Can't rely exclusively on the ''Beamer Family Atmosphere''.
I hate that this kind of information goes public. This could cause a few players to transfer out of South Carolina looking for their million dollars.
Should he be "docked" some pay for his penalty for "shooting" someone on the field earlier this year?
It doesn't mean he doesn't give a crap about us. It just means he has a market value and he should get paid what he's worth while he can. I like my employer but I'll go somewhere else to maximize my comp in a heartbeat.
Mike Gundy implied Ollie Gordon would lose NIL money because of his DUI arrest before the season.
Ehhh while I agree in theory, in practice this just isn't really reasonable. If USC offers Stewart $1.5 million and Alabama offers him $1.7 million and he leaves, then yeah he didn't give a crap about us. But if USC offers Stewart $50,000 and Tennessee offers him $2.5 million, only a fool would turn that down. It's life changing money.
Not trying to argue but in reality, there isn’t a system or governing body. It’s a free-for-all with limited guidelines or restrictions. The few regulations in place do not level the playing field. In fact, it’s a situation where the rich programs have gained even a stronger hold on recruiting.
Somehow, we have turned a free college education and all the associated perks into victimhood requiring retribution.
Isn’t that the truth?!!!
It's a market that willfully pays for value, whether real or perceived. Very few regulations. Sounds like archetypal American capitalism to me.
We've turned everyone into a victim. Everyone goes to work in what can best be described as an equal exchange of money for services rendered and the great majority feel they got the short end of that stick. They did not because they did it voluntarily. That said, it's only natural for a real performer to what what other real performers get.
Well, it's certainly unregulated but I think it needs to be. College athletics now should (sadly) adopt the professional model.
I agree with most of this.... I hate working with people at the hospital that have jumped around from place to place just to make an extra 25¢ an hour. They're just not invested, and generally, are the more lazy workers.
That is not necessarily true. Sometimes, you are in a place where options find you. You don't have to be looking around. It's the "Pretty Girl" syndrome. The "Pretty Girl" usually doesn't have to look around for dates.
I will attempt to explain. ...to not be eternally grateful for something that really doesn't represent market value anymore is being a victim. I have a totally opposite view from that line of thinking. If you sit there and just accept what someone gave you because that was the market at the beginning of your relationship, at some point you become a victim. I have been a lawyer for 32 years now, so I guess I am the litigious sort that is used to a fight.
I've heard for years that we have SEC money. It shouldn't be a big deal (unless we spend too much on equestrian or women's basketball).
I don't think that makes someone a victim, it makes them either stupid or too lazy to seek higher pay for their services. If I pay someone $10 an hour to do a job that someone else would pay them $20 an hour to do, they are in no way a victim if they are free to leave me and go to work for the other person and they decide to stay with me.
I am not necessarily saying he is objectively right or wrong if he we’re to leave for more money. Simply that it shows you you don’t really care about the place you left.
I don't understand the totality of your expressed point of view, but in regards to "If you sit there and just accept what someone gave you because that was the market at the beginning of your relationship, at some point you become a victim," I kind of sort of agree with this, if it's in the context of, "if you accept today what was market at some past point in time, yes you're a victim - a victim of your own decision to make that acceptance."
Since they're getting paid, treat them like professionals. Institute a draft, contracts, salary cap, etc.
Well, there's not much use bringing "care" into it anymore. Money has taken over the the conversation.