Like who has done it?
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I'll give you Oregon but that's it. The FL teams have good histories and KSU was a flash in the pan. Oregon has Nike money and the NCAA won't touch team. I remember nothing coming from the LaMichael James recruiting issues. You just have to ask yourself, is college football better when team X is good? Bama yes, Texas yes, KSU not so much. While I don't agree with this logic, it's just the way the system is
Well yea I guess they sorta do. However, there is still a large disparity in operating budgets. And there isn't currently anything in place to control boosters or additional supplemental revenue. I was thinking more in terms of other ways to even it out though. The NFL has also continued to implement additional policies to even things out and put a better product on the field. On any given weekend any team can beat another one. I was primarily responding to the Hillary Clinton comment by Taog and trying to make the point that this isn't necessarily a pure capitalism vs. socialism thing. There was a lot of resistance to revenue sharing in NFL when it was first proposed.
I personally haven't thought too deeply on possible solutions and probably couldn't come up with any realistic ones if I did. Most of us on this board are pretty butt hurt right now with our team haha.
ETA: What I think this really comes down to is the players aren't allowed to share in the revenue ... so they go to the highest discrete (except in OMs case) bidder. If this were more capitalistic, the players would be receiving far more than they are. In the NFL, the QB makes more than the HC.
I think the way you change Alabama's advantage is you force them to not be able to "process" folks. You make scholarship offers for four years instead of one year. Of all the teams in any sport who exploit this the most, Saban and company are the biggest culprits. This will force them to not try to load up on players like a Lashley, a Davis, and a Knott as there is no way they thought those kids could contribute to their team. Those are kids that Saban recruited and got simply to keep them away from programs like Ole Miss and State. Of course all of it is moot if Saban wins it this year because there is a strong rumor he will retire if he wins the national championship this year.
Only problem is until this year, Mullen hasn't utilized the JUCO system as well as he could or should have. We can't depend on diamonds in the rough AND miss out on kids in our back yard like Brown, Lashley, Knott, and Davis. Those misses IMO were huge and will haunt us the next 3-4 years.
Saban has maybe 5 more years before hanging up the spurs. Bama isn't going to be on top forever. You are generalizing that college football now sucks just because we are in the midst of the greatest dynasty ever led by the greatest coach ever (yes, Bear Bryant is definitely a distant second at this point). Did college basketball suck in the 70's when UCLA won like 7 titles in a row? Did college baseball suck in the 90's when LSU won a zillion national titles? Did college football suck in the 60's and 70's when Bryant had Bama in their first dynasty? The answer to all those questions is no. It seems worse for us because we are right next door in the same division to one of the greatest runs in college sports history, but it is what it is. I guarantee you that Ohio State fans, Michigan fans, Washington fans, Florida fans, Texas A&M fans, and so forth do not think college football sucks right now. They all think they have just as good a shot as anyone and could stand toe to toe with Bama. And sooner or later one of those type teams will beat them on the big stage.
Urban Meyer is now 56-4 at Ohio State, including a playoff win over Saban. Just for the record.
I've no clue... He may be good enough to play at Bammer & go pro after 3 years... He may not be good enough and may transfer to somewhere where he can contribute...
A lot of these kids think they are gonna be "the man" regardless of where they go... and they certainly aren't afraid of competition and that's the kind of cats I want...