The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game.
So, Bears vs. Giants?
Funny thing is two of the best NFL teams played yesterday and the NBA was way more entertaining.
And the NFL on a streaming platform got 4x the ratings. It’s not really about one day though. The nba product is awful and as you know I’m a guy who loves hoops. Between stars choosing to not play up to 20 percent of their games (thanks LeBron), ridiculous flopping (thanks LeBron and Embiid) and insane amount of 3 point shots (108 in one game last week) the product sucks in the regular season.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game.
So, Bears vs. Giants?
Funny thing is two of the best NFL teams played yesterday and the NBA was way more entertaining.
And the NFL on a streaming platform got 4x the ratings. It’s not really about one day though. The nba product is awful and as you know I’m a guy who loves hoops. Between stars choosing to not play up to 20 percent of their games (thanks LeBron), ridiculous flopping (thanks LeBron and Embiid) and insane amount of 3 point shots (108 in one game last week) the product sucks in the regular season.
And 60 million idiots watched the Netflix Tyson "fight". So? Nobody in their right mind would have predicted the NBA got higher ratings than the NFL.
Doesn't change what I said though. The NBA was WAAAY more entertaining yesterday. Not even close. Why are they playing football on a fucking Wednesday anyway? Ridiculous.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
There's a lot of bad football being played on Sundays...and Mondays...and Wednesdays....and Thursdays....and Fridays....and Saturdays.
The NFL has diluted itself. It's a weaker product and now it's spread thin throughout the week.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
There's a lot of bad football being played on Sundays...and Mondays...and Wednesdays....and Thursdays....and Fridays....and Saturdays.
The NFL has diluted itself. It's a weaker product and now it's spread thin throughout the week.
There seems to be more really bad teams than ever. 10 teams have 5 or less wins. The chiefs haven’t scored 30 points in any one game and have only lost once. The nfl is Sydney Sweeney right now. Top heavy and not really a beauty but a lot of men still really like her
So basically the NFL's ratings were down compared to last Christmas, while the NBA's were up. This could drastically affect a lot of people's narratives....
Netflix NFL Ratings: Christmas Games Set Streaming Record but Trail 2023 Broadcast Numbers
The NBA's annual Christmas showcase also grows substantially, with all five games up year to year.
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The first NFL games on Netflix brought in big audiences for the streamer — and the biggest ever for a streaming NFL matchup. But they came up short of the audience for last year’s Yuletide contests that ran on broadcast networks.
The NBA also enjoyed a fruitful Christmas, with its five-game slate growing by a collective 84 percent from a year ago.
Netflix’s two games averaged 24.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast national ratings (Nielsen is providing U.S. data for the games, as the NFL likes audience measurement to be uniform across all of its media partners). The early afternoon matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers posted 24.1 million viewers, and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans came in at 24.3 million (both figures include over-the-air broadcasts in the teams’ local markets). The Netflix audience peaked at 27 million viewers during Beyoncé’s halftime performance at the Ravens-Texans game.
Nielsen and Netflix say 65 million people watched at least a minute of the streamer’s NFL presentation.
“Bringing our members this record-breaking day of two NFL games was the best Christmas gift we could have delivered,” said Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer. “We’re thankful for our partnership with the NFL, all of our wonderful on-air talent, and let’s please not forget the electrifying Beyoncé and the brilliant Mariah Carey.”
Added Hans Schroeder, executive vp media distribution for the NFL, “We’re thrilled with our first Christmas Gameday on Netflix with NFL games being streamed to a global audience.” Netflix says it will release its own worldwide data on the NFL games next week, which could give a more like-to-like comparison to its most recent big sporting event, November’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match.
The two games on Wednesday brought in about 5 million fewer viewers than did last year’s Christmas afternoon games, which drew 29.48 million and 29.02 million viewers on CBS and Fox. (A primetime Monday Night Football game on ABC and ESPN last year delivered 27.61 million viewers.) They are, however, at the higher end of regular-season contests this year, trailing the three Thanksgiving games (which averaged better than 33 million viewers), the season opener on Sept. 5 (29.2 million across all platforms), and several showcase games on CBS and Fox in the late Sunday afternoon window.
