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Those celebrating Vols getting investigated might want to temper your happiness!
Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:06 pm
The reality is the NCAA is a complete joke and clearly picks and chooses who they want to go after. It's Tennessee now, but it could easily be your team tomorrow!
The reality is college football is one of the dirtiest businesses you will ever find anywhere and 90 percent of the fans have no clue just how dirty it really is. The addition of NIL and the transfer portal has even taken cheating to a level even those in the know ever imagined. Giving money in fast food bags and stealing signals is peanuts. In fact, if all you're getting is money in a bag, you're are clearly not one of their top targets.
So while you're cheering that the Vols are getting investigated, just remember ALL THE BIG BOYS CHEAT AND CHEAT BIG TIME! Today, it's the Vols, but it could easily be my LSU Tigers next or even Alabama, which no longer has the Saban umbrella for protection.
If you do your research, you will find there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to what the NCAA does from day to day! And that is a FACT!
The reality is college football is one of the dirtiest businesses you will ever find anywhere and 90 percent of the fans have no clue just how dirty it really is. The addition of NIL and the transfer portal has even taken cheating to a level even those in the know ever imagined. Giving money in fast food bags and stealing signals is peanuts. In fact, if all you're getting is money in a bag, you're are clearly not one of their top targets.
So while you're cheering that the Vols are getting investigated, just remember ALL THE BIG BOYS CHEAT AND CHEAT BIG TIME! Today, it's the Vols, but it could easily be my LSU Tigers next or even Alabama, which no longer has the Saban umbrella for protection.
If you do your research, you will find there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to what the NCAA does from day to day! And that is a FACT!
Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:17 pm to SwampyWaters
I'm not celebrating that it's Tennessee being targeted. But I do support the NCAA going after schools that allow NIL deals for their players that are in any way "pay to play".
The NCAA basically has ONE regulation for NIL. Schools have to monitor their players' NIL deals and if any are set up so that they are "used as an inducement for an individual to enroll or remain enrolled" at a school, the player must be suspended.
If the NCAA can show enough teeth to prevent pay to play, 95% of the problems with NIL go away and it might save college football from the NIL mess.
While it sucks for Tennessee fans that they're the example, if the NCAA is successful in setting the precedent so that other schools stop paying for players, it will be a huge win for college football as a whole.
The reality is we know that NIL deals for high school players aren't for endorsements. The player doesn't have fame yet to warrant such a payment before they even sign a LOI. At least with transfers you can argue the player might have enough fame to warrant a 6-figure payday endorsing products. But high school players, many of whom won't even start their first year? Unless they have a famous father or something their name/image/likeness isn't worth much yet.
So... sorry it's you getting smacked Tennessee. But I hope the smacking gets upheld by the courts so we can end pay to play.
The NCAA basically has ONE regulation for NIL. Schools have to monitor their players' NIL deals and if any are set up so that they are "used as an inducement for an individual to enroll or remain enrolled" at a school, the player must be suspended.
If the NCAA can show enough teeth to prevent pay to play, 95% of the problems with NIL go away and it might save college football from the NIL mess.
While it sucks for Tennessee fans that they're the example, if the NCAA is successful in setting the precedent so that other schools stop paying for players, it will be a huge win for college football as a whole.
The reality is we know that NIL deals for high school players aren't for endorsements. The player doesn't have fame yet to warrant such a payment before they even sign a LOI. At least with transfers you can argue the player might have enough fame to warrant a 6-figure payday endorsing products. But high school players, many of whom won't even start their first year? Unless they have a famous father or something their name/image/likeness isn't worth much yet.
So... sorry it's you getting smacked Tennessee. But I hope the smacking gets upheld by the courts so we can end pay to play.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:20 pm to SwampyWaters
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Those celebrating Vols getting investigated might want to temper your happiness!
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Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:29 pm to SwampyWaters
Georgia is the mastermind behind all this. Their action will be the end of the NCAA
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:27 pm to SwampyWaters
All the controversy surrounding the NIL and the relaxed transfer provisions was totally predictable. Corruption wins.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:46 pm to SwampyWaters
No institution has handled everything perfectly in regards to NIL, and there is a huge problem with unclear rules & regulations, but I think we can all agree that every aspect of Tennessee athletics need to be shut down forever.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:58 pm to SwampyWaters
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Those celebrating Vols getting investigated might want to temper your happiness…
I’ll try to hold back …seriously…
…maybe
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Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:14 pm to SwampyWaters
quote:but then again, they might not
Those celebrating Vols getting investigated might want to temper your happiness!
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Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:15 pm to SwampyWaters
I’m taking great joy in being the ones to finally curb stomp the NCAA into oblivion.
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Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:01 pm to SwampyWaters
You sound upset.
You should try relaxing a little.
You should try relaxing a little.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:02 pm to SwampyWaters
Its the offseason, so this is simply good to help pass the time. I dont expect any major punishments.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 9:22 am to SwampyWaters
I am not celebrating but am enjoying the melt by UT fans over it.
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Posted on 2/2/24 at 2:13 pm to SwampyWaters
I notice you didn't have anything to say when Serraneaux started a thread titled, "FLORIDA IS DONE!"
So quit crying like a little bitch now that you are being investigated. Tennessee has a long history of skirting the rules, many times down in the state of Florida chasing recruits. It would be fitting if you guys get hammered.
How can you not know that flying a kid on a private jet for a recruiting visit wouldn't get you in trouble? I know, I know, It was the NIL people that paid for it. That is like putting your starting tailback on a track scholarship and not counting it for football.
Taking the stance that the rules were not yet clearly defined may work out and it may not. We both know it goes against the spirit of the NIL which from the beginning was not to be used as a recrutiitng tool.
So quit crying like a little bitch now that you are being investigated. Tennessee has a long history of skirting the rules, many times down in the state of Florida chasing recruits. It would be fitting if you guys get hammered.
How can you not know that flying a kid on a private jet for a recruiting visit wouldn't get you in trouble? I know, I know, It was the NIL people that paid for it. That is like putting your starting tailback on a track scholarship and not counting it for football.
Taking the stance that the rules were not yet clearly defined may work out and it may not. We both know it goes against the spirit of the NIL which from the beginning was not to be used as a recrutiitng tool.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 2:21 pm to SwampyWaters
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Those celebrating Vols getting investigated might want to temper your happiness!
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