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The Big Ten Is Irrelevant - Again

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I am thoroughly convinced that the B1G brass does not care if the football programs sink into mediocrity. Every school gets $40M per year from the TV deals. If they wanted to be competitive, they would. Nope. They'd rather count the money than actually use it to put a competitive product out on the field.

The only way to fix it, I think, would be to go to an unequal sharing policy. Only the schools that make an effort get a cut.
 
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Woody1968 said:
Interesting - If we look at the late 90s, early 2000s, those were the years the conference was at its most competitive, we were pulling in a lot more talent from the southeast and southwest, which allowed a lot of top Ohio talent to head to other Big Ten Schools.
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I was kind of wondering that, Tressel roping off Ohio kind of suffocated the rest of the conference. Not that I care - that's their problem to solve.
The 2nd question was also honest -- I don't follow recruiting so I'm not sure if there's more/less/same 4/5-star kids coming out of HS.
But everyone was discussing demographics of Midwest vs. South, and I was wondering why Ohio is (or at least seems to me) to be the only midwest state that consistently develops players out of HS... if that isn't something our neighbors couldn't improve?
 
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kujirakira said:
I was kind of wondering that, Tressel roping off Ohio kind of suffocated the rest of the conference. Not that I care - that's their problem to solve.
The 2nd question was also honest -- I don't follow recruiting so I'm not sure if there's more/less/same 4/5-star kids coming out of HS.
But everyone was discussing demographics of Midwest vs. South, and I was wondering why Ohio is (or at least seems to me) to be the only midwest state that consistently develops players out of HS... if that isn't something our neighbors couldn't improve?
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High school football is heavily woven into the fabric of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but not so much other states in the B1G footprint where basketball reigns. B1G states need to cultivate spring football programs and summer 7-on-7s to remain competitive.
 
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Dryden said:
High school football is heavily woven into the fabric of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but not so much other states in the B1G footprint where basketball reigns. B1G states need to cultivate spring football programs and summer 7-on-7s to remain competitive.
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Adding New Jersey to that footprint will certainly help things along. Wish Illinois would start producing some top talent in football.
 
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In many universities, if you find outside funding, a line forms with requests for "our share". I am in favor of supporting the non-major sports. The problem is how many should be funded and for how long. B1G ADs need the assistance of the conference to ring-fence more of the money earned by football and basketball for those programs. They need to put non-major sports under pressure to earn their own external sponsorships. Ticket prices just can't keep climbing while the quality of play deteriorates.

Delaney needs to stand up and put performance deficits firmly on the agenda.
 
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another big difference between B1G footprint and SEC footprint (prior to adding A&M) is the lack of other sports influence in the South.

Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, So Carolina , Kentucky have no professional sports teams.
So college football is the only game in town and every athletic kid grows up dreaming of playing for the big college team.
Louisiana had the Saints but nothing else until about a decade ago. Same with Tennessee.
meaning pretty much all of the best athletes in the entire region end up playing football. and there's enough kids that even mid level SEC schools are getting at least a few.


whereas in the B1G footprint there are multiple teams in multiple sports. so these kids growing up all have varied interests. meaning chances are some really good athletes are choosing sports other than football. that dilutes the pool in the region. by the time the top dogs poach all the best ones, there's not a whole lot left to spread amongst the rest of the league.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
... these kids growing up all have varied interests. meaning chances are some really good athletes are choosing sports other than football. that dilutes the pool in the region. by the time the top dogs poach all the best ones, there's not a whole lot left to spread amongst the rest of the league.
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So you're saying we in the North can blame lacrosse, golf and water polo.

Thanks. I'll be using that excuse next time I encounter a flock of Tide fans.
 
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