Is College Football Broken?

Tell_Sackett · 2025-12-06T09:36:11-0600

Yes. It is unsustainable and they are shrinking the pool of teams that will be able to compete long term... not a good strategy for the long term health of the sport. They need multi year contracts and penalties for transfers of coaches and players imo.

Jim14510 · 2025-12-06T09:41:54-0600

rsmacke said:
While Nebraska sucks, yes
When Nebraskas good, No

It really boils down to this. Is college football a worse product than it was 10 years ago? Absolutely not. Its as balanced as its ever been, people are better athletes in general, and schematically continues to improve.

When your team sucks it's not as enjoyable as when your team is good.

Cash68847 · 2025-12-06T09:46:11-0600

I think they need to iron out some things on how to pay players but this is better than before. It has created more parity in the sport. The top few teams aren’t a given to win it it every year like before because they can’t hoard all of the talent. Nick Saban knew this and got out. You even see it high school recruiting. A record number of schools landed 5 star commits.

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T09:46:19-0600

Baron Winnebago said:
The thing that's wild to me is that you've entered into a period of absolute runaway spending where AD's (and by extension universities and by extension state taxpayers) are entering into larger and larger and larger contracts with coaches while simultaneously having a new expense line of tens of millions of dollars to pay labor. I don't know that I expected there to be a correction in coach contracts to account for this fact, but I don't know how the system doesn't eventually implode.

Tell_Sackett said:
Yes. It is unsustainable and they are shrinking the pool of teams that will be able to compete long term... not a good strategy for the long term health of the sport. They need multi year contracts and penalties for transfers of coaches and players imo.

Yup, as the “going rate” for a starting QB/WR/OT/DE etc… keeps inflating, combined with astronomical coaching salaries fewer and fewer teams will be able to compete at the highest level of CFB.

Imagine if the NFL said… No more salary caps and all contracts are year to year. It wouldn’t take very long until the same 3ish richest teams/owners were winning the superbowl every year. This is where CFB is going, probably already there. Pretty much…

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T09:49:21-0600

Cash68847 said:
I think they need to iron out some things on how to pay players but this is better than before. It has created more parity in the sport. The top few teams aren’t a given to win it it every year like before because they can’t hoard all of the talent. Nick Saban knew this and got out. You even see it high school recruiting. A record number of schools landed 5 star commits.

Parity 🤣 They’re pissing on you and calling it rain. Just cause more teams are in the playoffs (which is good) doesn’t mean there are more teams capable of winning a NC. Actually less in my opinion.

Cash68847 · 2025-12-06T09:53:50-0600

V-Doub said:
Yup, as the “going rate” for a starting QB/WR/OT/DE etc… keeps inflating, combined with astronomical coaching salaries fewer and fewer teams will be able to compete at the highest level of CFB.

Imagine if the NFL said… No more salary caps and all contracts are year to year. It wouldn’t take very long until the same 3ish richest teams/owners were winning the superbowl every year. This is where CFB is going, probably already there. Pretty much…

There is a lot more parity now than before NIL existed. I think it gives us a better shot at winning meaningful games. Rhule even said he has everything he needs money wise to compete at a top level now.

Cash68847 · 2025-12-06T09:56:24-0600

V-Doub said:
Parity 🤣 They’re pissing on you and calling it rain. Just cause more teams are in the playoffs (which is good) doesn’t mean there are more teams capable of winning a NC. Actually less in my opinion.

You’re nuts if you think teams like Bama and Georgia are still in the same position they were before NIL. They can’t stack the depth they use to. It definitely gave other teams a shot like Texas Tech if they are willing to spend money.

KidsSeeGhosts · 2025-12-06T11:00:50-0600

V-Doub said:
Parity 🤣 They’re pissing on you and calling it rain. Just cause more teams are in the playoffs (which is good) doesn’t mean there are more teams capable of winning a NC. Actually less in my opinion.

Brother, the no. 2 ranked Indiana Hoosiers are playing for a first round bye tonight

Cash68847 · 2025-12-06T11:12:10-0600

KidsSeeGhosts said:
Brother, the no. 2 ranked Indiana Hoosiers are playing for a first round bye tonight

To be honest they most likely have a bye locked up no matter what.

Boondock_St_Sker · 2025-12-06T11:23:29-0600

Juro said:
It ain't broken; people just hate change.

And its changing quickly because the conferences and NCAA didn't do anything for years, so when the floodgate opened up, it opened up quickly.

People do hate change but the management of THIS change has been horrible.

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T11:41:24-0600

KidsSeeGhosts said:
Brother, the no. 2 ranked Indiana Hoosiers are playing for a first round bye tonight

Indiana’s success doesn’t = parity on a national scale

BeerConsumer67 · 2025-12-06T11:45:06-0600

When BYU wins, and Bama wins, and the byes are 2 SEC and 2 B1G, lets reconvene and look at all of the problems in the insane power consolidation.