The previous high for a streaming-exclusive NFL game was 23 million viewers for Peacock’s wild card playoff telecast in January. Amazon’s Prime Video is averaging 13.34 million viewers for its Thursday Night Football games this season (up 12 percent from a year ago), and Peacock pulled in 14 million viewers for a game in the opening week of the season.
Wednesday’s games were the first in a three-year deal between the NFL and Netflix to stream games on Christmas.
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In the NBA, the Christmas lineup averaged 5.25 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a big increase from the all-time low of 2.85 million in 2023. ABC simulcast all five games this year, whereas the broadcaster only carried two a year ago due in part to its Monday Night Football obligation.
A primetime matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors led the slate with 7.76 million viewers, nearly six times the average for the comparable broadcast window a year ago. Lakers-Warriors was the most-watched NBA regular season game since 2019.
The other four games all improved on their year-ago numbers as well, with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks drawing the second-largest hoops audience of the day at 5.16 million viewers. The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs averaged 4.91 million viewers, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics (4.38 million) and Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns (3.84 million). The latter was the biggest tune-in ever for the Christmas NBA nightcap.
With the big jumps in viewership Wednesday, NBA games on ESPN platforms are now running 4 percent ahead of the same time last season, and the league’s national telecasts are off by just 4 percent year to year after running double digits behind numbers earlier in the season.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
yesterday’s Bowl Mania was way better than ANYTHING professional athletes have participated in this week.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
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The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
grudgingly, I have to admit you’re right. I’m not happy about the NIL or your rightness.
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The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
The 2 worst NFL teams playing each other on Christmas day is a better watch than any NBA game. I haven't watched a full NBA game in over 20 years. I've never watched more than 2 minutes of a game involving King LeBron.
I hate the game I hate the product
Fuck the NBA
Also, not for nothing, but the NFL product is not what it used to be either.
Well, they remedied that issue tonight. What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
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Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
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Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
The cost of 4 years of school vs what the universities were making is not anything I consider true payment. Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
The cost of 4 years of school vs what the universities were making is not anything I consider true payment. Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
Another misnomer. Very few athletic departments make money (google says only 28 in 2021 in D1) Football and some basketball are funding every other sport at these universities. The scam of NIL is that it’s not the schools paying the players but alumni fans and donors. So right now paying players is only hurting the schools from those funds now funding NIL are not going to the University directly. Frankly the current NIL system for most of these schools is not sustainable. Once the rules change and schools are forced to use their own funds you will also start seeing schools dropping sports. I think long term if schools are forced to pay players the amount of division 1 opportunities will decrease.
We all like “our schools” but some about paying millions to live vicariously is sad. The original NIL was Ed O’Bannon suing for the use of his image in a video game, right? It’s not NIL anymore; it’s straight cash homey.
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Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
The cost of 4 years of school vs what the universities were making is not anything I consider true payment. Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
Another misnomer. Very few athletic departments make money (google says only 28 in 2021 in D1) Football and some basketball are funding every other sport at these universities. The scam of NIL is that it’s not the schools paying the players but alumni fans and donors. So right now paying players is only hurting the schools from those funds now funding NIL are not going to the University directly. Frankly the current NIL system for most of these schools is not sustainable. Once the rules change and schools are forced to use their own funds you will also start seeing schools dropping sports. I think long term if schools are forced to pay players the amount of division 1 opportunities will decrease.
You share some good points, and i agree wirh many, but I think you may be short selling athletes on the football and basketball teams that are making the universities such a tremendous amount of money.
The fact is that, on the whole, football players at D1 schools make the schools a tremendous profit. They deserve more than what the average player is getting through NIL, imo.
I can't solve the NCAA's many issues, but I don't feel the need to do so in order to point out how I feel about football players deserving to be well compensated for the way they destroy their bodies for the entertainment of millions of fans.
Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
The cost of 4 years of school vs what the universities were making is not anything I consider true payment. Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
Another misnomer. Very few athletic departments make money (google says only 28 in 2021 in D1) Football and some basketball are funding every other sport at these universities. The scam of NIL is that it’s not the schools paying the players but alumni fans and donors. So right now paying players is only hurting the schools from those funds now funding NIL are not going to the University directly. Frankly the current NIL system for most of these schools is not sustainable. Once the rules change and schools are forced to use their own funds you will also start seeing schools dropping sports. I think long term if schools are forced to pay players the amount of division 1 opportunities will decrease.
