US College Football thread
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LSUY
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From the top of my head Miami, Minnesota, and LA are the only cities with all three*. New Orleans has the Saints and Pelicans with LSU about an hour's drive away. Atlanta has the Falcons and Hawks with the Georgia Bulldogs about 2 hours away.
You're probably better off waiting until all the schedules are released so you can see which cities/states have all three on the same week.
* With college teams playing in a fairly high-quality conference.
Also could you specify what you mean by as little travel? Because when you spend time in the US a 3-hour drive is little travel to go to different places.
If you were okay driving a couple hours it would open up some other things like Charlotte and then going to clemson, duke, unc, or NC state. You could also do something like Nashville Memphis and then something like Tennessee or even Alabama.
If you were okay driving a couple hours it would open up some other things like Charlotte and then going to clemson, duke, unc, or NC state. You could also do something like Nashville Memphis and then something like Tennessee or even Alabama.
Yiddo100
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Yeah I’d have no problem travelling 3-4 hours
That'll definitely open up a ton of options.
Honestly, the only places to really look at would be ones with a great CFB atmosphere. Otherwise, it just wouldnt be the same. Unfortunately, the SEC schools arent really around major cities with pro teams excepts Athens is about 1.5 drive to Atlanta. You could look around the Carolinas as well(Clemson could be fun). If your looking at the Big Ten, Penn State isnt near Philly. But you could do OSU/Cavs/Browns/Bengals in Ohio. In Michigan, you could do UM/Lions/Pistons(Ann Arbor is close to Detroit)
U Wisconsin has a cool stadium and environment too. Madison is only a couple hours from Chicago then you have Milwaukee in there too to see the bucks.
And if you really wanted the NFL experience Green Bay isn't that far either but I agree I'd prioritize the college football because an NFL and NBA experience will be pretty similar outside of perhaps something like Green Bay or seeing an amazing stadium like the Rams or cowboys.
And if you really wanted the NFL experience Green Bay isn't that far either but I agree I'd prioritize the college football because an NFL and NBA experience will be pretty similar outside of perhaps something like Green Bay or seeing an amazing stadium like the Rams or cowboys.
The NFL schedule is usually released by mid May which should give you a pretty good idea of what would match up for college football in the NFL. You won't know the NBA schedule yet but it usually starts in late October and each team should be at home at some point in a 2 week period.
taidgh
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Here's a good one for all you college sports fans:
footballscoop.com
From the article:
For example, UCLA football brought in $41.3 million in operating revenue in 2019. Half of that figure is $20.65 million. If UCLA spent less than $20.65 million on football scholarships (which it did; $20.65 million divided by 85 would be nearly a quarter million bucks per scholarship), then the Bruins would have to share a portion of their football-specific revenue with their players.
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The head-count sports that would currently qualify for revenue-sharing under the statute’s provisions are football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. Based on 2018 financial figures schools provided to the U.S. Department of Education, the legislation would have worked out to FBS football players in California earning, on average, $132,000 per year in addition to the price of their grant-in-aid, while men’s basketball players would receive an extra $107,000 and women’s basketball players would get $15,000 more annually.
If this goes through, it'll have a seismic impact on college sports.
The California legislature is working on another bill that could change college sports
The NIL revolution began in California's state assembly. Now that group is considering an even larger change to the college athletics business model.
footballscoop.com
From the article:
For example, UCLA football brought in $41.3 million in operating revenue in 2019. Half of that figure is $20.65 million. If UCLA spent less than $20.65 million on football scholarships (which it did; $20.65 million divided by 85 would be nearly a quarter million bucks per scholarship), then the Bruins would have to share a portion of their football-specific revenue with their players.
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The head-count sports that would currently qualify for revenue-sharing under the statute’s provisions are football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. Based on 2018 financial figures schools provided to the U.S. Department of Education, the legislation would have worked out to FBS football players in California earning, on average, $132,000 per year in addition to the price of their grant-in-aid, while men’s basketball players would receive an extra $107,000 and women’s basketball players would get $15,000 more annually.
If this goes through, it'll have a seismic impact on college sports.
LSUY
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Watching them experience playing football in the Midwest in November has the potential to be hilarious.
WorcesterTHFC
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Forget about getting tickets for a Packers game. They've sold out every game at Lambeau from 1960 to the present day.
taidgh
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Northwestern v Nebraska: Fans got 75pc of food and drink free at Aviva Stadium in Dublin at American football game after payment system went down
A BANK card processing error led to 75pc of the food and drink allocation for the American football event in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening being given out for free.
www.independent.ie
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