Kyle Whittingham, HC of University of Michigan, said there will be 50 million dollar rosters this year. And I would assume he is someone who would know.
What a sad mess! Soon the lower tier schools even in the Big10 and SEC will have trouble hanging with the elite programs. Most schools cannot afford 50 million for football and then add 30+ million for mens basketball before even considering the other sports (men’s and women’s). Maybe schools will just decide to go all in with one sport and let the others just drag along for the ride?
The fever isn’t close to breaking yet for the big boys. The Big Ten announced this past weekend a historic per school distribution averaging $76.1m per school. Ohio State topped the list at $91m! Just a year before the average was a paltry 63.2m per school, so everyone has an extra 13m+ burning in their pocket. SEC isn’t far behind with a 72.4m distribution per school.
And this is all just conference distribution (media payments basically). Add in ticket revenue and booster support and the faucet is still blasting for our better peers.
I fear the real risk here is going to be schools outside the power trying to stay somewhat competitive, which is unfortunately the exact bucket Mother Miami is throwing herself into. 8-10m dollar football roster and 200m dollar basketball arena. As a Miami sports fan I love it, but if I was a bond holder of the university, I’d be pulling at my collar a bit. All that is a lot of spending for a department that requires $25m a year in student fees/university support just to stay above water.
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Its just a matter of time before Arabic and Chinese characters dominate the adverisements in major college football
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Yes…foreign actors are totally the brands that we should be concerned about…. we should do everything in our power to make sure the brands tied to ED, hair growth, insurance, hardware, military, politics, male grooming, gambling, etc. are the only ones that can infect our minds on Saturdays.
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sorry, have you talked to your dr yet about your cholesterol?
They’ve already taken over the numbers!!
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The foreign menace is already here as an official NCAA sponsor!
And here you see the talent drain from mid majors to the Power programs. Yes, P5 players move down but they are the ones not producing if you will. So maybe they were above their element to begin with, or maybe they weren’t given an adequate chance. But clearly it is an inequitable system where the G5 are suffering a distinct and palpable talent drain. See the first post in this thread on 50 million dollar rosters. That explains why.
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I’m curious how many of those have transferred at least once before.
I still don’t see what the actual problem is.
Other than the “old man yelling at clouds” type of argument.
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The major thing I’d like to see “fixed” is the every year free agency. I don’t think its good for the students, the coaches, the programs, or the health of the sport.
I could be sold on a variety of solutions, but I think that’s the glaring wart that could kill the sport, especially at our level. I’ll root for Miami no matter what, but if we eventually end up in a world like much of the MAC where we are seeing basically no true returners each year, it will impact my enjoyment.
The horse is out of the barn and I’m ok with these guys getting every cent they can make, but I just don’t see how the sport survives without some sort of roster retention reform.
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Why is it bad for students?
Coaches adjust to the situation.
So isn’t it really just about your enjoyment? If Miami has 100% roster turnover every year and they win the MAC each time, is that good? Or will the fact you aren’t building some kind of rooting relationship with a kid from freshman year through senior year kill the feeling?
I don’t think its best for students to be switching schools 3-4 times in 4-5 years. If we want to throw away any semblance of collegiate sports having anything to do with academics, which we pretty much have, I guess that’s fine. But a lot of these guys will make a shit ton of money and then be standing there 5 years later with minimal credits, no real academic development over 5 years, no income source after being used to making and spending hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars, with little support.
I think its obviously better for the student if they spend their time making similar money at just 2 schools.
But yes, my enjoyment of college sports strongly dictates my feelings to how I’d prefer it to be. As I said, I’ll still be rooting for Miami no matter what.
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It’s all fine until schools start cutting non revenue sports because they can justify paying players if there’s a chance to make money but not when there isn’t. And not just men’s sports will be cut. I think this will happen across the board at schools of all sizes. This is what will truly ruin sports imo because favoritism wins over the true purpose of sports: campus enrichment. I think Arkansas cutting men’s and women’s tennis a week ago is the canary in the coal mine. They’re SEC! Money isn’t an issue. Until it is.
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Besides the athletes I am not sure who it is good for. It certainly isnt good for Miami students who have to fund the athletes trial runs at Miami until they find a better payday. The coaches lives became way harder but they had all the advantages before. I am not sure how it is good for the universities and you are seeing schools get rid of other departments and admin (which probably was bloated) to fund revenue share
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Wait, more proof.
https://x.com/tayloreldridge/status/2051784844191887370?s=46&t=Ry6smEDGYjFubmgi-1Cn6g
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Sad to see those sports get cut, but not surprising. If a Big 10 school starts cutting teams/programs then you truly know it is going down hill fast. They brought in the most revenue out of all conferences.
Don’t forget the agents.
Yeah, that’s not a positive. Thanks - I hadn’t heard about that.