College football fans can only take so much nonsensical changes of transfer portal, playoff

[Sheffielder]

I felt a kinship to this editorial and wanted to share...

College football fans can only take so much nonsensical changes of transfer portal, playoff

College football is bleeding loyalty with its decisions surrounding the playoff, NIL and portal, and it may soon impact its unwaveringly loyal fans.

www.usatoday.com

 

[stpaulcat]

The transfer portal is beginning to remind me of the joke wall with little doors on Laugh In, where the various characters pop in and out.

 

[CatManTrue]

The transfer portal is beginning to remind me of the joke wall with little doors on Laugh In, where the various characters pop in and out.

View embedded media

 

[Catreporter]

At this rate, they are going to kill the golden goose. The transferring, the bidding wars and the lack of any clear rules governing eligibility is taking all the air out of the football and basketball. I don't think the House court settlement is the answer. Anti-trust legislation to stop all the litigation of every little thing? Perhaps , but there has to be some kind of order. Chaos doesn't work, and fans are only going to pony up so much money to watch it.

 

[Eurocat]

This is a pretty good analysis of the situation.

There’s a Common Misperception About the Supreme Court and NIL

Fans, journalists & others have misstated the U.S. Supreme Court's role in NIL, a topic SCOTUS has not addressed and didn't address in NCAA v. Alston.

www.sportico.com

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

At this rate, they are going to kill the golden goose. The transferring, the bidding wars and the lack of any clear rules governing eligibility is taking all the air out of the football and basketball. I don't think the House court settlement is the answer. Anti-trust legislation to stop all the litigation of every little thing? Perhaps , but there has to be some kind of order. Chaos doesn't work, and fans are only going to pony up so much money to watch it.

As long as you win or have a chance to win it all, the money will flow into the program from the fans.

 

[Catreporter]

As long as you win or have a chance to win it all, the money will flow into the program from the fans.

Yeah, but how many teams will be left with chances to win it all!

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Yeah, but how many teams will be left with chances to win it all!

The same one’s as always. The one’s with the most money.

 

[Jaguar 88]

The same one’s as always. The one’s with the most money.

That is the problem. My best friend whom I met at EMU and was a huge CFB fan, like me, told me he has pretty much thrown in the towel with regards to CFB because of the current situation with regards to NIL and the portal. If there is only going to be only a dozen programs that will truly matter, why care. To be honest, I am in the same mindset. My alma mater is an average MAC team, the other one is Divison II. NU is bleeding talent via the portal to teams that aren't really in the natty hunt, much less a conference championship. Why invest time and effort in a program that isn't going anywhere? I am not going to waste 4 hours watching games that really don't matter. The entertainment value evaporates. The fun is pretty much gone.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

That is the problem. My best friend whom I met at EMU and was a huge CFB fan, like me, told me he has pretty much thrown in the towel with regards to CFB because of the current situation with regards to NIL and the portal. If there is only going to be only a dozen programs that will truly matter, why care. To be honest, I am in the same mindset. My alma mater is an average MAC team, the other one is Divison II. NU is bleeding talent via the portal to teams that aren't really in the natty hunt, much less a conference championship. Why invest time and effort in a program that isn't going anywhere? I am not going to waste 4 hours watching games that really don't matter. The entertainment value evaporates. The fun is pretty much gone.

This the prevalent view, especially for people over 60 years old. There is no doubt there needs to be controls put in around NIL and transfers ( pouching, mainly). However, if consistently winning Championships is what “truly matters” then there has always only been about a dozen programs that matter. NU never mattered. Yet, here we are in a forum, with diehard Alumni and fans. Didn’t keep us away before, yet the results have been and will be very similar.

This is not a dying sport. It’s a sport that requires some type of regulation to keep a semblance of competitive balance. TV viewership is strong, attendance is fine and most importantly the money is flowing from both media contracts and the donations from crazy fans.

