College Football, 2021-22

[crazy canuck]

I'm hoping that somehow the NFL is forced or convinced to start a minor league to bleed off all of these players who just want to go to the pros.

Almost all the players just want to go to the pros, but since the courts have decided to blow the doors off restrictions on paying players, there is no point to a minor league. That is college football now. Sure you can start a minor league if you want, but the real money is going to be in the minor league called college football, since those teams have the brand equity that will bring the bigger compensation packages.

I think you are right, and to the extent the NFL needs some further farm teams - it has always had the CFL.

[Valmy]

There are not nearly enough teams in the CFL, though obviously it has always been a nice source of talent.

[crazy canuck]

There are not nearly enough teams in the CFL, though obviously it has always been a nice source of talent.

What number of teams would be needed in addition to all the college teams?

[Berkut]

https://thespun.com/college-football/caleb-williams-has-received-1-million-transfer-offer?fbclid=IwAR0dbbc2qRSvB-VR8QhNVvrV0A22QZnNU3uyr1t5d-WVW-xKQrAIb2B2ssE




I don't see how college athletics survives in any recognizable state.

[alfred russel]

Thank you US Supreme Court!

[crazy canuck]

I am not sure that disrupting the model is such a bad thing.

[grumbler]

Thank you US Supreme Court!

Actually, it wasn't the Supreme Court, but state legislatures, that forced these rules changes.  The USSC ruling in Alston was about education-related benefits.

[Valmy]

There are not nearly enough teams in the CFL, though obviously it has always been a nice source of talent.

What number of teams would be needed in addition to all the college teams?

Well none. But if we were to use the CFL as the development league instead of College Football it would need to be much bigger. I mean there is a reason why football fans don't start talking about what promising young talent they cannot wait gets called up from the CFL. There is just not a ton of that kind of thing going on every year, though it happens obviously.

[Valmy]

https://thespun.com/college-football/caleb-williams-has-received-1-million-transfer-offer?fbclid=IwAR0dbbc2qRSvB-VR8QhNVvrV0A22QZnNU3uyr1t5d-WVW-xKQrAIb2B2ssE




I don't see how college athletics survives in any recognizable state.

I think Basketball and Football have been in that state for awhile, at least in some form. I don't have any insider information or anything beyond the usual rumors of vast and deep corruption. It is just legal and above board now.

[Eddie Teach]

@ulmont- 

[Valmy]

Yeah congrats Georgia. A year where Alabama doesn't win is a victory for us all good and decent people.

[grumbler]

Yeah congrats Georgia. A year where Alabama doesn't win is a victory for us all good and decent people.

That's rather ironic, given that Georgia is probably the most corrupt football program not located in the state of Louisiana.  I'm glad to se Alabama lose, but it is bittersweet when it means that Georgia wins. 

[Eddie Teach]

I think what you're tasting is sour grapes.

[grumbler]

I think what you're tasting is sour grapes.

  I think that what you are experiencing is wishful thinking.

[Berkut]

Man. Arizona had the best recruiting class it has seen in a couple decades.

And now they are just landing a shitload of talent from the transfer portal.

WSU's "freshman" QB who was second in the conference last year in passing yards.

A 4* LB from USC.

A 4* DL from UCLA.

It's just nuts. I am sure it has a lot to do with just how weird the recruiting world is right now, but Fisch has really stepped up Arizona's ability to attract higher end talent. Which is kind of incredible for a team that only one a single game this year....