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So, it's not okay for the UNLV player to quit...BUT

Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:07 pm
Posted by Georgia Jailbird
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:07 pm
When a coach like the Old Ball Sack, Steve Spurrier, quits on his team mid-season. He gets a pass?
Posted by GamecockUltimate
Columbia,SC
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:10 pm to
or when Judas "Juice" Wells takes $$ and decides to not play for the last 10 games of the season...

nah both those situations (Juice and Spurrier) are messed up, the kid leaving UNLV for not getting what he was promised is more than okay. but make no mistake...spurrier did not get a pass. Carolina fans were pissed, the media trashed him. etc.




* atleast Spurrier has apologized to us for his stuff. Juice has not.
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 1:11 pm
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:13 pm to
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Spurrier is under contract through the 2018 season with a salary of approximately $4 million per season, excluding bonuses. When the school announced his contract extension in January 2014, it said that the contract included a clause that, should Spurrier retire, he would remain at the school as a special assistant to school president Dr. Harris Pastides and athletic director Ray Tanner.


This is why contracts matter. USC had a contingency for his retirement.

UNLV and the Sluka have no contract in which he has to play, nor any conditions on his NIL money should he choose not to.

This is why college football is a mess. It's not two entities negotiating and building a legal structure, it's a third-party and plausible deniability between the three.
Posted by NaturalStateReb
Arkansas
Member since Jun 2012
1512 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:20 pm to
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When a coach like the Old Ball Sack, Steve Spurrier, quits on his team mid-season. He gets a pass?


That's correct. The free market should only work when it pleases us.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:22 pm to
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When a coach like the Old Ball Sack, Steve Spurrier, quits on his team mid-season. He gets a pass?


Who said he got a pass? He took a lot of heat for it.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:23 pm to
A lot of people thought him quitting mid-season was shitty and they voiced their opinions.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
9608 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:27 pm to
To use a more apples-to-apples comparison, I remember many on this forum defending Fournette's decision to "opt out" of the latter half of LSU's season a few years back in order to protect his draft status. "It's a business decision," they said.
Posted by BevoBucks
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:30 pm to
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When a coach like the Old Ball Sack, Steve Spurrier, quits on his team mid-season. He gets a pass?
He had to pay a heavy price for that...

Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
68600 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:32 pm to
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Fournette's decision to "opt out" of the latter half of LSU's season a few years back in order to protect his draft status. "It's a business decision," they said.

He opted out of one game, the bowl game

He played in the first three games, reinjured his ankle, missed the next four, played the next four, missed the final game. He didn’t “opt out of the latter half of the season”


None of that is apples to apples of a kid quitting after 4 games to preserve a redshirt because he didn’t get his NIL money. There actually isn’t a comparison. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 1:34 pm
Posted by Evolved Simian
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Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:35 pm to
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UNLV and the Sluka have no contract in which he has to play, nor any conditions on his NIL money should he choose not to.


Well, that's just stupid of their collective. The NIL contracts should stipulate continued participation, as well as at least partial repayment of any up front money.
Posted by Lg
Hayden, Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
7793 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 1:37 pm to
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The free market should only work when it pleases us.


Do you know what was in Spurrier's contract? Did he have to compensate the school for games not coached? Or did he just not get paid for the remainder of his contract? I'm sure there was something in it to keep him from completely breaching it.

The problem I have with the kid quitting is, his beef wasn't with his team and University but whoever his NIL deal was with. And yet he quit on his team.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
68600 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 2:34 pm to
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Or did he just not get paid for the remainder of his contract?

Spurrier retired. I doubt he was paid any money after he did.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
14820 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 2:41 pm to
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The NIL contracts should stipulate continued participation, as well as at least partial repayment of any up front money.


I don’t think they can. Pay for play is still prohibited. This whole “name, image, and likeness” madness all caught fire because of a damned video game.
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
30660 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

When a coach like the Old Ball Sack, Steve Spurrier, quits on his team mid-season. He gets a pass?


Schools are given a compensation in the contracts most of the time. If they don't, it's because it's someone like Saban who can demand it not be there.

Schools are just out a player they likely based their entire team around(or at least their entire offseason/training) without any compensation. Basically the same effect as having a player injured and out for the season.
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
23963 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 2:50 pm to
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Spurrier retired. I doubt he was paid any money after he did.


I haven’t heard that spurrier gained anything from leaving early, but him leaving early gave the team a window to look for another coach instead of having to do it quickly at the end of the season. My opinion is that if he was done he did them a favor by lighting a shuck instead of just riding it out.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
68600 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 2:54 pm to
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My opinion is that if he was done he did them a favor by lighting a shuck instead of just riding it out.

That’s always been my take as well. They were also 0-4 in the conference when he hung it up. It’s not like he ruined their season by quitting when he did.
Posted by NaturalStateReb
Arkansas
Member since Jun 2012
1512 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 3:23 pm to
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Do you know what was in Spurrier's contract? Did he have to compensate the school for games not coached? Or did he just not get paid for the remainder of his contract? I'm sure there was something in it to keep him from completely breaching it.

The problem I have with the kid quitting is, his beef wasn't with his team and University but whoever his NIL deal was with. And yet he quit on his team.


People quit and take their talents on the labor market all of the time. This market is like any other. It is not special or unique.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
42049 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 3:26 pm to
Who gave him a pass? He got roasted for it
Posted by SneezyBeltranIsHere
Member since Jul 2021
3668 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 3:41 pm to
This is America. I am all about Capitalism and the free market. If the kid was promised money, and didn't get it in writing, sucks for him. If he can redshirt and get guaranteed NIL money next year somewhere else, good for him. Coaches have always been able to leave before the season is over. Players should be able to do the same.

I am tired of all of you Communists who attack NIL and the free market. You Pelosi-lovers need to move to North Korea and start up college football over there so everyone can have exactly the same at all times.
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
23963 posts
Posted on 9/25/24 at 4:36 pm to
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I am tired of all of you Communists who attack NIL and the free market. You Pelosi-lovers need to move to North Korea and start up college football over there so everyone can have exactly the same at all times.



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