NFL and college football thread.

[Hastar]

With teams playing more games now in the expanded playoff, it won't be the last time.

That said, there's no way Indiana was ever a legit top 5 team. OSU's run was still very impressive though.


OSU spent more money on NIL than any other school in 2024.

Ohio State players received 'around $20 million' in NIL, believed to be largest amount in college football

Buckeyes athletic director Ross Bjork revealed a jaw-dropping number for the team's NIL payouts

www.cbssports.com

That's 20 million for a championship roster. Michigan is paying half of that to one player, who is in high school. Texas had a larger NIL deal. Look it up, and Alabama still pays more under the table. I know what OSU is paying, I'm part of that collective.

 

[notdart]

These two NFL games on Sunday could be amazing, I'm just hoping for solid games and no blow-outs.

Blow out or snow outs.

 

[notdart]

That's 20 million for a championship roster. Michigan is paying half of that to one player, who is in high school. Texas had a larger NIL deal. Look it up, and Alabama still pays more under the table. I know what OSU is paying, I'm part of that collective.

I think nil should be done away with. If they want pro football below the pro level then have sub-pro football for people 18 to 22; college should be for education. 'Money' made from college sports should be for scholarships for people who want an education but can't afford it. Remove the $$$ aspect from non-pro sports.

 

[JDR13]

That's 20 million for a championship roster. Michigan is paying half of that to one player, who is in high school. Texas had a larger NIL deal. Look it up, and Alabama still pays more under the table. I know what OSU is paying, I'm part of that collective.

I'm not talking about their NIL deal, I'm talking about what they actually spent.

Bryce Underwood's deal is irrelevant to that. Also, he's not getting most, if any, of that money until next year. So, no, they're not paying a high school player.
Deals like his will soon be common for #1 rated recruits.

 

[notdart]

I'm not talking about their NIL deal, I'm talking about what they actually spent.

Bryce Underwood's deal is irrelevant to that. Also, he's not getting most, if any, of that money until next year. So, no, they're not paying a high school player.
Deals like his will soon be common for #1 rated recruits.

Isnt' that my point; a player shouldn't go where he will get paid a lot of $$... he should be going to college for an education and playing on the side. What will happen is rich schools will simply start (or have started) to buy the best players like pro sports. This isn't the purpose of college imho. They should simply make a pro football league for 18-22 year olds and call it a day.

Also in the elon musk thread your gif is borken.

 

[JDR13]

Isnt' that my point; a player shouldn't go where he will get paid a lot of $$... he should be going to college for an education and playing on the side. What will happen is rich schools will simply start (or have started) to buy the best players like pro sports. This isn't the purpose of college imho. They should simply make a pro football league for 18-22 year olds and call it a day.

You're preaching to the choir. I agree with all of that, but unfortunately this is the world we live in now in regards to college sports.

Also in the elon musk thread your gif is borken.

I just checked, and it displays correctly for me. What browser are you using?

 

[Corwin]

Why do these 'star' athletes even NEED a college education? If you're going to eventually earn more in one year than many earn in a lifetime why do you really need this level of education? It's a farce really!!

 

[JDR13]

Why do these 'star' athletes even NEED a college education? If you're going to eventually earn more in one year than many earn in a lifetime why do you really need this level of education? It's a farce really!!

Only a very small percentage actually make it in the pros. Statistically, I think it's around 1% of college athletes.

If they were smart, they would all try to get a degree regardless of how successful they are within their sport. Of course that's often not the case.

 

[Carnifex]

Not sure if it's true these days yet when I was first in university, you also had to maintain a certain GPA to remain active on the roster for whichever sports activity you were participating in. And both the coaches and professors took it quite seriously.

 

[notdart]

I just checked, and it displays correctly for me. What browser are you using?

I tried it in both firefox and chrome - maybe it only works for you - some sort of permission thing ?

 

[sakichop]

Isnt' that my point; a player shouldn't go where he will get paid a lot of $$... he should be going to college for an education and playing on the side. What will happen is rich schools will simply start (or have started) to buy the best players like pro sports. This isn't the purpose of college imho. They should simply make a pro football league for 18-22 year olds and call it a day.

Also in the elon musk thread your gif is borken.

I can”t really agree here. The “rich schools” already get all the good players so that won’t change. The only thing that will change is how those players are divided up. Universities make too much money off these kids to not give some back to them and scholarships are a drop in the bucket. Michigan’s average scholarship is 30,000 ( best I could find) and the football team gets 85 scholarships which equals 2.5 mil/yr. Last year the football team alone had 230 million in revenue.

I think paying them was long overdue and now they can do it without hiding it. lol. A minor league of sorts has already existed in NFL Europe, USFL ect. They never last. Also it’s better for the kids to got to college because not everyone will make the NFL and you’ll need the education to fall back on.

I think the transfer portal is much worse for college football than paying the players. My opinion obviously.

 

[JDR13]

I think the transfer portal is much worse for college football than paying the players. My opinion obviously.

The transfer portal is getting ridiculous. They need to go back to a more restricted system. I'm not saying the athletes shouldn't have freedom, but some of these kids are just playing the system now. Part of that is because of NIL.

 

[Zloth]

I'm just hoping for solid games and no blow-outs.

That was WAY TOO CLOSE! AGAIN!!

 

[JDR13]

It was about what I expected. The Chiefs, as usual, had just enough bounces go their way to pull it off. Statistically, that game couldn't have been much closer.

 

[Carnifex]

Man, the Redskins were undisciplined beyond any expectations that I had going into the affair. What a total farce that first game was. The second was a classic, save that the wrong team won. In any case, the Superbowl stage is now set!

 

[Zloth]

Getting pumped!

View: https://youtu.be/t_ooUzdpgYo?si=UWdx6L4TxbekyoQY

 

[Carnifex]

I'm hoping for an extremely tight game with the Eagles taking the win. If they can get some sacks in early and rattle the QB, it wouldn't hurt.

 

[Warmark]

So who does everyone have today for the Superbowl win?

 

[JDR13]

First drive of the game, and the referees are already slobbing Kansas City's knob.

 

[Warmark]

They kind of evened it up a little with a couple of iffy calls against the Chiefs...