You know, LT, it's easy to accept responsibility when there are no consequences...

[LOTRGOTDAWGFAN]

Longtime Mississippi State AD: College athletics is broken, he knows whose fault it is, and it won’t stay this way

Larry Templeton talks the state of college athletics. He expects the SEC and Commissioner Greg Sankey to step up and develop a plan.

magnoliatribune.com

 

[dawgman42]

Lonnie Tinkle . . . never paid A CENT to Mississippi State Athletics. And has no 17'ing clue how to fix any of this mess.

 

[GloryDawg]

I wish he would have blown that booger out of his nose when they made the documentary Thunder and Lighting. He had a booger in his nose. A Booger. You would think the cameraman or director would have noticed and said something.

 

[L4Dawg]

The solution is to put players on contract. If they want to be professionals, then treat them as such.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

I don't know what the solution is, but we can be certain that LT is not part of the solution.

 

[TNDawg1]

He needs to start his own podcast so I’d have an alternative sleep soundtrack to white noise and falling rain.

 

[Dawgg]

"Bah Gawd, when I was in charge at Miss'ippi State, we propped up Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, just like God intended! Now, with this NIL money, Alabama don't even need to beat us up every year anymore. What in the hell is this world coming to when we don't even play Alabama anymore? Who are they going to step on to get into the Championship now? Missouri? That's way too long of a drive for Alabama when we're right here next door ready to take one for the team! And another thing... all this SEC TV Revenue is getting out of control! I'm looking at Miss'ippi State schedules with 6,7, hell up to 8 home games! Suddenly, we're just too good to start a season with 3 straight away games in Provo, Memphis, and Columbia, SC?!? How is Tulane gonna have home games if we don't show up?!? And we're putting too much into the "fan experience"... last time I went into Scott Field, the bathrooms had porcelain urinals. Can you imagine? Porcelain... and they were single person urinals with those little walls on the side. Real college football fan piss goes into a galvanized steel trough while you try not to make eye contact with the 20 other men using the same trough!"

 

[L4Dawg]

LT gets a bad rap, some of it deserved, some of it not deserved. It was a different world back then.

 

[travis.sixpack]

Longtime Mississippi State AD: College athletics is broken, he knows whose fault it is, and it won’t stay this way

Larry Templeton talks the state of college athletics. He expects the SEC and Commissioner Greg Sankey to step up and develop a plan.

magnoliatribune.com

He's actually right about this:

“I used to feel strongly that we were academic institution-based with amateur athletes, but because of the way we led, I’m totally convinced I’m on the side of the student-athlete now. They deserve everything they’re getting, and we, as athletic leaders, deserve everything we’re having to deal with. The leadership of the NCAA and the leadership of those of us involved in athletics saw this coming. We had a system in place. We couldn’t change it. Through our lack of taking control, of changing our system, we just sat there and let this happen,” Templeton said.

The NCAA could've reformed 10 years ago and nipped all this in the bud, but instead they lawyered-up and lost court case after court case.

 

[aTotal360]

To quote the infamous words of @Shmuley....

Faaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrttt

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Who's the most glorified, worthless sack of monkey crap? LT or Big E?

 

[vhdawg]

Who's the most glorified, worthless sack of monkey crap? LT or Big E?

 

[The Peeper]

I wish he would have blown that booger out of his nose when they made the documentary Thunder and Lighting. He had a booger in his nose. A Booger.

Maybe that's why he couldn't smell those stinking azz plastic cups

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

The solution is to put players on contract. If they want to be professionals, then treat them as such.

Along with non compete clauses. That would end the crazy free agent crap.

 

[Spotdawg]

LT almost has that "humble brag" thing down...

 

[L4Dawg]

Along with non compete clauses. That would end the crazy free agent crap.

Just put them in contract. Run it like a soccer transfer system.