(08-26-2018 01:36 AM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  You can't boycott something you are not a part of.

Sure you can, don’t consume the product (don’t watch).

(08-25-2018 03:11 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Ultimately it probably wont matter anyway. Football is a dying sport and i doubt the nfl as we know it will even exist by 2030. If the nfl dies so does the need for college football so at best we maybe have a solid 8 years left before its gone too.

Concussions and wusses have and will ultimately destroy the sport. The fact that they are planning on banning kickoffs in nfl next year just proves they want the sport to die.


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You're implying that the sport will lose public interests or sports marketing share if health experts seek to filter out some of the damaging health issues associated with the sport ... "in particular the issues associated with prolonged and frequent exposure to concussion."

(08-25-2018 04:40 PM)Huskypride Wrote:  

(08-25-2018 02:32 PM)TonyTiger06 Wrote:  I just set here and watch ESPN GameDay commentators try to justify keeping the College Playoffs at 4 teams while nullifying the conference championship emphasis.

There reasoning ... “Success breeds success!” They were comfortable with trotting teams out there to play for the national championship year after year based upon name recognition.

I contend that perhaps it’s time to start boycotting the darn thing, if they are unwilling to give G5 teams a shot at playing for the title!

IF ALABAMA IS SO BIG & BAD, WHY WOULD THEY CARE WHO THE COMMITEE MATCHED THEM UP AGAINST DURING A PLAYOFF GAME!

Villanova has won the NCAA MBB Title 2 out of the last 3 years! That doesn’t seem to affect NCAA MBB Tournament ratings. Why is college football so darn indignant!

Because nova is a basketball power...just because they are in a weaker conference then say the acc. Doesn't mean they are a sacred heart type program. They still carry a lot of weight in the cbb world. Also, people love upsets in college basketball and there are plenty of spots for everybody. So, no p5 team gets but butt hurt when a sacred heart type team makes it, because they earned there spot in ncaa via winning their tourney. But college football only has four spots. so the blue bloods dont want their team to get kicked out because of a ucf type school, even if that school earned their spot. We need more spots and aq for the conference champions to make it fair for every team. the team with the tougher schedule will get better seeding or something like that. i usually watch the cfp at during the beginning. but most of them have been blow outs.

I agree ... ! We need at least a couple of more slots. My issue is with the jackals who feel like tradition is more important than the integrity of the sport.

If they made the "COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FIVE (5) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS AND THE HIGHEST RATED G5 TEAM, I WOULD BE GOOD ... "

But that's not what the JACKALS to want to do ... !!

(08-26-2018 01:36 AM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  You can't boycott something you are not a part of.

If you're a college football fan or you've ever watched the game, you are a part of the target audience ...

(08-26-2018 07:24 PM)TonyTiger06 Wrote:  

(08-25-2018 03:11 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Ultimately it probably wont matter anyway. Football is a dying sport and i doubt the nfl as we know it will even exist by 2030. If the nfl dies so does the need for college football so at best we maybe have a solid 8 years left before its gone too.

Concussions and wusses have and will ultimately destroy the sport. The fact that they are planning on banning kickoffs in nfl next year just proves they want the sport to die.


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You're implying that the sport will lose public interests or sports marketing share if health experts seek to filter out some of the damaging health issues associated with the sport ... "in particular the issues associated with prolonged and frequent exposure to concussion."

Yup i am and it will. The whole reason football is popular is because its violent. Thats the primary reason anyone watches football wether they truly admit it or not. Using concussions as an excuse to make a fundamental change to the game that will quite literally destroy it, is a bs excuse. Especially when the very nature of the sport is based on violence and plays that will lead to concussions and injuries.

Plus ultimately you have to ask how long till they decide passing leads to too many injuries and decide to ban that too? Once you ban one thing because of it being violent especially when the whole sport is based on violence, you might as well just ban the entire game. They already are banning football in certain states before high school so i can say it is indeed a dying sport.

The fact of the matter is people need to either admit the players get paid millions to play a violent sport for our enjoyment or simply not play. You cant have your cake and eat it too which is what the nfl is trying to do. (i.e. trying to fundamentally change the game while still calling it football)

Just as a pitch to the head can quite literally kill someone you don’t see anyone trying to get rid of pitchers in baseball and go to batting tee’s. The reason being pitching is a fundamental part of the sport and getting rid of it would destroy the game.

If the NFL truly cared about safety they would mandate players wear the latest and most effective equipment possible, but they don’t. The nfl doesn’t care about safety they care about lawsuits and they are hoping by getting rid of the kickoff the fans will be dumb enough to just accept it. All the while the nfl gets to save money not buying the best equipment for every player.

Lastly every true fan will remember The greatness of kickoffs, the excitement and the game changing effects that they had. You take that away from them for “safety” and they will not be happy.

They need to just ban the sport entirely and admit they cant stomach the sport. A sport where players get injured through violent acts for our enjoyment. Alternatively maybe it’s just time the owners and players of the NFL face reality. The sport is popular because of violence and they get paid more than almost every average citizen in America for it!

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I don't usually watch it because I'm not particularly interested in the teams involved. The exception of last year when our old OC and HC took a team to the dance. If I don't watch, it's not because I'm boycotting.

Either way, I think a boycott is a bit ridiculous considering 1) We're not technically blacklisted from it, and 2) we'd all watch as soon as one of our teams makes it.

Didn't watch the NCG, not because I was boycotting (occasionally check in on score), I just don't give 2 $h!tz about Alabama or Georgia and couldn't have cared less who won the game.

