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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 258243" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>We've had a lot of discussion here recently about the lack of commitment of needed resources by Tech to the football program. I think a lot of that discussion is right on track, but there is this problem. See:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/25/knight-commission-meeting-worries-over-spending-and-stability-football-bowl?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=42d6226770-DNU20161025&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-42d6226770-197609261&mc_cid=42d6226770&mc_eid=3efd616175" target="_blank">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/25/knight-commission-meeting-worries-over-spending-and-stability-football-bowl?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=42d6226770-DNU20161025&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-42d6226770-197609261&mc_cid=42d6226770&mc_eid=3efd616175</a></p><p></p><p>Yep. What is happening is that sooner or later the competition among the Power5 conference will begin to drive many programs right out of the FBS. If enough leave - and I think this is a real possibility - then the basis of the present division structure will be so undermined that it will collapse of its own weight.</p><p></p><p>In many ways, I think that would be a good thing; there's no reason for colleges to act as farm teams for pro football and the amount of money being siphoned into collegiate sports is detrimental to the educational function of the institutions themselves. However, if ever there was an intractable collective action problem, this is it. I doubt the FBS schools or the NCAA will take the needed action (controlling athletic spending) until it is too late, even if it were legal (big question, imho) for them to try.</p><p></p><p>And, of course, in the mean time it would be a good idea to dedicate more resources to the Tech football program. Said the guy asking for the crew to row harder while the boat sinks because of a giant hole in its bottom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 258243, member: 265"] We've had a lot of discussion here recently about the lack of commitment of needed resources by Tech to the football program. I think a lot of that discussion is right on track, but there is this problem. See: [URL]https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/25/knight-commission-meeting-worries-over-spending-and-stability-football-bowl?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=42d6226770-DNU20161025&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-42d6226770-197609261&mc_cid=42d6226770&mc_eid=3efd616175[/URL] Yep. What is happening is that sooner or later the competition among the Power5 conference will begin to drive many programs right out of the FBS. If enough leave - and I think this is a real possibility - then the basis of the present division structure will be so undermined that it will collapse of its own weight. In many ways, I think that would be a good thing; there's no reason for colleges to act as farm teams for pro football and the amount of money being siphoned into collegiate sports is detrimental to the educational function of the institutions themselves. However, if ever there was an intractable collective action problem, this is it. I doubt the FBS schools or the NCAA will take the needed action (controlling athletic spending) until it is too late, even if it were legal (big question, imho) for them to try. And, of course, in the mean time it would be a good idea to dedicate more resources to the Tech football program. Said the guy asking for the crew to row harder while the boat sinks because of a giant hole in its bottom. [/QUOTE]
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