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It's not about sharing. It's about value$ and whether or not the most powerful schools in college football can extract that value$. So the first question is ... how much value$ is worth pursuing? So let's use the NFL as a benchmark. It isn't the same, but we can compare. (This is what Greg...

I'll answer it. No. There is a lucrative subset of the P5, while almost all other programs are fighting uphill and stuck with a widening gap (insert Tech here). There is increasingly the likelihood that anti-trust laws will prevent the formation of a super league unless you opt in to it. And...

I don't think it's an issue of charging the NFL. The reality is that the way things are going, the NFL or some external organization, is going to be involved and having input to how college football is developed. A current line of thinking is that a super league could generate 30% of NFL...

I get it. I was on a championship Little League team named after one of the local construction companies who footed the bill for our uniforms. In Japan, hoops are owned by corporations so it's the Goldstar Giants vs. the Toshiba Titans. Same thing. At this point, we should just let the AA...

Brian Daboll, when he became Alabama's OC after Kiffin, was asked what working at Alabama was like. Mind you, Daboll spent the previous 15 years of his coaching career in the NFL. So, the media were interested in his thoughts on going to the college ranks. "No difference", said Daboll. "It's...

It does, but not in a good way. Lane basically says, "they are all professional players now". Pandora's Box.

I was an global executive and the mantra was, “Define the operating model, and manage to the model.” Rinse, repeat. Losers change their operating model. It costs a lot of time, energy and resources to change every 4-5 years. Toyota is Toyota because they DON’T change the operating model. They...

I don't know about this. I was Greek at Tech at we had a great "word" file. Preparing for exams was good because we had 400 copies of tests each year for every class to help us prepare. The worst thing you could do was register for a class with a prof who had no history. And guess what? It's...

Agreed on the merchandising. As to attendance, prior to Covid, Tech's average attendance (reported) was 46,556 with a filled stadium capacity of 85%. (I don't think this is "actual" attendance, but the tickets actually sold ... and may include a lot of free, donated tickets that no one used.)...

Wouldn't the conferences just create a "Saturday Ticket" package and market directly to cable tv and streaming services? I know Greg Sankey is studying the NFL as a model for how to increase exposure and revenue ... he's a big fan of marketing broadcast rights to multiple entities, not just one...

Well then, we’re done. The Hill doesn’t support winning at all costs and never has.

The only problem with your justification is we don't have professional athletes. We have student athletes. They are supposed to be in class or studying. So they have to divide their time even more to include money-making schemes. And when NIL takes precedence over the other two ... it's not a...

t you w. B we y y You make an excellent point. But this is Todd+Geoff's strategy .... offer a pipeline to the NFL and/or a Tech degree. It is going to work? Probably not. It just isn't conceivable to a rational human being that Tech can take on the factories and win at this game with the...

I am sure you are probably right. But my point remains the same. If players spend more time worried about NIL $ than practicing, playing and perfecting their skills ... they won't ultimately be happy with the results. Let's see what Sims says ...

I suppose we will have to see what Sims "big news" is.

So you're saying that Sims is to announce the big news that we're KEEPING talent to win games? Or announce a big change in NIL at Tech? I doubt it. But we will see ... (that's kinda of the AD's job, isn't it?) (Of course we have to have an effective NIL group. But when players start spending...

If the "big news" is "Look at how much money I am going to make" and not "Look how many games we are going to win" ... we're doomed.

Interesting post. I agree with the substance of it, but may disagree with the results. We won't go back to the TO. There's no political or financial support for it now. The whole premise of the change was to run an offense that prepared players for the NFL. That's what doomed Malzahn at...

Thank you. My point is that the bar is moving. You might be moving X, but the competition is moving Y. So if your you're not at least moving Y, you wiill fall further behind.

Totally not my point. But thanks for playing.