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Here’s USF’s new stadium. https://www.usf.edu/stadium/index.aspx

It isn’t. It is seen in the more modern stadiums. And that’s the point. Nobody cared about next day delivery and now it’s kind of expected. Nobody is bothered by older stadiums until they go to a newer, modern one. BTW, Neyland authorized a $350 million improvement plan. While I like the Vol...

100%. The average cost of a concert ticket is about $122. Organizing 8 concerts a year is the equivalent of an entire season of football, probably more. Add in pre-game or post-game concerts and you can at least market yourself to potential fans.

Truly nuances of the law. Members assigned their copyrights to the ACC and who oversees that? USPTO ... so eventually, any dispute over that has to end in federal court. Again, a state court has zip to do with who actually owns or administers the copyright. So say FSU wants XYZ network to show...

Perhaps. But copyright is a federal issue. How does NC have jurisdiction over that? "Section 1338 of Title 28 of the United States Code confers upon the federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction over claims of copyright infringement. As a general proposition, the longstanding exclusive...

It’s June. FSU has to make its withdrawal notification to the ACC by Aug 15. I think we can safely say, the matter won’t be settled this year. Next year? Probably not. The dueling motions to stay will take another year because a) there are multiple filings and multiple appeals, and b) the ACC...

The core four Fan’s core four expectations are: They expect the stadium to be safe, comfortable, and clean. They want the view from their seats to match their expectations. They desire a high-quality game. They expect an exciting atmosphere within the stadium. Lots of sub-details that drive...

True. But the risk is doing nothing and seeing attendance fall even further.

Nevertheless… that’s what fans want. Stadium design HAS changed. It’s up to the stadium operator to change with it or not.

There are no sightlines from the concourses. That’s one of the main problems.

GT joining the B1G might keep it in D1, but we’re more likely to to be another Rutgers. The Hill restricts its sports investment to waiving out of state tuition. To change that, change state law. I think it’s wishful thinking.

A friend of mine (and GT CE grad) is in stadium design. BDS is woefully out of date with what modern fans want. I love it but I’m not the target audience anymore. Concourses, sight lines, gathering areas and food court amenities is where it’s at. I do like the Ryan design.

You don’t see the NFC West scheduling its own games. Neither should college football conferences.

FWIW, the Data Jocks call ESPN's methodology (for football) horse manure, mathematically speaking.

I don't think that is what is saying. SoS matters in CFB to some extent because 75% of the games played are within your own conference. That means there isn't much opportunity to measure out of conference performance and you are left with a) how many games are played, b) how many teams are in...

The Data Jocks say this about SOS (for college football): "Personally, I don’t think strength of schedule is a valuable metric to compute at all. SOS is not important on its own. Rather, it is only valuable as context for interpreting a team’s record. Instead of looking at the strength of...

I think you were talking about educational reform. And yeah, I jumped the scratch (whatever that means) that private organizations shouldn’t be compelled to do things they don’t want to do. Say I start a Catholic university that graduates super qualified finance grads? Should I be compelled to...

And? Can’t they create their own criteria for who is admitted or not? Public schools are a different matter, but a private organization should be able to decide for itself.

Isn’t Princeton private? Can’t they make their own rules? There’s thinking that every kid “deserves” to go to this school or that. No. There are no guarantees. There are only so many slots. You apply and prepare the best you can.

All that does is further divide CFB and skew in favor of larger programs. College football should follow the NFL and have one organization negotiate the broadcast rights that are then evenly distributed based on some criteria. I personally think CFB should reorganize just like high schools do...