Quad City Times Editorial: Iowa and its millionaire football coaches

[theboat]

Ship, pls demonstrate with your keen mind how college football is growing in popularity? I happen to like football.
The numbers say overall they don't. TV contracts get ridiculously bigger, yet viewership is down. Last years National Championship was down 23 percent over the year before. The Rose Bowl, compare the 70s through 90s to now.

http://www.footballfoundation.org/t...all-Ratings-and-Attendance-Remain-Strong.aspx

Using one game as your indicator is pretty silly. Again, more avenues of being a fan may mean an individual channel is down but you have shown nothing to say that fandom is down.

 

[homes]

Ship, pls demonstrate with your keen mind how college football is growing in popularity? I happen to like football.
The numbers say overall they don't. TV contracts get ridiculously bigger, yet viewership is down. Last years National Championship was down 23 percent over the year before. The Rose Bowl, compare the 70s through 90s to now.

Yet the 2015 game had a 21% increase in viewership over the 2014 game. And the 2013 game was 9% higher than the 2012 game. That's 5 minutes worth of noodling around the internet. What does that mean? Maybe it's more about match ups, and not overall popularity. I don't know, but it's hard to make definitive points in the limited space of a message board (or maybe it's more, you can make whatever point you want to make). My guess is that if Iowa got to the National Championship game, the overall viewership would be down (although viewership in Iowa would be through the roof). But if Michigan gets there, with Harbaugh as the coach, ratings would be up.

 

[HuckFinn]

Just be grateful that Iowa has a long history of repubs in one branch, dems in one branch, and moderate governors regardless of party affiliation. Here in Wisconsin, the hateful political climate has just about ruined our state. Young people are out migrating at record levels, the economy is a mess, education at all levels has become a whipping boy, and our legislators are too cowardly to vote conscience rather than straight party line. The vitriol has reached record levels and political discourse among citizens has become a literal physical risk. I am deeply sad. I guess we will continue to mirror the federal level here in Wisconsin.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Listen, I get coaches salaries are out of whack, but when you compare it to Wall Street CEOs that run their companies into the ground, government bails them out, and they still work in a bonus for good measure...well...KF is underpaid. I'm a capitalist, but I honestly believe the salaries of top executives have gotten ridiculous comparatively. I know most of their parents paid for Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford, but I honestly feel that's a bad argument. As long as the Boards and the management teams are having great anal...the party continues.

At least KF is making a difference in people's lives and he has the track record to prove it.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Just be grateful that Iowa has a long history of repubs in one branch, dems in one branch, and moderate governors regardless of party affiliation. Here in Wisconsin, the hateful political climate has just about ruined our state. Young people are out migrating at record levels, the economy is a mess, education at all levels has become a whipping boy, and our legislators are too cowardly to vote conscience rather than straight party line. The vitriol has reached record levels and political discourse among citizens has become a literal physical risk. I am deeply sad. I guess we will continue to mirror the federal level here in Wisconsin.

so Trump wins Wisconsin then?

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Just be grateful that Iowa has a long history of repubs in one branch, dems in one branch, and moderate governors regardless of party affiliation. Here in Wisconsin, the hateful political climate has just about ruined our state. Young people are out migrating at record levels, the economy is a mess, education at all levels has become a whipping boy, and our legislators are too cowardly to vote conscience rather than straight party line. The vitriol has reached record levels and political discourse among citizens has become a literal physical risk. I am deeply sad. I guess we will continue to mirror the federal level here in Wisconsin.

Yes, what a mess Wisconsin has turned in to. Quite odd being a Midwestern state, IMO. I hope it settles down and turns around.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Yes, what a mess Wisconsin has turned in to. Quite odd being a Midwestern state, IMO. I hope it settles down and turns around.

<<Quite odd being a Midwestern state, IMO>>

Yeah, Illinois is so rock-solid...

 

[MelroseHawkins]

<<Quite odd being a Midwestern state, IMO>>

Yeah, Illinois is so rock-solid...

Illinois is a train wreck. The city of Chicago has sucked that state to the abyss.

 

[hawkinn3]

How about if somebody writes something we don't agree with we just move on instead of calling for their paper to be put out of business?

 

[HawkGold]

Illinois is a train wreck. The city of Chicago has sucked that state to the abyss.

Illinois is not just run down by Chicago. Not all of the Govs in and out of jail have been from Chicago. The State Pensions are a joke and terribly corrupt. The pensions will lead to the demise of the state. Magic money doesn't exist and it's not just Chicago.

The University of IL is a terrible mess. EIU might have to close it's doors entirely. For those that don't think coaches salaries aren't a big symptom of overall major problems and won't help pave the path to the demise of college athletics are simply not realistic. Look at what it will cost Iowa if to buy out Kirk. Illinois has made a huge gamble on someone who led a Bears team to the Super Bowl with a terrible QB and not much else. Michigan has also gambled on a guy who has a proven record of leaving and leaving a mess.

 

[Joshbrown]