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Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:18 am
Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:18 am
I miss the days of having home grown players or just players that want to play for the love of the game and the love for their school. Bear Bryant used to say the name on the front of the jersey, is more important than the name on the back.
Sad that it’s changed to greed. Pretty nice article on Simpson and his decision to not transfer and go pro.
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Sad that it’s changed to greed. Pretty nice article on Simpson and his decision to not transfer and go pro.
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Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:22 am to RTRnFlorida
I don't have an issue with a player wanting to go pro, but all these transfers represent the sad state of college football right now.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 10:45 am to WhateverUWant
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I don't have an issue with a player wanting to go pro
That's the problem.... they are fighting to stay in college because of the money, and nothing else.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 11:02 am to WhateverUWant
Same
Posted on 1/31/26 at 11:04 am to RTRnFlorida
Times change OP.
Stop crying and making boomers look bad.
I bet OP wants to have them wear leather helmets again as well.
Stop crying and making boomers look bad.
I bet OP wants to have them wear leather helmets again as well.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 11:57 am to RTRnFlorida
I presume Alabama ran him off. Sounds like he would have preferred to play another season of college ball. Pretty shitty way to treat a loyal player.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:05 pm to RTRnFlorida
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I miss the days of having home grown players or just players that want to play for the love of the game and the love for their school.
Since when has this been the case? Saban had four Heisman winners at Bama and not a single one was from Alabama. Probably none of them would have signed with Bama if Saban’s career had taken any non-Alabama trajectory.
Everyone says the current model of CFB is “unsustainable,” but the reality is big money and win-at-all-costs fans were unsustainable in an amateur sport.
The sport was always going to collapse. It was just a matter of time.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:06 pm to SouthernInsanity
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That's the problem.... they are fighting to stay in college because of the money, and nothing else.
Not just money... but more money than the pro's are offering.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:10 pm to Globetrotter747
Pretty much forever. Most players until a couple of years ago, went to schools based upon who they grew up dreaming of playing for, or maybe who their parents were fans of so they became a fan of that team.
Not always, and not every players, but 90-% of kids want to play where who pays the most money.
Loyalty may mean nothing to you, but loyalty is what I wish we had more of. Loyalty builds trust.
When you can’t trust anyone, there’s chaos.
Not always, and not every players, but 90-% of kids want to play where who pays the most money.
Loyalty may mean nothing to you, but loyalty is what I wish we had more of. Loyalty builds trust.
When you can’t trust anyone, there’s chaos.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:25 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Most players until a couple of years ago, went to schools based upon who they grew up dreaming of playing for, or maybe who their parents were fans of so they became a fan of that team.
A couple years ago is laughable. Try decades. What you described has been a fallacy since game broadcasts became national instead of just regional.
It’s always been about the money for the majority. Only changes being the methods to obtain it and when you can collect
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:33 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Pretty much forever. Most players until a couple of years ago, went to schools based upon who they grew up dreaming of playing for, or maybe who their parents were fans of so they became a fan of that team.
horseshite.
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Loyalty may mean nothing to you, but loyalty is what I wish we had more of. Loyalty builds trust.
I was born at Druid City Hospital basically on the UA campus. I’m a second generation Bama alumnus and was a walk-on for four years. Went to a lot games growing up, including the 1993 Sugar Bowl.
I wouldn’t say loyalty means nothing to me. I would say three things:
1) As an adult, I really don’t care if college players I don’t know and don’t know me win football games.
2) College fans are not loyal to players. They are loyal to winning. Y’all would rather win with Johnny Fivestar from California than Tommy Tuscaloosa. That’s why you have all these mercenaries. It’s a reflection of what the fans expect.
3) The point of college isn’t to go sacrifice for the school. It’s to better your future. For these guys, football is as much as a professional ambition as accounting and engineering for normal students. Walk around the Quad offering students seven figure opportunities if they transfer to Yale or MIT and see how much loyalty you get. About as much loyalty as Tommy Tuscaloosa will get if he stinks up Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:33 pm to RTRnFlorida
CFB is what it is now. Learn to accept it, but as fans show outsized appreciation for those in your program that do play where they do for the love of the University.
