The scuttlebutt seems to be that the SEC is posturing and that they will only break away in tandem with the B1G, as both conferences are leery of giving up the gains they have made if Cody Campbell gets his way.
Oh good god. Yes, those poor student-athletes that had scholarships worth $250,000+, networks that guaranteed jobs for life basically, incredible exposure for the next level. The horror! Let me guess you loved that hack Bill Rhoden’s book “40 million dollar slaves”?
That's a grossly
inflated valuation for scholarships, especially as the typical student gets a pretty decent discount by way of financial aid, which is why universities like scholarship athletes as they pay "full fare."
Plus many top universities offer
free tuition for families making $100k up to 200k, so big wup.
Especially as CFb players back in the day were getting scholarships for only playing
8, maybe 9 games (if include a bowl game).
Nowadays, players are playing a minimum of
12, with the potential to play
16 games like what IU did this past season.
So you're asking Hoosier players to play
double the games (with all the added risk of injury, nevermind the wear and tear) for the same comp that players got in playing 8 games - which is frankly asinine.
Plus, coaches and administratora (already richly compensated) get hefty
bonuses for additional games beyond the regular season.
So you expect everyone else to fat off the hog (the new standard for a coordinator is
$3.85 million/yr for Patricia, and that's not counting bonuses) except for those who are directly responsible for the revenue? Lol
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