Cignetti saying college football won't survive.......

[OG Goat Holder]

I agree, just been hearing it for 40 years.

I think western civilization is on a long slow descent to collapse, probably started in the 80s, will likely take another 25-50 years or so. Not that things won't increasing get worse and worse before then, it just takes a long time to collapse. I encourage folks these days not to have kids, life in this county 50 years from now, will probably be very hard for everyone but the elites.

You boomers love to say this, yall started it, your kids have to live with it, and yall think it’s just 17ing dandy. You self righteous pricks DEFINITELY don’t do anything to help.

DoNtHaVeKiDs, great advice

 

[Villagedawg]

True college football has been dead for at least 50 years. Maybe 60. We’ve just been pretending they were students all along. It’s just that now it’s obvious they aren’t.

 

[Delmar]

I really don't know how they coach teams when players walk in and demand more money because the school down the road has offered more. Then you have to go kiss *** to get more money from a booster. You never know who is coming back or how to build depth. It's just pay, plug and play.

Isn't that exactly what these coaches have been doing to ADs every year?

 

[8dog]

TV ratings don't equal a good product. The college football I grew up with died a few years ago. I occasionally watched wrestling. I don't think it's any good either, but I still watch it occasionally.

It’s a Phenomenal product. How the sausage is made is terrible. But Saturdays are still incredible

 

[Maroon13]

Isn't that exactly what these coaches have been doing to ADs every year?

Yes .... and ADs do the same thing as the boosters. Raise and raise the offers to keep the other school from getting them. Which has raised their salaries to unaffordable levels.

 

[HRMSU]

I’m in agreement with all of you. I’m just saying that eyeballs and money is all that matters to these people.

I think gambling is driving the ratings and I do agree that it hasn't impacted big games yet. Heck, it may not. Like someone mentioned it would be interesting to see how the ancillary businesses around the hard core college football fan are doing. It may not be dead but it definitely doesn't resemble the product that was around for most of our lifetimes. To some that's probably good and others bad. I'm in the whatever phase and I hate that I am.

 

[Called3rdstrikedawg]

It is amazing how many wealthy football fans will tell an 18-20 year old to bend over so then can kiss their young ***!

 

[ETK99]

Article to the right: https://www.on3.com/college/indiana...hen-college-football-changes-need-to-be-made/

I am so sick of this chicken little self righteous BS from these coaches, especially from the guy who just won the title. What he's REALLY saying is, HIS program may not be able to keep up, continuously. And what he's saying even more than that......is Mark Cuban, PLEASE continue to fund this thing so he can. Lane Kiffin say that same shlt, Nick Saban before him. It's like concern-trolling.

Look man, the schools are on the hook for the rev share.....that's it. So the SEC and B1G, as long as they have their TV deals, will survive. The whole P4 probably will. You don't have to pay anymore than that, and you don't have to pay that if you don't want.....so how exactly are the schools' expenses skyrocketing?

It's boosters paying for this. As long as they continue to pay, there's nothing stopping it. It's extra. When they stop, it goes back to the 20M rev share. It won't get any less than that.

What am I missing here, besides coaches just trying to sound the alarm for their own self interests? The huge salaries of these coaches from a damn NPO essentially is what truly got this stuff into any real type of unsustainable territory. We've been hearing this "1-2 years from collapse" crap since June 2021. Ironically, MSU winning a national championship, even in a minor sport, might be what sparked the junction point of the whole college sports space time continuum.

Most coaches, ADs, and school leadership all say the same because this isn't sustainable at all. We're getting really close to collective bargaining IMO. When that happens future coaching salaries will be lower and a salary cap will handle the rest. Athletic Depts. are going to go bankrupt in the next 5 years trying to keep up.

 

[Dawgbite]

in the land of the reality, not emotion, its never been more popular.

I’ll rephrase my statement. The college football that I learned to love as a youth and my early adulthood is dead. The product that we now call college football is in no way amateur athletics anymore and while it may be popular, it’s so far from the sport I grew to love that it’s become an afterthought to me.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I’ll rephrase my statement. The college football that I learned to love as a youth and my early adulthood is dead. The product that we now call college football is in no way amateur athletics anymore and while it may be popular, it’s so far from the sport I grew to love that it’s become an afterthought to me.

but, I don't think there was ever a time when big time CFB was pure. Plenty of stories of legendary coaches/programs, like Bear and Switzer, paying players, players not actually going to class, NFL players who could barely read, yet have college degree, etc. In fact it was probably dirtier in the 70s/80s, than today. When Johnny Manzel was at TA$M, there were we reports he was only on campus a couple of times (other than practice/games). We just didn't heard about stuff like before the internet/social media.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Most coaches, ADs, and school leadership all say the same because this isn't sustainable at all. We're getting really close to collective bargaining IMO. When that happens future coaching salaries will be lower and a salary cap will handle the rest. Athletic Depts. are going to go bankrupt in the next 5 years trying to keep up.

Of course they say this. It gives them built in protection from being fired. Then they are also subtly lighting a fire under the fans.

I'm not saying it's wrong, all humans do it. But I'm going to call it out.

 

[Dawgbite]

but, I don't think there was ever a time when big time CFB was pure. Plenty of stories of legendary coaches/programs, like Bear and Switzer, paying players, players not actually to class, NFL players who could barely read, yet have college degree, etc. In fact it was probably dirtier in the 70s/80s, than today. When Johnny Manzel was at TA$M, there were we reports he was only on campus a couple of times (other than practice). We just didn't heard about stuff like before the internet/social media.

No doubt you’re correct but as they say “ ignorance is bliss” and for many years I was perfectly ignorant.