Future of college football

[MUTHFAN]

Curious to see what everybody hopes to see for the future of college football.

Personally I believe college football should be about regionality and long standing rivalries. Thus initially I’ve be nauseated by the BIG10’s USC and UCLA add, as well as the SEC’s Texas and Oklahoma add. I was hopeful the college football playoff would expand to include all 10 conference champions, increasing parity amongst conferences.

Now I feel like we have one foot in and one foot out. My new current preference would be for the BIG10 and the SEC to each add to 24 members with 6 team pods. With 48 teams total it should prevent some of the elite schools from being left out as well as gaining back some regionality and long standing rivalries. The two conferences could essentially break away and establish their own division. BIG10 and SEC conference champions verse off ever year for a national title game.

This would also open up an opportunity for the remaining 8 conferences to reform and develop a postseason much like FCS that would become meaningful.

What do you guys think?

 

[MUTHFAN]

For the record here are my fictional conferences.

BIG10:
*West pod - USC, UCLA, (New) Stanford, (New) Washington, (New) Oregon, (New) Utah.
*East pod - Penn St, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, (New) UVA, (New) UNC
*North pod - Ohio St, Michigan, Michigan St, Northwestern, Illinois, and (New) Notre Dame
*Midwest pod - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Purdue and (New) Colorado

Note that other than Notre Dame, all new members are AAU members. Other options I considered were Kansas and Arizona for that reason.

SEC:
*West pod - Texas, Texas A&M, (New) Texas Tech, Oklahoma, (New) Oklahoma St and Arkansas
*SouthEast pod - Florida, (New) Florida St, (New) Miami, Georgia, South Carolina and (New) Clemson.
*North pod - Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, (New) NC State, (New) Virginia Tech and (New) West Virginia.
*MidSouth pod - Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss St and Missouri.

 

[HerdyGurdyMan]

Curious to see what everybody hopes to see for the future of college football.

Personally I believe college football should be about regionality and long standing rivalries. Thus initially I’ve be nauseated by the BIG10’s USC and UCLA add, as well as the SEC’s Texas and Oklahoma add. I was hopeful the college football playoff would expand to include all 10 conference champions, increasing parity amongst conferences.

Now I feel like we have one foot in and one foot out. My new current preference would be for the BIG10 and the SEC to each add to 24 members with 6 team pods. With 48 teams total it should prevent some of the elite schools from being left out as well as gaining back some regionality and long standing rivalries. The two conferences could essentially break away and establish their own division. BIG10 and SEC conference champions verse off ever year for a national title game.

This would also open up an opportunity for the remaining 8 conferences to reform and develop a postseason much like FCS that would become meaningful.

What do you guys think?

The future of college football will be the SEC with 20 teams, and the Big 10 with 20 teams. Those 40 teams will play by their own rules. They will pay players big money and have no limits on scholarships. They will refuse to play any teams outside their little clique. They will have their own playoff and National championship. The result will be that people will eventually get bored with it. The NFL on Sunday will be more interesting than NFL junior on Saturdays. Most young people these days aren’t nearly as interested in sports as previous generations anyway and I see all sports in general becoming less and less important in people’s minds.

 

[MUTHFAN]

The future of college football will be the SEC with 20 teams, and the Big 10 with 20 teams. Those 40 teams will play by their own rules. They will pay players big money and have no limits on scholarships. They will refuse to play any teams outside their little clique. They will have their own playoff and National championship. The result will be that people will eventually get bored with it. The NFL on Sunday will be more interesting than NFL junior on Saturdays. Most young people these days aren’t nearly as interested in sports as previous generations anyway and I see all sports in general becoming less and less important in people’s minds.

I am rather afraid this could lead to the death of college football. That said we are already halfway committed to the two mega conferences, since they decapitated the Big12 and PAC12. I believe the only way to save what makes college football great (regional games and rivalries) is by letting them finish what they started. I personally believe stopping at 40 teams will kill too many rivalries and make many teams to spread out for the average fan to travel to. While I’m okay with paying players, there will have to be more regulation or it’ll get out of hand as well.

 

[OldielovesHerd]

I am rather afraid this could lead to the death of college football. That said we are already halfway committed to the two mega conferences, since they decapitated the Big12 and PAC12. I believe the only way to save what makes college football great (regional games and rivalries) is by letting them finish what they started. I personally believe stopping at 40 teams will kill too many rivalries and make many teams to spread out for the average fan to travel to. While I’m okay with paying players, there will have to be more regulation or it’ll get out of hand as well.

Paying players extravagant money is ruining baseball...do we really want the same thing to happen to college football?...are not the ticket prices high enough already?..do you want small colleges to not have a chance?

 

[TwolfHerdfan]

As long as the fan/consumer is willing to pay for tix, donations, etc., this will continue to escalate.

 

[MUTHFAN]

Paying players extravagant money is ruining baseball...do we really want the same thing to happen to college football?...are not the ticket prices high enough already?..do you want small colleges to not have a chance?

