It seems from experience....that most gals in softball.....once they get that degree they move on. Plus....I asked a parent....how many schollies does softball get? Was told it's 16 spread out amongst all the players. So not everyone gets a full ride. That's probably one reason....many move on. Because the extra year of "school" isn't free.
It’s 100% the Portal and NIL. I watch what happened to the basketball roster in the off season, basically a completely new team. And bigger than that, almost all the significant AAC talent across the league transferred out. That sucks. Not sustainable.
I’m at UNT’s Spring Football game and there’s like 55 new names on the roster. Who the hell can get invested in and keep up with all this? That sucks. Not sustainable.
At least in the pro game, there are contracts that reward the players AND protect the team. You can plan and roster build based on those protections. Fans can buy in with some level of security. At bare minimum in a forced trade situation the team/organization is getting assets back. This NIL hellscape has none of that and no adults in leadership across the sport to figure this stuff out in a comprehensive, equitable, and sustainable way. The morons who have the power are cooking the golden goose and they don’t even realize it.
Business, great business is about relationship. The big school fans have relationships with their patches. That nostalgia that comes over them when an I gets dotted or a Tiger roars at night or when you hear Rockytop on the march into the stadium.
The majority of fan bases have relationships with players. I’m talking MWC AAC ACC Big 12 and half of the big 10 and sec. When you kill the relationship building process you squash the long term product success. That is why you will eventually see multi year contracts to preserve the sport. Everyone keeps saying college football is healthy better than ever rich and limitless. I disagree. It’s healthy for the big boys right now. But for the mass and I’m talking about 105 programs, you see the cracks. It will fall apart and those 25 - 30 programs will succeed - everyone else will adjust.
You will have some very rich and everyone else having fun again too. It’s just the messy stage. It’s going to get uglier before it all settles into a new place.
Never give up give in and remember relationships will set this free. Relationships between schools natural rivals players fan bases and trophies. Lots of trophy opportunities.
GMG
SMU.....y'all better come get your boy....he's talking logic. No place for that....
“Would you rather get beat 48-7 to Georgia in the first round or play for a championship?” Lashlee said. “Some say it makes it FCS football, but FCS football thrives for what it is. What saves G5 football is competition.”
“I think fans would’ve loved it if Liberty, SMU, Troy and Boise State were in a four-team playoff last year,” Lashlee said. “Kids will still transfer up or down by at least each school is competing for something.”
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