P5 Conferences Are Getting Autonomy

Got5onIt · August 9, 2014

G5's need to come together and give the P5's the finger. Renegotiate TV contracts and setup their own National Championship. Then proclaim to the world the G5 champion is the true college National Champion, not the NFL Minor League the P5's have become. We all know this would be a Dog & Pony Show but it would piss the P5's off and keep the G5's in the national spotlight. The G5 gameplan should be to be the condescending A-Hole Douchebag to the P5's. Turn the knob up WWE style. Parlay that into a G5 vs P5 matchup or something.

Edited August 9, 2014 by Got5onIt

UNT90 · August 9, 2014

G5's need to come together and give the P5's the finger. Renegotiate TV contracts and setup their own National Championship. Then proclaim to the world the G5 champion is the true college National Champion, not the NFL Minor League the P5's have become. We all know this would be a Dog & Pony Show but it would piss the P5's off and keep the G5's in the national spotlight. The G5 gameplan should be to be the condescending A-Hole Douchebag to the P5's. Turn the knob up WWE style. Parlay that into a G5 vs P5 matchup or something.

But that would mean they wouldn't throw scraps our way anymore.

And make no mistake, we loooove us some scraps.

Ben Gooding · August 9, 2014

I'm telling you best case scenario is for the G5's to make one power conference. At this point it's about survival and that's our best shot.

oldguystudent · August 9, 2014

I have no concrete evidence for this. None. Not even vaguely veiled rumors. But I think we'll come out of this ok in the end.

UNT90 · August 9, 2014

I have no concrete evidence for this. None. Not even vaguely veiled rumors. But I think we'll come out of this ok in the end.

We never walked on the moon, Elvis ain't dead, you ain't goin crazy, it's all in your head.

DallasGreen · August 9, 2014

I would give up football completely before jumping ship to the owners of the NFL who continually fleece the sheep that follow them.

UNTexas · August 9, 2014

I would give up football completely before jumping ship to the owners of the NFL who continually fleece the sheep that follow them.

I guess you haven't been paying attention to college football much these last few years. At least the NFL is overt. They are paid professionals. College hypocrisy is a joke now.

Greenrex · August 9, 2014

Two articles from this morning's (8/9/14) NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/sports/federal-judge-rules-against-ncaa-in-obannon-case.html?emc=edit_th_20140809&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=61843218&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/sports/what-the-obannon-ruling-means-for-colleges-and-players.html?emc=edit_th_20140809&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=61843218

Got5onIt · August 9, 2014

The salaries of coaches like Mack brown & Nick Saban brought this on. These guys were making damn near $10mil a year. How ridiculous is that compared to the kids they are riding to their own pay days. And before anyone opens their mouth, NO. the cost of a college education fails in comparison to what these guys were collecting, annually.

Ben Gooding · August 9, 2014

I agree. Coaches should have never been paid as much as they are and I don't give a damn how much revenue they have provided to their universities. That money should have been put back into the university in some capacity and should have stayed there.

pastorgrant · August 9, 2014

The salaries of coaches like Mack brown & Nick Saban brought this on. These guys were making damn near $10mil a year. How ridiculous is that compared to the kids they are riding to their own pay days. And before anyone opens their mouth, NO. the cost of a college education fails in comparison to what these guys were collecting, annually.

And what kind of non-profit pays someone close to 8 figures? And if they start paying their players someone more than cost of attendance at the universities, they should have to pay payroll taxes. At some point the govt has to recognize that these programs should not be able to take tax free donations and skip out on sales tax, etc. They are just businesses like any others these days.

Edited August 9, 2014 by pastorgrant

UNT90 · August 9, 2014

The salaries of coaches like Mack brown & Nick Saban brought this on. These guys were making damn near $10mil a year. How ridiculous is that compared to the kids they are riding to their own pay days. And before anyone opens their mouth, NO. the cost of a college education fails in comparison to what these guys were collecting, annually.

Maybe, but the quality of life increase available with a college degree is nothing to sneeze at.

It doesn't just affect these players for 4 or 5 years, and to look at it that way is extremely short sighted.

Also, being a college athlete opens the door to college coaching opportunities, which opens the door to the possibility that one of these players could someday earn 10 million a year as a head football coach at the Alabama or UT.

Lets not just limit this to a 4 or 5 year impact. For the STUDENT ATHLETES that choose to take advantage of their FREE college education, it completely changes what their life may have otherwise been.

Care to put a price tag on that?

Edited August 9, 2014 by UNT90

Rudy · August 10, 2014

Lets not just limit this to a 4 or 5 year impact. For the STUDENT ATHLETES that choose to take advantage of their FREE college education, it completely changes what their life may have otherwise been.
Care to put a price tag on that?

One hundred billion dollars!!

GrandGreen · August 10, 2014

College football has dug a hole that I am afraid they will never dig out of. The bigs of the P5 will continue to spend money at ever escalating rates, and the poor among the P5 will fall further behind. At some point maybe twenty schools will be left to play at the highest level and even those at this point will be losing money. There will be even more corruption at the top than there is now, as schools essentially bid on athletes. The stipend will be maxed quickly at most P5's but the amounts associated with personal images, etc will greatly vary. They will lose tax free basis but it won't matter because even less than now will be making a profit. Their main competition will be the pros but unlike the pros who offset their loses with mammoth gains on the sale of their teams, the college will just lose money.

The only hope is at some point that things gets so outrageous, that College Administrators are forced to introduce a new model of college athletes.

Got5onIt · August 10, 2014

Maybe, but the quality of life increase available with a college degree is nothing to sneeze at.
It doesn't just affect these players for 4 or 5 years, and to look at it that way is extremely short sighted.
Also, being a college athlete opens the door to college coaching opportunities, which opens the door to the possibility that one of these players could someday earn 10 million a year as a head football coach at the Alabama or UT.
Lets not just limit this to a 4 or 5 year impact. For the STUDENT ATHLETES that choose to take advantage of their FREE college education, it completely changes what their life may have otherwise been.
Care to put a price tag on that?

Of course, the free education is valuable, but how often are these athletes brought in and put in curriculums not worth a damn just so they'll pass? How often are grades given/tampered? Let's be realistic here, most of these athletes are brought in for one thing and a lot of the big universities could care less what happens to them. Why do some universities have different entrance requirements for athletes? It just boils down to profits and the fat cats maintaining their ridiculous lifestyles, justifying it with "we're helping these kids get an education". Bull freakin' shit.