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Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:55 am to EastTXHorn
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:55 am to EastTXHorn
The destruction ain't over yet.
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:05 am to scottydoesntknow
The players in the NFL cant run to a judge everytime they want out of their contract.
Once its accepted that this is the NFL everything can fall into place, until then its chaos.
Once its accepted that this is the NFL everything can fall into place, until then its chaos.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:10 am to EastTXHorn
You asked what can be done? Not sure.
What can WE do?
Stop watching. If you don't like a product, stop buying it, and if enough other people do that, when the money dries up, the people selling the product might see that they need to make some changes.
Personally, I watched most of the first half of the Alabama @ Oklahoma playoff game, mainly because I wanted to see what an on-campus atmosphere might look like in December (admittedly impressive). Was delighted seeing that OU had the game well in-hand (
) and went to bed.
We are season ticketholders and do plan to renew for 2026. I'm not quite bitter and jaded enough to walk away from that just yet, but I'm close. First, I would like to see if Auburn may have finally made a good hire after two major duds. Second, when you like the people you've been sitting with for 10+ years, walking away from season tickets is closer to a permanent decision than turning off the remote (more like plastic surgery than a haircut).
What can WE do?
Stop watching. If you don't like a product, stop buying it, and if enough other people do that, when the money dries up, the people selling the product might see that they need to make some changes.
Personally, I watched most of the first half of the Alabama @ Oklahoma playoff game, mainly because I wanted to see what an on-campus atmosphere might look like in December (admittedly impressive). Was delighted seeing that OU had the game well in-hand (
) and went to bed. We are season ticketholders and do plan to renew for 2026. I'm not quite bitter and jaded enough to walk away from that just yet, but I'm close. First, I would like to see if Auburn may have finally made a good hire after two major duds. Second, when you like the people you've been sitting with for 10+ years, walking away from season tickets is closer to a permanent decision than turning off the remote (more like plastic surgery than a haircut).
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:11 am to EastTXHorn
For a Texas fan those players analysis are spot on. Sadly in today’s college football world all those guys go elsewhere for more money and a guaranteed (or at least told they are) spot to start.
What will likely happen is you pay the 5 starts and take 3 stars to develop or do 2 year contracts with forcing the next college to pay the NIl back if they sign to leave, just like coaching searches work. No longer will schools have freshman class's with guys who won’t contribute early on 1 year deals. We have all seen that’s a terrible business model and trust me the people contributing to NIL do not like poor ROI or being held hostage by some 18-22 year old kid.
Either this will get changed or donor fatigue will be serious and NIl budgets will shrink
What will likely happen is you pay the 5 starts and take 3 stars to develop or do 2 year contracts with forcing the next college to pay the NIl back if they sign to leave, just like coaching searches work. No longer will schools have freshman class's with guys who won’t contribute early on 1 year deals. We have all seen that’s a terrible business model and trust me the people contributing to NIL do not like poor ROI or being held hostage by some 18-22 year old kid.
Either this will get changed or donor fatigue will be serious and NIl budgets will shrink
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:14 am to NFLSU
Ever heard of cyclical? Sark inherited a terrible program but sure it’s all just about the moment Texas could pay.
Also your argument had a serious flaw: either Texas has been cheating all along (paying players equal what sec teams have) or Texas hasn’t and sec teams have been greatly cheating by paying players under the table (while Texas and other schools have done it to a higher standard).
So which is it? And in today’s world who gives a f if you can pay players, lsu has likely done it under the table for years and is doing it now.
Also your argument had a serious flaw: either Texas has been cheating all along (paying players equal what sec teams have) or Texas hasn’t and sec teams have been greatly cheating by paying players under the table (while Texas and other schools have done it to a higher standard).
So which is it? And in today’s world who gives a f if you can pay players, lsu has likely done it under the table for years and is doing it now.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:17 am to tBrand
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:21 am to scottydoesntknow
Ok DEI judge rules that all those fixes you just listed are null and void. What do you do then?
Bingo
I am not sure folks really understand why all this was done.
Bingo
I am not sure folks really understand why all this was done.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:24 am to EastTXHorn
Top 50 football programs need to go independent Leave Olympic sports in regional conferences. Collectively bargain tv deals for said programs and let a commish run it as a seperate league. Set hard dates and or limits on transfers.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:25 am to NFLSU
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Day __ of Texas fans pretending like uncapped pay-for-play didn’t completely save their program
Sark went 5-7 and 8-5 at Texas before all of this bullshite.
its not like plenty of teams weren't paying kids under the table before , this just removed the risk from us upping the ante
Posted on 1/14/26 at 12:00 pm to tide06
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Once its accepted that this is the NFL everything can fall into place, until then its chaos.
Yeah I believe your right. It probably is gonna have to take on the legal structure of the NFL
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