The World of College Football

[zippy5]

42 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

 

 

Classic Zips.  Do they not think a better connection with Akron football could have been facilitated by putting the kids in the Akron endzone and the kids interacting with Akron players?

That would be cool if the Akron players could have found the end zone

[Captain Kangaroo]

2 hours ago, GP1 said:

Did anyone else see the OSU Athletic Director on CNBC this morning talking about the business of college athletics? The sleaze dripping off the guy was noticable to the point I think the interviewers picked up on it. 

 

He did some bragging about the TV ratings for the Texas game. 16.6 million people watched the game. I wonder if the NFL owners noticed and are licking their chops for those viewers. NFL games draw between 17 and roughly 30 million per game. If I was the NFL, I would start with driving college football out of the Saturday prime time games and then work my way earlier into the day. I'd bankrupt college football with a better product that people have more of an appetite for. 

Why would you do that to your free minor league?

[dre22era]

College Football-------------->NFL

The Big Ten's current TV deal is a seven-year, approximately $7 billion agreement with Fox, CBS, and NBC that began in the 2023 season. 

Ohio State makes $12 - $15 million a home game. 

So the OSU AD can definitely talk that talk. 

 

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Why would you do that to your free minor league?

You and GP1 both have valid points here.

 

I think the scales begin to tip when the "minor" league's revenue is on par with the major league, which it is becoming due to consolidation and concentration of the big name schools/programs. At the very least, NFL owners have taken notice.

[GP1]

2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Why would you do that to your free minor league?

To make more money. Why wouldn't they do it  if they could ? What would change? 

[GP1]

4 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 prevents them from doing it. Otherwise they would have already done it.

You are almost 💯 correct. They could play on those Saturdays, but they would forego their anti-trust exemption. I guess the question then becomes, would that matter?  The NFL is the #1 TV show in the USA. Drunks and degenerate gamblers can't get enough.