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Isn't that capitalism at its finest ? ? ? Squeezing out every last possible cent ? ? ? ? ?
No, that’s how marxists incorrectly view capitalism.
Let’s not forget this started with the schools themselves along with their conferences. Then trickled up to NCAA and all were in the business of profiting from football at a more and more sophisticated level. A general herd mentality is leading the herd over a cliff for fear of missing out and doing everything they can to stay competitive. To stay competitive now it looks like you’ll need money to buy the players. Therefore some some ‘lesser’ programs are willing to ‘go further’, like the big 12 of conference USA, to get as much as they can now. They’re “buying high” because everyone else is.
That’s barely scratching the surface of a very complex situation, but in the end you’ll see a great reset or some version of one. Inevitably at least some schools will say screw it, and form regional conferences with other like-minded and comparable schools. So… kind of like it was 100 years ago.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
LIV Big 12 conference. 40 minute games. Top Gun dogfight football rules (2 footballs, play offense and defense simultaneously). Highest NIL dollars to ex NFL QB's who come back to college (Dan Marino vs. Joe Montana rematch). Play in spring to compete with UFL. Blue bloods start out with 21 point lead.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Had a good chuckle at the thread name change.
Soooo I'm confused.... It was the 'Marxists' at USC that called up the B1G and asked if they could join, because they weren't making enough money in the PAC12 ? And they wanted to be more like 'Capitalists' ? ?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Taking it as a mathematical certainty that fan passion could never decline no matter how much you degrade the product isn’t an ideology, it’s just a factual error.
From the 2nd year of the PL's existence up until 2016, the Premier League had some form of sponsorship. They dropped Barclays from the name at the end of the 2015-16 season because they wanted a "clean" brand name for the competition similar to what there is with the major pro sports leagues in this part of the world.
I can see it now: Michigan vs Ohio State in the Ro-Tel Chilies Conference championship game — brought to you by Barbasol.
Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/lawsuit-settlement-change-college-athletics-100000988.html
Lawsuit settlement and revenue sharing will change college athletics. It may be time for UM to drop sports. The University of Miami and many of America’s other institutions of higher education suddenly found themselves last month having to prepare to engage in a dubious new line of business: operating teams in professional sports leagues. Now, with intercollegiate athletics turning pro, becoming more expensive, and increasingly vulnerable to the pernicious influence of sports gambling, it would arguably be a plus for UM if the money that alumni and boosters now contribute to UM’s sports programs could be redirected to further enhancing the school’s primary mission: education.
Whoever wrote that article needs to spend some time thinking about the premise.
Whether you think it's a good or bad thing. This is America and college sports produces way too much revenue and way too many very wealthy people love it. They are not going to separate college football from the universities(the major schools will be fine, smaller ones maybe not so much).
Congress will simply pass an anti trust exemption and quash the lawsuits if they seriously threaten college football.
There are potential upsides to these sponsorships. A few fanbases come to mind that would benefit greatly if their teams were sponsored by Vagisil or preparation h.
Steelyunk
- Tobacco Road
Some experts theorize that half of the colleges in America will close in 10 years. You could argue that athletics and STEM are the only things keeping colleges open.
To be completely fair there are so many tiny private or for profit colleges that half of them could probably close and most people wouldn't even notice and I'm not talking about schools with D1 sports programs.
It would be better for society if all the for profit ones closed tbh.
There is like 90+ colleges in the state of Illinois alone.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
1/2 is going a bit far, but I wouldn't doubt that 10% -15% do.
but well over 50% of the degrees offered by most colleges are worthless compared to their cost
3 years. Because there will not be an ACC. There will be 3 super conferences. That's how the money will be divided and controlled.
SampsonRelpenk
- Edwardsville, IL
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The Cologuard SEC (C-SEC) aka Southern Comfort.
The average college more often than not loses millions trying to run a Division 1 men's and women's athletic program
The university more often than not does not benefit from the revenue generated by athletics and the Athletic Association.
One would never find a business that loses millions per year supporting an activity that is now extremely far removed from its mission statement.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Dan Gilbert is also a Michigan State alum so the sponsorship is not that outrageous.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
It also part of an ongoing rivalry with Mat Ishbia, who is the CEO and majority shareholder of United Wholesale Mortgage Company (UWM). Mat Ishbia was a former Spartan basketball player who was on their 2000 championship team. Mateen Cleaves is actually part of his executive team. But, he purchased the Phoenix Suns / Phoenix Mercury last year and was forced to end his NIL arrangement with MSU to avoid any potential conflict of interest. UWM overtook Rocket as the #1 mortgage lender in the country in 2022.
Mat Ishbia, UWM ending name, image and likeness partnership with Michigan State
The name, image and likeness deal between Mat Ishbia's United Wholesale Mortgage and Michigan State athletes will end at the end of June.
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