The Haves and the Have Nots.

[noeynox]

We here at the Boneyard knew this as soon as the P5/G5 term was first uttered. Now we are starting to see the real world consequences of being relegated. But not really, we knew where this was headed but here is an article from a national writer on the subject.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...widens-college-football-teams-become-copycats

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There is no way for college football to survive at its curent level for the next 20 years. Concussions should kill the sport, but if they don't, this "haves and have nots" gap will. Schools are going to have to start dropping scholarships for football, and when they do, the high school sport will become less attractive to a lot of kids. Fewer high school players playing will mean fewer fans with a vested interest in the sport will mean less fan interest overall. The talent level will decline, as will fan interest.

This doesn't even start to address the shrinking market by telling fans and alums of some schools that they can not participate.

Even MLB, which is run by total idiots, had enough sense to realize that the sport as a whole could not survive if only a few teams got all the revenue.

20 years from now, the P5 will be a business school case in poor strategic planning.

 

[NYUConn]

There is no way for college football to survive at its curent level for the next 20 years. Concussions should kill the sport, but if they don't, this "haves and have nots" gap will. Schools are going to have to start dropping scholarships for football, and when they do, the high school sport will become less attractive to a lot of kids. Fewer high school players playing will mean fewer fans with a vested interest in the sport will mean less fan interest overall. The talent level will decline, as will fan interest.

This doesn't even start to address the shrinking market by telling fans and alums of some schools that they can not participate.

Even MLB, which is run by total idiots, had enough sense to realize that the sport as a whole could not survive if only a few teams got all the revenue.

20 years from now, the P5 will be a business school case in poor strategic planning.

Or the P5 grabs The American and MWC and creates a new NCAA division designation for football altogether.

It's happened before and if the money is there it can certainly happen again.

 

[King Jonathan]

Power 5 will be power 4 in the future.

 

[King Jonathan]

The lack of a real open tournament in the post-season further restricts the appeal. 4 team playoff is nice, but by definition, someone from a P5 will not make it

 

[businesslawyer]

There is no way for college football to survive at its curent level for the next 20 years. Concussions should kill the sport, but if they don't, this "haves and have nots" gap will. Schools are going to have to start dropping scholarships for football, and when they do, the high school sport will become less attractive to a lot of kids. Fewer high school players playing will mean fewer fans with a vested interest in the sport will mean less fan interest overall. The talent level will decline, as will fan interest.

This doesn't even start to address the shrinking market by telling fans and alums of some schools that they can not participate.

Even MLB, which is run by total idiots, had enough sense to realize that the sport as a whole could not survive if only a few teams got all the revenue.

20 years from now, the P5 will be a business school case in poor strategic planning.

Unfortunately, in a democratic society where folks hold office for relatively short terms, the incentives for government officials are to worry about the short term a whole lot, and the intermediate term a little, and the long term not at all because it is someone else's problem.

 

[HoopsFan21]

There is no way for college football to survive at its curent level for the next 20 years. Concussions should kill the sport, but if they don't, this "haves and have nots" gap will. Schools are going to have to start dropping scholarships for football, and when they do, the high school sport will become less attractive to a lot of kids. Fewer high school players playing will mean fewer fans with a vested interest in the sport will mean less fan interest overall. The talent level will decline, as will fan interest.

This doesn't even start to address the shrinking market by telling fans and alums of some schools that they can not participate.

Even MLB, which is run by total idiots, had enough sense to realize that the sport as a whole could not survive if only a few teams got all the revenue.

20 years from now, the P5 will be a business school case in poor strategic planning.

It's a microcosm of society at large. As time passes the wealth becomes concentrated in an ever diminishing number of hands. The system is destined to fail as all the wealth eventually is controlled by a single person/entity.

 

[CL82]

It's a microcosm of society at large. As time passes the wealth becomes concentrated in an ever diminishing number of hands. The system is destined to fail as all the wealth eventually is controlled by a single person/entity.

Unless of course you are that single person/entity, then the system would be viewed as a rocking success.