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  • EmotermanEmoterman Member Posts: 3,333

    Players may strike at individual institutions but nationally, unless they have uniform national representation, they won't.

    Keep in mind that the best-compensated players will be in anti-labor red states, fat and happy, they won't rock the boat.
    Pretty hard for the best compensated players to play without everyone else. NIL probably drives unionization even faster as the have-nots become envious of and embittered towards the players who are getting paid.
  • BleachedAnusDawgBleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 12,913

    There is no reason to expand the playoffs

    Need to open it up to more teams for the sake of recruiting. It's the same 3-4 teams every year which only extends the recruiting advantages at those schools. Other schools need a chance to sell the chance of playing in the playoffs if a kid goes to their school. Expand it or get rid of it entirely.
  • BleachedAnusDawgBleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 12,913
    Emoterman said:

    Players unionize, demand a share of revenues to be shared roughly equally amongst all players, and eat into the coaches' lucre.

    What was the driving force behind the infinite portal, by the way? I assume it will die down when portal products never see the field at their new school, but for now it's a shit show.
    I doubt that would drive down coaching salaries. What it would do is kill off non-revenue sports at schools.
  • LebamDawgLebamDawg Member Posts: 8,780 Standard Supporter
    the only reason BCS is better than the playoff system is Ty wasn't involved.

    Whatever they do I just do care about one thing, it should contain only league champions - only one member from a league allowed. So if they expand to 8 they better have 8 leagues to pick from. Independents be damned, join a frigging league if you want to win a phony championship.
  • Kingdome_UrinalsKingdome_Urinals Member Posts: 2,773
    Emoterman said:

    Pretty hard for the best compensated players to play without everyone else. NIL probably drives unionization even faster as the have-nots become envious of and embittered towards the players who are getting paid.
    I don't think players share uniform grievances. The only ones who feel exploited will be the ones who actually care about studying and are not competing for championships. i.e. Cal and Northwestern players.

    The SEC players would never strike because so many are taken care of financially and football is a religion and cultural obligation. They have systematic academic fraud in place. Also, keep in mind tons of CFB players pushed to play in the covid year, they didn't want a "work stoppage" over questionable conditions.

    The SEC played a full season by itself just fine. They don't need the rest of the country to play.

    Pac players might strike. In any case, if player compensation is tied to conference TV packages then it will be a tiered system, SEC at the top, Big behind, Pac in the rear. And the talent hemorrage from the Pac footprint will only accelerate.


  • MikeDamoneMikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781

    Need to open it up to more teams for the sake of recruiting. It's the same 3-4 teams every year which only extends the recruiting advantages at those schools. Other schools need a chance to sell the chance of playing in the playoffs if a kid goes to their school. Expand it or get rid of it entirely.
    How would you do it?
  • MikeDamoneMikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    Emoterman said:

    Pretty hard for the best compensated players to play without everyone else. NIL probably drives unionization even faster as the have-nots become envious of and embittered towards the players who are getting paid.
    At some point, there will be a salary cap. Cook it.
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