Hill served alongside Larry and Pac-12 presidents. And didn't call them out? Did Utah turn down the money that flows from having 1 True Football Champion? The increased money from the CBB Tournament constantly expanding and sending teams hither and yon to play 1st round games. Was he upset when Utah abandoned Mountain West brethren to jo…
Hill served alongside Larry and Pac-12 presidents. And didn't call them out? Did Utah turn down the money that flows from having 1 True Football Champion? The increased money from the CBB Tournament constantly expanding and sending teams hither and yon to play 1st round games. Was he upset when Utah abandoned Mountain West brethren to join the Pac Conference so Utah could make more money?
Chip's UCLA salary is $6.2M before bonuses in 2024. How much money has Chip and his agent donated to make travel easier for UCLA's non-revenue sports athletes?
SMH the other day when Sports Illustrated reporter Pat Forde on the Paul Finebaum show of all places, decried schools like Cal and Stanford being left behind. How often in the last few years has SI run featured articles on Cal and Stanford? How many stories have SI run on the Ivy League and D3 football?
I find the hypocrisy of people associated with and making a living off of big-time college sports, like Mr. Hill, Chip, Chip's agent, and Pat Forde, as being off-the-charts astounding.
BTW, the NIL boats of many non-revenue sports athletes will be lifted by their marketing representatives, (AGENTS, right Reggie?) being able to market their NIL coast-to-coast.
Sorry for all of the farriers and blacksmiths out there, but we no longer live in a horse-and-buggy economy. College Football is the lead money maker in a fully capitalized college sports scene. And people are surprised when bigger brands in college sports affiliate with other bigger brands and leave smaller brands behind. Come On Folks!
And you just made Chip Kelly's argument for him. Spin off college football from the NCAA sports and let it compete in a 64 team A league much like NCAA basketball. The rest are in the B league. And make these leagues dynamic or relegated so there is movement between A and B. I am fine with that solution.
I see this as a complete pipe dream until such time there is a Premier League with 32 or so teams with one commissioner.
I think Chip's idea is a solution in search of a problem. The B1G recognizes the travel difficulties non-revenue sports athletes will face and will schedule accordingly. There will not be weekly East/West travel for non-revenue sports teams. I expect that we will see many 'jamboree-like' events with multiple teams playing at the same venue. And I also see, for example, Maryland's volleyball team coming West and playing all 4 schools on the West Coast. Having a laptop today means that you can attend class virtually in real-time or later when convenient.
Likewise, the B12 is not going to frequently send its Western located nonrevenue sports to West Virginia and UCF and vice versa. And when looking at W VA, I do not see its nonrevenue sports athletes unduly suffering from travel in the B12 I have not seen these athletes going on strike or filing Title 9 complaints in regard to travel differences, charter vs commercial, for the moneyball sports versus the non-revenue sports.
Today, if a non-revenue 'student-athlete' is not happy about increased travel she and he can transfer to schools with lesser travel demands without having to sit out a season.
BTW, the distance from Seattle to LA is 1,335 miles. The distance from Lincoln, Nebraska to Piscataway, NJ is 1,453 miles. I do not recall folks freaking out over non-revenue sports travel when Nebraska joined the B1G.
Jon, my take is different. Chris & Chip are operating in the system they were presented, and grew up in. No reason I see why they should not try to enrich themselves and provide legs up for thier families. By being in that system and seeing it go off the cliff as it related to football, they see a better way and voice it out. This is truly to me, a ‘with age comes wisdom’ position
Media.com - Check out the average number of viewers watching 131 G5/P5 play football games last season.
12. Oregon - 2.210M/ 34. Washington - 1.150M
41. Washington State - 907K/ 45 Cal - 857K/ 47. Stanford 846K/ 57 Oregon State 625K
It's not just media market size. Ohio State located in mid-market size Columbus, Ohio, came in ranked 1. with 5.8M viewers a game, but also eyes on the prize. Wazzu in Pullman drew more viewers than the Bay Area schools and Oregon State.
