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re: Is Saban correct about NIL ruining college athletics as we know it?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:52 pm to The Pirate King
Posted on 3/17/24 at 1:52 pm to The Pirate King
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2) Saban and many other coaches contributed to players feeling entitled to compensation after decades of under the table deals with select players and coaches salaries rising to absurd levels
Boom. This was my issue with what Saban said. I agreed with the message, but he was a huge part of the problem that ended up with the mess we’re in. At this point the only way to move forward is to regulate and salary cap it. Get the money from TV and such. Players aren’t going to go back to the old way. And boosters aren’t going to fund unproven college players for much longer. They didn’t get rich by spending their careers investing their money in something with little to no return.
I wonder if they’ll even make the players take classes at the school anymore. LSU’s not exactly Harvard but it’s no picnic either, who wants to study when you’re already making 6 figures and have serious NFL potential? If they’re not taking classes in college I wonder how that will change fan interest, because they’ll essentially just be mercenaries with “LSU” on their helmets, and nothing more.
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Posted on 3/17/24 at 2:25 pm to Ag Zwin
quote:I hear ya, it's not the same game we all grew up with unless there are posters here under 20. Having said that, every team has a few players here and there that grew up as fans of the school they committed to, are hard workers and great ambassadors for their school. I think if we focus on those guys and don't worry so much about the Uber talented kid who leaves after one year because he didn't get to start....we'd be much happier. It sucks losing players to other schools, but losing a player simply opens up a roster spot to steal someone else's star player. We just have to face the fact that football at every level has more roster churn than other sports...eligibility at the high school and college levels, free agency and trades in the NFL. Just treat transfers like the incoming Freshman class...new names and faces to learn. By about game 4-5 during the season it won't matter they were playing somewhere else the year before, they will be 100% part of your favorite team.
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).
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:18 pm to Mad Dog Droopy
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NIL is here because of Nick Saban and his cheating.
Ultimately, the final trigger was when he sicc'ed the NCAA on Tennessee, and Tennessee kicked him and the NCAA in the teeth.
All roads lead back to Nick Saban.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:43 pm to mattloc
Facts Against the Imbecile has left us. 
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