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Because it takes a huge capital investment to own a sports franchise.

Surprised that Texas A & M, with the investment they have made in that program, has not fared better. They are not going to be patient much longer, regardless of the fact that they’re in the same SEC division as Bama and LSU.

Because they own those rights?

It always is when some type of fundamental change is first implemented. IMO this one was long overdue. Next, I’d like to see the NFL and NLFPA do away with the rule on when you can leave early for the draft … or skip college and go right to the NFL.

I can’t think of anything less “free” than the “free” education a D-1 scholarship football athlete gets. And Spencer Rattler may make some money. But the #3 guy on the tennis team won’t.

Marcus Freeman is, by all accounts, an elite recruiter. But the future depends on The Chosen One.

I find it very interesting that the last 3 big school North coaches interviewed, when asked the standard question about the dominance of Indy schools, mentioned the huge disparity in strength & conditioning programs as a primary contributing factor. It seems to me that is something readily fixable, if you’re willing to shift some priorities around.

Every university that wants to be a serious player in recruiting should immediately hire an athletic dept. staff member whose only job is to help student athletes maximize their NIL opportunities.

I really don’t know anything about Barstool Sports, except that there’s a channel on Sirius XM where they seem to compete with one another as to who can use the foulest language on the air.

I also heard someone say that all the $ should go into a pool from which the whole team benefits … since it was the whole team that caused the success that allowed certain players to monetize their NIL. All of us old fogies are thinking in terms of endorsements and public appearances. But that’s not where the money is likely to come from. Think “clicks” and “followers.” It’s all about monetizing the social media presence. Tik-Tok, Twitter, and Instagram are where the money is going to be made.

The problem is Nike is on the other side of that equation as often as not.

Bingo!

As of today, college student athletes can begin monetizing their name, image and likeness (NIL). Many states have laws. Many do not. The NCAA’s hastily-passed (yesterday) regulation basically says nothing, with one exception discussed below. So, it’s going to be a hodgepodge of laws out there for the foreseeable future. But the one law we know will be in action is the Law of Unintended Consequences. There are bound to be lots of stories about kids taking advantage of this opportunity. Some will be fascinating, some outrageous, a few maybe even scandalous. Post your interesting stories about NIL here. Here’s a broad overview of NIL: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/31086019/everything-need-know-ncaa-nil-debate One aspect I find interesting is a little tidbit I learned for the first time today. Heard Paul Finebaum say that part of the NIL regulation is that a kid can’t compete against the university. For example, Notre Dame has a contract with Under Armour. I think that means a player at Notre Dame can’t have his own shoe deal with Nike. How can that be legal?

Because your legion of followers on the GID hangs on your every word? 😆😂

One of the bedrock principles of Supreme Court jurisprudence is that the Court does not declare a statute or regulation illegal unless that is the only way to afford relief. In this case, the only issue before the Court was the stay order issued, which prevented the lower court’s ruling from taking effect immediately. Since the challenged regulation will expire before the Court could hear the case on the merits, the Court simply refused to lift the stay and is allowing the regulation to die a natural death, without the controversy that would attend a full blown opinion on the merits of the case.

Reviews of the Manual from the IFOA Clinic this past weekend were overwhelmingly positive. That includes the clinicians, many of them D-1 and even NFL officials.

The development of a system that takes into account both W/L record and strength of schedule is not rocket science. Sagarin is one example, although it’s limitations have been well documented. The Harbin system in use in Ohio is another. There are others. That’s the least of the issues surrounding the seeding/qualification vs. all-in debate.

This is the very definition of Pandora’s Box. Having said that, last season the NF enacted the following rule: “ART. 7 . . . Other than replay or television monitoring equipment, game officials may use supplementary equipment to aid in game administration as authorized by the state association. NOTE: A state association may create instant-replay procedures that permit game or replay officials to use a replay monitor during state postseason contests to determine if a decision by the on-field game officials is incorrect.” I can tell you that the IHSAA has zero interest in instituting instant replay for the state tournament, at any level.

Whenever the subject of a qualification format limiting playoff participation to the top 50% of each class is raised, someone trots out the example of Northwood, who was 3-6 in the regular season, but ended up winning the 3A title. The fact is that, under any system that takes into account strength of schedule in addition to won-loss record, Northwood would not only have been in the top 32 of that 64 team class, but was a top 15 team in 3A according to Sagarin. There is no such thing as Cinderella.

A great interview with lots of valuable insights. On the playoff qualification issue, however, I was disappointed that someone as well-informed as the Commissioner resorted to the “Northwood argument,” which has been thoroughly debunked every time it’s been raised in these pages.

This! Plus, I’d like to think that by playing well in the regular season, a team earns the right to play more games, or at least the opportunity to play more games.

Let’s look at the other side of that coin. Curry to the Vols is, at best, a real long shot. If Jackson cannot deliver Curry, do you believe it puts him at a disadvantage in the QB competition?

And sometimes your cynicism gets the better of your judgment.

I would love for them to end up 1-2 in that class .. and meet in the first round of the sectional. We need outrageous and unfair outcomes like that to get rid of the ping pong balls.

So, a coach at a school in the top Power 5 football conference in the country is going to make some type of commitment to a guy who is a year away from taking his first college snap, simply because he delivers a prized recruit … who also has never taken a college snap? I don’t think so.