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UFL players make money too but who wants to watch that crap?
Nothing at all if that's what you want.
I said nothing about watching, just reality. And that's true, I suspect. We don't draw a lot of viewers nationally and we need to figure out a way to change that. Right now, we're on ESPN and SEC Network because we're in the SEC. Leach gave us a little more attention because he was Leach.
Of course there isn't. I'm not giving, or not much, but that doesn't matter. I've never given Taylor Swift a dime but she's likely unconcerned about it. I'm a big free market, low taxes kind of guy. Now that this system has been applied to areas where it wasn't allowed just a couple of years ago, State isn't faring well. Fortunately, we're still in the SEC so we get a lot of revenue from schools that generate a lot of revenue. I suspect most fans of other SEC schools don't care whether we stay in the SEC. But since we're here, we need to use the money we make wisely. State brags about the number of first generation students. We need to do something to attract more wealthy donors, especially those willing to spend their excess wealth on State athletics.
Yeah, and I’ll say again that I’m not at all against the players getting a piece of the pie, but the current “system” is just so *** backwards right now
John Grisham's son is the only one I'm aware of. Incredibly stupid to not allow him a walk-on spot and somebody should have stepped in and been the adult in the room there.
It's a new challenge for small market schools. Small market teams can't change the system. Two small market teams found themselves alone in the PAC 12. Find a way to compete in the new system. Small market teams, and their fans like me aren't changing it. We used to be able to throw some change at talented poor kids, their moms and their churches to get them on campus. Those days are over. Don't become the horse and buggy industry. See Ole Miss. I hope Lebby figures it out.
Not really, they both just decided to do their own things. Cohen actually recruited one of them pretty hard.
Did Gisham's son really want to walk-on and was told no? Did that actually happen?
I was told by somebody very high up that it did. They were complaining about McMahan not letting a guy with a top academic scholarship walkon. Student had offers to play at small schools but no P5 offers. While complaining about not really even giving the guy a chance he mentioned it was just like with Grisham's son. The baseball coaches complain about lack of scholarship money and then turn down players that can pay their own way. He was on the academic side so maybe he was misinformed, but he dealt with Grisham personally on the donations for the library and other things so I'm guessing he knew the details.
Such a monumentally dumb thing to do if true.
Unrelated...but Cooterpoot, quit "limiting" who can view your profile!!! ...some of us...not naming names, just saying some people...really wanna get an up close of your profile pic...for research purposes only!Recruiting confidential: High school football stars dish on NIL deals, arrogant coaches and more
We talked to more than 20 of the top players in the nation at the Under Armour All-America Game to tackle a variety of recruiting topics.
Money to visit, signing bonuses, trolling schools' fans, etc. etc.
Suggestion. Start an onlyfans account and donate proceeds to the Bulldog Initiative. Take that, Kiffin. The Portal is ours now.
It's ruining college sports. What we have now is unrestricted free agency EVERY SINGLE YEAR for every player and no salary cap. Even European soccer, the last bastion of real capitalism in professional sports, doesn't have that. At least there, players are under contract and bound to the club for the length of their contracts. If a club wants to poach a player on another team, there has to be compensation to the contracted club as long as the contract lasts.
Related- the first and only MSU player I followed on Twitter was Dee Bost. Oh 17 that was a terrible decision. I dont want to dislike the players I want to root for. The less known the better in some(many?) instances.
At this point, I think this is the only way to save college sports. Binding contracts and transfer fees (free transfers for players who are out of contract). Players & schools can decide how long to sign a contract for. On a 1-year contract, the school has the risk the player may leave, and the player has the risk if he doesn't perform, he may be cut (transferred out). On a 4-year contract, the player has the security of 4 guaranteed years income, but if he wants to transfer the schools must negotiate a transfer fee.
I was a season ticket holder in those years, with a fantastic close up look down the MSU bench. Bost's behavior with the coaches was, shall we say, not what you want to see (at least in my opinion).
I'd rather keep the current system than go this route.
As an avid follower of one particular English club, there is still that illusion. Every other big team's players are mercenaries, but not OURS.
I don’t know if you read the article or not but there were quite a few who said the NIL money wasn’t a factor. Still decided by the coaches, school, location etc.
I'm an unrestricted free agent too. I can switch jobs whenever I want to. I agree that it might not be good for college athletics, well for the small schools at right now, but that's the system people with money have and the courts have allowed so far. It's not the system "we" may want but look at how many people complain about healthcare and other aspects of American capitalism because it doesn't work for them or for some people.
