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Originally Posted by Atocep
I think a large number of college football fans understand what you're saying, but looking at it from a sports standpoint it's probably going to eventually lead to the death (or most certainly, strong decline) of the sport. From a competitive balance standpoint what we're seeing isn't sustainable and Jackson State may land a player because of Deion's connections, but anyone that follows college football at all knows the schools that will win the money game in the end.
If you took MLB, the NBA, or the NFL and made the players free agents, only paid them a living wage, but put no limit on the endorsement deals they could land the sports wouldn't last very long.
Like I said, what we're seeing isn't sustainable. Either the money dries up, the fans lose interest, or a combination of the two.
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Competitive balance? The same handful of schools have dominated for some time now. Position coaches at Alabama make considerably more money than the head coach at a MAC school. The athletic department budget at Ohio State is 10 to 20 times that of a Sun Belt school. All of these things bring massive competitive balance issues to the sport.
None of you have given a shit about competitive balance. You ain't fooling anyone.