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  1. OaktonDave

    Starting to see college football super league talk

    If my son and his friends, most of whom were competitive athletes in high school are any indication, interest in watching sports isn't as great as previous generations. They follow them to some degree, but they don't watch them to the extent that older generations do and did. When kids stopped...
  2. OaktonDave

    Starting to see college football super league talk

    There is such a thing as alienating your customer base, and there are examples of it happening in sports. Boxing was popular into the 80's, then collapsed. People didn't like the explosion in weight classes, the explosion in sanctioning bodies that lead to multiple champions at all weight...
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    Sixty minutes segment on "Havana Syndrome"

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    Sixty minutes segment on "Havana Syndrome"

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    Sixty minutes segment on "Havana Syndrome"

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    Sixty minutes segment on "Havana Syndrome"

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    Sixty minutes segment on "Havana Syndrome"

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  8. OaktonDave

    BTN embarrassing

    They should televise field hockey, no reason not to. There is a lot about the BTN to criticize, but televising sports like lax, field hockey, soccer, gymnastics, etc, including wrestling, isn't on the list
  9. OaktonDave

    Probably old news here, but Dan Dakich being interviewed by Gottlieb today stated that Paterno stated he didn't want to join the Big Ten

    The ACC is no different from the B10 - it has a few darling schools whose interests will always come first. If you're not one of the Carolina golden children, you're probably going to experience the same frustrations as all the B10 schools not based in Columbus or Ann Arbor.
  10. OaktonDave

    OT: LIV Golf and PGA Merge

    I think the final outcome will be more tournaments in the Middle East between the PGA and DP World Tour with a lot of encouragement for players from all the tours to participate and one or two in Asia. The playing window in the ME is small because of the climate. F1 races at night to deal with...
  11. OaktonDave

    OT: LIV Golf and PGA Merge

    There are also rumors that LIV won't last the summer and is only continuing until the Saudi's are happy with what they hear from the PGA. PGA tour leadership could screw up a two car funeral, and you can tell the leaders/faces of LIV (Norman and Mickelson) are lying because their lips are moving.
  12. OaktonDave

    BTN embarrassing

    I actually appreciate the coverage that the BTN and AAC Network give to wrestling. I'm part of a very, very small minority that watches more college wrestling than basketball. I also prefer hockey to basketball, but, again, I'm in a minority. Hockey is great in person, but it doesn't...
  13. OaktonDave

    The SEC is having a great Tournament.

    While I think you are right in the current structure where a conference member winning a title adds makes the other good programs in the conference look good, I don't think it will be the case in the future. When it gets to the point of two super conferences of 20-24 teams, I don't think...
  14. OaktonDave

    Friday Night Football...On FOX

    Exactly. There are many places where HS football is attended by students, player and marching band families, and almost no one else. I've been to several games where there were more kids in visitor uniforms than adults in the visitor stands. On the flip side, in places where HS football is a...
  15. OaktonDave

    NLRB roles Dartmouth players are ‘employees’

    Building on your comments, what's the purpose of basketball at Dartmouth? At this point, I suspect that it's a money losing operation that exists primarily because they've always had one and it would seem strange if it went away. It's not like kids are applying to Dartmouth because of it, and...
  16. OaktonDave

    Tiger dropping Nike and moving to TaylorMade

    The only thing that was left on his Nike contract was apparel. Nike stopped making equipment in 2016, and he started playing Taylor Made clubs and Bridgestone balls. He started wearing Footjoy shoes in 2021 and now has shifted entirely to Footjoy apparel. Footjoy is owned by the same parent...
  17. OaktonDave

    Sportico article on how to fix college football

    You're certainly welcome to your opinion. I spent a lot of time in the AD in the early 80's and saw it quite differently, but I'm not going to waste your time or mine trying to convince you. Thanks for an interesting discussion - cheers.
  18. OaktonDave

    Sportico article on how to fix college football

    Go back to the question you were responding to. The poster said that the schools didn't look always look to making money and did some things for societal benefit. To that you suggested that the lack of need for profit was "more reason for money to go to the players," but didn't address the...
  19. OaktonDave

    Sportico article on how to fix college football

    The societal benefit of minor league football is what?
  20. OaktonDave

    Sportico article on how to fix college football

    It's only a cash cow if the revenues aren't consumed by the programs themselves. When everyone associated with the program gets done taking what they can reasonably contend is their fair share what is going to be left and where will it go? It's not going to non-revenue sports, if there was...
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