The World of College Football

[GP1]

4 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

I would have to imagine that problem is only going to get worse with the declining enrollment. The vast majority of the houses north of Thornton slumlords were renting to college students since they could fetch higher rents. With fewer and fewer students living around campus more and more of those houses are going to get rented out to low income.

Enrollment isn't declining. 

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, GP1 said:

Enrollment isn't declining. 

Sure if you compare just this year to last, but if you zoom out and compare it to what it was 10-15 years ago it's nearly half.

 

Also, if you look further ahead northeast Ohio's population is expected to decline roughly 15% in 2050 compared to what it was in 2020. That will likely lead to further declines 10-15 years from now.

Edited Saturday at 03:25 AM by kreed5120

[GP1]

So,.you all know I find the number of support personnel and people running around with GoPro's on the field more than a little bizarre. In fact, I find it obnoxious. Yesterday I was at the WF vs GA Tech game. For the coin toss, there were four captains per team. There were 10 people with cameras filming it. What the Hell is going on in the world of college football that this happens? Is this what the money is being spent on?

[Hilltopper]

Dueling bills

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/09/29/senators-introduce-safe-act-for-college-athletes-nil-rights-womens-sports-sports-broadcasting-act/86428219007/

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/09/29/nil-bill-in-us-senate-allows-athletes-to-go-back-to-school-after-draft-uniform-sponsor-patches/86429347007/

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/07/10/college-sports-bill-ncaa-congress/84538608007/

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:24 PM by Hilltopper

[kreed5120]

Private equity is looking to spend $2 billion to buy a 5% share of future Big 10 distributions. 

 

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46452188/sources-big-ten-discussing-2-billion-private-capital-deal

[GP1]

5 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

Private equity is looking to spend $2 billion to buy a 5% share of future Big 10 distributions. 

 

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46452188/sources-big-ten-discussing-2-billion-private-capital-deal

The Big Ten is a good bet.The footprint the conference leads to money. Los Angeles has Hollywood money and West coast money. Seattle has big tech money. Oregon has Nike money. Cities like Philadelphia, New York, Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis have loads of money. Now that college football is about money, the more money you have, the better odds of success. 

 

The two biggest money schools in the SEC are Texas and TX A and M because they have oil money. The rest of the SEC only has car dealership money and that ain't that much in comparison. 

 

The Big Ten has a huge money advantage moving forward.