They joined the ACC and don't care about any revenue from the league because the boosters are rumored to be ready to pay lots of money for players.
The school is hoping football success will boost their national profile, like it did with Southern Cal during Pete Carroll's run there
SMU is going it the booster way
Replies to: "SMU is going it the booster way"
- With no players union and a CBA that includes revenue sharing, the college football model is toast.. - SteveM - 12:01pm 9/23/24
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- When they are openly paid for play by the school instead of under the guise of outside sources - ndinga - 5:12pm 9/23/24
- Good! [NT] - DonMiller - 4:37pm 9/23/24
- The current deal their looking at is 22% to the players, so the schools are keeping most of it [NT]
- holybull101 - 1:18pm 9/23/24
- Who published that figure? [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:23pm 9/23/24
- Thanks for the info. Can you suppy a reference link? How can the schools legally collude... - SteveM - 1:26pm 9/23/24
- Here's one [LINK]
- holybull101 - 2:40pm 9/23/24
- Thanks for the link. It looks like an injuction from Tennesse prevents limiting player compensation - SteveM - 3:18pm 9/23/24
- SMU is going it the booster way - holybull101 - 6:17pm 9/23/24
- Thanks for the link. It looks like an injuction from Tennesse prevents limiting player compensation - SteveM - 3:18pm 9/23/24
- They may need an anti-trust exemption to collude. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:49pm 9/23/24
- Here's one [LINK]
- holybull101 - 2:40pm 9/23/24
- This will get more chaotic and distasteful until Congress acts. - NedoftheHill - 1:10pm 9/23/24
- Gonna have to move to contracts. Continual free agency will not work long term... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 1:46pm 9/23/24
- Yep. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:50pm 9/23/24
- The schools don't want to go back either, they're still making money, they're just sharing a - holybull101 - 1:16pm 9/23/24
- Without a CBA as a salary brake, aggregate player demands will be bounded only by total revenue. - SteveM - 1:52pm 9/23/24
- The current trajectory is definitely not sustainable... - NedoftheHill - 2:24pm 9/23/24
- This was all set in motion by the schools, Florida recently opened a football facility - holybull101 - 2:43pm 9/23/24
- It's there for certain schools...but nor for the vast majority... - TakethetrainKnute - 2:49pm 9/23/24
- Many point out that ND was the school that started this - holybull101 - 2:52pm 9/23/24
- It's there for certain schools...but nor for the vast majority... - TakethetrainKnute - 2:49pm 9/23/24
- This was all set in motion by the schools, Florida recently opened a football facility - holybull101 - 2:43pm 9/23/24
- The current trajectory is definitely not sustainable... - NedoftheHill - 2:24pm 9/23/24
- Without a CBA as a salary brake, aggregate player demands will be bounded only by total revenue. - SteveM - 1:52pm 9/23/24
- Gonna have to move to contracts. Continual free agency will not work long term... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 1:46pm 9/23/24