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T11:50:21-0600

Cash68847 said:
You’re nuts if you think teams like Bama and Georgia are still in the same position they were before NIL. They can’t stack the depth they use to. It definitely gave other teams a shot like Texas Tech if they are willing to spend money.

I think the initial effect of the portal, NIL and expanded playoffs can look like parity on the surface. But until a non-SEC or B1G team wins a NC (probably never) I don’t see parity nationally. What we have is a consolidation to talent in 2 conferences and some more parity within those conferences, but we don’t have parity across CFB.

Cash68847 · 2025-12-06T11:55:21-0600

V-Doub said:
I think the initial effect of the portal, NIL and expanded playoffs can look like parity on the surface. But until a non-SEC or B1G team wins a NC (probably never) I don’t see parity nationally. What we have is a consolidation to talent in 2 conferences and some more parity within those conferences, but we don’t have parity across CFB.

A Texas Tech or SMU type team can definitely win a title if they keep spending money. When Vandy is the best program in Tennessee and Tennessee isn’t a dog shit program, there is more parity. Before NIL the Missouri coach and Vandy coach would have took the PSU job in a second but they won’t now because they have good NIL programs.

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T12:01:05-0600

BeerConsumer67 said:
When BYU wins, and Bama wins, and the byes are 2 SEC and 2 B1G, lets reconvene and look at all of the problems in the insane power consolidation.

Thank you. We don’t have parity. We have 2 conferences that have consolidated the lion’s share of power and money. Now it’s a contest of which B1G and SEC teams can independently and privately secure the most money to spend on players and coaches.

BeerConsumer67 · 2025-12-06T12:06:32-0600

Cash68847 said:
A Texas Tech or SMU type team can definitely win a title if they keep spending money. When Vandy is the best program in Tennessee and Tennessee isn’t a dog shit program, there is more parity. Before NIL the Missouri coach and Vandy coach would have took the PSU job in a second but they won’t now because they have good NIL programs.

Bro lmfao Vandy wins one game with a Heisman finalist qb as Tennessee had its qb dip out mid-spring and you think Vandy is a better program. Laughable.

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T12:20:20-0600

Cash68847 said:
A Texas Tech or SMU type team can definitely win a title if they keep spending money. When Vandy is the best program in Tennessee and Tennessee isn’t a dog shit program, there is more parity. Before NIL the Missouri coach and Vandy coach would have took the PSU job in a second but they won’t now because they have good NIL programs.

SMU will never win a NC. They have private money, but they’ll never be able to keep a HC and they’ll always have over pay for top talent. Most kids believe the B1G and SEC are the best path to the NFL and the biggest pool of high dollar NIL contracts. Not to mention they’re already behind the 8 ball money wise because of their shitty TV contract. SMU… never ever gonna win a NC. Period.

TT… maybe. They actually have more private money than SMU, so I’ve been told. Never actually tried to check that out myself. Also anchored with a shitty TV deal and poor reputation for putting players in the NFL. But I think maybe TT could. Not gonna pick’em this year, no way. But I like that they can play some defense and stop the run. Can they stop the run against teams like Georgia, Notre Dame, aTm? Probably no IMO. Good thing is we will likely get to see this play out and then we’ll know.

BeerConsumer67 · 2025-12-06T12:22:32-0600

V-Doub said:
SMU will never win a NC. They have private money, but they’ll never be able to keep a HC and they’ll always have over pay for top talent. Most kids believe the B1G and SEC are the best path to the NFL and the biggest pool of high dollar NIL contracts. Not to mention they’re already behind the 8 ball money wise because of their shitty TV contract. SMU… never ever gonna win a NC. Period.

TT… maybe. They actually have more private money than SMU, so I’ve been told. Never actually tried to check that out myself. Also anchored with a shitty TV deal and poor reputation for putting players in the NFL. But I think maybe TT could. Not gonna pick’em this year, no way. But I like that they can play some defense and stop the run. Can they stop the run against teams like Georgia, Notre Dame, aTm? Probably no IMO. Good thing is we will likely get to see this play out and then we’ll know.

You know more than me here, but isn't the biggest problem kids taking less to go to OSU, Georgia and wherever so even these rich non B1G or SEC schools money doesn't go as far as the blue bloods?

V-Doub · 2025-12-06T12:26:17-0600

BeerConsumer67 said:
You know more than me here, but isn't the biggest problem kids taking less to go to OSU, Georgia and wherever so even these rich non B1G or SEC schools money doesn't go as far as the blue bloods?

It’s true. If my consensus NIL market value is 2 million. I’d go to Georgia, OSU, Bama or Michigan for 1.75 mil. Fucking no brainer.

Edit: And it might cost some school 2.5 mil to secure my services. This is what we created. 😒

BeerConsumer67 · 2025-12-06T12:32:09-0600

V-Doub said:
It’s true. If my consensus NIL market value is 2 million. I’d go to Georgia, OSU, Bama or Michigan for 1.75 mil. Fucking no brainer.

Edit: And it might cost some school 2.5 mil to secure my services. This is what we created. 😒

Yea, I'm assuming Nebraska is overpaying like a motherfucker.

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