With new college football subdivision proposal, NCAA finally admits its amateurism model is dead

CBS Sports ^ | December 5th, 2023 | Dennis Dodd

[coalminersson]

Another issue the transfer portal. Not sure yet I understand the rules or if I like it. Seems mid level teams outside the top 20 may suffer.

UCLA had a freshman QB Moore. He showed little poise and they used the second guy mostly the second half. Now maybe it will benefit him to go elsewhere, but who snows. If he strayed at UCLA would get another shot.

Colorado will live and die by the transfers next year.

Welcome contrary opinions or someone who can explain the portal.

[GunRunner]

While the Power Five conferences will go forward as the Power Four amid the collapse of the Pac-12, there is a general feeling that the Big Ten and SEC have, at least in theory, separated themselves from everyone else by virtue of their new media rights deals.

LOL!

This line made me chuckle. I mean, that's what's important, right? It certainly explains the FSU situation (for those who still maintain that it had something to do with "strength of schedule", lol)

It's not about winning or losing on the football field. The best coaches always say, "Boys. Get out there and make sure you separate yourselves from the rest of the pack and earn us a media rights deal!"

So sad. Another great institution destroyed by money and corporate power.

[GunRunner]

Here's all you need to now about the transfer portal.

If a kid wants to go to play for another school for any reason, they can notify the school that they are going to enter the portal. Their name then shows up inside the portal for all other universities who are looking for players at that position. The player can then choose to accept any of the offers that come through.

It's nothing complicated. It's just a streamlining of the transfer process that carves out exceptions to the old rule about losing a year of eligibility.

The QB for 11-1 Ohio State just entered the portal earlier this week, likely because he doesn't see the point in playing a worthless game at the Cotton Bowl.

The most important part of the transfer portal is that it turns all the kids into free-agent mercenaries, and means that college football is fully and officially just a farm league for the NFL. It no longer resembles anything that is remotely connected to amateur athletics.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

The ironic thing is that FSU almost joined the SEC back in 1992, at least according to Bobby Bowden. Instead, they opted for the ACC, and ended up winning three national titles in the interim.

But honestly, due to the litigation building up against colleges over the decades in light of football's increasing popularity (insofar as athlete compensation went, because who seriously thinks a diploma is sufficient compensation in this day and age?), there were two routes this could have gone (less the NCAA and universities get sued into oblivion):

- The NCAA decertifies every single university team with a media deal and only recognizes those who treat football as a club sport (i.e. funded by participants only), or

- The NCAA jumps on board and essentially treats Division I football as the NFL Minor League it already was in all but name.

[Mr. Lucky]

Far too logical to have any chance of serious consideration.

[coalminersson]

thanx

[MinorityRepublican]

Baker proposed a new subdivision consisting of schools "with the highest resources" that would likely separate itself from the rest of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) -- as well as the rest of Division I -- with its own rules and regulations. The remaining schools in FBS would still have access to the College Football Playoff.

I think there should be two conferences. Big Ten and SEC. They will all play in the playoffs. The remaining teams will stay in FBS and compete in traditional bowls. I'm old school.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The SEC has had a salary cap for players going on decades.

So all proposals are going to make college football as distasteful to me as the pros are now.