Polls Archive

• Thanks, NCAA and Congress, for leaving us with the Wild, Wild West. NIL was supposed to help players promote themselves, and this is just the tip of the iceberg of what is going to happen nationally (44%, 101 Votes)
• $6,000/year is not that much, but if Phil Knight is able to buy a championship team ... how will programs like CU ever have a chance of competing? (36%, 83 Votes)
• It's interesting, but not devastating. Good for the players to be making some extra coin. "Buffs with a Brand" - you're up. If CU is going to stay competitive ... well, it starts now (20%, 45 Votes)

Start Date: July 6, 2021 @ 4:24 pm
End Date: No Expiry

• Oh, Hell to the No. What Bush did was illegal at the time it was done. Just because the rules changed doesn't make Bush's actions acceptable now (47%, 103 Votes)
• I just wish Bush could learn from Sha'Carri Richardson (the sprinter banned from the Olympics for smoking pot) - accept the consequences of your actions, and move on with your life (34%, 75 Votes)
• It makes sense. The rules were unsustainable - and, according to the Supreme Court, unconstitutional - so righting the wrong makes sense (19%, 42 Votes)

Start Date: July 5, 2021 @ 5:43 pm
End Date: No Expiry

• All by itself, the theory has no merit, but, when the next round of expansion comes along, anything is possible, including USC going independent (53%, 97 Votes)
• Absurd. One columnist spouts off a theory, and we're supposed to take it seriously? Nevvver gonna happen, so there's no point in even debating the issue (37%, 68 Votes)
• Hate to say it, but the columnist may have a point. USC's brand is greater than that of the Pac-12, and the Trojans could play a national schedule a la Notre Dame ... and be a national power (10%, 19 Votes)

Start Date: July 4, 2021 @ 5:31 pm
End Date: No Expiry

• Regardless of the number of sports counted, CU should be finishing higher. Here's hoping CU's Olympic sports will be more competitive in the future (35%, 43 Votes)
• Sad to see that CU has the fewest number of NCAA sports of any of the Pac-12 schools. I knew the California schools had all of the niche sports, but its sad CU is behind Utah and Washington State (34%, 41 Votes)
• Well, the tally didn't take into account skiing, where the Buffs finished 2nd in the nation, so the numbers are skewed. Take the report with a grain of salt and move on (31%, 38 Votes)

Start Date: July 3, 2021 @ 6:19 pm
End Date: No Expiry

• I like it. You have to trust that Rick George, who has been on the NIL working group for over a year, has had his eye on July 1st for some time, and will do what is necessary to keep CU competitive (51%, 76 Votes)
• It's too early to tell, but I'm betting that CU and its fans will not be "helping" CU's players as much as other teams fans will be helping theirs (39%, 57 Votes)
• Sounds good in theory, but preparing student athletes for future business dealings won't help with recruiting when other schools are finding ways to get their players paid now (10%, 15 Votes)

Start Date: July 2, 2021 @ 7:03 pm
End Date: No Expiry