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Even many NFL players still understand that you don't want the fans to turn against you
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:05 am
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:05 am
Nico: Tried to shake down a university for an extra $2m
Micah Parsons: Just showed up to Cowboys practice despite being in active negotiations for what will likely be the largest contract ever given to a defensive player in NFL history.
Micah Parsons: Just showed up to Cowboys practice despite being in active negotiations for what will likely be the largest contract ever given to a defensive player in NFL history.
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Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:07 am to VolSquatch
I saw where Josh Pate said him and his dad were going to try to do this before the playoff game. Is that true?
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:15 am to VolSquatch
Nico made a major miscalculation.
Fans won't like it but:
We can understand a player leaving for more playing time.
We can understand a player leaving for a more talented team/better chance at winning.
We can understand a good player wanting more money.
We can't understand a mediocre player demanding his salary be doubled though.
We can't understand a player threatening to opt out of a playoff game.
Fans won't like it but:
We can understand a player leaving for more playing time.
We can understand a player leaving for a more talented team/better chance at winning.
We can understand a good player wanting more money.
We can't understand a mediocre player demanding his salary be doubled though.
We can't understand a player threatening to opt out of a playoff game.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:18 am to VolSquatch
One of the biggest things forgotten in this era of college football is the network that happens during your career at a school. You move to 2-4 schools you don’t build that network normally. There are generations of guys that had great lives for themselves because they played at a school and the business world opportunities because the hiring manager is a fan/booster.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:30 am to bigdawg7780
quote:that part
One of the biggest things forgotten in this era of college football is the network that happens during your career at a school. You move to 2-4 schools you don’t build that network normally. There are generations of guys that had great lives for themselves because they played at a school and the business world opportunities because the hiring manager is a fan/booster.
a 22 year old might be able to understand this concept
good luck trying to explain it to an 18-19 year old who’s being offered hundreds of thousands or even millions to jump ship
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:43 am to VolSquatch
Posted on 4/14/25 at 1:07 pm to VolSquatch
It is hard to compare the 2 because in the NFL, the rules and most of the negotiations are pretty consistent and generally out in the open.
The NFL CBA says the teams are allowed to do ABC and the players are allowed to to XYZ. The vast majority of the contracts are not 1 year deals in the NFL. And if a player or team violates a rule, they can potentially get slapped silly with fines.
NIL and the NCAA is pretty much anything and everything can go. There are few rules. The schools/collectives have to follow some but what the hell do the players have to follow?
Until NIL gets a little close to the NFL, these players definitely run the risk of being looked at way worse than some NFL camp holdout.
The NFL CBA says the teams are allowed to do ABC and the players are allowed to to XYZ. The vast majority of the contracts are not 1 year deals in the NFL. And if a player or team violates a rule, they can potentially get slapped silly with fines.
NIL and the NCAA is pretty much anything and everything can go. There are few rules. The schools/collectives have to follow some but what the hell do the players have to follow?
Until NIL gets a little close to the NFL, these players definitely run the risk of being looked at way worse than some NFL camp holdout.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 1:18 pm to SidewalkTiger
If Nico were being underpaid it would be one thing, he was paid fairly and wanted to be treated like he is coming off a Heisman campaign
If you look at the top 3 QBs in this transfer cycle, Carson Beck got $4m, John Mateer and Fernando Mendoza both got around $2.7m
Nico was already getting paid in that range
If you look at the top 3 QBs in this transfer cycle, Carson Beck got $4m, John Mateer and Fernando Mendoza both got around $2.7m
Nico was already getting paid in that range
Posted on 4/14/25 at 2:38 pm to SidewalkTiger
100% true.
If he was a hesitant finalist or transcendent player maybe. He was above average at best and both those things you mentioned every fan will not be ok with given the ramifications they cause to the team
If he was a hesitant finalist or transcendent player maybe. He was above average at best and both those things you mentioned every fan will not be ok with given the ramifications they cause to the team
Posted on 4/14/25 at 2:43 pm to VolSquatch
NFL players hold out all the time
Posted on 4/14/25 at 5:01 pm to Quicksilver
Nfl has owners, who make money, pay the players. College kids are being paid by the fans. That will change a little soon but not now. These are donations made by fans paying these players. Gtfoh
Posted on 4/14/25 at 5:22 pm to VolSquatch
I don't know why, but this screams of
"the parent is pulling the strings"
stupidity to me.
I'd think most kids would take the money, attention, and playing time. It's an adult interfering where they aren't needed in a money grab that results in this kind of stupid shite.
"the parent is pulling the strings"
stupidity to me.
I'd think most kids would take the money, attention, and playing time. It's an adult interfering where they aren't needed in a money grab that results in this kind of stupid shite.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 5:42 pm to VolSquatch
If I were to draft QBs from the 2024 SEC class excluding Arch Manning and only taking one player from each team at most
1. Dart
2. Nuss
3T. Beck
3T. Ewers
5. Green
6. Thorne
7. Milroe
8. Lagway
9. Pavia
10. Sellers
11. Nico
12. Cook
13. Reed
14. Van Buren
15. Vandagriff
16. OU dumpster fire
Miss St, Kentucky, & Oklahoma basically don't count as their QB play was burning trash all of 2024. I give Pavia & Sellers the edge because of less talent on that side of the ball than Tenn. I give Lagway the edge because he was playing like a monster with not much surrounding talent sucks his season was cut short due to injury.
So basically Nico beat out Cook who regressed bigtime from 2023 with the talent departures and Reed who once they lost their RB they became too one dimensional.
Not exactly the person who should be causing a rift demanding more $$$
1. Dart
2. Nuss
3T. Beck
3T. Ewers
5. Green
6. Thorne
7. Milroe
8. Lagway
9. Pavia
10. Sellers
11. Nico
12. Cook
13. Reed
14. Van Buren
15. Vandagriff
16. OU dumpster fire
Miss St, Kentucky, & Oklahoma basically don't count as their QB play was burning trash all of 2024. I give Pavia & Sellers the edge because of less talent on that side of the ball than Tenn. I give Lagway the edge because he was playing like a monster with not much surrounding talent sucks his season was cut short due to injury.
So basically Nico beat out Cook who regressed bigtime from 2023 with the talent departures and Reed who once they lost their RB they became too one dimensional.
Not exactly the person who should be causing a rift demanding more $$$
Posted on 4/14/25 at 6:56 pm to Pimphand
Have an upvote for making a good post without trashing another user.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 7:27 pm to bigdawg7780
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One of the biggest things forgotten in this era of college football is the network that happens during your career at a school. You move to 2-4 schools you don’t build that network normally. There are generations of guys that had great lives for themselves because they played at a school and the business world opportunities because the hiring manager is a fan/booster.
Excellent point.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 1:39 pm to Havoc
Dad likes to tell the story they had a former Clemson OL as a supervisor the guy was hired solely because the big boss was a big member of IPTAY. Pops earned his bonuses pretty much babysitting the guy at work.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 2:06 pm to CharlotteSooner
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I saw where Josh Pate said him and his dad were going to try to do this before the playoff game. Is that true?
If true what university is desperate enough have this clow around the program?
You really want to win that badly?
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