re: Cam Coleman is entering the transfer portal...

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There needs to be a spending cap to keep parity.
Just like when they capped the number of football schollys at 85. Before that programs like bama under bear had like 150 players on scholly to keep them from going to other schools.

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We cant have it both ways Leeman. We were crowing like mofos the last two years when Preacher Hugh was buying up all the talent. Now that the chickens have come to roost, we have to take our lumps and try to rebuild.

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From what i've gathered so far from this offseason, we need to give our players a blank check but at the same time not overpay for lack of production.

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Yeah we arent being fair at all to both coaches

Former players are calling out some of the portal insanity.

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We cant have it both ways Leeman. We were crowing like mofos the last two years when Preacher Hugh was buying up all the talent. Now that the chickens have come to roost, we have to take our lumps and try to rebuild.

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I don't think AU has the resources (deep pocket boosters) to compete with the big boys especially the oil money guys of Texas, TAM and Texas Tech. We got Yellowfellow and only $30 million to spend. Even bama has various revenue sources.

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Don't even care. I was not impressed at all with the effort he put forth. There were a lot of catches that he should have made.

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Yeah, I’d be curious to see a breakdown of his production accounting for routes he stopped running early, fumbles, and drops (at least one of which resulted in an interception).

On measurables and the ability to make circus catches I can see why NFL scouts love him, but in terms of production that makes Auburn win now it’s more complicated, especially considering how much revenue sharing money he’s taking up.

At this point, what we have got to realize is that the college football that we grew up in and loved, is gone.

Gone are the days of signing guys that you knew were going to stick around for 3-4 years.

Gone are getting to know these players- celebrating their successes and empathizing with their failures.

Gone is the romanticism of amateur sports and the term “student athlete”, of crisp fall days and letterman’s jackets.

What we are left with is a pro sports economic model where every player is an unrestricted free agent, able to go to the highest bidder, all wrapped in a familiar package.

It looks the same. The names are the same, but the sport is completely different.

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What we are left with is a pro sports economic model

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Can still have the romanticism and sticking with guys and their careers if they institute 2 way contracts or bring back the sit-out-a-year transfer rules.

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Next we will be hearing Deuce is leaving and people will start jumping out of windows

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If the only way we can bring Brown is losing Coleman and deuce then tell him to bring a WR with him. No coach that wants to keep their job listens to a 20 yo make roster decisions. Id still choose Brown and the USF wr over deuce and Coleman anyways. It looks BAAADDD from the outside but Ill bet money Brown will be wayyyy more efficient than DK even if he finds a starting spot

I have no idea what wording is put on the contracts but Auburn should definitely put something in like if you leave at the end of the season 1/2 of what you were paid you have to pay back. There are some smart lawyers out there where you can pay premium for players and if you invest in them and their development then if they bolt pay it back. Only way I see this current model remotely working.

The NCAA isn’t gonna do shite to regulate anything. They are terrified their cash cow is gonna disappear and the institutions figure out how to regulate themselves so the inmates are running the asylum currently. Wouldn’t surprise me at all to see Pavia back at Vandy next season.

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And that is what will eventually kill all college sports.

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I remember saying NIL will ruin college football as we know it on the rant before it was enacted. I was blasted for not thinking players should be paid. That wasn’t my argument at all. I just made the statement NIL, and it has become so much more worse than just NIL, will ruin college football as we know it.

It is doing just that. I will most likely get bored with CFB as I did pro football. Losing the amateur angle, and love and loyalty to your university will take away some of the important aspects that draw me to it. It sucks because CFB has been one of the greatest things I have enjoyed through the years of my life. The NCAA and schools sitting on their hands was a huge misstep.