Ex Wazzu Coach Bennett retires - Blames State of College Sports

[Captain 97]

Where this is all heading is paid players, a players union and collective bargaining. Making the players employees and engaging in a collective bargaining process is the only way that the NCAA will be able to implement any restrictions such salary caps, revenue sharing and limiting transferring. basically it has to become a professional minor league or its all going to fall apart.

[Michael K.]

Where this is all heading is paid players, a players union and collective bargaining. Making the players employees and engaging in a collective bargaining process is the only way that the NCAA will be able to implement any restrictions such salary caps, revenue sharing and limiting transferring. basically it has to become a professional minor league or its all going to fall apart.

I agree. Seemed they could have done that right away. Slot money to be paid based on position and depth chart. Sounds like an actual job, right? Make the damn over priced Universities and the NCAA pay it rather than some rich fan. Imagine if Musk or Bezos decided they were Duck fans and just paid every # 1 recruit every year what ever it would take to get them there?

[Donn Beach]

The Ducks do have a fairly wealthy fan, Phil Knight. The Ducks actually are considered the wealthiest team in the NCAA, and are getting heat for it

The reality is, find a top-10 team in college football right now that doesn't have great support. Do we have a lot more than everybody else? I think that'd be an exaggeration or we'd never lose. Everyone else right now is focused on our ice cream cone, and if I'm busy looking at theirs, that means mine's melting."
- Dan Lanning via ESPN's Adam Rittenburg

"Uncle" Phil Knight, the co-founder and chairman of Nike, is the major reason why this talk of Oregon football having the biggest cash pipeline in college football is even being discussed.

They have a $23 mil budget for the roster, Ohio state is at $20 mil.