The only real changes are we start by whipping Clemson’s ass to start with, then 14 more, then one more. What hasn’t changed? We still have no alternate plan.
As for the listed and eventual opponents of UGA after week 1, please be patient. Your ass whipping is being custom crafted by our college football artisans, and will be delivered to you as quickly as we can get to you. HBTFD!
That’s how the Rams GM saw it. He thinks the time off to get his head right was a benefit, and I’m inclined to agree. Who knows if he’s able to bounce back and resume as improbable a journey as I’ve ever seen a UGA athlete undertake, but every hero’s journey has a crisis, some adversity, some moment where he’s a step away from total defeat if he doesn’t rise up. I admit I’m pulling for him. He’s one of us, after all. He didn’t get us to b2b NCs by himself, not at all, but he was an important part of it.
Apparently, nobody knows where the proposed $2.8 billion settlement will go, except $100 million to the lawyers (hey, lawyers got to eat, too. 3%, give or take, sounds fair). One of the things I disagreed with the Senator about, as he seemed to advocate for paying players, was his view of Title IX. He seemed to me to dismiss it as a real factor. Maybe he was right, but I’ve always wondered how it would be dealt with. The college presidents, Dawg bless them, seem to be in denial. 80% of the settlement money to mens football and hoops? What about payments going forward? “Uh, we are waiting to see what the plaintiffs propose.” Way to get out in front, suits. Jere, Dawg bless him, is outraged about the proposed attorney’s fees. He has been a good president, and I know he’s a smart guy, but dude. Focus on the big picture here. 3% < 97% + billions in future payments. Maybe focus on that. I have no real idea where it all goes, but I imagine the battle over the right side of the equation is just warming up.
I guess Baghdad Bob is an IPTAY member. Someone forward this to Kirby. He might not realize how Dabo has him right where Dabo wants him.
Clemson has Bulldogs Right Where it Wants Them
https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-title-ix-6133381ab633182dd155a6338c781665
Many questions surround how revenue sharing will work. The one that never seems to me to be addressed is “how will Title IX affect where the money goes?“ For years, I have heard the question brushed off: it doesn’t really apply. It doesn’t really matter. It won’t be a big deal.
I don’t claim to understand the fine details of Title IX. But I understand something about litigation. I’ve seen what has happened the last 40 years. Regardless of your position on any of this, or what you think should happen, human nature is a constant. People always want more.
The old NCAA system seems built on the basis of “We are all part of this school, sports are primarily part of the school experience, like debate societies or choral groups or student government.” Money was always something of an issue; stuff has to be paid for, but it was not “a revenue stream“ as much as it was a way to cover it’s own costs. Obviously, that changed over time, but that was the foundation.
College sports became more popular . People would pay more to go to a football game, they would listen in the radio and buy papers and magazines to read about it. Then came TV, and the internet. More money. And then comes Title IX. Pay for the women to have athletic experience opportunities equivalent to the guys, colleges. Make it work.
T9 kind of fits in the one for all, all for one college approach. Football may generate lots of cash, though not everywhere, but the rest of the sports? Negative net income, including most women’s programs everywhere (a few exceptions).
But the money keeps growing. And the people generating the biggest part of it are football players. Shouldn’t they get a share? It’s the capitalist way, they’re the ones getting beat up for a good TV show. The schools get all that money, they can’t pay people. So they sink a lot of it into facilities, staff, coaches salaries. Nature abhors a vacuum. It has to go somewhere. And some goes to women’s sports. Way more than they generate. But “college.“
There has been wrangling over how much women get, and under what circumstances. Far as I can tell, it has never been dependent on what they generate. It’s hard to square the capitalist approach, where the producers of income get a fair share of the cash they generate, with the everyone gets fed from the same bowl in this academic community approach.
i guess we will see. But down deep I feel like some enterprising lawyers are preparing for the new financial arrangement with every expectation of Litigation Wave 2, meant to correct any perceived shortfall in amounts paid to the women.
if, say, UGA football generates 200 million a year, I can see why players have a fair argument for, say, 22% of that. But track athletes? Golfers? Sure, let UGA pay them…from their own cut. And what about title IX? Equivalent money?
i don’t know the right answer. But I doubt it’s “sure, the girls will just agree they generate essentially Zero or less and be happy with less.” I could be wrong.
Clemson fans are concerned about this fall. They start out with UGA in Atlanta, “WHICH IS ONLY 45 MINUTES FROM ATHENS!” (by the way, you can barely get to the Mall of Georgia in 45 minutes. Welcome to Atlanta traffic), but do you know who they have to play NEXT? App State. And then, NC State. They’re worried. I am not making this up.
They follow that up with FSU. A true meteor game, n’est pas? FTMF. Apres UGA, le deluge.
107 days, amigos. Labor Day Weekend is coming.
well, this ain’t it. But it looks like a sweet pad. How many of us would it take to buy this crib? More of us than we can round up, I would think. Imagine the property taxes on this place. If you prefer suburban settings, Boom has a pad for sale in Oconee County. One of you rich dudes buy it and invite us over!
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/kirby-smart-athens-home-sale/AAIAQH34LRAJ7FJ7YJOUXUJIKI/
Charlie Condon could go 1 in the MLB draft. How good would that be by itself, but Condon and Beck? That’s pretty good, yes? And Ant Man at 1 a few years ago in the NBA draft. What time to be a Dawg.
or at least, one of their writers does. But the interesting part of this way too early speculation is this: the article predicts the Panthers will have the pick, suggesting that Bryce Young struggles, and Beck is a preferable alternative because he’s bigger, stronger armed, and maybe the New Hope.
I admit I didn’t even read past 1, because my laughter at the thought of this chain of possible events: Beck has a great year. This suggests UGA has a great year. That suggests an SEC title. That suggests a deep playoff run, possibly a NC. Given that Alabama and Texas are in the SEC, that suggests Beck and UGA finish ahead of them (as does Ewers going at 10. Ok, I peeked.)
It’s all hot air and supposition at this point. Who knows how it goes in reality? But in mid-May, the Gumps will read this and the bile will rise in their throats. This pleases me. We all have to find joy where we can, right?
It’s the offseason, so what can the media (and the rest of us) do besides endlessly wonder who is actually going to be playing when the season starts at MBS? Especially on defense, which seems to be somewhat more uncertain than the offense. My own view is we are not hurting for talent, and if Kirby, Boom, Schu, et al have shown anything, it’s that they will figure out a pretty solid D rotation with the abundant talent available.
Who knows if this article remotely gets it right, but it’s somewhere to start.