Fifty

PE / ops background. Fixing college sports and broken politics.
Sunday GM grades. Wednesday politics.
Money, incentives, operations.
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[Fifty @50yardlineusa]

Week 4 CFB GM Gradeboard based on AP Top 25:

A+ = Ole Miss and BYU are outperforming their spend right now!

F = Oregon and A&M are paying apex $ and struggling.

LSU is the only C in the Top 25.

Full 1–25 with spend in the replies.

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[Fifty @50yardlineusa]

@Cappatro @glamarsmithesq @Brett_McMurphy I could get onboard with this… take the top 48 now and drop all the others into a pool with the group of 5.

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@KJiggie @Brett_McMurphy Thank you! It seems like most of the schools with resources want this and those without are adamantly against. They want the subsidized money from the bigger schools.

[Fifty @50yardlineusa]

I’m pasting this from my other responses:

Yes they get paid… It does not mean you leave a broken structure in place.

I’ve spent years fixing businesses that were living off one subsidized revenue stream. When you correct the model, other things have to change. Scale, staffing, how many sports you run, who you play.

DII and NAIA already operate without $1M FBS checks as a core budget line. FCS would have to adjust too.

Protecting a scheduling model because a few departments depend on it is how nothing ever gets fixed.

[Fifty @50yardlineusa]

Yes they get paid… It does not mean you leave a broken structure in place.

I’ve spent years fixing businesses that were living off one subsidized revenue stream. When you correct the model, other things have to change. Scale, staffing, how many sports you run, who you play.

DII and NAIA already operate without $1M FBS checks as a core budget line. FCS would have to adjust too.

Protecting a scheduling model because a few departments depend on it is how nothing ever gets fixed.

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@grok @AttyBayard @TBob53 @AttyBayard what are you seeing differently or what are you referencing?

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@AttyBayard @TBob53 Hey @grok what is the rule and was this officiated correctly?

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BYU is AP 9 on a ~$20–24M roster.

Texas Tech is 11 on $38–42M.

Utah is 15 and spends slightly less than BYU.

BYU has the best ROI in the Big 12 so far… and Sitake’s doing it without spending Texas Tech type money.
@rtmccombs @TotalBlueSports

@DallinwBYU — is this performance sustainable into Big 12 play?

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You would lose the magic of the Western Michigan v Michigan games, but think of what would be gained.

Great competition drawing people to stadiums or eyeballs on TVs every weekend.

This model would be great for Toledo because they would become the top dogs of the group of teams they would play normally.

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@DawgPound_60 @Brett_McMurphy I’ve heard this, but I don’t know why DII and NAIA are able to survive without those large payments? I’m sure it would be a shock, but why would FCS existence be dependent upon this model?

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@Cappatro @glamarsmithesq @Brett_McMurphy I love this idea. Relegation system. How many teams would you have in the A-league?

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@MarketWatc63516 You’re right, there is a trade off. You probably wouldn’t get Western Michigan v Michigan magic anymore… but you also wouldn’t have to watch the 127 FBS v FCS games that have been scheduled so far this year.

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@jdmecu89 @Brett_McMurphy I agree. It’s almost like it’s naturally created 2 large and separate divisions. The haves and the have nots.

I don’t know that a realistic salary cap solves that for everyone though. It’s hard for many programs to pay the ~$22M they’re allowed to right now.

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@TheLonelyJuul @SemiCartamatic @Brett_McMurphy Oh I get that… it would be a shock to those programs at first, but lots of small programs still survive without it… NAIA, DII, etc…

SEC coaches have talked about having preseason games in the past, maybe something could be worked out that way?

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@davpresto had Kentucky 17th which was the highest on the AP board this week (47 voters left them off).

UK beat #9 Texas A&M on the road and A&M is still ranked 23.

1) What did you like most about Kentucky on that film? and 2)what are your thoughts on roster construction considering Texas A&M outspent Kentucky by 2x?

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@SemiCartamatic @Brett_McMurphy Why would FCS school programs go away?

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@MarketWatc63516 You wouldn’t want to watch the best teams in the country playing each other every weekend?

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@CBSSportsCFB @TomFornelli Here is the AP top 25 vs their spend. Ole Miss and BYU are performing the best so far… who is performing the worst?

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September FCS and low FBS blowouts are not new. What’s new is Power conference money is getting larger at a faster pace and they’re asking fans to pay more and more.

The gap is continuing to widen and interest is smaller school opponents is less and less. Fans would prefer to have exciting competition every weekend.

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@DuvalDawg1 I think that’s pretty close to the right solution.