I think it's partly to force Congress to act. NCAA is limited in what it can do. If it works with the biggest schools to wreck everything (or appears to) then Congress steps in to stop it, and puts limits on the big schools that the NCAA can't.
Your last sentence is what they fail to realize. Once everyone else is left out and you're just competing against yourselves most people will tune out. You watch the other games when your team is a part of the whole thing, without that the interest is gone.
And what basis would Congress step into stop it? Antitrust? Wouldn't the fact that a independent not for profit organization approved the scheme be a point in favor of Congress not taking any action.
I've heard this theory a lot. I'd like to believe it, but I don't. I do think you'll lose some fans, but an awful lot of people will tune into whatever game is on.
Per the release, this would be, in part, in return for the school's use of the players' NIL. It does not stop the players from licensing their NIL rights to third parties for other purposes.
Just wait until 25 million watch Michigan and Alabama- I’m sure they’re real concerned UMass fans aren’t watching lmao
Wouldn't that be UMass "fan"?
Just look at the nfl. With legalized sports gambling and the proliferation of fantasy sports, I can argue this will make more people interested. If I am involved with fantasy on Thursdays and Saturdays i will watch more. All of a sudden, ole miss vs Texas am may matter to me just like the jags bengals game last night!
It's the evil SEC probably pushing this. Look at their Commissioner's comments:
lsutigerswire.usatoday.com
You could always gamble and play fantasy if that's your thing. I don't understand your post.
Seems like TV ratings would disagree with that.
It's going to jack up youth sports too.
How would you know that? We're still working off the old system with all of this stuff.
I don't know, the casual fans drive viewership and I'm not sure why that would change in this new system. The entire point of this is to have giant name brand teams playing each other so casual fans who don't even realize there is a new system will tune in.
If you consolidate college football to 40 or so teams, you can easily replicate the currrent weekly fantasy model that most of us do with the nfl. Sure, you could do it now I suppose but a consolidated form makes it more appealing. With less teams and less games to watch, interest in those games will surely go up. Right now, I dont care about nor watch 95% of college football. All I am saying that with a consolidated version, even if its the same 40 teams, my interest may go up. It can't really go further down.
I currently don't have a college fantasy team. I have 4 NFL ones with various groups of friends. A consolidated college format with 40 teams makes it far easier to replicate the current NFL fantasy model. Since I have been engaged in fantasy football, my interest in the NFL, even a meaningless game, has skyrocketed while my interest in all other sports has waned. This new model of just the Big 10 and SEC can have massive appeal nationally. I currently will never watch Ole Miss vs Texas AM but you know what, if i have a college fantasy team and the Ole Miss running back, I will now watch with great intent. I watch 7 hours of NFL football on Sundays. I watch less than an hour of college football on Sat. That can easily change with this.
Where's that?
Um, she leaves college with greatly reduced debt and gets to start on the career choice? Because you're a college athlete doesn't mean that you ultimately will go pro. The vast majority do not.
This is an oddly proactive plan by the NCAA.
I'm not sure. Baker explicitly asked for Congress to step in because they can't really regulate this under the current legal framework. I think he's proposing this as way to force their hand, because nobody wants this.
