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<blockquote data-quote="Mescalero" data-source="post: 5349531" data-attributes="member: 21439"><p>Oh I agree. I have to imagine that all of the schools have crossed fingers and hoping the "collectives" did what they promised and didn't do what they didn't say they wouldn't do. </p><p></p><p>I agree with everyone that college football in 5-10 years won't be what we love it to be today and yesterday. I think it's going to splinter into the "super league" of 32 teams, give or take. Most of the SEC, except Vandy. The ACC south of Virginia or maybe including the Virginia schools, but not UVA or GA Tech. A few remnants of the Big 12. USC, definitely. Notre Dame and Big Ten will be interesting to see what the individual schools do. I think this is Greg Sankey's plan and Gene Smith, Ohio State's AD, was intimating about this just last week. Football is in the super league and the Olympic sports (basketball is an Olympic sport) and the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, and PAC 12 schools' football teams that aren't invited or that don't go with the super league remain under the NCAA umbrella. Title IX means the super league football teams are only licensees of the universities - name, nickname, colors, mascots, stadiums, facilities, etc. are paid for via a licensing fee to the universities. Players become employees under a CBA just like the NFL. Sad all the way around. Players will make a little money, but will they get an education? I think only something like 3% (probably less) of FBS players make an NFL team and the average NFL career is like 3 years. It's the second contract that makes NFL players the big bucks unless they are first round picks and those mostly have to be top 15 picks. Only a select few. The second contract doesn't kick in, if at all, until after year 4 or 5. Will those who don't make it be given a free ride to come back to school after they wash out of the NFL? </p><p></p><p>This is what I see happening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mescalero, post: 5349531, member: 21439"] Oh I agree. I have to imagine that all of the schools have crossed fingers and hoping the "collectives" did what they promised and didn't do what they didn't say they wouldn't do. I agree with everyone that college football in 5-10 years won't be what we love it to be today and yesterday. I think it's going to splinter into the "super league" of 32 teams, give or take. Most of the SEC, except Vandy. The ACC south of Virginia or maybe including the Virginia schools, but not UVA or GA Tech. A few remnants of the Big 12. USC, definitely. Notre Dame and Big Ten will be interesting to see what the individual schools do. I think this is Greg Sankey's plan and Gene Smith, Ohio State's AD, was intimating about this just last week. Football is in the super league and the Olympic sports (basketball is an Olympic sport) and the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, and PAC 12 schools' football teams that aren't invited or that don't go with the super league remain under the NCAA umbrella. Title IX means the super league football teams are only licensees of the universities - name, nickname, colors, mascots, stadiums, facilities, etc. are paid for via a licensing fee to the universities. Players become employees under a CBA just like the NFL. Sad all the way around. Players will make a little money, but will they get an education? I think only something like 3% (probably less) of FBS players make an NFL team and the average NFL career is like 3 years. It's the second contract that makes NFL players the big bucks unless they are first round picks and those mostly have to be top 15 picks. Only a select few. The second contract doesn't kick in, if at all, until after year 4 or 5. Will those who don't make it be given a free ride to come back to school after they wash out of the NFL? This is what I see happening. [/QUOTE]
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