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Is Saban correct about NIL ruining college athletics as we know it?
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:03 am
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:03 am
I have to say I agree with his assessment. It’s on a path to ruin the collegiate athletic experience as we know it. Is it really beneficial to the student athlete?
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Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:09 am to MikeEhrmantraut
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Is Saban correct about NIL ruining college athletics as we know it?
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Yes.
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Is it really beneficial to the student athlete?
Yes, but the bulk benefiting are those who were already getting full rides, aka needed the least help. It's great Olympians can now collect, it's laughable instawhores can also.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:20 am to MikeEhrmantraut
NIL has absolutely ruined football, but I'm not gonna pretend Saban pioneered this school of thought.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:22 am to MikeEhrmantraut
Call me old fashioned and corny, but my emotional connection to watching college football is barely hanging on at this point.
There was a time when you’d say “That’s our guy.”, and you (most of the time) saw his connection to the school.
Now? Just guns for hire. They have no bond with the school, so don’t expect me to have a bond with them (and, by extension, their team).
There was a time when you’d say “That’s our guy.”, and you (most of the time) saw his connection to the school.
Now? Just guns for hire. They have no bond with the school, so don’t expect me to have a bond with them (and, by extension, their team).
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:24 am to MikeEhrmantraut
The problem isn't NIL, which would work normally in a fair system.
The problem is the schools and NCAA doing everything in their power to keep student athletes uncompensated so NIL became a loophole.
If they had been proactive this could have been avoided but greed and stupidity got in the way.
The problem is the schools and NCAA doing everything in their power to keep student athletes uncompensated so NIL became a loophole.
If they had been proactive this could have been avoided but greed and stupidity got in the way.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:35 am to MikeEhrmantraut
NIL is making the sport more competitive among power schools. I disagree vehemently with Saban. He favors athletes being compensated but not as employees. NIL is as American as apple pie. I dislike hypocrites who think a man shouldn’t be allowed to make a living from his own talents yet they claim to be capitalists.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:36 am to MikeEhrmantraut
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Is it really beneficial to the student athlete?
Is your paycheck beneficial?
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:44 am to MikeEhrmantraut
NIL is here because of Nick Saban and his cheating.
Mark Emmert turned a blind eye and protected Saban for years. Alabama players flaunted their new cars and wealth. Emmert and the NCAA went after other schools for anything they could find.
Other schools leveled the playing field by force. Emmert and Saban both retired and ran.
Mark Emmert turned a blind eye and protected Saban for years. Alabama players flaunted their new cars and wealth. Emmert and the NCAA went after other schools for anything they could find.
Other schools leveled the playing field by force. Emmert and Saban both retired and ran.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 11:50 am to MikeEhrmantraut
I think he needs to mind his own beeswax. NCAA let him rule college football while coach. Now he isn't coach or AD or President, so he has no official role. Except trying to "fix" the game, and he knows a lot about "fixing".
Posted on 3/16/24 at 12:04 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
I agree mostly with NIL, players getting some compensation is ok...
The problem to me is the unrestricted transfer portal system. Something has to happen there IMO...
College coaches have it hard enough without having to recruit an incoming class plus re-recruit your entire current roster.
If your gonna have NIL, they need some kinda contract/restrictions on your current players. It's become the wild west and I think that's why Saban left and many more good coaches will follow.
The best coaches are making frick you money now. Coach 10 yrs for $10,000,000 and you can GTFO and never worry the rest of your life...
The problem to me is the unrestricted transfer portal system. Something has to happen there IMO...
College coaches have it hard enough without having to recruit an incoming class plus re-recruit your entire current roster.
If your gonna have NIL, they need some kinda contract/restrictions on your current players. It's become the wild west and I think that's why Saban left and many more good coaches will follow.
The best coaches are making frick you money now. Coach 10 yrs for $10,000,000 and you can GTFO and never worry the rest of your life...
This post was edited on 3/16/24 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 3/16/24 at 12:19 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
Yes, it has ruined everything. Today’s college athletes are soft. Overcompensated and underperforming. Free education, room and board, a small monthly stipend is all any college athlete needs. A hungry dog runs faster. These kids aren’t hungry. Half of them have lifetime fried chicken tender deals.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 12:41 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
It already has
Posted on 3/16/24 at 12:46 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
NIL is severely damaging but I can get over the fact that these guys are getting paid.
It’s the transfer bullshite that is ruining college athletics.
It seems like the NCAA can easily regulate eligibility for transfer players.
It’s the transfer bullshite that is ruining college athletics.
It seems like the NCAA can easily regulate eligibility for transfer players.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 1:12 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
quote:The way they done it ruined cfb. If they would take the money and put it in a fund and split it evenly then it would work. Paying different amounts and different schools having more money to bid is what is ruining it.
I have to say I agree with his assessment. It’s on a path to ruin the collegiate athletic experience as we know it. Is it really beneficial to the student athlete?
Posted on 3/16/24 at 1:14 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
College athletics are on a slow death roll. Fans are probably in the denial phase
Posted on 3/16/24 at 2:36 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
1. Players have never been as invested in the schools as the fans are. Folks need to understand that.
2. The money is going to keep happening. People need to get over that.
3. The key is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal so that coaches don’t have to recruit their rosters every frickin’ year and fans can have some sense of continuity. That will have to be done contractually which doesn’t necessarily mean making the players employees.
2. The money is going to keep happening. People need to get over that.
3. The key is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal so that coaches don’t have to recruit their rosters every frickin’ year and fans can have some sense of continuity. That will have to be done contractually which doesn’t necessarily mean making the players employees.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 2:39 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
Saban paid his players for his entire tenure at Alabama and quit when it became fair across the board with NIL.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 2:45 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
Saban is not some novel genius on the subject, he's the only man with gravitas and capability to speak about it. He's not a current head coach who can be negatively recruited via distortions of his statements. He is a name every old fart in congress actually knows.
Posted on 3/16/24 at 2:57 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
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Is Saban correct about NIL ruining college athletics as we know it?
Yes, easily
Posted on 3/16/24 at 3:07 pm to MikeEhrmantraut
So, Saban can get filthy rich but the players can't? That's a very un-American and Communistic POV to have...
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