At Texas Michael Taaffe was an amazing representation of what a dedicated and loyal student athlete can still accomplish.
At Texas Michael Taaffe was an amazing representation of what a dedicated and loyal student athlete can still accomplish.
This post was edited on 1/31/26 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 1/31/26 at 2:11 pm to CNB
This is the reason our society is what it is. I’m an employer, and this is the same sentiment employees have today.
Very rarely is there loyalty.
If someone can get $5 more an hour or just a little bit more than what a competitor is giving, they’re gone.
You may know understand that if you do not own a business that employs hundreds of people like I do.
My parents were loyal. Worked their way up with one company, and earned a great living because they were loyal, and their bosses rewarded them. Was it perfect all of the time? I’m sure it wasn’t. Did they make what they wanted to make? Probably not.
But Indiana showed this year, that if the team is the focus, and kids aren’t focused just on themselves, they can be successful.
I understand almost everyone today is focused on money and having more money, and showing off that money. But in the end, money goes out as quickly as it comes in.
Too many times it’s about me, I, myself, etc..
Very rarely is there loyalty.
If someone can get $5 more an hour or just a little bit more than what a competitor is giving, they’re gone.
You may know understand that if you do not own a business that employs hundreds of people like I do.
My parents were loyal. Worked their way up with one company, and earned a great living because they were loyal, and their bosses rewarded them. Was it perfect all of the time? I’m sure it wasn’t. Did they make what they wanted to make? Probably not.
But Indiana showed this year, that if the team is the focus, and kids aren’t focused just on themselves, they can be successful.
I understand almost everyone today is focused on money and having more money, and showing off that money. But in the end, money goes out as quickly as it comes in.
Too many times it’s about me, I, myself, etc..
This post was edited on 1/31/26 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 1/31/26 at 2:39 pm to RTRnFlorida
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If someone can get $5 more an hour or just a little bit more than what a competitor is giving, they’re gone.
And you wouldn’t fire a loyal but incompetent employee if he were affecting your bottom line in a business as cutthroat as college football?
These players have a short time to make their athletic ability work for them. Loyalty won’t pay the mortgage in ten years.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 3:20 pm to Globetrotter747
That’s two different things you’re taking about.
Someone that is not doing the job they are hired to do, or simply not capable of doing it, does not factor into loyalty.
You can either dunk a basketball or you can’t.
Someone that is not doing the job they are hired to do, or simply not capable of doing it, does not factor into loyalty.
You can either dunk a basketball or you can’t.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 4:38 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Someone that is not doing the job they are hired to do, or simply not capable of doing it, does not factor into loyalty.
It factors into loyalty from the employer.
College fans will call for the benching of an ineffective player no matter how loyal he is because they will not tolerate losing from anyone. Similarly, a player will “replace” his program if another gives him a better opportunity to make money and/or showcase his talent.
No one is loyal.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 4:47 pm to RTRnFlorida
I've resigned myself to having to learn large chunks of the roster every single season.
I suggest OP and others do the same and just roll with the changes. The simple fact is roughly half the players on your roster for any given year won't be there for the next, and that will sometimes include some highly rated recruits that never saw the field wearing your school colors.
Tis what tis, can't do anything now that SCOTUS blew up the whole "amateur" thing a few years back.
I suggest OP and others do the same and just roll with the changes. The simple fact is roughly half the players on your roster for any given year won't be there for the next, and that will sometimes include some highly rated recruits that never saw the field wearing your school colors.
Tis what tis, can't do anything now that SCOTUS blew up the whole "amateur" thing a few years back.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 4:50 pm to RTRnFlorida
You sound old.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 6:44 pm to RTRnFlorida
Alabama has been buying players as long as I’ve been alive, and probably before then. I was born in the 70s. Spare me this good ole days bullshite
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