re: Non-Alabama CFB Discussion - Preseason Thread

Pretty sure we've spent a solid chunk of change this offseason on retaining guys who could have left (which is basically what Ohio State did last year).

I see ND by a FG

Program makes more than enough money off of me for tickets, food, TV contract, and other aspects of game day. I’m not donating $100 when the overhead is already there to support it and now there’s the salary cap through the NIL lawsuit settlement.

If you want to donate, be my guest. I just don’t see the rationale in asking middle income folks to pony up a subscription service to cover your own payroll you have no troubles covering

And if they need the payroll from non university sources, they’ve got millions of donated funds every year they can ask to wealthy donors to re-allocate. All you need to do is shift the budget around, it’s easy. That 20M Mr Moneybags has going towards the library can now be put into NIL collective to circumvent self funding and you can reallocate 20M from the AD to the library. Problem solved.

Yup, same thought process. I’m not paying John Mara $200 so he can save $200 of his own revenue on signing some kid out of the seventh round. He has the money for it already and is making a profit

I wouldn’t say Bama football is a hobby. My street rods is a hobby or guns or bowling or hunting and fishing.

Donating to a college football program is more of an investment to me and wanting something in return or an expectation in an end result.

Boosters probably are not appreciated by the normal fan. They spend a lot of money on a program in a specific area for the whole fan base to enjoy. They’ve been very successful in business usually and give back for whatever reasons. I appreciate that as a fan, they don’t have to but they do and never get credit much from the general public

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That’s a fricking stupid argument YStar. I usually agree with your against the grain stuff.

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No it's actually a very direct point which highlights the hypocrisy. Which is why it's grating for some to hear.

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He pays that to receive a specific and guaranteed service. Throwing our money at NIL collectives corresponds with nothing concrete or, in the grand scheme of things, important. I’ll pay for a ticket to a game that I know is going to happen.

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They are paying to receive a service as well. No differently when all these coaches wages blew up and all of them are earning $7-12 million annually.

Again, no one has put a gun to anyone's head and forces them to pay for NIL, buy a ticket or watch a game.

Those who do so will till they don't want anymore. Those who don't won't.

When these coaches are making $10 million a year and have been doing so for some time now it comes off extremely hypocritical to draw the line only now the players are taking advantage of this same stupid moronic system.

Damning maybe stretching what was actually said. It’s fine if you interpreted that way, but to try and convince that’s what I meant is BS.

This fricking guy trying to act like he's not part of the reason Saban retired. frick him.

A Iron Bowl legend.

Too bad him and Brooks didn't finish their college careers at Alabama. Hurts too, but he was more understandable.