I’m tapping out

[wsudefense]

Cougar flag RIP
Cougar gear RIP
Cougar everything else RIP

College football is ruined and why even have stupid bowls. I was a die hard fan and supporter but I’ve lost interest in the game of football. I hate to be a Nancy but don’t care. Just ranting

 

[SaveFerris]

Get it and I have said the same thing to myself. I'll give it another 9 months until next year and probably be back for another flogging. I was able to deal with all the upheaval of portal/NIL etc. until the conference blowup. Being a perennial underdog is one thing but essentially being dealt the death penalty basically because we are located in Pullman is un-f***ingforgivable.

 

[longtimecoug]

Cougar flag RIP
Cougar gear RIP
Cougar everything else RIP

College football is ruined and why even have stupid bowls. I was a die hard fan and supporter but I’ve lost interest in the game of football. I hate to be a Nancy but don’t care. Just ranting

ollege football is dead, it just doesnt know it yet

 

[BiggsCoug]

Why would a school continue to be a member of the NCAA when they provide no leadership and refuse to oversee, enforce or create any rules around fair competition that creates a competitive balance across all members?

Pro tip, end collectives. Wanna make NIL $$$? Hire an agent and have them go out and find you deals. Holding a gun to your coaches head demanding $$$ isnt NIL. It’s extortion.

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Didn't really want to start a new thread, so here is this SMU story. Words escape me.

'Oh, s---, here come all the billionaires': How SMU came back from the dead

The Mustangs received the NCAA's "death penalty" in 1987. But a group of boosters is determined to return the program to glory.

www.espn.com

"SMU raised a record $159 million during the 2023-24 fiscal year for athletics, including $100 million in just five days after the Sept. 1 announcement that SMU had landed an ACC spot.

Those record-breaking donations didn't just come from a few wealthy wildcatters. There were four donations of eight figures, 35 of seven figures and 82 of six figures.

By that fall, the Boulevard Collective signed every football and basketball player to standard NIL deals of $36,000 annually, according to On3. The Ponies have the payroll working again, and this time it's all aboveboard."

 

[95coug]

In another year, schools will be allowed to pay the players directly. When that happens, schools with money will further weaponize NIL by using multi-year deals. Between that and the increased roster limits, ALL of the best players will be locked up by blue bloods, and everything that’s not Big 10 or SEC will be irrelevant.

The courts have created a situation where there’s little incentive for ~90 schools to remain part of the NCAA. Breaking away and forming a separate league makes more sense. Except that the networks really control what’s going on, and they’ll never allow that. They’ll just refuse to broadcast the rival league.

 

[BiggsCoug]

In another year, schools will be allowed to pay the players directly. When that happens, schools with money will further weaponize NIL by using multi-year deals. Between that and the increased roster limits, ALL of the best players will be locked up by blue bloods, and everything that’s not Big 10 or SEC will be irrelevant.

The courts have created a situation where there’s little incentive for ~90 schools to remain part of the NCAA. Breaking away and forming a separate league makes more sense. Except that the networks really control what’s going on, and they’ll never allow that. They’ll just refuse to broadcast the rival league.

Then they can broadcast ice skating, bowling and more talking head shows. If the networks arent going to offer much for tv $$$, why would you allow them to dictate anything to you? Sign a streaming deal or make one yourself on youtube.

Staying in a system that holds a gun to your head is not the answer.

 

[HHusky]

Cougar flag RIP
Cougar gear RIP
Cougar everything else RIP

College football is ruined and why even have stupid bowls. I was a die hard fan and supporter but I’ve lost interest in the game of football. I hate to be a Nancy but don’t care. Just ranting

I'll still watch it on tv, because it's football, but I don't care as much, and I'll never donate again. I haven't attended for a few years now. It's just the AAA equivalent of pro football, without even the sanctity of any contractual commitment.

 

[Observer11]

Didn't really want to start a new thread, so here is this SMU story. Words escape me.

'Oh, s---, here come all the billionaires': How SMU came back from the dead

The Mustangs received the NCAA's "death penalty" in 1987. But a group of boosters is determined to return the program to glory.

www.espn.com

"SMU raised a record $159 million during the 2023-24 fiscal year for athletics, including $100 million in just five days after the Sept. 1 announcement that SMU had landed an ACC spot.

Those record-breaking donations didn't just come from a few wealthy wildcatters. There were four donations of eight figures, 35 of seven figures and 82 of six figures.

By that fall, the Boulevard Collective signed every football and basketball player to standard NIL deals of $36,000 annually, according to On3. The Ponies have the payroll working again, and this time it's all aboveboard."

Again, it just means oil billionaires value athletics and bragging rights more than tech billionaires.

 

[acgcoug]

Dead to me, 2 years running.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

Cougar flag RIP
Cougar gear RIP
Cougar everything else RIP

College football is ruined and why even have stupid bowls. I was a die hard fan and supporter but I’ve lost interest in the game of football. I hate to be a Nancy but don’t care. Just ranting

Coward.

Yeah. He's out for the season. It sucks.

 

[fingerdisco]

Over the last two years I’ve watched less than an hour’s worth of football, and that tiny bit has been background noise when there’s nothing else on. F$$k college football, I don’t give two shits about it and I look forward to the day the whole system collapses. As a plus, My saturdays have been more fun and productive.

 

[MikeFingLeach]

Fine, but no bitching when this is the result.

 

[fingerdisco]

Fine, but no bitching when this is the result.

Can’t speak for others but mine wasn’t a bitch, I just choose not to partake of the shit sandwich we’ve been served.

 

[Dusty.Hooper]

I have a couple options to throw out:
1) Take our gloves off, and go after everyone in court. Use our coach buyout money and rehire our high fluting New York lawyers and go after ESPN, Fox, B10, SEC, all the Traitors (schools & AD's), State of Washington, the Ringing Bros Circus and everyone else over collusion, anti trust, etc. Let’s take our gloves off and fight or go out with a bang.
2) Dump football and focus on basketball. Put our money towards 3 All stars in basketball instead of trying to field 24 good FB players.
3) If we dump football andturn Gesa Field into Rodeos and Monster Truck shows to generate $$.
4) Do we still have Intramural football ? Maybe have best intramural team play in Holiday Bowl?
5) Or maybe merge with OSU, become the OreWash Couvers ?? Maybe even have intrasquad game to count as Pac 7 conference game?
Just throwing out some ideas.....