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Posted on 1/19/24 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 1/19/24 at 3:14 pm
I have become friends over the last few years with some high school coaches in Louisiana that rent my condo in Perdido Key. They are telling me about some of the D1 prospect players "handlers" that are telling college coaches that "I don't want my guy playing against Weber State, Austin Peay, etc. because they might get hurt."
These guys have been in coaching for 25+ years and have their state retirements. They say they have never seen anything like this, and it has ruined their enthusiasm for coaching and teaching. They are checking out and retiring before it gets any worse.
This is out of control. No way teenagers should have this kind of power.
These guys have been in coaching for 25+ years and have their state retirements. They say they have never seen anything like this, and it has ruined their enthusiasm for coaching and teaching. They are checking out and retiring before it gets any worse.
This is out of control. No way teenagers should have this kind of power.
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 3:21 pm to Islander
It’s going to remain this way until the guardrails go up. This brief period of transitioning to pay for play will be looked at with an asterisk in 30 years.
This is like having a teacher out on maternity leave. The class is just going apeshit with the substitute in charge. The teacher will eventually be back. She won’t be as strict, child birth has sapped her energy, but she will have rules.
This is like having a teacher out on maternity leave. The class is just going apeshit with the substitute in charge. The teacher will eventually be back. She won’t be as strict, child birth has sapped her energy, but she will have rules.
This post was edited on 1/19/24 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 1/19/24 at 3:59 pm to Islander
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They are telling me about some of the D1 prospect players "handlers" that are telling college coaches that "I don't want my guy playing against Weber State, Austin Peay, etc. because they might get hurt."
Entitlement is a cancer. This isn't the NBA.
Also, this will change once they gain employee status.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:07 pm to Evolved Simian
Not only does it give teenagers a lot of clout, but it allows for other people to take advantage of them for their own interest and further complicate the situation. I do not think playing college sports should be a profession. I wonder is colleges will see it that way some day.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:09 pm to stewieie
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it allows for other people to take advantage of them for their own interest and further complicate the situation.
This is something that isn't getting talked about enough. NIL and the portal have definitely given players more power, but I'm not sure it will actually be to their benefit in every case.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:15 pm to Islander
This is what the players wanted. This is what the politcally correct clowns on twitter wanted. Everyone needed to bend over and cater to these poor, poor players...the sport may no longer exist in 25 years at this rate.
No more scholarahips for inner city kids that would never sniff a college education without athletics. I'm talking about the kids that will never play pro. Kids going to G5 schools. They will be the ones getting punished if all of this goes south.
Rules need to be in place to protect the sport and it's health but clowns looked at it as "modern day slavery" and cried until the rules changed.
Players deserve a piece of the pie. They do. But the way it's structured now is chaos. NIL pay for play along with the immediate transfer rule has absolutely reeked havoc and it will create awful long term repercussions.
No more scholarahips for inner city kids that would never sniff a college education without athletics. I'm talking about the kids that will never play pro. Kids going to G5 schools. They will be the ones getting punished if all of this goes south.
Rules need to be in place to protect the sport and it's health but clowns looked at it as "modern day slavery" and cried until the rules changed.
Players deserve a piece of the pie. They do. But the way it's structured now is chaos. NIL pay for play along with the immediate transfer rule has absolutely reeked havoc and it will create awful long term repercussions.
This post was edited on 1/19/24 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:49 pm to EGO3x
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This is what the players wanted. This is what the politcally correct clowns on twitter wanted. Everyone needed to bend over and cater to these poor, poor players...the sport may no longer exist in 25 years at this rate.
Right now the handlers are "uncles" "family friends". Now that some these deals are becoming public it is only a matter of time before registered agents get in on the act. They won't be able to help themselves.
Frankly, I am very skeptical about these payouts. I don't believe Bonds is cashing a check for $750K this week. A free lease on a muscle car? OK, but not the actual money. Has to be some strings or requirements attached. X amount of appearances at the dealership signing footballs. Although none of these lazy asses will want to actually do anything to earn it.
Don't have a link, but Walter Nolan was on X today telling A&M recruits to check their contract language. Sounds like all those top players they signed got stiffed compared to what was offered. I believe this will happen far more often than not. This system has to implode upon itself.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:50 pm to Islander
I’m not surprised nor does that seem even crazy to me for todays athlete.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 4:57 pm to EGO3x
The ruin everything they touch, and it is already documented for you.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 5:44 pm to EGO3x
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This is what the players wanted. This is what the politcally correct clowns on twitter wanted. Everyone needed to bend over and cater to these poor, poor players...the sport may no longer exist in 25 years at this rate. No more scholarahips for inner city kids that would never sniff a college education without athletics. I'm talking about the kids that will never play pro. Kids going to G5 schools. They will be the ones getting punished if all of this goes south. Rules need to be in place to protect the sport and it's health but clowns looked at it as "modern day slavery" and cried until the rules changed. Players deserve a piece of the pie. They do. But the way it's structured now is chaos. NIL pay for play along with the immediate transfer rule has absolutely wreaked havoc and it will create awful long term repercussions.
Mostly agree all you say.
But the thing is, it’s not the sport MAY not exist; CFB as we knew it is ALREADY DEAD.
It’s not a question of “if it goes south” - that’s happening right before our eyes.
Coach Saban was an Incredible STABILIZING Force for our program, but as soon as he stepped away, the chaos filled the void.
Though none of us knew it at the time, this was the inevitable results of events dating to the 1970s. Once the “Genie” of TV money escaped from the “Bottle” of oppressive Cartel (NZAA) control, we were on the path to the anarchy we see today.
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