Josh Pate On College Football's Future (Late Kick Cut) 

Morning JP, geaux tigers

Academics......Vandy existed solely to prop-up the SEC's academics.

And baseball

More sports than just football, Vandy is a perennial baseball powerhouse and has a more than decent basketball program. That and money

I will not check out from my school, just not watch any of the other “big” games.

THIS! You're CONTRACTING both the geographic/conference footprint as well as the breadth of competitive hope, which is the lifeblood of the major pro sports it appears top end CFB appears to want to emulate. I'm an alum of a Pac 12 institution, and I live near another major institution that defected. My conference, and with it 5-7 opportunities to engage with my alma mater, its students and parents, and fellow alums, is now gone. Those contests are now relocated east, something none of the stakeholders asked for. For the flagship institutions of the SEC and B1G, nothing really changes. But our conference literally relocated. I already started voting with my dollars, as the day UCLA AND USC bolted was the LAST day I paid for a monthly bundle. If there's a game I want to see, I'll check it out at the local sports bar. However, my engagement and investment in college athletics as a whole will not be as it was, and I'm not alone. We're the silent (national) majority

The revenue-sharing creates a “floor” for the majority of players. Guaranteed money, distributed by year however schools see fit. But we still haven’t replaced unregulated NIL. Now, that’s just extra.

yup just look at projected top ten for this year. plenty of money and great facilities. afew others do but not many.

So true.

Good point

Who specifically are the "bad actors" that Josh is talking about? ESPN? FoxSports?

No he’s talking about the hundreds of athletic administrators that collect a paycheck for the work that their coaches and players do

G5 should’ve been had their own division and championship

The division should only exist if relegation can be enforced. UVA and VT should not have access to the resources and the path for a National Title when Liberty and JMU are operating more efficiently with less. Liberty and JMU should have a way to earn better resources for their program when lower level P5s are not punished for mediocrity.

@@davidboniface858 VT is NOT lower level and mediocre! 2 bad years, yes, but come on.

@@chrisg4931 4 seasons below. 500 since 2016 is not 2 bad years

@@davidboniface858 but what did they do from 1993-2017…a pretty good sample size. and oh, Except for Covid year…bowl games EACH of those years.

Wait until private equity gets imbedded in the game. That's going to be a disaster. People don't invest without wanting something in return.....

Most people don't care about G5 teams anyways lol

@@jarretthoogerhyde1633 Yeah and it would be worse if they never played bigger games. Like when Tulane beat USC in the Cotton Bowl. I thought that was hilarious. lol.

This is why unions exist in the NFL and NBA. When you don’t have natural competition, the leagues are a monopoly and can do whatever they want to their employees, and make whatever decisions they want without concern of losing their customers to a direct competitor. Unions should not have to exist in the US.

Yes, NCAAF has indirect competitors. We could lose interest and go watch something else (baseball, American idol, etc) But that’s completely different than having a direct competitor offering the same product.

The indoor football league. Arena league. USFL. Other fall sports. The talent AND public chose CFB. Dominance does not exactly make one a "monopoly." Heck, at many places that contest football at the P5 level, there aren't sellouts, meaning folks have the freedom to choose other things. The issue is that decisions are made by certain executives and lawyers, and there's no input from the alums, students, athletes, even donors.

@@TheArenaRevised false. A monopoly is literally a company that has “dominant” control over an industry. The USFL and arena leagues aren’t even close. Once a company has no competition, they have no direct incentive to benefit their employees or customers.

@@TheArenaRevised also, comparing P5 schools vs P5 schools doesn’t matter when they are all part of the same organization. There’s no league to compete directly with NCAAF, so they can just do whatever they want.

Basically, not Mizzou though.

Mizzou too good

He probably can’t say because he’d get in trouble. But I think it’s somewhat obvious who he’s talking about if you pay attention to some of these media people. People like Nick Wright, Stephen A, Laura Rutledge, Finebaum, Marcus Spears, Skip Balis, RG3. These are all people that talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to lot of topics but also college athletes in particular. They say things like these athletes are grownups that deserve to have all the money they want and be able to transfer at any given time. And then the moment those same athletes make a poor choice and ruin their careers or even lives, it’s “well they’re just kids.” 😐

Cough cough Greg Sankey

But Josh is too dedicated to the SEC cause to speak out

Jeffrey Kessler. Jordan Bazant. Jay Bilas. The think tank attorneys cheering on the burning down of everything. Big 10 and SEC commissioners. That's where I'll start.

He won't say because he doesn't want to lose his sources.