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Then they take a pay cut when they go pro.
and poor
His net worth is around $32 billion. If he is disappointed with all that, I really and truly feel sorry for him.
Then it will just go back to duffel bags showing up in back seats of cars or on front porches. Pandora has been let out and that ***** ain't going back in that box.
Honestly, that’s not it with me. I know it’s naive and stupid, but I thoroughly enjoyed the idea of someone playing for the school and watching a team grow. I know all the money was still changing hands, but with it in the background I could ignore it and continue to enjoy college sports. Now? This is pro sports. I don’t blame the kids one bit. Hell, I don’t blame anybody. This is the logical ending if you are dealing with capitalism. It just isn’t something that I can enjoy. I wouldn’t enjoy this if I was a Bama fan or any of the other big boys. It just feels wrong
It’s all made for TV now, not passionate followings.
Meanwhile Fish is sitting on his piles of money like Scrooge McDuck.
and pay taxes.........
Oh, I get it. It makes all the sense in the world. And I think that’s the problem. College football was better when it made absolutely no sense. For me that is. But I am old and this is the way it works. The world passes you by and you complain about it as it does.
NIL is taxable income. The under the table money in the previous 50 years wasn’t.
One caveat is that if caught it did hurt your reputation especially a high profile donor. Today it enhances your reputation. Big difference IMO.
There is absolutely nothing capitalistic about this. Capitalism was on full display when athletes got to go to school, live, eat and clothe themselves for "FREE" while the general student population either earned scholarship by making outstanding academic achievement, but still had to find funds to pay for meals and clothing and transportation by borrowing money or getting a job while in school. It was the perfect system for high achievers, either athletically or academically.
True, but I think MSU's concern would be the trickle down effect. If schools like Oregon start buying whomever they want out of Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana, then those schools are going to be filling spots with our 3 and 4 star kids from Mississippi or their own states.
Many are. He wouldn't be the first person to have more money than they could spend and still be miserable. People act like money is a cure-all, but it's really not.
I am fully committed to the Oby’s round-up contribution.
I was of course being sarcastic. But I will say this, auditing supplier plants to meet codes of conduct set forth by Nike and the other major brands is pissing in the wind. There isn’t much that they can do other than conduct business elsewhere.
Think about the 3 Walton siblings. They're worth about 45 Billion.....each. Hopefully, they aren't into Razorback sports too much, otherwise they could dwarf Phil if they put all their marbles together for the Piggies.
17 a Law! Let it go, man!
You couldn't have said it better. They need their biggest brands to make money. 17 everyone else. I'm about done with myself.
