Wonderful, everyone who thought this model was unsustainable and would be solved was only kidding themselves. It’s about to get much worse.College sports isn’t broken. Duke just proved it’s for sale. What if Ohio State is next?
If Duke basketball can sell its brand to Amazon, the real question is how much someone will pay when Ohio State football decides it’s done sharing.www.usatoday.com
JMI is already exploring jersey sponsorship deals.Do like the NBA put sponsors all over the jerseys look like a damn passport being stamped through ever country.
Or Texas with their Longhorn networks at one time.
If they get the eye balls. Amazon will pay. Kentucky gets the eye balls but have retards piloting the ship.
Agreed and that looks like the way we are heading. I wouldn’t care if UK played on Amazon cause I have Prime. It would suck for a lot of the older fans for sure. This new age blows imo. Is what it is though, gotta play with the fire and hope we don’t get burned.
Making the rich richer is what this country is all about! Some analysts are saying that eventually, if we are patient, it will trickle down to the smaller and less fortunate schools.
If something like that happens, I'm done. I'm already completely against paying collegiate players like they're semi-professional players, selling out logos, mascots, stadiums is my breaking point.JMI is already exploring jersey sponsorship deals.
Get ready for your University of Kentucky Skyline Chili Wildcats!
We may have the eyeballs in basketball but football rules. Plus many of our fans will refuse to pay streaming fees.
We have a big fanbase period. Agree about the last part. That’s the real issue. Just listen to KSR when a game is on a streaming service and the older people freak out. I personally wouldn’t mind it but I have all that stuff and know how to work it.
Sean Miller was reported to have said that there have been 10-15 schools which have already spent 20-25 million on basketball players for the upcoming season. These schools most likely include Louisville. Good luck to us. I don’t think we can swim in that pool for long.
BIG fish eat small fish the rich and powerful teams will use that to demolish others. You will start seeing the same top 10-20 teams getting the goods. It’s coming up with creative ways to spike your spending without bankrupting yourself.
Look no further than Texas. Miller seems to have it going on in Austin and he recruited well but did poor at Arizona. Texas has stupid money. Same for A&M.
It’s coming will be like the NBA with endorsements on the jersey. Wait until they start covering up their shoes because they have other school deals.
Heck, at this point lets get sponsorships by Jimmy Johns and Red Bull and the bench guys can be shown eating sandwiches and drinking on the bench all game.
I feel like we have entered our Idiocracy phase. Pope can open BBM talking about Brawndo and how "It's Got Electrolytes!"lol might as well pull some Ricky Bobby endorsement stuff.
Probably so but might as well get out in front of others and try that at this point.
Trickle down economics has never worked in the history of the world. Money flows uphill, **** flows downhill. This concept transcends civilizations, cultures, nations, etc.
Do we have the money to compete?College sports isn’t broken. Duke just proved it’s for sale. What if Ohio State is next?
If Duke basketball can sell its brand to Amazon, the real question is how much someone will pay when Ohio State football decides it’s done sharing.www.usatoday.com
What evidence do you have that this is true?
I actually think it is worse than you outlined here. I agree with everything you said for the most part. But I am not sure Kentucky is a top 25 contender with this model. There are easily 25 programs with more resources than Kentucky. I might argue we are second in or own state. Time will tell. But I don't look for Kentucky to ever win a championship again. Really I don't think they will ever come close. I was born and raised here. I have seen 4 coaches win championships. I never thought I would see this. And to be honest I am at the point of not caring. I think I only care out of habit. I'd rather watch horse racing, go for a run, go for a hike. The weather is about the only reason I would watch a game anymore. Winter is tuff to get out sometimes. And there is no daylight. I miss so many games now. I just don't watch. It's not fun. It's brutal. Find new things to do. It would not be fun anyway if you win with Team Amazon....would it? Or team Papa Johns. Or team UPS. It is like minor league baseball, except even they have a draft and some rules.
