Paul Finebaum said Monday college football fans should “100 percent” be worried about the sport they love.
As the college football landscape evolves, the sport has reached a tipping point.
“I think what is going on now is an existential threat to the future of the game,” Finebaum said during his weekly appearance on “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” on WJOX-FM 94.5 in Birmingham. “In a couple weeks, one thing we will all be saying is, ‘Just get me to that first Saturday (of the season). Get me to that last weekend in August, and all this will go away.’
“But all this will not go away. It’s still there, and a year ago, I really believed that the games on Saturday would cure the ills. And they were fantastic. We all participate in them. Slowly but surely, there is a disconnect. … ultimately, it will trickle down. The fact that Kirby Smart had to say the other day that it’s not right for a freshman to be paid more than an upperclassman. There it is. It’s just a bizarre system, and we don’t care that the players are making money, but ultimately, the loyalty to the school is where the factor is.”
Smart, the Georgia coach, made the comments while appearing on “The Finebaum Show” last week.
“I just want it to be able to have a freshman come in and not make more than a senior,” Smart said.
“And where we are right now, I think every coach agrees, we’re in a good place with being able to compensate players. Call it pay-for-play, call it NIL, I don’t care what you call it. We’re all in a good place with that. We just want it to be in a way that’s sustainable.”
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.
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