We got ZERO cinderallas this year and basically zero upsets. All the smaller conferences are now null and void like CFB. There is almost zero talent outside of the big conferences as if one player looks halfway good he is scalped by a larger program after one year. The transfer portal opened up just yesterday and already one thousand names in the portal. In one fukin day. Think about that one for a minute. Hasn't even been open for 48 hours. That is almost 3 players per team. Every game you watch it takes the announcers 5 minutes to name off how many schools some of these players have already been at. Just ridiculous.
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Good post, unde. I said that you've been sharp of late.
I echo your thoughts. And I think it applies to CollFB, Men's Coll Bask and Women's Coll Bask. Think back to the old transfer rules.
Had to sit out a year. Now, these guys will be there tomorrow.
Boise might be one of the last "great" Mid Majors in Football. They had one great player who stayed. I'm actually of the opinion that Mid Majors should split out in FB and Bask to make their own tournament.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
I was talking to Nasher about this weeks before the tournament. It wasn't very hard to see, if you watch any CBB, that 99% of these smaller conference schools had zero chance. All of their great players have been harvested immediately by top programs. It is a disgrace how the NCAA has allowed this to get so out of control in a mere few years.
I saw people talking about wanting more teams in the tournament. None of these teams have a chance that are in and you want to add more bottom feeders with zero talent in now? They might as well eliminate auto bids and just take the top teams. I mean they have already made 300 teams in the NCAA irrelevant by the new transfer rules anyways.Comment -
Arkansas is still in it
colorado state lost on a buzzer beater…Comment -
take some $$$ out of coaches and management pockets and spread it around. Players should have the right to move where they want to imo.Comment -
Forget about parity. Transfer portal and NIL has killed HS seniors, who can’t/wont get offers. Covid exemption, extra years of eligibility has led schools to go after grown ass men vs a 17/18 year old senior. Unless you’re a high 4 or 5 star, you have to wait before you get any offers. Teams rather have a grad student who already played 4 years of college. You have 25,26, 28 year old men, married with children still playing college where they can get paid. The HS kids end up at smaller schools until they grow up for the big schools to poach.Comment -
I don't know how it has killed it. I feel everything will settle in a few years. Big schools will have top and older players. Smaller schools will be for players that need to get better or just not good enough for top ball. Even Drake really didn't count. The players were from D II. I think it will make the game better. More teams that are complete and that makes better ball. I can't see how some small school doesn't make the second weekend it ruins the tournament. It's hard to watch some of these teams.Comment -
You think it is going to better CBB? This is how it will look going forward guy. The fact that you say "it is hard to watch some of these teams", why do you think that is? Probably because all the kids they had a year ago have all transferred to another school. That is the whole point. Watching all these leagues that used to make the tournament great because they had teams that could win games and make a run are now gone. They can't keep a player for more than one year. The years of having exciting first round games and upsets all over the place is over. Now it will be chalk city because the kids at these smaller schools have no chance against programs with top recruits as well as all the good players that once played for them. Any school that isn't part of any of the top conferences will have low end recruits that are all freshmen, and if one turns out to be good, he will be gone before the ink dries on his initial commitment to that school.
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Well lets get real for a second when the guy has played at 5 different colleges in 5 years not sure he got much of an education if any so hanging on to cbb might be better than heading to McDonalds to start working. I am not against kids that have actually graduated and earned an extra year somewhere else. That is what it is all about. Mac is ignoring the fact that this isn't some juniors and seniors transferring. This is every grade transferring over and over and over and over and over again. When you have thousands of players in the portal before the tournament is even over, which is basically half a starting 5 on every team across the country, there is a problem.Comment -
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I’m not ignoring any of it. It’s just a shame what it’s done for HS seniors. They get moved to the back of the line. Those guys are assed out. We will most likely see small programs quitting many sports because they can’t compete financially and competitively. There has to be some regulations. This wide open free for all is going to o end up hurting a lot of kids.Comment -
My guy, It's just a name on the front will be different. Instead of it seeing Moorhead St, the big conferences will just have more teams in it ever year. Also a team that has four or five players that are above avg are better then one on Moorhead. How many lower seeds even make it to the second weekend? You will get a few more teams like BYU in the coming years. Teams that were mid-major and have a nice money funds for what ever ways you do. BYU has had their athlete department running like the Pro's for a few years now. They are just a head of the other teams.Comment -
Just watch lower tier conference games. The talent level, since the new transfer portal rules, has dropped off a cliff (a large ass cliff). Prior to transfer portal changes we had 14 upsets in back to back years seeing mid majors play for a title and makes final 4s. Since then that has also dropped off a cliff. Why? Because all those players that developed or talented players on these teams bolt.
BYU isn't comparable because they moved to a top conference which increased their revenue and stock to players. Give me an example of a mid major school right now that has made big moves and are stronger because of the portal changes?Comment -
I know a kid at Xavier making $300k. The average QB in the SEC is making $1 million, which is why these guys are not moving on. Most of these guys won’t/don’t graduate, so this is the most money they’re ever going to make.
I can’t tell you how many college All American resumes I’ve seen through the years applying to a $50k/yr job. Life after college sucks for these guys.
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Well ya, it teaches all these kids to go for greener pastures but by their senior year, instead of working their way up at a program and putting the time in, they are riding the pine or didn't get better at all. They just spent all their time moving from school to school. It is ridiculous. This has to be stopped is my point. Look at some of the guys that have transferred 3 times already. They aren't any better and I guarantee most of them would not do what they did if they could do it over again. But like everything else the media surrounding the tournament only focus on on those handful of guys that it worked out for. For most it is all smoke and mirrors.Comment -
Say goodbye to the Cinderella teams. They cannot keep up with the arms race. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. Not many people want to watch mid major teams. Yes, we love upsets but no one is watching Morehead State. Many more people will watch the big schools. Tv viewership was very good last weekend and will be even better this week and next. It’s all a money grab.Comment -
I totally agree and a lot of these athletes are going to be hurt in the end. We will hear some very sad stories in the next few years. If NIL was around when I played in college, I probably would have never gotten a degree because I’d be chasing the up front money.
but how do you put the cat back in the bag?Comment -
What’s funny is I’ve never in my entire time in business seen even one resume of a former D1 athlete applying for an entry level job. I have met a few here and there at other companies and they are usually mediocre and entitled. Life after college for these guys is awful. What does that say about society or the system? They are there to win games and generate revenue, not to get an education or prepare for the future. $1 million dollars will not last a lifetime with even the best financial acumen.Comment -
I see a lot of resumes and it’s shocking/depressing to see a college all American applying for some of these jobs. WTF? Guy on top of the world, first team this, first team that and can’t find a job. You hear fanbases say they care about their athletes. BS, no one is giving them a break.
2 guys that played with me committed suicide. Several are destitute. Some real life horror stories. They put all their lives into football. Once your eligibility is up, no one gives a shit. I know several guys that went into sales, car sales, insurance, pharmaceuticals but those are tough jobs that most people can’t keep up. Those guys knew they needed a degree. The kids today are all chasing the money that won’t last past college for 99% of them.Comment -
Thank you Charles, that needed to be said on national TV. "They can't fire me, I have already been fired"
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Ernie was trying to go to commercial break and Charles said he wanted to say something. He said they can wait. He proceeded to say the NCAA has to get control of the transfer portal. That they can't have a thousand players in the portal going to the highest bidder. He said they need to get some grown men in a room and fix the problem because it is destroying CBB. After he finished his rant Ernie says do you feel better now Charles. Charles said yes, I am not worried they can't fire me, they already did and then it went to commercial
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