No mention of Bryce Underwood and his $12mm deal w/ the Wolverines?

[Spartanmack]

I would have thought you guys would be going nuts, especially turd when this news broke. I don't know the details but at an average of $12mm over 4 years, it's 2x the $1.5mm per year LSU had offered him. The article I read didn't indicate how it was being funded, but I imagine at least some of it is coming from Portnoy - didn't he offer $1mm per year for QB talent? What a shame, this game has been completely destroyed. It's been happening for 25yrs but suddenly it's unrecognizable and not for the better.

 

[byco42]

At this point, I'd support Michigan going independent and ratcheting down its admission requirements. Let the other hyena programs fight over the carcass that is college football and scrap for their so-called national championship. Clearly, that is not the trajectory of the program. So, what's to "go nuts" over, anyway? That CFB is but a money grab? That ain't news.

Other than being mildly disappointed with Michigan's offer, I ...

 

[Spartanmack]

At this point, I'd support Michigan going independent and ratcheting down its admission requirements. Let the other hyena programs fight over the carcass that is college football and scrap for their so-called national championship. Clearly, that is not the trajectory of the program. So, what's to "go nuts" over, anyway? That CFB is but a money grab? That ain't news.

Other than being mildly disappointed with Michigan's offer, I ...

Champ finally got what he wanted - players getting paid and now his beloved corporations and billionaire donors are going to have more control over universities. Literally everything will be covered with a corporate logo, including uniforms at some point.

Anyone who thinks this isn't going to end up turning college sports into the same circus pro sports has become and price families out of stadiums in the process is only fooling themselves. It's also going to have a huge impact on parity, or what's left of it.

Just an incremental step toward turning me off completely from college sports. I may as well become an NFL fan - the level of play is obviously leaps and bounds better and there's some amount of parity. If they're both going to have free agency, corporate big money interests and universities becoming little more than major brands (this is already an issue but it will be even less about the universities themselves), why watch second rate football when literally the only difference is the quality of play?

 

[Michchamp]

Champ finally got what he wanted - players getting paid and now his beloved corporations and billionaire donors are going to have more control over universities. Literally everything will be covered with a corporate logo, including uniforms at some point.

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It's been this way for a long time. Paying players - openly now, not like OSU & SEC teams, Clemson, Oregon & FSU haven't been doing this for decades in some cases - had nothing to do with it.

 

[Michchamp]

"There's too much money in college football"

You've finally caught up to this? 40 years late, but better late than never...