re: Tampering is going to get worse and worse

I can only speak (and think) for myself. And for me, it’s just not fun anymore. Done with spending time and $$$ on it. As I have posted repeatedly, I expect to have more and more company as time goes by.

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Done with spending time

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As I have posted repeatedly

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Cognitive dissonance at its finest.

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I guess this new system may let a few rust belt plodder schools to buy a natty or two

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If a program pays a coach a record salary (like Saban in 2007) to use his reputation to recruit elite players that otherwise would have gone somewhere else, is that not (in a way) buying a championship?

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Do you really not understand the difference between an employee and a student athlete on a scholarship.

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That line gets blurred when you're using those student athletes to generate billions while you stupidly attempt to convince them that their scholarship is adequate compensation... all the while the coaches, AD, department and all other sports are benefiting financially from that return.

That stupid greed is what led to this cataclysm.

So blame every moron who cheered and supported the idea that scholarships were enough and railed against the idea of controlled incentives all these years.

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The NFL rakes in cash with a unionized labor pool. The problem, in my estimation, is the lack of a union and the existence of a nearly unfettered free market for player talent. The players being able to go wherever they want for whoever will pay the most whenever they want is simply free markets at work.

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I don't disagree but quit disguising it in the name of "student athletes". Have the NFL pick up the tab for room, board, medical, insurance etc...

I'd be fine if it went back to true "intramural" like it started.

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If a program pays a coach a record salary (like Saban in 2007) to use his reputation to recruit elite players that otherwise would have gone somewhere else, is that not (in a way) buying a championship?

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Non sequitur. The point being that schools that have been SOL at winning championships will get a few in at a high price in the collapse.

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Non sequitur. The point being that schools that have been SOL at winning championships will get a few in at a high price in the collapse.

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I think the only difference between pre-NIL and now is that programs will no longer have as much of a stranglehold on talent due to the coach and his ability to recruit. No one is going to have a 15 year advantage over everyone else in recruiting due to having a Saban, Carroll, or Meyer.

Alabama won six national titles from 2009-2020 because there’s only one Saban and Bama was lucky enough to have him. He recruited all the best players and would have done so at LSU, Ohio State, etc., too.

Now I think the top programs with the most money and resources will share the talent because the recruiting prowess of the HC is not as important as before NIL.

But rest assured the contenders before NIL will still be the same contenders during NIL.

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Serious mental gymnastics on this one, wow.

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Recruits are like women. A dude may not directly “pay” for sex with his hot wife like he might a prostitute - but there aren’t too many hot women who are married to brokies either, are there? If you want a hot woman, you are generally going to pay for it in some way. Similarly, you better be able to offer that five star something more than, “Hey, we’re Alabama. You should want to play for us.”

A recruit isn’t interested in how he can help your program. He is interested in how the program can help him. Period. And if that’s hiring a GOAT coach with a nine figure contract who’s good at developing NFL talent, putting money directly in their hands, or having a position open that they can slide into and shine, that’s all they care about.

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Maybe it should be.

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I think it already is. After this year, the way things are going my passion for the sport is fading.

This may seem stupid to most people, but Alabama football has always been special to me. I joined the military a couple days after I graduated HS in the mid 80s, and the team was always a way for me to stay connected to home and my pride in my state, even when they weren’t good. Almost everyone I served with was a college football fan of the school in their region, and the players always seemed to have pride in and care about the university they played for, and about playing their best to increase their draft value for the future. Maybe I was gullible and just wanted to believe that, but I did. I don’t think most players today are focused on doing the things that promote their future draft stock, I think that has disappeared over the last few years. It’s not a good direction for the sport.

Maybe it should just die.

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JMO but all these high dollar contributions to NIL will drop over these next couple of years once their favorite school finishes 8-4 or 9-3 at best.

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Why would a wealthy person who likes playing poker stop playing because he lost 0.01% of his net worth in Vegas one night? This shite is a hobby for those people, not an investment.