{"id":135146,"date":"2025-09-05T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/135146\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:28:09","slug":"a-college-sports-message-board-insult-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/135146\/","title":{"rendered":"A College Sports Message Board Insult Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThis week\u2019s\u00a0Club Sportico<\/a><\/a>\u00a0essay looks at how the rapid professionalization of college sports is changing the way fans\u2014and more notably, coaches\u2014talk trash.<\/p>\n

\n\tNCAA<\/a> programs big and small existed for decades without a major profit motive. Now, however, money is front and center for everyone involved in the endeavor. Players are being paid directly by their schools, ADs are looking for alternative sources of revenue and recruits are launching bidding wars. Money and success are publicly tied, now more than ever.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn message boards, \u201cpoverty program\u201d has become a popular term for insulting one\u2019s rivals. Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere is an excerpt of that\u00a0essay<\/a> \u270d\ufe0f:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past few years I\u2019ve written quite a bit about Florida State\u2019s varied attempts to increase athletics revenue, which includes private equity talks and a $327 million bond offering. Every time we publish, my mentions are flooded by people\u2014often with usernames like\u00a0@michael_gator<\/a>\u00a0or with a Twitter banner featuring a\u00a0Miami Hurricanes jacket<\/a>\u2014calling the Seminoles a poverty program.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe rhetoric is now finding its way into official press conferences. Earlier this week Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy previewed his upcoming game against Oregon by highlighting the matchup\u2019s\u00a0money imbalance<\/a>. Oklahoma State spent \u2018around $7 million\u2019 on players in the last three years, Gundy said, before claiming the Ducks spent $40 million in the last 12 months. He then said Oregon should schedule teams with similar resources.<\/p>\n

\n\tOregon coach Dan Lanning fired back immediately. \u2018We spend to win,\u2019 he told reporters. \u2018Some people save to have an excuse for why they don\u2019t.\u2019\u00a0Poverty program.\u201c<\/p>\n

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