NASCAR screwed with a good thing, changed it back, and still haven’t regained all the fans. And never will. People find other outlets when the lose interest.

I’m sure the traditional “biggies” will continue to draw and get prime TV slots, but I can see it being a 30-40 (maybe less) league. And they will have to figure out “salary” caps, maybe even “drafts”, and CONTRACTS that will insure players STAY and PLAY.

I see others either dropping sports, or ….. sign STUDENT athletes who want an education. Period.

Lot of kids will lose opportunities as….the rich get richer.

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Well hopefully like against Pitt, the Cards can get some revenge against Penn St. They swept us 3-0 earlier in the season but we are on a mission! Go Cards!

Cardiac Red said:

I think a lot of fans are on the verge of opting out of college sports in general..

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We thought it would happen with the NBA and their greediness but they made 13 billion last year. Somebody is watching.

2330859 said:

This NIL/Transfer Portal is so broken that I a think it’s likely that some schools will begin thinking about opting-out of any Bowl game in the years to come, particularly if the finances are upside down and the players refuse to participate.

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As they should and as we should as fans too.

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2330859 said:

This NIL/Transfer Portal is so broken that I a think it’s likely that some schools will begin thinking about opting-out of any Bowl game in the years to come, particularly if the finances are upside down and the players refuse to participate.

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I think a lot of fans are on the verge of opting out of college sports in general..

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KozmasAgain said:

I really didn’t care who we played for the title because I liked our chances no matter who we played. However after watching the Nebraska vs PSU match I started cheering for PSU. The reason being is because of Nebraska’s fan base which is huge. I didn’t want them to outnumber us on our own home court.

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Right there with you!! They were there in force and were loud. This will be the first time in 72 years that the NCAA VB champ will have a female HC! Hopefully the Husker fans will sell their tickets at reasonable prices so more UofL fans can get in.

This NIL/Transfer Portal is so broken that I a think it’s likely that some schools will begin thinking about opting-out of any Bowl game in the years to come, particularly if the finances are upside down and the players refuse to participate.

The “old system” was never indentured slavery or servitude; any student athlete was free to leave anytime he or she wanted, and in most any instance they did not lose their scholarship for the remainder of the semester.

For the millions of men and women who serve in the Military, I suppose they could argue they were indentured slaves while serving, but I never felt it, and to be honest, I never heard those I served with express feeling like slaves.

The exchange for competing in intercollegiate college sports for a college scholarship and opportunity for that education worked perfectly for decades before greed crept in and eliminated amateur status.

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The tough thing with injuries as fans we don’t know the full story. I thought Lacy was quitting but maybe he wasn’t right physically. The thing about football you better be all in mentally or it is a really brutal game. At least he didn’t transfer….yet.

The craziness is school spends X dollars upfront, the kid gets hurt school helps with rehab then transfers that is wrong on so many levels.

Another major shift is going to occur but the SEC, Big Ten and TV executives can’t be the ones leading the shift. I am afraid that is what is going to happen. The universities should be leading this shift not conference commissioners.

College sports and the athletes is a wonderful product. The volleyball is must see TV if you can emotionally handle it. The popularity of college baseball. People love watching kids compete. They are making decisions that are best for the conferences not the game itself. They risking losing all the non revenue sports just because of money. Football is immune but if college basketball isn’t careful their viewership will tank like the NBA.

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rh62531 said:

Cardiac, Pat has been in coaching for quite a long time. After coaching at Elder, he was asst. coach at Xavier with Skip Prosser, and followed him to Wake Forest. Coached Chris Paul and Jeff Teague along with other future NBA players. Coached under Dino Guadio, then Chris Mack at Xavier. Believe that he coached at Wake and Xavier were same level as UL prior to being Head Coach at Winthrop and C of C.

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Wake and Xavier are not the same level as UL. That's weak AF. Outside of that i really like PK!

Pervis_Griffith said:

I think Brady has already hit the portal.

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Allen is gone. We have Bailey, Deuce, and walk ons.

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