RDU VOL#14
I’m a Flawed Character
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The bottom line is Deion Sanders generated a LOT of revenue for a zombie CU athletic department. He created a story where there had been a black hole for seven seasons since a 10 win season.Colorado wasn’t ever gonna be all overnight or one season fix. But now that his first season is over, what was accomplished?
1 win program for 4 wins, that’s a positive.
1 win program with next to no ticket revenue got a $14-20 million surge in ticket sales/season tickets.
1 win program with no earned media for seasons got earned media valued over $50m in earned media coverage this year.
1 win program literally no one talked about got covered all season. There is no such thing as bad press.
Deion has had a net positive impact financially on the school that took a chance to hire him. Anyone that has any experience running a business would know this.
This isn’t some grand controversy you’re making it out to be.
Yeah, when it comes to big college sports the focus is going to just having the players eligible. The ones knowing they'll never go pro will be focused on their degree I suppose. These portal players don't care outside of real world issues.That's freaking hilarious. Do any of these kids GAF about the 'education' anymore? ESPECIALLY if they are transferring to another school to play football? But then again, CU is a well known center of academic excellence (and legal weed).
I honestly don’t know how it works anymore. It seems like no one even pretends it matters recently . I think everyone is doing a massive disservice to the kids when it comes to the portal and partially NIL. I don’t feel like it’s real life, at least the portal isn’t . I don’t mind kids getting $, but I think competitively there needs to be some sort of cap. Not for the kids, but there’s no other sport with unrestricted FA and $. That’s essentially what College sports has become, and the education part of it truly has taken a backseat.That's freaking hilarious. Do any of these kids GAF about the 'education' anymore? ESPECIALLY if they are transferring to another school to play football? But then again, CU is a well known center of academic excellence (and legal weed).
A cap on what someone can earn under NIL would never hold up in court. The only way that the portal and NIL gets “fixed” is to make the players employees of the universities. That’s obviously where all of this is headed.I honestly don’t know how it works anymore. It seems like no one even pretends it matters recently . I think everyone is doing a massive disservice to the kids when it comes to the portal and partially NIL. I don’t feel like it’s real life, at least the portal isn’t . I don’t mind kids getting $, but I think competitively there needs to be some sort of cap. Not for the kids, but there’s no other sport with unrestricted FA and $. That’s essentially what College sports has become, and the education part of it truly has taken a backseat.
How would you do that without requiring them to sign a contract with the university? And then, since NIL money is not affiliated with the university per se, how would that work? Actually in a way I would be all for it since a contract would kill the portal defections, but I don't know how you make that work, and I am sure the donors would be too spineless to meter out that money to incentivize the player to remain there for 4 years. I'm quite sure we all expect Nico to be gone in 3 if not sooner, and I don't think it is out of the realm of possibilities that is is not to the pros.A cap on what someone can earn under NIL would never hold up in court. The only way that the portal and NIL gets “fixed” is to make the players employees of the universities. That’s obviously where all of this is headed.
They will sign contracts with universities.How would you do that without requiring them to sign a contract with the university? And then, since NIL money is not affiliated with the university per se, how would that work? Actually in a way I would be all for it since a contract would kill the portal defections, but I don't know how you make that work, and I am sure the donors would be too spineless to meter out that money to incentivize the player to remain there for 4 years. I'm quite sure we all expect Nico to be gone in 3 if not sooner, and I don't think it is out of the realm of possibilities that is is not to the pros.
I know it wouldn’t work bc it isn’t legal. I agree that employment is where this is all headed. The NCAA really botched this situation. They had more than enough time to make the adjustments before it came to this.A cap on what someone can earn under NIL would never hold up in court. The only way that the portal and NIL gets “fixed” is to make the players employees of the universities. That’s obviously where all of this is headed.