College Sports / Conference Realignment
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's a brutal industry these days, no safe jobs anywhere.
agree, but less safe at ESPN than at Fox
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
ESPN has for many years now aggressively axed any talent that becomes pricey outside of their core handful of clickbait engagement farmers, so you're right in that sense.
But inside or outside of Disney, on or off linear television, ESPN will exist in ten years. Fox Sports is a shakier proposition in that respect.
Ultimately in the media business these days it's about securing your personal brand outside of the context of whatever company you work for.
Leading the World Cup coverage would be an exciting new avenue for Davis, but also a challenging one for an American (as the enthusiastic but hopelessly miscast Gus Johnson discovered). College Gameday isn't what it was, but it's still as large of a platform as there is for a studio guy, and Davis is good at it.
This would require them to share. My kids can share, but executives??? No chance.
My assumption would be that he'd be taking Rob Stone's spot on Big Noon Kickoff and on the World Cup coverage. They still have John Strong and Stuart Holden as their lead team (though I still think they should have had Ian Darke or one of the other top international announcers be on the top team). I like Rob Stone and think he has found a really good niche in what he does now.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
The music syncing perfectly is *chef's kiss*
Thought this was a good article.
Hold-outs will become the norm. There's something truly awful from the college fan's perspective to have a key player hold out for more money late in the cycle or as the season starts, using it to peak their leverage.
With high-end talent getting enormous NIL deals, there needs to be impediments to movement and this strategy (assuming you think retention and stars playing is a good thing for college sports). The NCAA has been pathetic to put it mildly on addressing NIL issues, so programs need to take the lead. Would be nice if the conference helped out with standards so there was more certainty to the approach.
I would add that I think saavy programs will add meaningful buy-outs over some threshold, say anyone over $250k, and the amount needs an in-season penalty starting with spring practice. When people talk about buy-in, it needs to be taken more literally. New problems will crop up, but I think this will reduce the worst of it.
Hold-outs will become the norm. There's something truly awful from the college fan's perspective to have a key player hold out for more money late in the cycle or as the season starts, using it to peak their leverage.
With high-end talent getting enormous NIL deals, there needs to be impediments to movement and this strategy (assuming you think retention and stars playing is a good thing for college sports). The NCAA has been pathetic to put it mildly on addressing NIL issues, so programs need to take the lead. Would be nice if the conference helped out with standards so there was more certainty to the approach.
I would add that I think saavy programs will add meaningful buy-outs over some threshold, say anyone over $250k, and the amount needs an in-season penalty starting with spring practice. When people talk about buy-in, it needs to be taken more literally. New problems will crop up, but I think this will reduce the worst of it.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
The thing not remember is that these — legally speaking — are not deals with the universities nor the athletic departments. They are deals with “outside” collectives for the purpose of name, image and likeness deals. In other words… endorsements. So when a player signs a deal with the collective, it’s a deal between the donor (endorser) and the player for uses of his name, image and likeness with the collective acting as a middleman. They cannot structure a deal that requires a commitment to a certain team. Twin City Radiator could ink a deal with, say, Boswell with the unspoken agreement he’ll be at Illinois. But if Boswell transfers, the collective is still on the hook for the duration of their agreement.
Of course we all know the deals are incentives to play for certain universities. But that aspect would not hold up in court under the current methodology.
WTH - the thing is in two pieces? When the player grabbed the top, it pulled off of the base. Who wants a cheap trophy, anyway
The music syncing perfectly is *chef's kiss*
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Appreciate this point. Makes me wonder though if the endorsers could use proxies or another mechanism that essentially work the same. If you had to show up every week in Champaign or face a contractual penalty, you might not have to stay on the team, but it would provide leverage that would effectively make another location difficult to switch to. If both sides are agreeable, they don't need to state the reason why, even if everyone knows the real reason.
Corso news isn't surprising.
He has had health issues in recent years and had had to script and rehearse his appearances and was no longer able to effectively ad lib after he had a stroke in 2009.
The show seemed to be transitioning to having Nick Saban take Corso's place as the elder statesman analyst on the panel, especially after Corso missed many shows the last couple of seasons.
He has had health issues in recent years and had had to script and rehearse his appearances and was no longer able to effectively ad lib after he had a stroke in 2009.
The show seemed to be transitioning to having Nick Saban take Corso's place as the elder statesman analyst on the panel, especially after Corso missed many shows the last couple of seasons.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Genuinely a legend of American broadcasting. A true 1-of-1. Obviously he's been a shadow of his former self for many years, but he'll be missed.
Good for Corso. It's a shame that younger fans probably only see him as a gimmick and didn't get to see him pre-stroke.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
All this noise (in general, not you Rabid) that Nico was the first when Skyy did essentially the same thing mid-season a few years ago. It was about minutes, or a starting role, or some other dissatisfaction - he got all his money - but in the end he 'held out' the second half of the season and left his team in a bigger lurch than Nico. Tennessee has the entire spring and summer to prepare his successor.
It’s likely this kind of conduct impairs the potential to find new sponsors. Nico took a big pay cut to bail from UT for UCLA. In addition, he now has a weaker team and less capable receivers with which to grow and showcase his talent for the NFL. He seems to have received some terrible advice (or let greed overrule good advice). Support your team 100% until you decide you must hit the portal. Honor your commitments. Cultivate a professional reputation.
I was listening to TJ Houshmandzadeh on his radio show, and he was saying that money had nothing to do with Nico's decision to leave Tennessee. He said he knows the family personally and Tennessee's coach made a promise to Nico to alter the offense to suit Nico's skill set and didn't keep his word. That's when Nico decided to transfer. He said all of that stuff about wanting $4 million was PR by Tennessee. Nico even stated that he went to UCLA for the offense and not for the amount of money he was getting. Obviously, I don't know what's true or not, just repeating what I heard from TJ's radio show.
My interest in College Gameday has declined with the health of Coach Corso. His corny schtick was a welcome relief from the pontificating and blathering of today's Steven A. Smith type sports talk personalities.
Went to post this on the conference realignment, but the thread is closed.
Utah to the BIG?
Utah to the BIG?
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