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Rick, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and not all change is progress. I have to imagine that the federal government will be forced to get involved if we start seeing a system where athletes, a huge of number of which are minorities, no longer have an opportunity to attend college (in essence, become disenfranchised) because the new…[Read more]

LFG!!!

Good things!

The answer is really simple. If you as a fan don’t like the current product on display or the ecosystem it’s in, then opt out. I haven’t watched an NBA or MLB game in over half a decade, and I’ve been a huge fan of baseball and basketball for almost my entire life. Once some time passes, you realize that you don’t miss the sport and you’re…[Read more]

Wahoo!

Miami,
That’s a brutal unintended consequence. Quite an insight.

Nice observation Bob. Calhoun was my first ouch the others are easily replaced we’re going to have room for about 30 quality replacements just part of what’s going to be going down in the future let’s get used to it

I don’t allow posting media directly to the site. You have to have an existing URL for media hosted elsewhere. The reason is that it costs more $$ for hosting as the storage space increases if users were uploading photos and videos. So unlike X or Facebook that have billions in revenue and can just pay for more servers and hard drive space, Ute…[Read more]

Likely the end game is that big-time college football is restricted to 30-40 schools, which is exactly what the networks want, and everybody else just drops sports altogether in a competitive manner. Think about it, why would an educational institution all of a sudden be beholden to sports in general and add a thousand more “employees” that…[Read more]

You both should give Baseball another go. I’d argue it’s been better now than ever. And the strike was a loooonnnngggg time ago.

I think when people were saying “pay the players” they were expecting some sort of contract or that teams would have salary caps. I was never the one to say “pay the players”. Not because I didn’t want it, but I knew it would change the sport I loved drastically.

likely the end game is a collectively bargained solution between the players and the NCAA that all NCAA colleges are beholden to. It will likely involve contracts that players have to sign and likely will include provisions for transferring and provisions for cutting players.

Kinda disagree, NFL execs are generally smart and understand that there are no rules in CFB anymore. These kids didn’t sign contracts committing them to be there for 4 years and are now trying to break the contract. It’s completely apples and oranges from the NFL.

Honestly, this is a naive sentiment in today’s age of CFB. It’s a nice statement and mentality but if you live and die by that and don’t let players come back after entering the portal, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Once you’ve committed for the season though, I’m with you 100%.

Well, yes big $$$ has played a role, but what really drove it were impactful court decisions that basically neutered the NCAA. Those court rulings had a far bigger impact on the current state of college sports than anything else.

“Where is the dedication? Maintain the same standards you expect from these athletes; your identity as a Ute was earned, not innate.”

Why should fans who pay to watch the athletes be held to the same standard as what we expect from the athletes? We pay they “earn” if you can call it earning. $7 mil for one year of college basketball is grotesq…[Read more]

ya no one complaint when we got Logan Fano from BYU