I agree paying players extravagant money could be destructive, but if the top 40 or 48 teams want to break away and pay their students athletes a base salary of 50k or so I’d say they’re deserving of it.

 

[Jartard]

At this point, I wish the SEC would just add every major team and eliminate the NCAA since that is the end game anyways. Let the rest of us move forward.

 

[greengeezer]

Wouldn’t you love to be a college student today? Imagine sitting in class knowing you are piling up debt from student loans and working a part time job to make it through while sitting next to you is some guy who is already a millionaire because he plays football.

 

[i am herdman]

Wouldn’t you love to be a college student today? Imagine sitting in class knowing you are piling up debt from student loans and working a part time job to make it through while sitting next to you is some guy who is already a millionaire because he plays football.

And, he would never be in that college unless he could play football.

Can you imagine being a veteran of a war or a disabled service member and you look over and you got you GI Bill and then the guy next to you is getting it all paid for and is making a million bucks because he can dunk a basketball?

 

[OldielovesHerd]

Wouldn’t you love to be a college student today? Imagine sitting in class knowing you are piling up debt from student loans and working a part time job to make it through while sitting next to you is some guy who is already a millionaire because he plays football.

Agree totally here..and these players will be just like the professionals they will demand those lucrative salaries and this certainly wont be good for Marshall. The whole ides of paying them when they already have a free scholarship just sucks.

 

[HerdyGurdyMan]

Wouldn’t you love to be a college student today? Imagine sitting in class knowing you are piling up debt from student loans and working a part time job to make it through while sitting next to you is some guy who is already a millionaire because he plays football.

That football player sitting next to you in class has valuable skills that you don’t have. Do you get mad that your doctor or dentist makes more money than you? Do you want to live in a capitalist country or a socialist country?

 

[OldielovesHerd]

That football player sitting next to you in class has valuable skills that you don’t have. Do you get mad that your doctor or dentist makes more money than you? Do you want to live in a capitalist country or a socialist country?

I want to live in a capitalist country that looks out for everyone not just the privileged. Doctors and dentists have gone to many years of schooling and give us a much needed service whereas athletes just entertain us if we choose.

 

[HerdyGurdyMan]

I want to live in a capitalist country that looks out for everyone not just the privileged. Doctors and dentists have gone to many years of schooling and give us a much needed service whereas athletes just entertain us if we choose.

Randy Moss, you have extremely valuable skills, but these skills came naturally to you. You didn’t earn them like a doctor did after going to many years of college. Also, although your skills are extremely lucrative, they are just for our entertainment and not for a valuable service like what a doctor has. Therefore, the money you earn from your unique football abilities will be distributed equally to all.

OldielovesHerd, just admit it, like a lot of woke folks these days, you want to live in a socialist country. You don’t really like capitalism even though you claim you do. I hear that Bernie Sanders will make another run at the presidency. He is your man!

 

[greengeezer]

That football player sitting next to you in class has valuable skills that you don’t have.

When I attended college, I had the necessary academic skills to succeed at any field I chose at the institution. It is a shame the the original purpose of a college to educate has changed to entertainment. I admit I have no entertainment skills.

 

[i am herdman]

That football player sitting next to you in class has valuable skills that you don’t have. Do you get mad that your doctor or dentist makes more money than you? Do you want to live in a capitalist country or a socialist country?

He doesn't have valuable skills, he has skills that a market will pay for. He can't fix my body, save my life, or repair my body. He has no real skills at all. He is a benefactor of the system. I am all for that. If he plays the game and gets paid ok, doesn't mean I have to like it or support it. I also helped pay for the building he uses to play ball or stadium and facilities and the classroom he sits in. I am not sure this is capatalistic at all. Much of it is on the backs of taxpayers. Privatize it then have at it.

I guarnatee I am to the right of Newt Gingrich. But this thing in college sports stinks to high heaven. It is somewhwere between Enron and Bernie Madoff. I am all for making money, but that doesn't mean I trust all the bastards on Wall Street or the board rooms either.

 

[Weirgreen]

This conversation about realignment of college football is getting very old and boring. I’m with the gentleman who indicated younger people don’t care about college football or sports in general. There are no established guidelines or precedence to follow nor are there realistic expectations for the future. Money and prestige are driving the bus. I for one will stick to my college alma mater and enjoy game day experience cheering for victory over whomever we play. Championships are great for the trophy case but in reality little else. Just my take on a subject I will no longer entertain.

 

[OldielovesHerd]

Randy Moss, you have extremely valuable skills, but these skills came naturally to you. You didn’t earn them like a doctor did after going to many years of college. Also, although your skills are extremely lucrative, they are just for our entertainment and not for a valuable service like what a doctor has. Therefore, the money you earn from your unique football abilities will be distributed equally to all.

OldielovesHerd, just admit it, like a lot of woke folks these days, you want to live in a socialist country. You don’t really like capitalism even though you claim you do. I hear that Bernie Sanders will make another run at the presidency. He is your man!

You assume way too much ..and you are way off the main subject about paying athletes in college.