All the Pac 12 schools have professors like these and no one with any power on those campuses gives a shit about what they think.
They know that a prominent state university without football involvement is like creating a startup with no marketing whatsoever.
Only exceptions are schools like Gonzaga and Villanova and really who gives a shit about them.
Unless you’re an Ivy League school, athletics (be it intramural or semi-pro) is usually a good thing for the university, and I really don’t understand why there are still people that don’t understand it’s a symbiotic relationship.
I will however stick up for some of these professors and acknowledge that it’s not realistic for all schools to have big football programs (just like every college doesn’t need an anthropology department). The athletic arms race has gotten out of hand, and many are going bankrupt trying to keep up.
Cal and Stanford should get rid of football and basketball and stick to Olympic sports. They don’t need the FREE PUB! that football and basketball bring.
For the Coug and Beavs, it’s a little more tricky. They’re not national brands outside of CFB junkies. They’re certainly not some no name liberal arts school or community college either. Honestly the MWC is actually a perfect fit for them, as they won’t feel the pressure to spend as much money on sports, while still enjoying the benefits of having a program.
Things always change too…WSU and OSU continue to grow. They can join up with someone else when there’s another realignment.
It's a good conversation to have.
We need to speed up the process of sorting out the Universities that can support an entire AD based off the market value of their football brand and those that can't.
The era of tit sucking of the have nots from the haves needs to come to an end once and for all.
The bell tolls for thee @SECDAWG
The “bell tolls” of the SEC are nonexistent,
Pod.
No one, including me, understands what yer talking about. And I mean no one. What you need to do is fly down here and ask someone most of this dumb shit, this Grant and all the rest of this shit you talk…I will arrange it. “Grant, League, Coug, “CFB May be dying”…
fk, all of that shit. It’s shit. Every bit of it. Shit. Wanna converse about it? I’ll be glad to. I’m yer Huckleberry. I’m tired of your beating down my area of the US. I’ve been friends with ya. We’ve traded pics. I can tell you now, don’t say another fucking word about the south with yer biased shit…I can almost bet many have seen this coming. STFU. Or GTFO. You and yer West coast fkery, Puh.
Sorry y’all, guess I’ve seen too much from
This guy. I won’t tolerate it from no one, not a sole.