Missing the forest for the trees. Texas A&M just dropped $75M to buyout/fire their coach, and despite this, money will not be an issue in their next coaching hire. The sport has officially jumped the shark. Anyone with half a brain cell (which would include most Cal grads) realizes that this is just a zero sum game where outside of the t…
Missing the forest for the trees. Texas A&M just dropped $75M to buyout/fire their coach, and despite this, money will not be an issue in their next coaching hire. The sport has officially jumped the shark. Anyone with half a brain cell (which would include most Cal grads) realizes that this is just a zero sum game where outside of the top few teams, donations are the equivalent to lighting money on fire. And meanwhile, the fan experience gets worse and worse, higher ticket prices, game times getting pushed around, hours of commercial timeouts, etc...
We missed a huge opportunity to reject the status quo. We could have stuck with our OSU/WSU brethren and tried to rebuild a conference that prioritizes our values. Maybe merge with the MWC and utilize a relegation system to keep things exciting. And implement salary caps for coaches and regulations around NIL to restore some sanity to the arms race. Instead we are stuck in the ACC until 2036 on a meager revenue share playing the same futile game as before.
Can't argue with lighting money on fire, but I'm at least excited to start competing in the ACC. I may not be so enthused in three or four years, but for now I'm excited to compete against these programs and learn about them. I can't imagine having that enthusiasm patching together schedules with the likes of SD State, UNLV, OSU, etc. You maybe right that it's more pragmatic and ethical, but as a fan I'd check out quick.
Missing the forest for the trees. Texas A&M just dropped $75M to buyout/fire their coach, and despite this, money will not be an issue in their next coaching hire. The sport has officially jumped the shark. Anyone with half a brain cell (which would include most Cal grads) realizes that this is just a zero sum game where outside of the top few teams, donations are the equivalent to lighting money on fire. And meanwhile, the fan experience gets worse and worse, higher ticket prices, game times getting pushed around, hours of commercial timeouts, etc...
We missed a huge opportunity to reject the status quo. We could have stuck with our OSU/WSU brethren and tried to rebuild a conference that prioritizes our values. Maybe merge with the MWC and utilize a relegation system to keep things exciting. And implement salary caps for coaches and regulations around NIL to restore some sanity to the arms race. Instead we are stuck in the ACC until 2036 on a meager revenue share playing the same futile game as before.
Can't argue with lighting money on fire, but I'm at least excited to start competing in the ACC. I may not be so enthused in three or four years, but for now I'm excited to compete against these programs and learn about them. I can't imagine having that enthusiasm patching together schedules with the likes of SD State, UNLV, OSU, etc. You maybe right that it's more pragmatic and ethical, but as a fan I'd check out quick.