TIgreen01

He graduated college in 1940. His professional career had to be over by the mid-80s. Was our pipeline to Denton crappy back then? Or are you just remembering the past 20 years or so?

Sorry, what I meant is why couldn’t they just play their own in-conference rivals twice a year (once home, once away, every season) if the goal is to keep home games high. Who’s to say they play ANY OOC games in the future if all conferences are guaranteed spots in the playoff?

Why couldn't they just play each other home AND away? (obviously depending on limiting divisions to manageable sizes)

How did I miss that Scrappy was missing!?! I’m embarrassed.

So...East Carolina is what you've got. That's the one school on your list that supports well while historically not winning. Navy numbers are confusing as they probably get to count the Army-Navy game that draws 65k+. The rest of those are not what I'd call drawing good attendance. Better than UNT? Yes. Good? No.

Welp, that's not good news for us. We don't stack the box. Ever. Under any circumstances. Your RBs will set season records. Write it in ink. Having said that, we're hopefully still starting Chandler Morris by then. If he's still upright we will have enough offense to stay in the game. Getting Tech the week before is not great timing.

Got it and love it, so far. They have done a remarkable job of nailing the gameday atmosphere at DATCU. We even have the chants included....both the North Texas Fight and plain ole great North --- Texas! Fans do the claw and crowds look almost identical to real life when we play the smaller, more unknown schools. Looks like both the new unis and all the odd combos we've had over the past few years are included, as well (except the flying worm 😞). Only thing really missing is the cannon after we score.

Name them. This is positive, in my book. Still hate NIL, but at least we're not standing pat and doing nothing. That's better than where I thought we were, literally, yesterday. Now, hope this guy can fundraise like the last SLC product we had in here. Dodge couldn't win, but he dang sure could recruit (players, donors, excitement).

The best line from that article that sums up my feelings was this one... " the essence of sports is everyone starting at the same spot." Hasn't been that way for a while in FBS, but up until NIL we at least had some schools trying to do it the right way. This is my biggest gripe, as well. We're all getting screwed over royally in the G6. All the angst and apathy that we are all feeling can be harnessed and weaponized...but all these school administrators seem to be more worried about burning bridges with potential employment options. The schools who are stepping up have alums stepping up and taking things into their own hands. SMU, as much as I hate their friggin guts, is a perfect example. Here at UNT, I think we're all waiting for someone to step up and save us instead of using our collective size as a means to influence our situation positively. SMU took the easy way out, one rich donor was all they needed. We are going to have to pull together to make enough noise to force the change. I don't expect our AD or President to do much unless we hold their feet to the fire.

Yes

Yes, but I care about UNT above all else. We would lose the top half of AAC and end up back in CUSA effectively.

I don’t know why you’re laughing. ACC would then raid AAC and we’re not going as long as the school you’re laughing at is in it.

Really have to stop with the crap about liberal arts. I was in the school of business, but literally all the rest of my tailgating crew was in some form of the arts or teaching. Common thread is that we all played sports growing up and care about sports. Most of those kids now go to “football” schools. I have no clue what we’re doing in the admissions department but I’m sure there is a certain profile that is more likely to be engaged on campus, with sports and that will end up as a donor. Start there if you want to see change.

And yet the NE is what is driving the BiG having the largest media payout. At the end of the day, this is all about money.

Guess this is the first sign of condensing into one power league, not two. The league that owns the Northeast is going to be the last one standing.

The pay for play isn't new and the field has never been level. Yeah, no argument there.

This is fact. Which is why they are absolutely chomping at the bit with excitement right now. The pay to play era, free of the "cheating" label now, is something that they can absolutely do well in. You'll note that the mere mention of any kind of model to level the field, even out revenues, or add competitive balance is met by their fans like a cross to a vampire. Which I think is a great analogy for their rich donors.

Which is why that, too, will fail.

After the "deal" that the A5 schools negotiated where we pay for all of their past NIL damages, I have no earthly idea why we would ever consider granting them MORE POWER! What a bunch of spineless sacks of empty poo we are if we vote for and approve this.

For UNT I’m probably around a 3 or 4. For all of the rest of CFB (daughter goes to a P5 and wife is a big supporter of Baylor) I’m at a 0. I’m not buying tickets to or watching a game involving A5 teams after they screwed everyone and everything. The settlement they forced upon us to cover for their cheating was the last straw. I badly want a way to stick it to the A5 schools while helping UNT as much as I can.

I’m of the impression that’s what is happening. I haven’t read the fine print, but am assuming the players getting back pay are all getting a similar or standard set payment. That’s the only way to justify the non A5s paying more. Collectively there are more of us than them. Is there some way to go back in time to determine that one player’s value was more than another’s?

As others have pointed out, breaking away doesn't stop them from raiding our rosters. I'm afraid there is no going back. We all need to push for player contracts.

The Jared Mosley appearance on Matt Mosley’s podcast is posted here and worth a listen. Sounded like non-revenue sports will take a hit but football and basketball will continue on.

No to this. There are already established models all over the sports world that can be followed here in college sports. None of them punish a player for making it to a top level team. That's what this would do. Instead, the focus is usually on trying to get a return on the investment. Which means that they will want to help the player continue to develop and hope the player's value eventually meets or exceeds the contract. Allow the big schools to loan guys out, or sell for pennies on the dollar.