You share some good points, and i agree wirh many, but I think you may be short selling athletes on the football and basketball teams that are making the universities such a tremendous amount of money.
The fact is that, on the whole, football players at D1 schools make the schools a tremendous profit. They deserve more than what the average player is getting through NIL, imo.
I can't solve the NCAA's many issues, but I don't feel the need to do so in order to point out how I feel about football players deserving to be well compensated for the way they destroy their bodies for the entertainment of millions of fans.
It’s not a profit. Only 28 schools athletic departments made a profit. The only way to profit is to not fund any of the other sports. That’s not possible under Title IX. It’s a lot more complicated an issue than just the players deserve money.
And I do think people don’t always know or take into account the large number of advantages these football and basketball players get even over other sports athletes.
Let the kids make money. If anything they're still not making enough money.
Agree 1000%.
Disagree 100%.
It’s ridiculously uneven. Deion’s kid $6M?
How is that disagreeing 100%? Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
To say they weren’t paid is a misnomer. If you’re gonna pay them a millions dollars let’s take their scholarships away. It’s not like education is even a priority anymore.
The cost of 4 years of school vs what the universities were making is not anything I consider true payment. Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
Another misnomer. Very few athletic departments make money (google says only 28 in 2021 in D1) Football and some basketball are funding every other sport at these universities. The scam of NIL is that it’s not the schools paying the players but alumni fans and donors. So right now paying players is only hurting the schools from those funds now funding NIL are not going to the University directly. Frankly the current NIL system for most of these schools is not sustainable. Once the rules change and schools are forced to use their own funds you will also start seeing schools dropping sports. I think long term if schools are forced to pay players the amount of division 1 opportunities will decrease.
You share some good points, and i agree wirh many, but I think you may be short selling athletes on the football and basketball teams that are making the universities such a tremendous amount of money.
The fact is that, on the whole, football players at D1 schools make the schools a tremendous profit. They deserve more than what the average player is getting through NIL, imo.
I can't solve the NCAA's many issues, but I don't feel the need to do so in order to point out how I feel about football players deserving to be well compensated for the way they destroy their bodies for the entertainment of millions of fans.
How many NFL prospects have actually been do injured in college that they never “got their shot”? I’m sure there’s some but I can’t think of any.
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Give ‘em a hundred thou a year, max, and call it good.
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Well the Jets finally saw what it is like to have an NFL caliber QB run their team in the 4th quarter. Wasted the full season letting him languish on the bench while the 41 year old GM tried his hand at it instead.
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Well the Jets finally saw what it is like to have an NFL caliber QB run their team in the 4th quarter. Wasted the full season letting him languish on the bench while the 41 year old GM tried his hand at it instead.
Good I hope we have seen the last of this asshole in the uniform I’ve never rooted against any of the past jets failed quarterback’s until this past two seasons!
Well the Jets finally saw what it is like to have an NFL caliber QB run their team in the 4th quarter. Wasted the full season letting him languish on the bench while the 41 year old GM tried his hand at it instead.
Good I hope we have seen the last of this asshole in the uniform I’ve never rooted against any of the past jets failed quarterback’s until this past two seasons!
As Wroggers is also the de facto GM, he'll be a Jet again next season. Enjoy that.
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What a gem, 14 punts, zero touchdowns. A sure-fire instant classic.
Doesn't change what I said though. The NBA was WAAAY more entertaining yesterday. Not even close. Why are they playing football on a fucking Wednesday anyway? Ridiculous.
The NFL has diluted itself. It's a weaker product and now it's spread thin throughout the week.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-nfl-christmas-tv-ratings-1236094025/
Netflix NFL Ratings: Christmas Games Set Streaming Record but Trail 2023 Broadcast Numbers
The NBA's annual Christmas showcase also grows substantially, with all five games up year to year.
