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Posted on 6/19/26 at 9:45 am
Posted on 6/19/26 at 9:45 am
Read this article and have mixed emotions.
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On the one hand, he's right. NIL is gigantic and I get the sense that great facilities and coaching simply aren't enough to consistently attract the best players. I hate to say it but with 90 per cent of these kids, it's all about the $$$$$. Personally, I think that's a bit short sighted but I'm old school and a lot of these kids come from back grounds where they don't have pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of. It'd be hard to turn down that kind of money.
Then again, I refuse to chip into the NIL collective because A.) I'm not wealthy and B) I know we can't force the tooth paste back into the tube with NIL but the whole obsession with the almighty dollar by some players just rubs me the wrong way.
I don't have a clue where you would find this data (if it even exists) but I would be very curious to see a breakdown of the dollar ranges of donations each school gets for NIL (e.g. "20% gave $100,000 to 200,000, 5% gave $200,000-500,000). I would guess that schools like Texas, A&M and Texas Tech have most of their donations chip in over $100,000.
And I would be very curious to see where Bama's NIL contribution ranges fall.
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On the one hand, he's right. NIL is gigantic and I get the sense that great facilities and coaching simply aren't enough to consistently attract the best players. I hate to say it but with 90 per cent of these kids, it's all about the $$$$$. Personally, I think that's a bit short sighted but I'm old school and a lot of these kids come from back grounds where they don't have pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of. It'd be hard to turn down that kind of money.
Then again, I refuse to chip into the NIL collective because A.) I'm not wealthy and B) I know we can't force the tooth paste back into the tube with NIL but the whole obsession with the almighty dollar by some players just rubs me the wrong way.
I don't have a clue where you would find this data (if it even exists) but I would be very curious to see a breakdown of the dollar ranges of donations each school gets for NIL (e.g. "20% gave $100,000 to 200,000, 5% gave $200,000-500,000). I would guess that schools like Texas, A&M and Texas Tech have most of their donations chip in over $100,000.
And I would be very curious to see where Bama's NIL contribution ranges fall.
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Posted on 6/19/26 at 9:55 am to Amarillo Tide
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And I would be very curious to see where Bama's NIL contribution ranges fall.
It’s not one of the tops in the country but it is still very good. Top 10-12
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Then again, I refuse to chip into the NIL collective because A.) I'm not wealthy and B) I know we can't force the tooth paste back into the tube with NIL but the whole obsession with the almighty dollar by some players just rubs me the wrong way.
I’m not wealthy either but I chip in here and there. Not a large amount by any means but it’s the equivalent of a couple of fast food trips per month.
Contrary to popular belief, I think Yea does try to do a good job giving you bang for your buck. They have exclusive tailgate events, player shout outs, a nice merchandise store, and some other items here and there. I’m by no means telling anyone what to do with their money. I just know that for me Alabama sports is my biggest fun hobby and if I can kick in $5 a month or $25 a month to make sure that it’s still fun to watch then I would rather do that than Netflix or whatever bullshite.
Alabama football has the largest following on social media at 1.5 million followers on Instagram alone. If HALF of those people joined Yea at $5 a month that would be nearly 4 million dollars per month in NiL and that’s before having the big boosters’ money
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:30 pm to Amarillo Tide
He can put some of that raise into NIL.
CNS as well.
CNS as well.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 3:26 pm to Crimson Wraith
Nah, screw it. I love the university and will have put 2 kids through law school there before I’m done at the out of state rate. And I have loved Alabama sports since I was old enough to remember. But I’m done with it now. I don’t want to be but it’s not what I fell in love with. I fell in love with Coach Bryant taking kids that weren’t 5 star athletes and getting them to play harder and meaner than the 5 star and whip his arse 8 out of 10 times. You wanna know why Coach Bryant never beat Texas or Notre Dame at Alabama? Because he was taking a knife to a gun fight, that’s why. But those stud athletes had an all day job beating Bama boys, they didn’t just roll over. Because they loved the jersey and the university it stood for and their coach.
