D-I College football thread, non-Utah edition

sweetgrass · January 23, 2024, 12:04am

Things are going well at Arizona. AD is out.

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1749581721992118527?t=nxq5SEIJrPNxHckU04v6KA&s=19

Carolina_Cycling_Ute · January 23, 2024, 12:06am

Ouch. Wonder if Fisch knew, or had an inkling of the result.

BamaFanNKY · January 23, 2024, 12:38am

need some of those Wildcats to hit the portal.

sweetgrass · January 23, 2024, 12:52am

https://twitter.com/cbatbie/status/1748862712703308234?t=4-LG6GGYwUQ1kF9F3Yin0w&s=19

rumor is a booster stepped up

Greginslc · January 23, 2024, 12:57am

Deficits…Pay for Play scandal…it seems the Gumby’s might be in for an overhaul of their athletic department.

LuckyUte · January 23, 2024, 2:24pm

This can’t be good for their overall competitiveness short and long term.

Edited to add link to Athletic article.

LuckyUte · January 23, 2024, 2:34pm

From a comment in the Athletic article.

Emeritus UA Professor here and many things have contributed to the $240 million USD especially the acquisition of a defunct internet university that scammed its students to the point the US Department of Education wants $75 million back from defunct student loans! Robbins is not named “Front Row Robby” for nothing because he loves his sports at the cost of neglecting the academic/research missions of the University. There will be sports cut as do we really need beach volleyball in the Big 12 conference?

boyaremyarmstired · January 23, 2024, 2:36pm

D-III will possibly expand the playoff bracket to 40 teams next season.

Linfield, St. John’s, and Whitewater would have made the cut this year, if the number had been 40.

justaute · January 23, 2024, 3:29pm

Yup…just look at the PAC12 demise. University presidents are typical corporate leaders. Many are not good at their jobs. Having been in many boardrooms and in the investment world for many years, I find much of their behavior despicable.

boyaremyarmstired · January 23, 2024, 4:07pm

What are some aspects of their behaviour that you find despicable?

justaute · January 23, 2024, 5:21pm

Without going into details. Here are a few glaring issues I have seen.

Artificially inflated “market rate” compensation
Compensation and bonus programs skewed toward leadership
Accountability deflection
Pandering to “shareholders” and not focusing on stakeholders
Short-term, parochial decisions to generate personal gains

NewbombTurk · January 23, 2024, 5:42pm

Nailed it. On all counts.

Greginslc · January 23, 2024, 5:58pm

Welcome to what I call “Walking Dead Syndrome.” It’s a place where an organization is so inward looking, customer deaf, and buying its own hype that it is in reality “Dead,” it just hasn’t figured it out yet.

BamaFanNKY · January 30, 2024, 9:24pm

And Tennessee is now being investigated over NIL:
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1752440320640397489

Carolina_Cycling_Ute · January 30, 2024, 11:36pm

SMH, didn’t they just go through a major investigation over Pruitt? Seems that UT boosters need to get their collective ■■■■ together.

BamaFanNKY · January 31, 2024, 5:22pm

Pruitt wasn’t the issue it may seem.

Carolina_Cycling_Ute · January 31, 2024, 6:53pm

Yeah, so it seem ex post facto.

sweetgrass · February 2, 2024, 5:46pm

https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1753470349637812343?t=TTfmT_54thmx7t8bt1Nczw&s=19

This will surely end well

BamaFanNKY · February 2, 2024, 6:08pm

The Committee.

Greginslc · February 2, 2024, 6:30pm

If the Justice and Commerce Departments had any hutzpah, they would launch an antitrust / corruption investigation against the NCAA and the FBS Conferences.

Something smells worse than the sargassum on the beaches here.