I think the national championship focus has hurt the equity

I think the national championship focus has hurt the equity
by BuckeyeJohn05 (2021-07-30 10:45:44)

In reply to: In 130+ years of college football, Wisconsin has literally posted by Tex Francisco

And ultimately the sport.

It seems the sport was in a better place when you just played your schedule and let the AP decide who was the mythical national champion. It wasn't perfect, but it was interesting and it allowed tier 2 programs to sneak in a National Championship .

There was always a bit an arms competition , but that arms race exploded in the past decade--in large part with trying to keep up with the SEC. The salary structure/budgets from 2010 to 2021 aren't even close. For instance, OSU's coordinators were making 300k in 2010 vs 2+MM with a much larger coaching staff in 2021?

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Nonsense. Big two and little eight ring any bells? - cmhirish 2021-07-31 10:45:05
- That was mostly a 70s thing - BuckeyeJohn05 2021-07-31 14:17:40
1000% agree with you - sullivan79 2021-07-30 11:24:03
Agreed. - Tex Francisco 2021-07-30 11:17:45
the "arms" and facilities race didn't just heat up in the - jt 2021-07-30 11:12:57
- The NC versus bowls didn't have anything to do with it - NDAtty 2021-07-30 11:37:40
  - The Knight Commision addressed these issues - ACross 2021-07-30 20:22:02
  - I'm not sure why this response is directed at me * - jt 2021-07-30 12:27:24
    - Didn't mean to direct at you. Just adding to the sub-thread * - NDAtty 2021-07-31 10:48:01
      - no big deal - jt 2021-07-31 12:00:36
  - It certainly contributed. Alabama drives the market - BuckeyeJohn05 2021-07-30 11:59:47
    - Correlation is not causation. - cmhirish 2021-07-31 10:40:35
    - Oregon * - GolfJunkie17 2021-07-31 07:11:26
    - Maybe, but I think the huge media rights money - NDAtty 2021-07-30 13:00:40
      - TV money now dwarfs everything else. - Tex Francisco 2021-07-30 13:35:14