2022 NCAA Football Thread

[buddha]

sports media podcast: there is an automatic escalator clause in the big ten tv contract if they get notre dame.  the contract automatically increases by a predetermined percentage if they get the irish.

there is no escalator clause for any other team.  if the big ten adds any other teams, they will have a "good faith conversation" about increasing the contract amount.

its all about the irish.

[Hongbit]

 

[Deleterious]

Exactly how many times does ND have to say no before people get the hint?  At this point it has just become embarrassing.  

[casimir]

On 8/27/2022 at 7:13 PM, MichiganCardinal said:

Adding Nebraska to the B1G came with such promise.

*deep sigh*

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

[buddha]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Exactly how many times does ND have to say no before people get the hint?  At this point it has just become embarrassing.  

it wont be about the big ten asking, it will be about nbc/peacock/fox telling.

unless the irish can swing another tv deal with another provider.  does espn want them to play in the sec and will give them more money?  does amazon or apple want to use the irish as their entry into college football?  do the irish want to be only on streaming?

[casimir]

26 minutes ago, buddha said:

it wont be about the big ten asking, it will be about nbc/peacock/fox telling.

unless the irish can swing another tv deal with another provider.  does espn want them to play in the sec and will give them more money?  does amazon or apple want to use the irish as their entry into college football?  do the irish want to be only on streaming?

The Irish are just like everybody else.  They want what's best for them.  They'll pretend otherwise, but everybody knows the drill.

Money is green.  Shamrocks are green.

[Hongbit]

 

[Deleterious]

I figured kids would go with the GLS 450 or the Maybach edition.  Always considered a 500 to be an old persons car.

[Deleterious]

 

[casimir]

I’m sure it’s happened before, and I’m not judging NIL or what happened before or under the table or out in the open or any of that.  It just struck me that some guys are going to make more money as an “amateur” than they will as an active (to some extent) pro, and that amateur/pro thing amuses me.

[Deleterious]

Since these guys can make money now.  Will they start to tax scholarships?  

I could see a case for taxing them if you take NIL money.

[casimir]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Since these guys can make money now.  Will they start to tax scholarships?  

I could see a case for taxing them if you take NIL money.

Isn’t the NIL income?  Isn’t income taxable in the good ol’ USA?

Edited September 2, 2022 by casimir

[Deleterious]

1 minute ago, casimir said:

Isn’t the NIL income?  Isn’t income taxable in the good ol’ USA?

Of course that will be taxed.  But I was curious about the scholarship value being taxed.  

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, casimir said:

Isn’t the NIL income?  Isn’t income taxable in the good ol’ USA?

Yup. Of course if the player is getting high levels of NIL, whether his tuition becomes taxable is going to be small potatoes to his 1040 bottom line anyway. AFAIK, the tax exempt status of a tuition scholarship does not depend on your income. Now if your grant contains something like a stipend for work performed, like what a teaching fellow receives, that part is already taxable as a TA is an employee as well as a student just as NIL will be.

Edited September 2, 2022 by gehringer_2

[MichiganCardinal]

With the change in the tax code under Trump, scholarships and financial aid received for housing was reported as untaxed income. It’s not all scholarships, but that’s a pain for all of us receiving full aid.

[casimir]

College Football Playoff expansion talks reignite: Friday meeting could create larger field as soon as 2024

 

[buddha]

37 minutes ago, casimir said:

College Football Playoff expansion talks reignite: Friday meeting could create larger field as soon as 2024

 

 i like the tradition of having a 100 yard field, but what do i know?

[Deleterious]

Oh great.  We could see Michigan get throttled by SEC teams every 5 years instead of every 15.

[Deleterious]

Give me Florida to upset Utah.  Big fan of Billy Napier.  The Swamp is a tough environment to play in.

[Deleterious]

 

[Hongbit]

51 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

Fantastic news!    This sport is moving forward at light speed 

[MichiganCardinal]

Incredibly overdue in my opinion. This should *finally* add a competitive nature to the sport that it desperately needed.

Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State’s fun was driving fans away from the sport, not towards it.

[casimir]

4 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Give me Florida to upset Utah. 

What an odd sentence to read if we were 10 years ago.

[casimir]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Incredibly overdue in my opinion. This should *finally* add a competitive nature to the sport that it desperately needed.

Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State’s fun was driving fans away from the sport, not towards it.

So, 6 highest ranked conference champions and the 6 highest ranked teams of the remaining 124 teams.  Essentially it’s the top 10 teams and a couple others that might not be in the top 12.  It stands to reason that one of the 6 highest ranked conference championships are outside of the top 12.  Heck, that 1 or 2 might go up to 3, maybe 4?

Is it a reracked bracket after the first round?  If 12 beats 5, do they still play 4?  I think they should use the NFL model of best plays worst, next best plays next worst, next next best plays next next worst, etc.

Edited September 2, 2022 by casimir

[Deleterious]