(04-21-2023 12:26 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote: (04-21-2023 11:01 AM)Ned Low Wrote: Say what you will about Self, but he's not wrong. The increased money is great but personally I prefer, as a fan, more regionalized athletic contests.
If the money (and general fan interest) in the SunBelt were the same, it would make much more sense for ECU to be there. That's not going to happen anytime soon, if ever so it's a moot point.
Equal revenue distribution would change things dramatically. I can easily envision a scenario where politicians get involved and make such a reality, as I have stated many times on this board. I'm not saying that it's for the best but government does not always do what's best as is... and it sure does love to regulate.
My goodness, the naïveté astounds me sometimes.
There is one thing that Democrats and Republicans and state legislatures from California and Florida agree upon: open free market capitalism to pay college athletes. State legislatures on opposite ends of the political spectrum are writing laws to cut the legs out of NCAA restrictions on schools to coordinate NIL compensation.
People need to stop being proverbial ostriches in the sand. The political responses (once again from all sides of the political spectrum) to everything over the past few years has been *entirely* about finding ways to pay athletes more, which in turn means that power resides in the schools that can afford to pay more (such a the P5 conferences).
No one is coming in to regulate anything here other than making laws to have the opposite effect of *deregulating* the rules that the NCAA has had on all financial matters in college sports until now.
Schools and conferences need to adapt or die. This is the reality and the sooner that fans get it through their heads that politicians of all sides of the political spectrum have ZERO sympathy for the plight of lower revenue athletic programs, the faster that we can move on to realistic policies and procedures.
Frank, for as smart as you are, I'm very surprised that you didn't pick up on a couple of things.
1. What has coaching been described as?
a fraternity. I'm sure that either you yourself are/were a member of a college fraternity or you knew someone who was in one. I myself am a member of a fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha. We have bonds that transcend distance and time. Every chapter does things slightly different, but the name, the creed, the hq, and how members are initiated remain the same. Same thing with coaching. It is one of the few times that one member, usually an older and respected member does speak for others. Self may be say things out loud that his peers have to say under their breath.
2. Self probably misses the old days when things were easier and not as much effort was required as now.
I personally feel like that lower revenue programs are not the problem here but rather
higher revenue programs wanting to rest on their "laurels" (trophies, winning tradition, glory, etc.)
I agree with ypu though, Frank, that everyone does need to adapt & overcome. I've even seen this on the D2 level, so it's not restricted to P5s, although that may have been the original intent.