College football 2019

[Maverick]

Bagmen are a conspiracy theory.  Those players got that cash and those cars as birthday presents from Grandma.

I know you are being sarcastic but as one who worked the university area and stopped quite a few athletes because they were driving stupid I found just about all of them driving cars that did not belong to them or family and came back to alumni. They were driving them wearing a lot of "bling" as well and had no means of support (ie no job outside of football / basketball/ baseball).

[Brooke]

Yep, it is quite overt at many colleges.

I'll be interested to see how things go with the upcoming rules regarding ability to profit from name and likeness.

[Brooke]

LSU got the shaft in the CFP poll. Hopefully they will factor SoS next year. Who knows.

I don't think it matters much if LSU is #1 or #2 currently.  A lot depends on the Alabama game.

They did factor in SoS a little in picking Clemson to be #5 and Penn State at #4.

Like you, I would prefer much more strongly factoring in SoS, maybe with an Elo-like ranking system.

[Shuffler]

Yep, it is quite overt at many colleges.

I'll be interested to see how things go with the upcoming rules regarding ability to profit from name and likeness.

Looks like any schools in kalifornia wishing to break NCAA rules will be out in the cold.

[Hajo]

Don't sweat the rankings as they are now. They mean nothing.  Many games to be played before the 4 participants will be named.

[Brooke]

NCAA has already announced that it will be changing its rules to allow players to profit from name and likeness.

There is no way the NCAA could refuse to do that, with California passing a law about it, other states saying they would pass similar laws, and Senators saying that they would make it happen.

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

[Shuffler]

What a can of worms that opens up. To follow a state like kalifornia is insane.

[BoilerDown]

California is the nation's capital, really. They seem to always be leading on important issues. The 49 states and especially DC lack in comparison.

[Shuffler]

California is the nation's capital, really. They seem to always be leading on important issues. The 49 states and especially DC lack in comparison.

ROTFLMAO

[Spikes]

NCAA has already announced that it will be changing its rules to allow players to profit from name and likeness.

There is no way the NCAA could refuse to do that, with California passing a law about it, other states saying they would pass similar laws, and Senators saying that they would make it happen.

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Realistically it is a good move, the schools already profit enough, no reason why they should take 100% of the profit from stars making the programs very good.

[Shuffler]

Realistically it is a good move, the schools already profit enough, no reason why they should take 100% of the profit from stars making the programs very good.

That is what supports the school and other sports at those schools. Get ready for lesser sports to fall off the roster if this happens. Also get ready to be supporting more schools with your taxes.

[ACE]

California is the nation's capital, really. They seem to always be leading on important issues. The 49 states and especially DC lack in comparison.

Hot damn. You smoke one of those left handed cigs before saying something that ignorant? 

You prolly want the electoral college gone too?

[Brooke]

The new NCAA rules are not profit sharing -- i.e., schools will not be paying players some portion of school revenue.

What it does is remove a restriction so that players can get paid for use of their names and likenesses.

For example, if EA Sports restarts the NCAA Football game, and puts players' likenesses and names in, they would be able to pay players money for that.  Also, presumably, players could be paid for endorsements and autographed items.

Those payments would likely nearly all be coming from sources outside the school.

The NCAA wants to try to keep this from being a way for boosters to pay players to attend a particular school.  It will be interesting to see how they try to prevent that.

[ACE]

College football will become pay to win recruiting. Not a good idea IMO

[Spikes]

The new NCAA rules are not profit sharing -- i.e., schools will not be paying players some portion of school revenue.

What it does is remove a restriction so that players can get paid for use of their names and likenesses.

For example, if EA Sports restarts the NCAA Football game, and puts players' likenesses and names in, they would be able to pay players money for that.  Also, presumably, players could be paid for endorsements and autographed items.

Those payments would likely nearly all be coming from sources outside the school.

The NCAA wants to try to keep this from being a way for boosters to pay players to attend a particular school.  It will be interesting to see how they try to prevent that.

Stuff like the EA Sports games are understandable - my question is where does this fall with the likes of jersey sales, for example big stars like Saquon Barkley or Zion Williamson? In the NFL the majority of the money goes to the player. I hope it will be similar in NCAA?

I agree though, it is a slippery slope.