The College Football season has started. I'm not sure which story line will be the biggest as the year goes forward. Will the University of Miami get the "Death Penalty"? What will come of other programs under investigation? Will there be any reforms in college football? What of the realignment of conferences?
There is a potential that the possible realignment will make the names BIG TEN, BIG TWELVE, and PAC TEN something from another era. The talk is that is all about the Benjamins, television contracts, conference playoffs, and again more money as the football factory programs get bigger and the rest of the schools not in the biggest four conferences less relevant.
I think that rivalries will become less important as the push will become even more desperate to get to what will morph into a "playoff" of sorts to determine a national champion in football that might pass muster for the public and the NCAA.
So much for being a student athlete. Just imagine getting a degree in football from the University of Ohio or Michigan. This might make sense. Just think of the current trend in public schooling: think "charter School", when administrators are not subject to all the rules regular schools, they can provide the quality education their students demand. A BFD, or an MFD, Bachelor, Master, or the ultimate Doctorate in Football. Not a sheepskin but a pigskin. A secondary benefit might be the establishment of a special College of Sports that could separate the students from the athletes with reasonable rules for all depending on major.
My only question would be what happens to the less than blue chippers who may finish a program but have few opportunities in the pro game. Would they be able attend graduate school in football where they could hone their skills and maybe move into a program where those who can't go pro can teach the sport to others.
At the end of the day, it is possible that the UM may deserve the "death penalty" but if that happens it should be one of the biggest pushes to reform a broken system. I can't believe the Hurricanes are the only school with a booster that has too much money, no scruples and is more than willing to provide benefits to players legal or not. Sadly the coaches and ads are able to move on, and the players that provide much of what is exciting in "major" college football pay the price for participating in something that invites corruption.
There is a potential that the possible realignment will make the names BIG TEN, BIG TWELVE, and PAC TEN something from another era. The talk is that is all about the Benjamins, television contracts, conference playoffs, and again more money as the football factory programs get bigger and the rest of the schools not in the biggest four conferences less relevant.
I think that rivalries will become less important as the push will become even more desperate to get to what will morph into a "playoff" of sorts to determine a national champion in football that might pass muster for the public and the NCAA.
So much for being a student athlete. Just imagine getting a degree in football from the University of Ohio or Michigan. This might make sense. Just think of the current trend in public schooling: think "charter School", when administrators are not subject to all the rules regular schools, they can provide the quality education their students demand. A BFD, or an MFD, Bachelor, Master, or the ultimate Doctorate in Football. Not a sheepskin but a pigskin. A secondary benefit might be the establishment of a special College of Sports that could separate the students from the athletes with reasonable rules for all depending on major.
My only question would be what happens to the less than blue chippers who may finish a program but have few opportunities in the pro game. Would they be able attend graduate school in football where they could hone their skills and maybe move into a program where those who can't go pro can teach the sport to others.
At the end of the day, it is possible that the UM may deserve the "death penalty" but if that happens it should be one of the biggest pushes to reform a broken system. I can't believe the Hurricanes are the only school with a booster that has too much money, no scruples and is more than willing to provide benefits to players legal or not. Sadly the coaches and ads are able to move on, and the players that provide much of what is exciting in "major" college football pay the price for participating in something that invites corruption.
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