(08-12-2014 10:06 AM)panama Wrote: I cant see any FBS school dropping football over this. Think of what Tulane went through as a result of Katrina and they are still playing. This is what I just posted on PT this morning:
Quote:A lot of people on message boards and in the blogosphere are acting like the sky is falling. But what is the real impact? We were not competing with Michigan last week for players and we still are not this week. The 2* or 3* we offer isnt going to go to Georgia because we cant offer up more snacks because Georgia wasnt offering them anyway.Cost of full attendance is not insurmountable at all and most FBS schools will go to that. Where we wont be able to match the P5 is millions of dollars in "snacks" and personal travel expenses for players and their families. Regarding payday games, they (P5) can rattle their saber all day but Indiana, Wake Forest, Oregon State and Iowa State are not going to sign a death warrant that relegates them to permanent 4-8 or worse records. Even if they did, so what? At most its $2M from your overall budget, We would adjust. But it will not come to that. They will still play us. The reality is that for the G5 not much will change at all. P5 t-shirt fans had no idea we existed last week and they still wont. The real impact is for the next Louisville because the price to enter the P5 is about to go WAY up.
Panama, I think the big thing is that if we don't elect to match what the P5 do - we ARE going to see a bigger separation between us and them. It is going to make any path for moving upward much harder. It is going to make becoming a Boise State, and receiving "bcs" offers or seeing a Louisville climb even fewer and further between.
BECAUSE - much of their rise is due to Winning against the P5. Directly in national respect and in so developing a National following because people like an underdog that wins. AND because alumni and other donors respond when you do those things.
So why do we (G5's) get some of those athletes that make such a big impact on our programs and perform so well against the P5? Lots of answers to that question. BUT - don't think that we as a group never sign players that receive offers from the P5. Playing time is one big factor - almost guaranteed starts, big man on campus, not getting loss behind two other blue chip guys etc.
OR - maybe just maybe - What is best for the student athlete --- They decide to come play for one of us because our University offers them the best opportunity to not only play ball, but get a degree in the field of study that they would like to go into.
$$$$ changes everything. IF we didn't match that part or didn't offer any. THEN - how many guys (especially if they've never had any $ in their pockets) are going to come play for us when they could ride the bench at a P5 and be putting 5 grand in their pockets?
I fear that we would see a lot of guys do just that, and THAT would/could effectively lower our talent pool in the G5.
And (I know nobody cares around here) - but oh my - What is that going to do to FCS Football - WHEN - we offer $ as well - even if it is slightly less than the P5 offer.
I think the writing on the wall is clear. We have to offer the $, and we are going to almost certainly have to match the amount the P5 offer.
HOW?
We hold a meeting as the G5 and all agree to price set any games with us at 3Million per game. They need the games against us - to keep their donors happy with the W/L records and to be bowl eligible. The numbers support that.
NEXT UP: Anti-Trust lawsuit against the G5 for conspiring to set the price for games with the P5.
How far is this rabbit hole going to go?