I reluctantly voted No. Although the CFP is stacked to exclude all Non-Cartel folks; I don't think the boycott would be effective. The sad truth is virtually all 60+ universities have tens of thousands of fans (especially non-alumni sidewalk folks) who root for at least one of the 65+ Big@#$ Cartel school when they are not pulling for one of us. We have to design a plan to expand the CFP to 8 teams. And, to obtain a guarantee for at least one of the NON-Cartel Regular Season Champions every year.

(08-26-2018 07:11 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 06:52 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  At least make it 6 teams. All p6 champs

The P5 powers that be would never agree to that. Alabama would have been left out last season, when they won the CFP.

Our best hope is to have an 8-team playoff. P5 Champs, best G5 and 2 wildcards.

Agreed ...

College playoff money - 2017/2018.

UCF - $4 million.
Group of 5 payment - $81.32 million
Independents not including Notre Dame.


Total payout to G5 schools - $86.25 million.


Might not be fair compared to P5 payouts but it appears your cutting your nose off to spite your face by boycotting the playoffs and forgoing the college playoff money.

(08-28-2018 11:21 AM)panite Wrote:  College playoff money - 2017/2018.

UCF - $4 million.
Group of 5 payment - $81.32 million
Independents not including Notre Dame.


Total payout to G5 schools - $86.25 million.


Might not be fair compared to P5 payouts but it appears your cutting your nose off to spite your face by boycotting the playoffs and forgoing the college playoff money.

Unfortunately it is a joke that we are aligned with teams that should be fcs.

(08-28-2018 11:21 AM)panite Wrote:  College playoff money - 2017/2018.

UCF - $4 million.
Group of 5 payment - $81.32 million
Independents not including Notre Dame.


Total payout to G5 schools - $86.25 million.


Might not be fair compared to P5 payouts but it appears your cutting your nose off to spite your face by boycotting the playoffs and forgoing the college playoff money.

CFP Payouts 2017-2018:
American Athletic Conference 25,623,896 $
Atlantic Coast Conference 67,153,097 $
Big Ten Conference 68,871,187 $
Big 12 Conference 69,847,925 $
Conference USA 15,411,101 $
Mid-American Conference 16,815,366 $
Mountain West Conference 18,219,631 $
Pac-12 Conference 74,697,653 $
Southeastern Conference 88,144,099 $
Sun Belt Conference 14,006,835

So non-contract-bowl-conference payouts total about $91 million. This includes Peach Bowl. Doesn't change your point but accuracy is important.
Also, unless you have a Nielson box on your TV, your "boycotting" means nothing.

(08-28-2018 10:19 AM)TonyTiger06 Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 07:11 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 06:52 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  At least make it 6 teams. All p6 champs

The P5 powers that be would never agree to that. Alabama would have been left out last season, when they won the CFP.

Our best hope is to have an 8-team playoff. P5 Champs, best G5 and 2 wildcards.

Agreed ...

I going to say this one more time. A g5 auto-bid does nothing for the AAC but permanently lock us into the g4 forever. Every year we would be at the mercy of fickle media that'll never pay us our due. Look at this year where FAU is ranked ahead of every AAC team except UCF, because of Kiffin and it's a fun story. You also leave the door open for a Boise team that plays in a weak MWC while we're here in the AAC beating each other up and not getting any credit for it because you know all g5s are the same right. The AAC is fighting for its own auto-bid in the future,anything less means we're wasting our time.

(08-28-2018 08:24 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:21 AM)panite Wrote:  College playoff money - 2017/2018.

UCF - $4 million.
Group of 5 payment - $81.32 million
Independents not including Notre Dame.


Total payout to G5 schools - $86.25 million.


Might not be fair compared to P5 payouts but it appears your cutting your nose off to spite your face by boycotting the playoffs and forgoing the college playoff money.

CFP Payouts 2017-2018:
American Athletic Conference 25,623,896 $
Atlantic Coast Conference 67,153,097 $
Big Ten Conference 68,871,187 $
Big 12 Conference 69,847,925 $
Conference USA 15,411,101 $
Mid-American Conference 16,815,366 $
Mountain West Conference 18,219,631 $
Pac-12 Conference 74,697,653 $
Southeastern Conference 88,144,099 $
Sun Belt Conference 14,006,835

So non-contract-bowl-conference payouts total about $91 million. This includes Peach Bowl. Doesn't change your point but accuracy is important.
Also, unless you have a Nielson box on your TV, your "boycotting" means nothing.

This is the deciding money. While tv rights stay steady this fund and the gap between the A5 and other conferences grows. The A5 is triple the money of the g4. The sec and PAC nearly tripled the AAC.

You can change your media deal if you get ratings, but this deal is a locked in money advantage that can't be changed.

(08-28-2018 09:15 PM)Tigersmoke4 Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 10:19 AM)TonyTiger06 Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 07:11 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 06:52 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  At least make it 6 teams. All p6 champs

The P5 powers that be would never agree to that. Alabama would have been left out last season, when they won the CFP.

Our best hope is to have an 8-team playoff. P5 Champs, best G5 and 2 wildcards.

Agreed ...

I going to say this one more time. A g5 auto-bid does nothing for the AAC but permanently lock us into the g4 forever. Every year we would be at the mercy of fickle media that'll never pay us our due. Look at this year where FAU is ranked ahead of every AAC team except UCF, because of Kiffin and it's a fun story. You also leave the door open for a Boise team that plays in a weak MWC while we're here in the AAC beating each other up and not getting any credit for it because you know all g5s are the same right. The AAC is fighting for its own auto-bid in the future,anything less means we're wasting our time.

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This is the whole point of the P6 campaign.