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re: NIL is the best thing to happen to college sports.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:20 pm to Tridentds
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:20 pm to Tridentds
Some of these kids will make a lot of money, some are going to fall prey to hangers-on and agents, and piss away a chance at a good education and college experience.
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:24 pm to ScoggDog
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A fabulous idea - lets have government run college sports. I'm sure the quality of play won't drop a bit.
Pointing out the idea capping wages isn't as communist as the poster said, by citing our own government's cap on salaries isn't exactly an endorsement for having government run college sports
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But since we're going down this mental road - where, exactly, should we cap YOUR earnings at ? After all - some people surely make less.
Me personally? My earnings as an alabama athlete were capped out with my scholarship
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:26 pm to Mulkey Man
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Some of these kids will make a lot of money, some are going to fall prey to hangers-on and agents, and piss away a chance at a good education and college experience.
Free Will - get this - includes the freedom to make bad decisions. Limiting other people's freedom to make bad decisions will always - always - ultimately end up with those same people having the power to limit your decisions ... which you may not view as bad.
The only way their bad decisions regarding NIL can possibly impact you personally is that you'll be denied the ability to watch them perform - for free - for your entertainment.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:29 pm to MoarKilometers
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Me personally? My earnings as an alabama athlete were capped out with my scholarship
Now we're getting down to it. Why are these kids too good to sign your same bad deal ?
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:34 pm to MoarKilometers
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Pointing out the idea capping wages isn't as communist as the poster said, by citing our own government's cap on salaries isn't exactly an endorsement for having government run college sports
A cap on salaries is EXACTLY opposite of the principals of Capitalism and Free Enterprise. Shall we make all college ball players de facto government employees ? So that we may cap their wages ?
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:36 pm to Tridentds
Players will go to the highest bidder from now on whether it is legal or not so why pretend it is still about amateurs. The only way they wont is if the schools begin to draft players pro style instead of allowing the player to pick who he plays for and Im not sure that is possible.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:42 pm to aTm boy
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Players will go to the highest bidder from now on whether it is legal or not so why pretend it is still about amateurs.
They always have. Why - please, for the love of God, somebody tell me why - every athletic department has raced to raise cash to build the most opulent training facilities, athletic dorms, uniforms, dining facilities - and hire the all important coaching staff that can put the athlete in the pro ranks - other than to make a de facto bid to get the best talent ?
What about this system makes anyone still say "amateur" at all ? The money is HUGE.
Good Grief - it really chaps some asses around here, that a slice of the money will go directly to the
talent providing the product - rather than all the well-positioned handlers at the top.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:48 pm to ScoggDog
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A cap on salaries is EXACTLY opposite of the principals of Capitalism and Free Enterprise.
Yet these players all aspire to play for those commie loving NFL teams. Weird.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:56 pm to ScoggDog
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Why should ball players, who make money by the score for the athletic department, not have the same options ? There is no logical reason why they should not.
You could take D3 talent and put them in Ohio State-Michigan unis and the game will still sell out.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:58 pm to ScoggDog
I think this all just shows how the priorities of society is absolutely fricked. Companies will pay millions to help a 5-star athlete go to their nearby university when there are many better ways to invest in the community.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 7:59 pm to higgs_boson
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Yet these players all aspire to play for those commie loving NFL teams. Weird.
Its the best deal in town for a guy trying to make a living playing a game. Not hard to figure out.
Now - lets not bullshite ourselves. Why is there an NFL salary cap ? Why is there a strict pay structure for rookies - extending to up to five years - which, conveniently, covers the typical NFL career ? Because the NFL wants labor cheaper than what they themselves would purchase at auction. They literally can't trust themselves.
Because the owners all agreed they couldn't trust themselves - they agreed to fix prices across the board. This is not legal in any other industry. But, because it's entertainment for the masses - it's allowed to slide. Three cheers for Anti Trust Exemptions.
Let GM and Ford meet and agree on a cap on wages for secretaries - and then watch the fur fly.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 8:03 pm to aTm boy
I’m cool with the NIL. Broke boys can go home.
Bag men are fired.
Bag men are fired.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 8:03 pm to TexasTiger08
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I think this all just shows how the priorities of society is absolutely fricked. Companies will pay millions to help a 5-star athlete go to their nearby university when there are many better ways to invest in the community.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
In other words - if I write the check - I don't care about your particular opinion regarding the effectiveness of the investment. Don't like it ? Write your own check.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 8:05 pm to aTm boy
Faggie fans melting even after their biggest day since 1939.
Wonderful fan base.
Wonderful fan base.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 9:24 pm to aTm boy
I cannot wait for the fallout. You don't know it yet, but y'all are fricked.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 9:26 pm to aTm boy
I’m all for it.
Our two biggest rivals have done it for years (Kirby learned from Saban), and now they’re deer in the headlights because they see the writing on the wall that schools with more money than them are also going to be able to legally do it too now.
This thing is in its infancy. Wait until the other big money schools hop on board. USC with Riley is heading towards another golden era.
Our two biggest rivals have done it for years (Kirby learned from Saban), and now they’re deer in the headlights because they see the writing on the wall that schools with more money than them are also going to be able to legally do it too now.
This thing is in its infancy. Wait until the other big money schools hop on board. USC with Riley is heading towards another golden era.
This post was edited on 12/15/21 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 12/15/21 at 9:27 pm to junkfunky
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I cannot wait for the fallout. You don't know it yet, but y'all are fricked.
Cope harder swampy
Posted on 12/15/21 at 9:27 pm to junkfunky
What fall out? What are you talking about? NIL is a good thing. You're just mad cause you're a poor.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 9:55 pm to aTm boy
That's cute but unintended consequences and chaos are soon to follow. Good luck, motherfrickers.
Posted on 12/15/21 at 10:03 pm to aTm boy
GFYS. The fans and alumni bases make CFB, not the players. There was no shortage of athletes wanting to play big time CFB for nothing but a scholarship. NIL is the worst thing that could happen to CFB.
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