Because the calendar flips to the following day, issues proceed to alter; nonetheless, one consistency will at all times come to the forefront, and it’s that the SEC would be the greatest crybabies on the planet.
Just like its geographic counterparts, Georgia soccer head coach Kirby Good went to the media to debate the SEC’s potential to secede from the NCAA. There are at the moment two points inflicting strife for the SEC.
The foremost energy conferences and Notre Dame wish to broaden the playoffs to 24 groups, whereas the SEC solely desires to broaden to 16 groups. I personally don’t assume any growth ought to happen, because the common season ought to nonetheless matter in faculty soccer. That stated, I’m shocked the SEC doesn’t need the bigger growth.
A bigger playoffs means extra money, extra potential dwelling video games, and smaller colleges feeling that they will genuinely compete for nationwide titles. The SEC complains yearly when their 9-3 groups miss the playoffs, so I’m shocked they wouldn’t need half their convention taking part in within the postseason.
Kirby has his complaints about playoff growth, however uncontrolled NIL growth is his greater concern. I believe most individuals with frequent sense imagine there must be extra guardrails round NIL. I’m simply unsure that head coaches are the precise messengers for these complaints.
NIL is not going wherever, both.
Faculty soccer head coaches are typically the highest-paid public employee in most states. They’ll additionally depart their job at any time when they need and maintain their universities over the hearth for extra money. Whenever you hear Kirby Good complaining about these youngsters, lots of whom coming from restricted cash, it feels tremendous disingenuous. These excessive stage coaches maintain complaining concerning the present state of NIL, however aren’t developing with higher options. Our present “wild west” of NIL is considerably higher than these faculty athletes taking part in at no cost in years previous.
NIL isn’t the demise of school sports activities, however the SEC leaving the NCAA can be. Good argues that the SEC can stand by itself, and doesn’t have to play by guidelines they don’t like.
Issues like that is why everybody hates the SEC. In the event that they don’t get the whole lot they like, they take their ball and go dwelling. If the SEC ever left the SEC, perhaps the NCAA may survive, however it will at all times be a shell of its former energy.
Additionally, I really feel that is largely only a dangerous bluff by Kirby Good. Sure, SEC followers love their groups, however having a complete season of solely SEC soccer seems like a catastrophe ready to occur. Happily, the SEC is locked into contracts by the following 5 years, so that they’ll have to attend slightly earlier than getting too off the rails.
