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Another question is what happens to the kids who go semi-pro and don’t make the NFL? Minimal or no education and their playing days are done. Our current system already fails many players, the new one will fail more.

He’s lost faith in himself.

With the expected TV money it doesn’t surprise me the B1G is leading the way on making football and basketball players employees. Unlike NIL money wages will come from athletic budgets which strongly favors the B1G. College football is getting increasingly ugly and as rich as the richest teams are now, inequality is going to skyrocket killing much we find unique and valuable about college football. I for one will not watch a semi-pro league but will turn to the NFL.

I wonder if Richard Young, who was trending towards Oregon, got cold feet due to the conference issues. He may well be the second 4/5 star recruit we’ve lost that we might have gained just a few weeks ago. I’m starting to have very bad feelings about this year’s class.

This is the third time USC acted against PAC-12 long term interests. USC fought against the billion dollar equity plan. They killed expansion that would have made the the PAC-12 stronger. Then Folt lied about USC’s "commitment" to the PAC-12 and stabbed everyone else in the back. If the PAC-12 survives, USC leaving will be a blessing in disguise. USC President Carol Folt 'shut down' potential Pac-12 expansion plans last year WWW.LATIMES.COM During a call with Pac-12 university presidents and athletic directors last year, USC President Carol Folt 'shut down' potential expansion plans.

I didn’t get that impression. The players aren’t the problem. Right now NIL money is not coming from universities so it isn’t affecting the university’s bottom line. You can bet no one asked the USC and UCLA athletes if they wanted to move. Maybe the football players would have voted yes. The rest probably not.

Oregon Ducks’ Spencer Webb was climbing ‘nearly vertical’ cliff at Triangle Lake when he fell to his death, per sheriff’s reports WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Firefighters were the first to respond to the scene, where bystanders had pulled Webb onto a raft after he fell at approximately...

LOL, Not a Freudian slip. Maybe I should have written "PAC-1?." Who knows what will be our "final" size. Possibly the PAC-00.

Giving the timing I wonder if spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Despair) is the main purpose of this announcement. The last thing the B1G wants is a strong and united PAC-1?

Best to Lois and a speedy recovery. R-Naught of 18 is right there with measles.

When it comes to unions, the subject has become so subject to ideology that I look at all such articles with a large grain of salt. Its interesting that Finebaum now pushes college football's problems onto the "student athletes" who are the group with the least financial and decision making power in college football. I recently read an article (sorry no link) from a expert in sport law showing a recent amicus brief using UCLA and USC's move as an example that "student athletes" are actually employees due to the new travel demands being incompatible with being a student athlete. I think it is inevitable that courts and law will soon treat our "student athletes" as employees, a trend caused and strengthened by those with the most power in the system (TV, the SEC conference officials, and wealthy boosters).

Will new rules change the way WSU uses its tight ends? 247SPORTS.COM THE RULES CHANGES for college football this season include a substantial change to blocking below the waist. Tight ends, added to WSU’s offense this season for the

Hmmm, the smart folks are saying the Big 12 doesn’t improve the TV numbers for the PAC-12. But never say never.

I think we got a good leader for the team.

I think all parties are waiting to see what happens over the next 6-months to year. Negotiations could resume depending on developments.

Good article on why a DQ on first false start and the science showing the rule is flawed. Mike Rowbottom: Allen's agonising false-start DQ reopens big question WWW.INSIDETHEGAMES.BIZ You can say what you like about the disqualification of Devon Allen from the world 110 metres hurdles final in Eugene for a false start - and many people have been - but it was certainly the polar...

Report: Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb dead in cliff-diving accident KATU.COM Oregon Ducks football player Spencer Webb was killed in a cliff-diving accident in Lane County on Wednesday, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Strength of Oregon’s class isn’t Dante Moore? We are slight behind USC in average rating but that likely won’t last.

One thing is clear with conference realignment and it isn't fun 247SPORTS.COM

Yeah, he doesn’t compete on the 7x7 circuit and other competitions. I wondered if the family is trying to hide some weaknesses.

USC fans almost (almost) make Husky fans look good in comparison. Unbelievably clueless writing. No self awareness at all.

I think it is a misunderstanding of what a university is to say that decisions about football teams and other aspects of the university need to be based completely on economics. Universities are expected to be more than a profit center and are expected to operate on a higher ethical level than a business. At some point, especially when football players become employees, it may be time to separate football teams from the university since the business of football may not be compatible with academics. The role of a university is constantly evolving and has become more of a business the last few decades. This has pluses and most definitely minuses.

Wonder how many potential transfers to USC are reading this and having second thoughts.

My take from the article is that the resistance to the deal was not due to the stereotypical ‘business naivety" or "lack of innovation" of PAC-12 college presidents, but because of the opposition of USC to the deal. This opposition appears in retrospect to be based on USC not wanting to be contractually tied to the conference. As one person quoted said, "USC has had one foot out the door [of the conference] for the last 20 years."