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Has college football lost its soul?
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:47 pm
With NIL and the insanity of the portal and bad gambling vibes mixed with a shitty everything…is the age of my Saturday morning ritual dead?
Upvote yes: college football is soulless and is nearly unrecognizable to the sport I grew up loving.
Downvote no: we still ridin’…just a bump in the road and this adapt or die is just the poors trying to stay relevant.
It’s sad to me what is happening.
Upvote yes: college football is soulless and is nearly unrecognizable to the sport I grew up loving.
Downvote no: we still ridin’…just a bump in the road and this adapt or die is just the poors trying to stay relevant.
It’s sad to me what is happening.
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Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:49 pm to Shamoan
Yes
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:49 pm to Shamoan
Yes. In 5 years we will look back with disgust on what has been done to our beloved sport.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:54 pm to Shamoan
It lost it decades ago, so sick of this fairy tale that just NOW it is an issue.
We can't just be happy with college athletics and the concept of student athlete. Most college fans turned it into the nightmare that it is today. Football coaches make more than the GDP of some states it seems like, and that started a long time ago.
If you wanted college football you would have left it at college, you would not support gaming the system to allow academically unqualified athletes into a university just because they can catch a ball in a kids game.
Everyone is so full of sh1t, you wanted a pro level game, but one where everyone pretends it is still about the college behind it.
Spare me the fainting outrage now...enjoy minor league NFL.
We can't just be happy with college athletics and the concept of student athlete. Most college fans turned it into the nightmare that it is today. Football coaches make more than the GDP of some states it seems like, and that started a long time ago.
If you wanted college football you would have left it at college, you would not support gaming the system to allow academically unqualified athletes into a university just because they can catch a ball in a kids game.
Everyone is so full of sh1t, you wanted a pro level game, but one where everyone pretends it is still about the college behind it.
Spare me the fainting outrage now...enjoy minor league NFL.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:58 pm to Shamoan
This thread title is like the Bat Signal for this board's "the whole world is going to hell and we're all screwed" crowd.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:59 pm to Shamoan
Yes.
The game as we all grew up with is 100% squarely in the past.
The game as we all grew up with is 100% squarely in the past.
This post was edited on 1/25/24 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:03 pm to Shamoan
Within 5-10 years there will be a major overhaul of the sport as we know it. This could come in the form of leaving the NCAA to form a private league.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:05 pm to Shamoan
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Has college football lost its soul?
I thought that back in the day before scholarship limits when the biggest football schools were stockpiling the best players to keep anyone else from getting them.
We will always have something to complain about.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:08 pm to Shamoan
For me, it started with the basterdization of the sport when a clean, yet brutal hit became penalized. Motherfricker catches a ball running wide-open over the middle, it’s the corner or safety’s job to separate man from ball….then doing so too violently became a foul.
Player safety, player rights, player benefits, player salary, now we are all being asked to contribute so we can buy the best players….and if we don’t contribute, we don’t love the team enough.
Player safety, player rights, player benefits, player salary, now we are all being asked to contribute so we can buy the best players….and if we don’t contribute, we don’t love the team enough.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:15 pm to Shamoan
Capitalism is the best economic system humanity has yet to invent, but the downfall of CFB is an example of the downside of it. When a bunch of money gets involved in something, that thing tends to get ruined.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:20 pm to Shamoan
Yes and sadly gameday experiences are/will be next. I already hate the changes I’ve seen with all the beverage tailgate trucks they have dropped around the Junction at State. It feels industrial and fake. Not local and hometown.
Soon everything will be just for a sponsor and without care for the fans especially for families. If they can’t charge extra for it then they won’t offer it. Everything will be geared toward paying for all the extra cost and that means something has to give at some point.
Soon everything will be just for a sponsor and without care for the fans especially for families. If they can’t charge extra for it then they won’t offer it. Everything will be geared toward paying for all the extra cost and that means something has to give at some point.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:20 pm to Shamoan
Star players used to hang around for 3-4 years but now they can be here today and gone tomorrow. Makes it more difficult to give a shite when everyone is just a hired gun looking for their next stop.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:44 pm to Shamoan
NIL simply took a black market and made it more open and public. Name Image likeness has allowed the schools and coaches that weren’t good at bribing players and getting away with it to flourish.
The new transfer rules have cheapened the old process of underclassmen waiting their turn, but it has also allowed greater parity.
Pros: Greater parity due to a decentralization of talent and resources. Life changing money for players that may not have an opportunity in the NFL. Greater chance for players to be in a position to succeed. It’s possible to build a roster in a single season.
Cons: Reduced traditions and connection between players and their chosen school. Increased program cost of success. It’s possible to lose a roster in a single season.
Ultimately I think the pros outweigh the cons.
The new transfer rules have cheapened the old process of underclassmen waiting their turn, but it has also allowed greater parity.
Pros: Greater parity due to a decentralization of talent and resources. Life changing money for players that may not have an opportunity in the NFL. Greater chance for players to be in a position to succeed. It’s possible to build a roster in a single season.
Cons: Reduced traditions and connection between players and their chosen school. Increased program cost of success. It’s possible to lose a roster in a single season.
Ultimately I think the pros outweigh the cons.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:50 pm to Shamoan
It's been soulless for a long long time. Where u been?
Posted on 1/25/24 at 11:05 pm to Shamoan
No. It sucks
This post was edited on 1/25/24 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 1/25/24 at 11:06 pm to Shamoan
Of course
Posted on 1/26/24 at 4:16 am to Shamoan
Yes. The commercialization and lack of regulation for NIL and portal have been some of the biggest issue.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:15 am to Shamoan
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It’s sad to me what is happening.
You’re still going to watch. And by the time kids who grew up on social media influencers making bank as teenagers are middle age, no one will think twice about it.
It’s a changing world, not just a sport.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 6:26 am to Shamoan
quote:
is the age of my Saturday morning ritual dead?
No
quote:
Has college football lost its soul?
Kinda, yea.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 6:28 am to Shamoan
Undoubtedly.
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