I'm surprised that's even a debate, real question is what is the future? -- soflahokie 04/21/2022 12:25PM Now that I agree with. If there was any leadership, college sports could've -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 12:28PM Perhaps they could have fixed it...... -- 2hhoop3 04/22/2022 3:19PM But maybe it is a bit like -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 12:43PM The blue bloods would be in their own division with their own rules... ** -- NokieHokie 04/23/2022 12:45PM Yes, yes yes -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 12:55PM Yeah no shite. That's everything in our society. But we would have our own -- NokieHokie 04/23/2022 12:59PM You are assuming a current VT market value which I may agree with -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 2:23PM Your fear is just that, fear... There will be plenty of demand for the 2nd- -- NokieHokie 04/23/2022 2:27PM 😂 bingo ** -- Brewing_Hokie 04/23/2022 1:13PM Totally agree. It needs to be completely blown up and start over. :) ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 3:40PM JMHO - make revenue sports in college athletics taxable. -- HokieinATL07 04/22/2022 11:35AM Do you think VT plays college football to be a "farm team for the NFL?" -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 12:52PM ^^^ a lot of inconvenient truths in here ^^^ ** -- HtownHokie 04/23/2022 07:17AM So who would want what you propose? -- Pride_and_Joy 04/22/2022 12:39PM Would be fans and rep's of schools with teams squeezed out. -- HokieinATL07 04/22/2022 1:18PM That’s precisely what I think happens. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/22/2022 2:06PM Correct! :) ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 11:36AM Really? What could leadership have changed about the -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:25PM Umm NIL should've been allowed decades ago? Players should be paid? Limit -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 4:28PM Except if you actually make college athletes employees -- fordham 04/22/2022 09:29AM You're gonna have to provide evidence of that... Would they change? Yes... ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:30AM More accurate would be it just wouldn't happen -- Pylons 04/22/2022 09:45AM Right, by choice... Not some law of nature. ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:46AM How does allowing NIL decades ago improve the problems -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:37PM Maybe we think the problems are different? Let's make sure we are talking -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 4:38PM A complete lack of competitive balance that makes the sport boring -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:43PM I think my suggestions would help with those, but okay. ** -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 4:45PM NIL doesn't shift the balance of power AT ALL. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:51PM What about staff limits and paying players? And FYI, the paying players -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 4:53PM How much are you paying the tennis player? ** -- fordham 04/22/2022 09:30AM $1... ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:34AM Canadian or USD? :-) ** -- VTHokie2000 04/22/2022 10:30AM U$D ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 10:34AM generosity and “equity” live! JK ** -- HtownHokie 04/23/2022 07:26AM Paying players the same amount -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:55PM Yeah, it doesn't eliminated, but does reduce imbalance. I've advocated for -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 5:03PM Would you agree that there neither is nor has ever been an entity that -- VTCALS72 04/21/2022 7:53PM The NCAA? ** -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 10:00PM That is not what the NCAA is -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 09:48AM The schools are the NCAA. ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:49AM Scapegoats for the schools -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 09:55AM Of course it is the schools. They are greedy and don't want to share the -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 10:02AM Not really -- Pylons 04/22/2022 2:19PM So back on point -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 2:03PM Paying the players equally and limiting the staff size does increase parity** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 2:16PM 10 years ago -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 2:32PM Yeah, blue bloods will always rule. I said improve, not eliminate. ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 2:35PM Really? You have complained about them since I started posting. -- VTCALS72 04/22/2022 08:00AM The point is they could if they wanted to. They just didn't want to. The -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 08:06AM Maybe they HAD it way back but the power rest with the $$$$$ now -- VTCALS72 04/22/2022 08:21AM $$$ is not an entity. You asked which entity has the power to do that. I -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 08:23AM Boy did you ever twist trhat one around -- VTCALS72 04/22/2022 11:38AM I didn't miss that. I addressed that. Why wouldn't advertisers want more -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 11:45AM Just watch. When the SEC gets their new TV deal, -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:53PM Agree a few, both players and schools get richer and the most get---- -- VTCALS72 04/21/2022 7:54PM
