Bowls thinking of paying players to participate

[Cougar63]

Or just get rid of the bowl games after the 12 team playoffs come. Only thing that is good for bowl games is betting on them.

Those cities make a buttload off of people traveling. I doubt that'll ever happen.

 

[Mountain Man Hawk]

Or simply move the portal to after bowl games.

I’ve wondered myself why we shouldn’t make that change.

 

[Cougar63]

I’ve wondered myself why we shouldn’t make that change.

So players can transfer at semester (which usually ends well before winter break)

 

[Mountain Man Hawk]

So players can transfer at semester (which usually ends well before winter break)

I guess that makes sense. It would be just too tight of a timeline to expect them to wait until January to start the process of finding a new home. I was just reading an article where Saban talked about how Alabama had 10 guys hit the portal, some of whom would have gotten playing time in the bowl game. Saban said he gave all 10 the option to still play in the game (even while remaining in the portal) and none of them took him up on the offer.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

I've posted a few times about the explosion of bowl games, from about a dozen in the 80s to over 40 now. Raising the bar to 7-5 should happen. If you don't at least have a winning season, you shouldn't be in a bowl game, IMHO. And paying players, in one form or another, makes sense too. After all, everybody else associated with bowl games is making money . . . except the players. And in today's environment, that's not gonna fly.

Incorporating bowl games into the expanded playoffs makes sense to me, although I love the idea of first-round games being played on campus. Some folks say you can't do that because of the weather in some parts of the country. Well, the NFL has been doing it forever, and it still is. The NFL plays the most important games of the season in whatever weather comes along.

And after the expansion to 12 teams, going to 16 ASAP would be fine by me. Every other division of college football has at least 24 teams in their playoffs . . . including all the way down to D-III.

I don't think bowl games should disappear, and I'm confident some sort of compromise will be found in this expanded playoff era that will keep them viable for years to come. But, of course, this is all just IMHO.

 

[Michael1969]

I think the biggest concern for the future of the bowl games is what happens with the conferences. This talk of conferences continually expanding and merging, not to mention the expansion of the playoffs, it may get to the point there will no longer be a need for the bowl games.

 

[obfuscating]

This Sports Illustrated article says in the future bowls may pay players to participate. I assume the increasing number of players opting out is part of the reason for the potential change.


Bowl game sponsors are getting creative in the era of NIL, striking deals with participants that may both stave off bowl opt-outs as well as provide a work-around to the NCAA policy prohibiting pay-for-play.

This could open the door to a more standard operating procedure of bowls directly paying players, potentially steering the money paid to conferences and schools toward athletes.

“We are really eager to have that conversation,” Carparelli says. “We think we can be a great solution for the commissioners. We know they are under increased pressure to find ways to put money in the pockets of student-athletes especially with the rapidly escalating television revenue. They are not able to pay players directly. If they were to desire bowls to make payments directly to players instead of conferences and schools, we can do that.”

Several holiday college basketball tournaments have paid participating players through NIL deals. But bowl checks would be more sizable. Bowl payouts range widely, from the Bahamas Bowl’s $225,000 and the New Mexico Bowl’s $1 million, to the Quick Lane Bowl’s $2 million and the Valero Alamo Bowl’s $8.2 million.

Traditionally, payouts go directly to conferences of participating teams. Leagues then normally distribute that revenue among their members.

“The payouts from bowl games could certainly be directed entirely to the players instead of the conferences if that’s what the commissioners wanted,” Carparelli says.

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No longer an amateur sport, strip the players of ncaa status, put the NIL group into their own "semi-pro" league. Open a new D1 "student-athlete" division, frame it like the fcs, no crossover games with NIL. If players want to transfer out to the NIL league, let them, but once out, they are not allowed back. Bring back the sit out a year rule of they transfer.

NIL and all is and will kill what we considered "amateur" sports.

 

[bumpstock]

I think the biggest concern for the future of the bowl games is what happens with the conferences. This talk of conferences continually expanding and merging, not to mention the expansion of the playoffs, it may get to the point there will no longer be a need for the bowl games.

While there may not be a "need" for the bowl games, the bowl games are affiliated with the respective conference(s), and generate revenue for the conference (divided equally within the B1G). Therefore, I think they'll keep them around as long as they're financially viable.

Entertainment wise, all depends upon the two teams, and who's playing.

 

[mikesright]

Amateur athletics has been a lie since the beginning of time. Hopefully the bowl system or postseason will change and adapt to meet the needs of fans and take care of the athletes better than they have in the past like any other business has to.

The reality is “student-athletes” basically have a job at the university as an entertainer. They treat it like any other job. If you want the rosters to have continuity, you sign them to contracts that have mutual benefit. The universities have no one to blame but themselves for not having rules in place to make that happen.

 

[HawkMachine]

So now players will hold out for better pay to play in a bowl game.

I’m so tired of this.

 

[katman15]

I was thinking about this last night on the way back from getting my butt kick at the casino. Absolutely going to have to happen…
They are going to have to pick up the package for each player, cloth and gifts, etc but also ad a money incentive and bonuses to top players. Welcome to the world of semi-pro sports.
GOOD OLD DAYS ARE GONE.