Because it will be exploited
Yes, we wouldn't want to exploit rules.
Miami is going to be at a complete advantage based not only on the volume of potential businesses, but on the money that's there in comparison to Gainesville. You really think Satchel's pizza is going to pay top dollar
Not you too SoFla. Why is Gainesville possbily the only market? This is so silly. The advantage will be in Jax, Tampa and Orlando where UF players will draw more dollars for the same auto-dealer than FSU or Miami players. Look at our stadium and fan base. We crush those schools and our alumni power is in its spending prime. Our students may not go to games, but hte 35-55 crowd with the most disposeable income lived through the greatest UF generation. We are the market again and greatly outnumber those schools.
This is where we catch up, not fall behind.
ure, UF kids will make some scratch - but when a kid sits down and says, "If I go to Texas I'll get $50k/year without doing any of my own marketing/self-promotion due to the deals they have set up...or I could go to UF where I'd only get $20k/year."
BMF, we are Texas in this situaiton. If anything Texas and Florida suffer from the same problem versus a trailerbammer in having more competition to dilute dollars.
But, why can't 4Rivers BBQ with prominent locations in Orlando and Tampa use both UF and FSU players. Watch when the private market does not follow UF's lead and actually pays our players more that fsu or um players because they bring more value due to fan base size. That will be the ultimate little brother statement to those teams.
Sure, stars will demand their own markets, but run of the mill UF players will benefit more than most other markets.
Where this could really turn is the T. Boone Pickens of the world. Schools you may not think could completely become powerhouses could have Oregon like results. It only take 1-2 football crazed billionaires to titl the scales. What it Jerry Jones decides the entire Arkansas football team can sign up every year for $50k minimum, with bonus, to promote the use of natural gas.
Would a billionaire who overpays ****ty pro football players pay only $4 million (or potentially far more) to get a winning college team? I could see the prices being far higher.