Re: College Football Is Officially Dead.

You have caps in place so that it's not always: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas/Ft. Worth winning championships!

So, smaller markets can compete and make competition more even. Good competition is what you are selling!

It's not good competition watching Ohio State obliterates Benedict College. A very extreme example - but the reason the two don't play each other is: "resources"!

It just wouldn't be fair competition and at the end of the day: "boring"!

The only time I want a blow out is when the Tigers play an opponent I was worried about not being able to beat. And, we end up blowing them out.
Otherwise, a good competitive game is better for me and TV viewership #'s where the Tigers win by only 3 td's(LOL).

Shooting fish in a barrell or anything else that's basically stacking the deck to ensure victory isn't "sport"!

You cap to even out the playing field. Clemson has a good amount of generous donors - but it's peanuts compared to A&M, Michigan, Texas, Ohio State, Penn State, FSU, etc.

I can tell you I have rarely if ever watched the Ohio State vs. Michigan game. It's NOT, my: "The Game"! I bring that up to say; "if CFB ends up being just a handful of teams that are not the teams I care about - I won't and I believe a sshhhh-ton of other people will be disenfranchised and alienated and simply will not watch it. That's what we have pro sports for. Which most of us pick our team based on what region we are from or who our parents grew up cheering for if you are from the Carolinas(Pre Panthers era).

But, with no cap and if my COLLEGE team isn't included in that mix. It will eventually dwindle down to just a few regions of the country. Will that be enough? Alienate pretty much the entire eastern seaboard. I don't think so.

So, caps are needed in short, LOL!

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Re: Yes it is.***

Dec 6, 2023, 2:48 PM

It "will be". It isn't today.

This point is what the posters on here who are all about CFB are talking about: "today".

The problem is: there is a good size portion of the population who refuse to watch the NFL or NBA because of the money the players make. **Just cutting to the nuts and bolts of it. They seem mad about the fact they are making millions to play a game. Yet, can sit on a job and make the fair market value for whatever type of work "they do". Should the players take less than the fair market value? Should a dentist? Doctor? Teacher? Construction worker? Laborer? Waitress? It pro? Nah, you take what that job pays.

Anyway: enough people aren't in their feelings enough about the money the pros make to shut it down and hurt the league.

As it relates to college ball - enter a situation where you only have teams from the midwest(Big 10 schools) and SEC schools. How long will it be before the only people watching are from Alabama? Or Ohio? CFB is fastly going toward alienating an entire portion of the football population. For example, if there are only 20 teams that fit into the new pay system and Clemson isn't in it. I can honestly say, "I have and I would bet most people who are "not" total watch football no matter what heads" would not be tuning in like that.
Ask the XFL? Euro-NFL? USFL? People have their pro-team already!
Someone from South Carolina or North Carolina aren't going to suddenly turn into Alabama or Penn State or Texas fans!
People in those states won't even support that as they likely support a school who isn't in the club!

When that affects TV viewership guess what happens: "less revenue". Less TV dollars because the casual fan already has a pro team to pull for and "their college team that couldn't afford to be in the small click of schools"!

You all aren't looking down the road of it. But, similar to a lot of the fallout we see in other areas where people don't seem to have vision; it will have to likely be too late before folks fully comprehend the dynamics of this.

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