The cost of college football
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I read where one team was paying 45m+ for the 25 team. I think the number that can do that is small and the ones willing too is limited to 3-4 places.
Several of us predicted that that would be the outcome when the NIL news broke. The outcome is not surprising, the speed of it is a little surprising.
It's actually 40m+ this year, it's a new SEC team. That may not be as much as the defending champion paid for last year.
I thought OSU was at around $36mil. Seems like some of these schools might shell out like that to buy a championship, then back off a little. That can’t be sustainable year in and year out long term.
I hope this new business setup deal UK is doing helps put us in the upper echelon of NIL. Sounds like the Administration is finally coming around and trying to find creative ways to be competitive and be a player. Hope it works.
I figured as much, Ut and UTam can both afford a budget like that. Reminds me of how much fun it was during Steinbrenner's run.
It's one of them, I haven't heard what the other one is, but both could come up with it.
To compete this year, you will need a 40-50 mil roster and coordinators making over 2 mil.
The irony about nil numbers now is imo they are underreported to limit backlash. A complete 180 from them being inflated just as recently as two years ago.
Nil seems out of control but people keep spending the money despite no returns on investment other than seeing their team do well. I guess that's enough. It must be. There will be a breaking point but i have no idea what figure that will be.
Thats why i keep posting that UK fans need to adjust their expectations. UK is spending money but there will just be no way to compete with that kind of money.
The irony about nil numbers now is imo they are underreported to limit backlash. A complete 180 from them being inflated just as recently as two years ago.
Nil seems out of control but people keep spending the money despite no returns on investment other than seeing their team do well. I guess that's enough. It must be. There will be a breaking point but i have no idea what figure that will be.
Thats why i keep posting that UK fans need to adjust their expectations. UK is spending money but there will just be no way to compete with that kind of money.
There are 8-10 schools spending ingredients more than everyone else. Miami, Oregon, Texas, ATM, Michigan are spending more than anyone, twice as much as most schools. There are 40-50 sending in the 20-25 range and the rest of FBS spending less. Revenue sharing isn't going to change anything because it only limits what schools can spend..
I think the only way to get any kind of level field is to create multiple division and the amount of NIL being paid determines your division. Of course there will be cheaters, but tie it to the IRS where cheating equals penalties, fines and bad enough loss of freedom..
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