I just read the article and absorbed the details. I like that this represents a bipartisan effort regardless of whatever chances it has of passing in whatever form. The antitrust exemption to legally enforce some sensible rules seems very much a step in the right direction.
I really like the idea of one large tv deal if the Big Ten and SEC would join. I felt the NCAA went in the wrong direction in the first place setting the Big Ten and SEC apart to work out the alignment of the college football playoffs. And yes to prohibit further Big Ten and SEC expansion. This...
Fair enough. Why it pays not to get too caught up in stars and such. Just appreciate what they bring to the table at this level. Superstar centers have always seemed really hard to come by even before pay for play. I think we did well with McKeever and look forward to seeing how he develops...
Very disappointed to see Woodbury on this list. Adam will live out his life always under appreciated by the Iowa fan base.
I judge players simply by how they performed. Woodbury didn't dunk or have great offensive skills. He did the fundamentals really well IMO.
Always a good rebounder and I...
I didn't necessarily get the impression Pollard wants to see a split. He just has major frustration I think with his own situation and the general direction of things dominated by the two major conferences.
You touched on a key issue here spending. Spending in college athletics has become out...
You don't have to like Jamie Pollard or Iowa State to appreciate what he has to say here. College athletics have seriously started moving in the wrong direction and Pollard has a tough situation with Iowa State so seriously in debt. I find it interesting that the Big Ten has started looking into...
Thanks for sharing. Big fan of Sage and he seems well spoken. This thread hasn't gotten much traction which tells me people continue to sleep on Trevor Jirak. With the addition of McKeever we have the center position well covered next season which allows Cam maximum flexibility to help us where...
Have lived in the heart of SEC country going on 25 years and have always found it interesting from a college sports perspective. Just recently I spent a couple years in Gainesville. So I found our win over Florida in the NCAA tournament a special delight with Cooper Koch treating their fans to...
Just now read this Fran. Excellent breakdown of the issues surrounding this. I just happen to live in the area these meetings take place and support the SEC commissioner all the way on this. And I agree college football has much more to lose in this than basketball does with NCAA tournament...
That will come from Beth and I wonder how things stand on the renovation as well. In doing the reading I have on the financial state of college athletics it really pleases me to know that Iowa stands as on one of only a handful of schools in the country self sufficient in Athletics. Donor...
Absolutely correct on both points made here. It really dissapoints me to see the Big Ten pushing this although it doesn't surprise me. The money gravy train won't go on forever. Then comes untangling the mess we created in the first place.
Wow Evil Monkey alot to chew on here. It really hit home with me when you said the people pushing changes, pushing the drive for more $$$ are their own worst enemy. I could not agree more. Eventually you have to pay the piper and things will start to break down on the current path. The players...
Excellent point about the Academic Alliance. Agree with you totally that the Big Ten won't kick anyone out. Some will leave on their own to better their financial situations.
We get too focused on the money coming in. Even with the Academic Alliance revenues in my reading I learned that over...
What happens from here seems anyone's guess. These universities can't go on forever bleeding money in athletics when their primary job of educating students gets harder financially. You can only focus on the current situation not the past and we have a real mess. A Forbes article I read said...
We obviously look at this from two different perspectives. Let me share the figures I just looked up. UCLA has a debt of $219 million in 2026 going six years in a row in the red obviously including the time since they joined the Big Ten. Rutgers has a debt of $516.9 million after joining 12...