How many can say that now? A handful maybe? The rest are paid mercenaries that don’t give a rats arse about anything related to Alabama besides the paycheck. I can’t do it. I just can’t make the transition. These kids meet every definition of pro athletes. And I don’t even mind them getting paid, but it should be a reasonable amount and should be capped at $100,000 per kid per year. That’s more than it should be but at least you aren’t making some teenage kid a millionaire for playing a football game!
And you’re kidding yourself if you think Alabama and most of the rest of the SEC can play this game for long. It’s only a matter of time before we become some mutation between a G6 school and a P4 school because we don’t have billionaire alums that want to have a dick measuring contest of who can buy the best team. It’s sad really that it has come to this.
I know I sound like sour grapes but that’s not it. I’m pissed and I’m sad that ESPN and Disney and money have ruined a great American tradition and taken away my favorite hobby. It wasn’t broke. It didn’t need fixing. Tweaked, maybe, but not this. And the Big 10 is laughing their asses off at our dumb commissioner and how they outfoxed him and neutered the mighty SEC. To each his own, I don’t fault any of you that still love it and don’t see a problem. I hope I’m wrong but my belief is we are on a countdown to irrelevance in the major sports. Roll Tide y’all. It was so much fun while it lasted.
How many can say that now? A handful maybe? The rest are paid mercenaries that don’t give a rats arse about anything related to Alabama besides the paycheck. I can’t do it. I just can’t make the transition. These kids meet every definition of pro athletes. And I don’t even mind them getting paid, but it should be a reasonable amount and should be capped at $100,000 per kid per year. That’s more than it should be but at least you aren’t making some teenage kid a millionaire for playing a football game!
And you’re kidding yourself if you think Alabama and most of the rest of the SEC can play this game for long. It’s only a matter of time before we become some mutation between a G6 school and a P4 school because we don’t have billionaire alums that want to have a dick measuring contest of who can buy the best team. It’s sad really that it has come to this.
I know I sound like sour grapes but that’s not it. I’m pissed and I’m sad that ESPN and Disney and money have ruined a great American tradition and taken away my favorite hobby. It wasn’t broke. It didn’t need fixing. Tweaked, maybe, but not this. And the Big 10 is laughing their asses off at our dumb commissioner and how they outfoxed him and neutered the mighty SEC. To each his own, I don’t fault any of you that still love it and don’t see a problem. I hope I’m wrong but my belief is we are on a countdown to irrelevance in the major sports. Roll Tide y’all. It was so much fun while it lasted.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:15 pm to Amarillo Tide
College football isn't important enough for donations.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 6:00 pm to Amarillo Tide
The Tribulation is approaching and people can feel it building. Interest in trivial things like D1 football and NIL will only continue to go through self-adjusting down-turns as people turn their attention toward more crucial issues.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:06 pm to Amarillo Tide
I'd just like to point out Ed O'Bannon averaged 5 ppg, 2.5 rpg & .5 apg over the course of his NBA career..... and he is the reason we're discussing this now.
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:08 pm to Chris ALL Capps
Or video games. Or both.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:12 pm to Shocco
Folks are struggling with stagflation.
Posted on 6/21/26 at 7:19 am to Amarillo Tide
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I hate to say it but with 90 per cent of these kids, it's all about the $$$$$
99.9% you mean, and I absolutely don't blame them
Posted on 6/21/26 at 6:04 pm to imjustafatkid
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College football isn't important enough for donations.
This.
I already donate just for the privilege of getting to buy season tickets.
The Lamborghini of choice of kids playing with a ball isn't high on my priority list. It's not exactly pediatric cancer research at St Jude's.
At one point recently we were considering property in the Tuscaloosa area for a 2nd home...maybe even a retirement location...kinda thinking we'd retire and enjoy Bama sports even after our kid graduates.
But all this BS has made us rethink committing that kind of money when our interest in college sports is declining. It's still there...not giving up season tickets anytime soon, but there is definitely a noticeable decline because of what they've done to college athletics. 5 years from now...unless they make big changes...we may be reevaluating the season tickets as well.
