I volunteer for blood pressure medication studies.
rootube said:
Just a reminder that Kirby Smart just signed a $112M contract and nobody seemed to think this was the beginning of the end for college football.
And what has changed in this today, vs the past 30 years?Quote:
Amateur athletics with student athletes matters to me. Otherwise, you just have what amounts to team associated in name only with a school.
Want to try a home game without the FTAB? The athletic department knows what they contribute. Dr. Rhea has often stated the athletic department has never turned down a request. With people of your attitude in charge, college football would become minor league pro ball with half full stadiums on pay-per-view.Showstopper said:Calm down. If it spreads to the SEC, the SEC distributions are primarily from TV, and TV barely shows the band, so we can continue not paying your irrelevant BQ and CT asses.68RebelE said:
Beware what you agree with. I love college sports & ignore the professional leagues. Paying everyone that participates is ridicules. I marched in behind the band for 4 years & now you want to "pay the band" .... and the Corp.... and, and?
If it threatens college sports , grow a pair & just say No!
That's what I'll do!
If the band never showed up again, Kyle Field would still be full every weekend when we are playing teams that matter.Quote:
Do you really believe the all the people in CS for the weekend came for the football? Really?
20ag07 said:If the band never showed up again, Kyle Field would still be full every weekend when we are playing teams that matter.Quote:
Do you really believe the all the people in CS for the weekend came for the football? Really?
Sq 12 Ag said:
I don't know about now, but when I worked in the athletic department in the 90's, we had class checkers. Coach Slocum would get the list of players that had skipped class on a daily basis.
TXAGBQ76 said:
And most Aggies said the same thing "beat texas, don't care".
Reno Hightower said:rootube said:
Just a reminder that Kirby Smart just signed a $112M contract and nobody seemed to think this was the beginning of the end for college football.
Because it's only the end of college football if Jimbo Fischer signs $112M contract.
Another natty for them, you meant.Quote:
If he wins a natty they may give him $212M
The fans are about to not have to sit through home games against Sam, App State and UMass. Which is 25% better for TV fans, 40+% for us season ticket holders.Quote:
kind of the bottomline...the more "rights" the players get...the worse it is for the fans
Considering what coaches, AD's, various administrators, production staffs, and fundraisers are making off the backs of college football today...Loyalty said:
NCAA should just say no. "If you don't want to play the way that it is now, then go play in the NFL or the Canadian league. If you're not good enough to do that yet then you can play college football, get a free education and any NIL deal that might be afforded to you.
Here comes Title X, requiring all participants in the game day "show," in all sports, to be compensated according to an algorithm of spaceship guidance complexity.TheTruthsLastHope said:20ag07 said:If the band never showed up again, Kyle Field would still be full every weekend when we are playing teams that matter.Quote:
Do you really believe the all the people in CS for the weekend came for the football? Really?
Exactly. Any deals being made will be for players only. Cheerleaders and band member wouldn't have any slice of the pie. There simply not needed if it ultimately came down to it. But I suspect a scholarship for band members and whatever dancing opportunities that come with cheerleading would suffice.
Do you really think people show up to watch the FTAB? Really?mortal said:Want to try a home game without the FTAB? The athletic department knows what they contribute. Dr. Rhea has often stated the athletic department has never turned down a request. With people of your attitude in charge, college football would become minor league pro ball with half full stadiums on pay-per-view.Showstopper said:Calm down. If it spreads to the SEC, the SEC distributions are primarily from TV, and TV barely shows the band, so we can continue not paying your irrelevant BQ and CT asses.68RebelE said:
Beware what you agree with. I love college sports & ignore the professional leagues. Paying everyone that participates is ridicules. I marched in behind the band for 4 years & now you want to "pay the band" .... and the Corp.... and, and?
If it threatens college sports , grow a pair & just say No!
That's what I'll do!
Do you really believe the all the people in CS for the weekend came for the football? Really?
12thMan9 said:Do you really think people show up to watch the FTAB? Really?mortal said:Want to try a home game without the FTAB? The athletic department knows what they contribute. Dr. Rhea has often stated the athletic department has never turned down a request. With people of your attitude in charge, college football would become minor league pro ball with half full stadiums on pay-per-view.Showstopper said:Calm down. If it spreads to the SEC, the SEC distributions are primarily from TV, and TV barely shows the band, so we can continue not paying your irrelevant BQ and CT asses.68RebelE said:
Beware what you agree with. I love college sports & ignore the professional leagues. Paying everyone that participates is ridicules. I marched in behind the band for 4 years & now you want to "pay the band" .... and the Corp.... and, and?
If it threatens college sports , grow a pair & just say No!
That's what I'll do!
Do you really believe the all the people in CS for the weekend came for the football? Really?
Jimbo4win said:TXAGBQ76 said:
And most Aggies said the same thing "beat texas, don't care".
Yep, that attitude hopefully doesn't exist anymore but I know it still does, especially "old army". I feel
Like Jimbo sets the tone-"we are playing to win national titles". End of story..
merch said:
Totally agree. My prediction from a year ago is that within a decade college ball is basically dead. I see minor league NFL. At first that may not seem bad to folks but with that I see half empty college stadiums as the sport becomes largely irrelevant (just like every other minor league sport nobody watches).
College football will initially have some kids getting free education and some choosing just to play football. Freshmen or senior won't matter because being a student won't. If you are not good enough to go to NFL but good enough ATM pays you 100,000, you may be on the Aggie team for a decade. Teams will simply be affiliated with the college but not really part of it.
The box has been opened, the sport will destroy itself in time.
rootube said:
Can everyone who is saying college football is ruined and won't exist because players can make money and transfer, give a date when you predict this will happen? I want to mark my calendar to come back and remind everyone that you were wrong.
Yeah, anybody cared about those Sam, App State, and UMass games.Quote:
New fans will not be sufficient to replace those leaving. 9 figure renovations of stadiums will be rare
And major college football will more closely resemble the current bowl system a made for TV product that fills space on the networks but really very few people care Enough about To attend in person & pay high ticket prices to watch
"Decline"based on what metric?Quote:
The decline has already begun and yes nobody cares about out of conference games against inferior opponents but IMO those games are a symptom of the problem not the cause of the problem