The first NFL games on Netflix brought in big audiences for the streamer — and the biggest ever for a streaming NFL matchup. But they came up short of the audience for last year’s Yuletide contests that ran on broadcast networks.
The NBA also enjoyed a fruitful Christmas, with its five-game slate growing by a collective 84 percent from a year ago.
Netflix’s two games averaged 24.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast national ratings (Nielsen is providing U.S. data for the games, as the NFL likes audience measurement to be uniform across all of its media partners). The early afternoon matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers posted 24.1 million viewers, and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans came in at 24.3 million (both figures include over-the-air broadcasts in the teams’ local markets). The Netflix audience peaked at 27 million viewers during Beyoncé’s halftime performance at the Ravens-Texans game.
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Nielsen and Netflix say 65 million people watched at least a minute of the streamer’s NFL presentation.
“Bringing our members this record-breaking day of two NFL games was the best Christmas gift we could have delivered,” said Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer. “We’re thankful for our partnership with the NFL, all of our wonderful on-air talent, and let’s please not forget the electrifying Beyoncé and the brilliant Mariah Carey.”
Added Hans Schroeder, executive vp media distribution for the NFL, “We’re thrilled with our first Christmas Gameday on Netflix with NFL games being streamed to a global audience.” Netflix says it will release its own worldwide data on the NFL games next week, which could give a more like-to-like comparison to its most recent big sporting event, November’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match.
The two games on Wednesday brought in about 5 million fewer viewers than did last year’s Christmas afternoon games, which drew 29.48 million and 29.02 million viewers on CBS and Fox. (A primetime Monday Night Football game on ABC and ESPN last year delivered 27.61 million viewers.) They are, however, at the higher end of regular-season contests this year, trailing the three Thanksgiving games (which averaged better than 33 million viewers), the season opener on Sept. 5 (29.2 million across all platforms), and several showcase games on CBS and Fox in the late Sunday afternoon window.
The previous high for a streaming-exclusive NFL game was 23 million viewers for Peacock’s wild card playoff telecast in January. Amazon’s Prime Video is averaging 13.34 million viewers for its Thursday Night Football games this season (up 12 percent from a year ago), and Peacock pulled in 14 million viewers for a game in the opening week of the season.
Wednesday’s games were the first in a three-year deal between the NFL and Netflix to stream games on Christmas.
In the NBA, the Christmas lineup averaged 5.25 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a big increase from the all-time low of 2.85 million in 2023. ABC simulcast all five games this year, whereas the broadcaster only carried two a year ago due in part to its Monday Night Football obligation.
A primetime matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors led the slate with 7.76 million viewers, nearly six times the average for the comparable broadcast window a year ago. Lakers-Warriors was the most-watched NBA regular season game since 2019.
The other four games all improved on their year-ago numbers as well, with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks drawing the second-largest hoops audience of the day at 5.16 million viewers. The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs averaged 4.91 million viewers, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics (4.38 million) and Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns (3.84 million). The latter was the biggest tune-in ever for the Christmas NBA nightcap.
With the big jumps in viewership Wednesday, NBA games on ESPN platforms are now running 4 percent ahead of the same time last season, and the league’s national telecasts are off by just 4 percent year to year after running double digits behind numbers earlier in the season.
and there wasn’t even much, if any, NIL money involved in yesterday’s games.
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Pitt Panthers, Alliance 412 Change Football NIL Structure
Is Rutgers starting to become a real threat to the Big Ten in the NIL era?
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Sounds like you are good with them getting paid (unsure how anyone can be against that given what whoring them out for years earned the NCAA) but would like to see the system even out some.
Full disclosure, I hate the NCAA with a burning passion. They fucking suck, so I am not an unbiased party in this discussion.
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Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
The fact is that, on the whole, football players at D1 schools make the schools a tremendous profit.
They deserve more than what the average player is getting through NIL, imo.
I can't solve the NCAA's many issues, but I don't feel the need to do so in order to point out how I feel about football players deserving to be well compensated for the way they destroy their bodies for the entertainment of millions of fans.
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Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
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Columbus 10
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Vancouver 11
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Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I don't have the answers.
F the NCAA, though.
NFL thread.
Not excited about Saturday tripleheader.
Was a time I would have been.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14