Posted on 6/21/26 at 6:30 pm to Chad4Bama
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At one point recently we were considering property in the Tuscaloosa area for a 2nd home...maybe even a retirement location...kinda thinking we'd retire and enjoy Bama sports even after our kid graduates.
Go get you a cabin in the Smokeys or a condo in Gulf Shores.
Posted on 6/21/26 at 6:44 pm to Chad4Bama
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At one point recently we were considering property in the Tuscaloosa area for a 2nd home...maybe even a retirement location...kinda thinking we'd retire and enjoy Bama sports even after our kid graduates.
But all this BS has made us rethink committing that kind of money when our interest in college sports is declining. It's still there...not giving up season tickets anytime soon, but there is definitely a noticeable decline because of what they've done to college athletics. 5 years from now...unless they make big changes...we may be reevaluating the season tickets as well.
People like us making decisions like this will be more detrimental to college sports than I'm sure college athletes would like to believe, but these kids can't see beyond the next 1-2 years and whatever money they can make in the short term.
This post was edited on 6/21/26 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 6/21/26 at 7:20 pm to imjustafatkid
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College football isn't important enough
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Posted on 6/21/26 at 7:32 pm to imjustafatkid
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these kids can't see beyond the next 1-2 years and whatever money they can make in the short term
True...but I also think it extends to coaches and admins...they're all making so much money that they don't care about the overall future health of college athletics. Maybe CNS and anyone working to pass legislation do, but current stakeholders are only worried about the here and now. They figure they can milk it for as long as they can and then retire. A coach making $13 million a year isn't worried about the future of the game...at least it's way down their personal priority list.
I was a guy that thought players should have gotten a % cut of licensing revenues that was held in trust until graduation or they left school. But what player pay has become...combined with the transfer portal...it's just nauseating.
Of course, none of us are forced to financially support the insanity.
A cabin in the mountains is sounding better and better.
Posted on 6/21/26 at 8:09 pm to Sandkhan
This website has a lot more discussion going on than just college football. I'd bet most of my posts are on the gaming, MTV, and PT boards.
And I've been here for 15 years.
And I've been here for 15 years.
This post was edited on 6/21/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 6/21/26 at 8:58 pm to imjustafatkid
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I'd bet most of my posts are on the gaming, MTV, and PT boards.
Think of all of the amazingly important things you’d have accomplished if you didn’t though. That’s an awful lot of time. If you assume each post took 30 seconds and you applied that time toward a $12 an hour job you’d have more than $6,000 extra.
It’s a college football board and college football isn’t important enough to donate $5 a month but it is important enough to go on a college football board an do $6,000 worth of shite posting.
Posted on 6/21/26 at 9:08 pm to Sandkhan
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Think of all of the amazingly important things you’d have accomplished if you didn’t though. That’s an awful lot of time. If you assume each post took 30 seconds and you applied that time toward a $12 an hour job you’d have more than $6,000 extra.
It’s a college football board and college football isn’t important enough to donate $5 a month but it is important enough to go on a college football board an do $6,000 worth of shite posting.
$12/hr would be a complete waste of my time, just like $5/month for college football would be a complete waste of my money. You make it sound so appealing though. If this site was only about college football I definitely wouldn't have so many posts.
This post was edited on 6/21/26 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 6/21/26 at 9:20 pm to imjustafatkid
Well I’ll keep my fingers crossed you find a more worthwhile endeavor.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:00 am to Amarillo Tide
I hate to say it but with 90 per cent of these kids, it's all about the $$$$$.
Why wouldn't it be when it's the same way for the coaches that coach them? The coaches and their agents financial rape the universities for every nickel they can rub together. Any success the coach has, their agent is leveraging the university for an extension and a raise. Why are we surprised that the kids are doing exactly what they're seeing the adults do?
Why wouldn't it be when it's the same way for the coaches that coach them? The coaches and their agents financial rape the universities for every nickel they can rub together. Any success the coach has, their agent is leveraging the university for an extension and a raise. Why are we surprised that the kids are doing exactly what they're seeing the adults do?
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