The issue most can’t get past is how ugly and distasteful the process of securing talent has gotten. Ridiculous salaries and mercenaries in both the player and Coaching ranks. It’s the fans that have causing the issue and the fans with money are prevailing over the old school fans today.

 

[prez77]

This the prevalent view, especially for people over 60 years old. There is no doubt there needs to be controls put in around NIL and transfers ( pouching, mainly). However, if consistently winning Championships is what “truly matters” then there has always only been about a dozen programs that matter. NU never mattered. Yet, here we are in a forum, with diehard Alumni and fans. Didn’t keep us away before, yet the results have been and will be very similar.

This is not a dying sport. It’s a sport that requires some type of regulation to keep a semblance of competitive balance. TV viewership is strong, attendance is fine and most importantly the money is flowing from both media contracts and the donations from crazy fans.

The issue most can’t get past is how ugly and distasteful the process of securing talent has gotten. Ridiculous salaries and mercenaries in both the player and Coaching ranks. It’s the fans that have causing the issue and the fans with money are prevailing over the old school fans today.

I think there are more than a dozen potential champs, or close to champs. Indiana of all teams just snuck in. TCU. Cincinnati. Just in the Big10, it would be no surprise for Washington, Oregon, USC, Iowa, OSU, PSU, Michigan or Wisconsin to regularly challenge. I imagine Nebraska thinks it will be good again and I can imagine Michigan State rising up from time to time. And on the flip side, "Bama and Michigan managed to look pedestrian this season.

 

[Jaguar 88]

This the prevalent view, especially for people over 60 years old. There is no doubt there needs to be controls put in around NIL and transfers ( pouching, mainly). However, if consistently winning Championships is what “truly matters” then there has always only been about a dozen programs that matter. NU never mattered. Yet, here we are in a forum, with diehard Alumni and fans. Didn’t keep us away before, yet the results have been and will be very similar.

This is not a dying sport. It’s a sport that requires some type of regulation to keep a semblance of competitive balance. TV viewership is strong, attendance is fine and most importantly the money is flowing from both media contracts and the donations from crazy fans.

The issue most can’t get past is how ugly and distasteful the process of securing talent has gotten. Ridiculous salaries and mercenaries in both the player and Coaching ranks. It’s the fans that have causing the issue and the fans with money are prevailing over the old school fans today.

It will die a slow death, especially if the economy tanks. The entertainment value isn't there and the younger generations don't care as much. They have cheaper ways to entertain themselves. Think I am wrong? Just look in the mirror. You will have more maize and blue or scarlet and grey wearing fans in the new stadium than those who wear purple when the big boys come to Evanston. EMU games were packed when I was a student. Now Rynearson is maybe a quarter filled at best. If the games don't really matter, why pay a ton of $$$$? Seriously, the entertainment value goes down drastically if the games don't matter. I am 55, not quite 60, but we were into the games, and had much longer attention spans. The bigger programs will be fine, but for struggling programs, it will be scary. Especially if we are indeed heading for tough times.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

It will die a slow death, especially if the economy tanks. The entertainment value isn't there and the younger generations don't care as much. They have cheaper ways to entertain themselves. Think I am wrong? Just look in the mirror. You will have more maize and blue or scarlet and grey wearing fans in the new stadium than those who wear purple when the big boys come to Evanston. EMU games were packed when I was a student. Now Rynearson is maybe a quarter filled at best. If the games don't really matter, why pay a ton of $$$$? Seriously, the entertainment value goes down drastically if the games don't matter. I am 55, not quite 60, but we were into the games, and had much longer attention spans. The bigger programs will be fine, but for struggling programs, it will be scary. Especially if we are indeed heading for tough times.

There has always been more scarlet and grey in Evanston than Purple. Back to the days your Uncle coached. If there is a “Super League of say 40-50 programs, the viewership and donations would go through the roof. So would media rights. The sport is fine. Splitting into the “haves” and the “ have nots” is inevitable at some point, if there isn’t a collective bargain between schools and players. This might even help the NU’s and EMU’s as they were settle into their weight class.