The Student-Althete Model of Elite College Football is Dead...

SteveM 2283 posts Joined: Sep 9, 2011

Posted 10:25 am on Sep 18, 2024

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Expect elite college football programs to decouple entirely from scholastics.
Coaches and players will be contract employees of corporations wholly owned by the universities.

That is going to be a huge decision point for ND and liked-mined institutions still committed to academic integrity.

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The Student-Althete Model of Elite College Football is Dead... SteveM 10:25am · 9/18/24
- Don't be so down on the lads!NT NedoftheHill 1:15am · 9/19/24
- Re: The Student-Althete Model of Elite College Football is Dead... ndinga 8:52pm · 9/18/24
- "PRINCETON??? GRRRR Get my glove!" - Yale Alum "Sideshow Bob Roberts"NT irishslovak 7:07pm · 9/18/24
- It's interesting to me that the real players in this are largely state-sponsored universities. LanceManion 12:17pm · 9/18/24
  - Wonder about the O Lineman that says: "I just may miss a couple crucial blocks if you don't buy me.. TakethetrainKnute 12:26pm · 9/18/24
    - I would think that’s why RL is sharing his with the O line. Splat!NT whatsamataU 1:53pm · 9/18/24
      - Had heard that. Almost seems a necessity...NT TakethetrainKnute 2:23pm · 9/18/24
    - Good points by Lance & Take. Players can hold-out any game week for any reason... SteveM 12:43pm · 9/18/24
      - Also, soon players will get 2 - 3 initial games on video, then bail out to "prepare for the draft"NT SteveM 12:46pm · 9/18/24
- SMU back in the early 80's was way ahead of its time!NT NEPA Irish 11:51am · 9/18/24
- Not so sure Nigel Tufnel 11:09am · 9/18/24
- Been saying it all along...ND will have to move to a "competitive" league that fosters academics... TakethetrainKnute 10:37am · 9/18/24
  - Agree, been saying the same thing. Fans will still follow their teams.NT Hibakusha 10:16am · 9/19/24
  - Stop that nonsense. We can play the game. We are scheduled to do so, sweetbobbyg 3:45pm · 9/18/24
  - Not good to do that. We can always keep our academic standards high and still play the "game" the THEISMANCARR 2:56pm · 9/18/24
    - ND proved their halfway in with NIL and transfers cubsfanin16 3:32pm · 9/18/24
      - The two biggest opposite spectrum misbeliefs that Notre Dame fans have.. Chrisb 11:24am · 9/19/24
      - Urban Meyer will never come here, and ND will never offer it again ndunabomber 6:13pm · 9/18/24
      - Ugh...Urban is "a bridge too far" for ND as, most certainly, is Pitino. If you really think that TakethetrainKnute 3:46pm · 9/18/24
        
        I get that the school won't, they would like to skip nil, the portal too cubsfanin16 5:55pm · 9/18/24
        
        They're going half way given all the resources that they've sunk into football. They are trying to TakethetrainKnute 7:07pm · 9/18/24
        
        agreedNT cubsfanin16 3:41pm · 9/19/24
  - I'd much prefer that to totally selling out.NT SteveM 11:37am · 9/18/24
  - That's it! We're Ivy bound!NT Irishize 10:42am · 9/18/24
    - "Ivy-adjacent". More competitive (but similar). TakethetrainKnute 10:52am · 9/18/24
      - Who the hell cares if we are on the top of "ivy-adjacent" when the nation will only care about the THEISMANCARR 3:01pm · 9/18/24
        
        Re: Who the hell cares if we are on the top of "ivy-adjacent" when the nation will only care about the natureboy 6:44pm · 9/19/24
      - OK. ND will be the pioneers of the new Ivy Adjacent League. Buy your tickets now!NT Irishize 11:08am · 9/18/24
        
        Just wait. It will be like the late 50’ early 60’s in South Bend, 15$ of groceries got you four whatsamataU 1:58pm · 9/18/24
        
        Except that $15 in groceries from 1957...costs $170.62 in 2024...NT TakethetrainKnute 2:28pm · 9/18/24
        
        Didn't say I liked it. But don't believe ND can continue to keep going where College Football is... TakethetrainKnute 11:31am · 9/18/24
        
        I'm just messin' wicha, Knute. It's an absurd situation. All you can do is laugh at it.NT Irishize 11:36am · 9/18/24
        
        Naw, I hear you. They've taken what was one of my favorite diversions...and are totally screwing TakethetrainKnute 11:46am · 9/18/24
        
        I agree. College football is the greatest sport ever created, but they are ruining it fast.NT Irishize 11:49am · 9/18/24
        
        It all started paying HC's outlandish amounts of $$$.... NEPA Irish 11:56am · 9/18/24

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