players being paid and changing teams is hypocritical.

How could those smarter than teens running this enterprise could not see this coming? I guess it was the same people who signed a 30 year GOR contract that had no look in clause so as to keep up with changing economic conditions.

Want to blame someone or something for the current and future state of CFB, blame all those adults who were enjoying the fruits of the product the student athletes were producing. And that includes the stupid NCAA.

At least a few coaches who were ignored knew that the athletes should have been sharing in the loot, even though it was a pittance.

So, IMHO, the adults in the room need to step forward and fix what they should have fixed long ago. Maybe Tony Elliott and the UVA AD have stepped up to the plate and got the Va. Legislature to pass a bill allowing schools in VA. To pay NIL directly to players with no NCAA interference. Each University athletic dept. should budget an amount for NIL payments, just as they budget personnel salaries. Also, Alumni associations can contribute money as well.

Rant over.