If you do not believe that Oregon has more media brand cache than Oregon State what can I tell you?
Hill served alongside Larry and Pac-12 presidents. And didn't call them out? Did Utah turn down the money that flows from having 1 True Football Champion? The increased money from the CBB Tournament constantly expanding and sending teams hither and yon to play 1st round games. Was he upset when Utah abandoned Mountain West brethren to join the Pac Conference so Utah could make more money?
Chip's UCLA salary is $6.2M before bonuses in 2024. How much money has Chip and his agent donated to make travel easier for UCLA's non-revenue sports athletes?
SMH the other day when Sports Illustrated reporter Pat Forde on the Paul Finebaum show of all places, decried schools like Cal and Stanford being left behind. How often in the last few years has SI run featured articles on Cal and Stanford? How many stories have SI run on the Ivy League and D3 football?
I find the hypocrisy of people associated with and making a living off of big-time college sports, like Mr. Hill, Chip, Chip's agent, and Pat Forde, as being off-the-charts astounding.
BTW, the NIL boats of many non-revenue sports athletes will be lifted by their marketing representatives, (AGENTS, right Reggie?) being able to market their NIL coast-to-coast.
Sorry for all of the farriers and blacksmiths out there, but we no longer live in a horse-and-buggy economy. College Football is the lead money maker in a fully capitalized college sports scene. And people are surprised when bigger brands in college sports affiliate with other bigger brands and leave smaller brands behind. Come On Folks!
And you just made Chip Kelly's argument for him. Spin off college football from the NCAA sports and let it compete in a 64 team A league much like NCAA basketball. The rest are in the B league. And make these leagues dynamic or relegated so there is movement between A and B. I am fine with that solution.
I see this as a complete pipe dream until such time there is a Premier League with 32 or so teams with one commissioner.
I think Chip's idea is a solution in search of a problem. The B1G recognizes the travel difficulties non-revenue sports athletes will face and will schedule accordingly. There will not be weekly East/West travel for non-revenue sports teams. I expect that we will see many 'jamboree-like' events with multiple teams playing at the same venue. And I also see, for example, Maryland's volleyball team coming West and playing all 4 schools on the West Coast. Having a laptop today means that you can attend class virtually in real-time or later when convenient.
Likewise, the B12 is not going to frequently send its Western located nonrevenue sports to West Virginia and UCF and vice versa. And when looking at W VA, I do not see its nonrevenue sports athletes unduly suffering from travel in the B12 I have not seen these athletes going on strike or filing Title 9 complaints in regard to travel differences, charter vs commercial, for the moneyball sports versus the non-revenue sports.
Today, if a non-revenue 'student-athlete' is not happy about increased travel she and he can transfer to schools with lesser travel demands without having to sit out a season.
BTW, the distance from Seattle to LA is 1,335 miles. The distance from Lincoln, Nebraska to Piscataway, NJ is 1,453 miles. I do not recall folks freaking out over non-revenue sports travel when Nebraska joined the B1G.
Jon, my take is different. Chris & Chip are operating in the system they were presented, and grew up in. No reason I see why they should not try to enrich themselves and provide legs up for thier families. By being in that system and seeing it go off the cliff as it related to football, they see a better way and voice it out. This is truly to me, a ‘with age comes wisdom’ position
Facts!
But you are wrong, UW and UO aren't bigger brands, they just live in bigger markets. Get over yourself
Media.com - Check out the average number of viewers watching 131 G5/P5 play football games last season.
12. Oregon - 2.210M/ 34. Washington - 1.150M
41. Washington State - 907K/ 45 Cal - 857K/ 47. Stanford 846K/ 57 Oregon State 625K
It's not just media market size. Ohio State located in mid-market size Columbus, Ohio, came in ranked 1. with 5.8M viewers a game, but also eyes on the prize. Wazzu in Pullman drew more viewers than the Bay Area schools and Oregon State.
If you do not believe that Oregon has more media brand cache than Oregon State what can I tell you?