Should the MS legislature proactively tie State and Ole Miss together?

[Maroonthirteen]

This post assumes Ole Miss would play a long in this request to be partnered with MSU. That isn't going to happen. If anything, OM will do the opposite. That is to pull political shenanigans and make back room deals to leave MSU out. Like rush in the greek system....youll think you are getting a bid but you won't. THe MSU AD office and Bully BLoc hopefully is preparing if ....IF.... such an event was to ever take place.

 

[Mr. Cook]

Since when did the word "proactive" ever get attributed to the Mississippi Legislature?

 

[Duke Humphrey]

UM’s power in state government ain’t once what it was. In fact, they tag along as MSU leads on most political issues in the Capitol

 

[Go Budaw]

Then you’ll have to have a draft or teams 15-20, that currently win 8-9 games a year and sell out 80,000 seat stadiums, will be going 2-10 with no way to recruit out of it, and be drawing 40K within a decade. Then they’ll get kicked out because losers don’t make any money.

You’ve got to see the big picture here. A 15-20 team league without a draft isn’t a viable option. It simply wouldn’t work.

Now… with a draft, it would work, but why would Bama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, UGA, etc risk a draft and thus having to be well run to win?

How would it not work without a draft? You’d simply have those 15-20 teams dividing up pretty much all the 4* and 5* talent….which is about 85% already happening right now. Everybody would be competitive. Nobody would horde all the talent because there are only so many open spots per year, per team. All teams would have enough money to woo at least some top end players every year.

And Bama / Ohio State / etc. still have to be well run even right now when they have all the advantages. A draft doesn’t change that.

 

[Go Budaw]

College football would be foolish to ever try to play on Sundays. They'd get crushed in the ratings and no one would pay to show it. Not to mention the NFL would quit being generous and start playing on Saturdays too and that would be the end of big dollar media deals for college football. NFL media revenues are about $10,000,000 per year. Big 10 and SEC combined are about 20% of that.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting college football would ever start playing on Sundays.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

When it comes to making bad decisions?

 

[patdog]

Did you read your post I was responding to? I was agreeing with you.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

We are losing the “student” in “student athlete” pretty quickly. The best chance for State and Ole Miss is to try to preserve the “student” aspect which tends more to equalize I realize money is the driver here, but they will kill the golden goose if they make college football an NFL farm league. Most of us will treat it like minor league baseball, as we should, and it occasional attention to it. Will those making decisions here take heed? Ah, no. They won’t. These days, it’s about the short term buck. From government, to corporate America to college sports.

Two things.

The whole student athlete concept hasn’t been a thing for a long time when it comes to SEC football and basketball. To think otherwise seems naive.

And the money is not short term.

 

[Bill Shankly]

ABSLOUTLEY NOT. We are NOT the school tainted by the "Old South" garbage. By ourselves we might survive. Linked with OLE MISS and all OLE MISS represents we would be doomed.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

I'm hoping the NFL steps in before that point. Anything that approaches an area that truly threatens the NFL TV eyes, and they'll squash it.

How would they do that? What leverage does the NFL have on college football that would enable them to squash anything?

 

[GloryDawg]

I don't care if we ever play those sOB,s again. I hate ole miss.

 

[Go Budaw]

Did you read your post I was responding to? I was agreeing with you.

Touche’