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As I've written before, there's still a long way to go until signing day, and the way things have gone, even then it's not final. But there's a few things that confuse me a little bit, now with the House settlement being applied - which I thought was going to start July 1. The players now will...

Could collective bargaining be the answer for college sports? Some ADs are ready to say the quiet part out loud

20 of the NFL's best 40 players weren't top recruits out of high school Also, a reminder that Florida football's last two All-Americans were three star recruits.

Some semi-random thoughts on this .... Does anyone recall the 2012 SEC football season? Florida tied with Georgia in the East Division with a 7-1 record, but because Georgia beat Florida head-to-head, they went to the SEC championship game. However, the top six teams from the East (Florida...

The thread title is a little misleading, since only Congress can pass laws. As far as I understand, this is only a court settlement in a lawsuit. Notice that current athletes did not have any say in this settlement. What this means is there will be further lawsuits. I also don't expect anything...

College football rankings: Ohio State, Texas, Penn State lead post-spring top 25 ahead of 2025 season

If "pro" is the opposite of "con", then you know what the opposite progress is.

That's probably true, but the question is who is initiating the contact? You are correct that Wilson had an agreement with UF, since UF was recruiting him. I am sure contract terms were discussed during this process. Once he was at Oregon, did his agent open the communication with UF, or did UF...

I've written this in another post .... for years the powers that be (school executives, bowl executives, TV executives) were exploiting the athletes. Now the athletes are exploiting the system and taking advantage of the no-rules environment and slowly eliminating any power the NCAA has. The...

At least that's how I interpret this: Kentucky board of trustees approves shifting university's athletics department into limited liability company I sort of felt that this was the way to go, except that my take was that the football programs would go this route, being the biggest money maker.

You may be right. But who thought ten years ago that college players would be paid out in the open and would have agents to negotiate contracts and be open to the highest bidder? All while still being enrolled at a particular school? I think the rules are being stressed by the courts, and we're...

Yes, that's a very interesting scenario. It seems to me that all these rules and restrictions the NCAA has imposed are being challenged in court, and the NCAA is losing every time. So let's take your suggestion even further .... suppose after Tebow was cut from the NFL, he then came back to...

I find these kinds of statements amusing since it ignores what is going on in college sports these days. Look at what I recently posted. Judging a coach these days purely by wins and losses ignores the new economics of "college" football. College coaches have limited ability in assembling a...

I don't know how many people follow the crazy world of college sports these days, but there seems to be a lot going on in the courts these days. Here are a couple of the latest articles from CBSSports. $40 million rosters, portal panic and the wildest week yet of college football's unhinged...

A nice summary (IMO) here .... Nico Iamaleava's saga is a sign of what’s to come in college football

Yes, I understand. But the problem is there is nothing preventing this from happening again at other places - even Florida. He's holding out now, but imagine someone doing it in-season? I don't have insider information in this situation, but I can imagine there are outside sources influencing...

I've written (and said) this before ... the only way out is to call the football players employees, have them unionize and proceed with collective bargaining. In the NFL, if this happened, the player would risk losing his pay. In CFB, they don't have that risk, since they could enter the...

This story kind of would explain things, but would not be good news if the rest does not help his shoulder ... Florida QB DJ Lagway and the injury concerns that put College Football Playoff hopes in limbo

My first inclination was to say even then it's not over (Rashada, Grimsley, etc.). But that was in the old days of NLI. Now my understanding is the players sign contracts. And with revenue sharing next, I wonder how much more difficult it will be for players to get out of those contracts? Even...

The best basketball player on the planet (and maybe all-time) was drafted 41st in 2014.