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Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - Spiny_Norman - 09-22-2026
Will Leitch at The Athletic expresses in pretty clear terms the financial calculus of college athletic departments - extract more money from the fans to be competitive. If your football team can't keep up, it's the fans' fault. This is a gift article that should be accessible to everyone.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7618372/2026/09/22/college-football-nil-spending/?unlocked_article_code=1.DFE.Bvvt.foEGVLMmTJRf&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
RE: Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - TonyLima - 09-22-2026
(09-22-2026, 02:00 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Will Leitch at The Athletic expresses in pretty clear terms the financial calculus of college athletic departments - extract more money from the fans to be competitive. If your football team can't keep up, it's the fans' fault. This is a gift article that should be accessible to everyone.To paraphrase an old joke,
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7618372/2026/09/22/college-football-nil-spending/?unlocked_article_code=1.DFE.Bvvt.foEGVLMmTJRf&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
Reporter’s Q: Why’d you fire the coach?
GM’s A: We couldn’t fire all the fans.
RE: Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - rogpodge - 09-23-2026
https://x.com/ScottFerrall/status/2102486339153535060
Speaking of extracting money from fans, Ole Miss allegedly sold about $900k in alcohol in the Lane Kiffin bowl.
RE: Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - 82lsju - 09-23-2026
(09-23-2026, 07:10 PM)rogpodge Wrote: https://x.com/ScottFerrall/status/2102486339153535060
Speaking of extracting money from fans, Ole Miss allegedly sold about $900k in alcohol in the Lane Kiffin bowl.
stadium holds ~65K people so ~$15/person, of course all the students probably smuggle in their alcoholic beverages.....
RE: Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - rogpodge - 09-23-2026
(09-23-2026, 07:16 PM)82lsju Wrote:(09-23-2026, 07:10 PM)rogpodge Wrote: https://x.com/ScottFerrall/status/2102486339153535060
Speaking of extracting money from fans, Ole Miss allegedly sold about $900k in alcohol in the Lane Kiffin bowl.
stadium holds ~65K people so ~$15/person, of course all the students probably smuggle in their alcoholic beverages.....
Ole Miss has 90 suites, each holding between 20-32 people. I imagine those suites cleared more than $15 per person.
RE: Who gets blamed when college football teams lose now? You, the fans - Mick - 09-24-2026
(09-23-2026, 07:10 PM)rogpodge Wrote: https://x.com/ScottFerrall/status/2102486339153535060
Speaking of extracting money from fans, Ole Miss allegedly sold about $900k in alcohol in the Lane Kiffin bowl.
That's interesting. Ole Miss is in Oxford, which is in Lafayette County. Lafayette County is a dry county, whereas the City of Oxford allows sales of alcoholic beverages...but there are parts of the Ole Miss campus which are outside of the city of Oxford and those areas are dry. Possession of alcohol, however, is legal statewide.