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re: Sports Illustrated laying into Sankey
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:49 am to au4you
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:49 am to au4you
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There is no amateur system through school for Europeans so they join club and pro teams at a young age for development.
High schoolers can go straight to G League should they choose here in America as well. That argument is dumb
And “college” stopped being “amateur” years ago
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 8:51 am
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:09 am to Frac the world
quote:My point being is that most these European pros are 18-20 year olds who have played “professionally” since they were in high school. It is different than a college player leaving school to play pro, signing NBA contracts, playing three years pro, and then returning to college in the middle of a season. The Euro pro comparison to justify this is weak and a completely different issue.
High schoolers can go straight to G League should they choose here in America as well. That argument is dumb And “college” stopped being “amateur” years ago
Saying this opens the door for NBA guys to return to schools is a nonstarter.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:16 am to Auburn80
Im just waiting for LSU to bring back Bregman and Skenes now.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:28 am to Auburn80
WATCH OUT!!! THE LEGEND OF STETSON BENNETT IV IS COMING BACK...AND HE'S BRINGING HERSCHEL WITH HIM!!!
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:34 am to lsufball19
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the dude pushed us into a 9 game conference schedule.
So we just ignore the fact that most on this board bitched for a 9 game schedule and gave Saban, and a few other coaches, credit for pushing for it?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:41 am to Auburn80
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Sports Illustrated laying into Sankey
Meanwhile, Miami tampered with Darian Mensah, who was under contract at Duke, and nobody in sports media is criticizing Mario Cristobal or ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:41 am to Imber
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Pat Forde
doosh 
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:54 am to lsufball19
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with no actual benefit.
Besides that whole "better games for the fans to watch than a pay-to-win farce over East Directional Tech".
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:01 am to Auburn80
Selective outrage. Pat Forde knows how to get clicks.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:06 am to Bham Bammer
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Finally a man that is supposed to be just and truthful figured out he should not be deciding the case.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:12 am to jangalang
So he recused after entering the TRO and extending the TRO for him to be eligible? How shady
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:13 am to Shamoan
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Bama fans would sell their sisters
Very nice, how much?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:16 am to HailToTheChiz
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So he recused after entering the TRO and extending the TRO for him to be eligible? How shady
He's not Oats shady...but pretty close to it.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:23 am to jangalang
They will likely have to bring in another judge from out of county if no one else takes it
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:27 am to SoFla Tideroller
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Besides that whole "better games for the fans to watch than a pay-to-win farce over East Directional Tech".
cool, does that help our teams get into the playoffs? I think the fans would enjoy that more, no?
The CFP committee has shown they don't really care about SOS, just W/L record. So what's the incentive to play a more difficult schedule if the goal is to make the CFP and play for championships? The networks didn't give us a better TV deal to play more conference teams, and they didn't add more playoff spots. So basically we just agreed to make it a tougher road to maximize the number of playoff teams the SEC gets each year without even a financial incentive to do so.
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 11:30 am
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:30 am to lsufball19
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cool, does that help our teams get into the playoffs? I think the fans would enjoy that more, no?
Disagree . Regular season should be meaningful competitive games. It shouldn't be about making the easiest path
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:32 am to HailToTheChiz
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Regular season should be meaningful competitive games. It shouldn't be about making the easiest path
I'm sure the New England Patriots fans are pissed they had an easier path to the Super Bowl and didn't have more meaningful competitive games this year
But at least Sankey was able to preserve all of the traditional games for SEC matchups we've played for decades upon decades while expanding the SEC schedule to 9 games. Wait, never mind, he messed that up as well.
The Universities voted for more SEC games under the presumption we'd have leverage to get more money from the networks and that the playoffs would be expanding to 16 teams. Neither happened. That vote wouldn't have passed just to create more better games for the fans.
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 11:46 am
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:40 am to au4you
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Saying this opens the door for NBA guys to return to schools is a nonstarter.
What opened the door is not the players you mention.
What opened the door is the NCAA also granting eligibility to some 23 year olds who've been playing for bigger pro teams and making more than G League player.
Also, granting eligibility to some players that forgo a 1st round draft and 2 way deal to play for a big Euro pro team.
To consider "most" players misses the point since the point is how the exceptions the NCAA has been making in unique individual cases don't have a consistent logic.
Like I said above, the best outcome of this is to realize that college sports are now lucrative due to NIL and simply make the bylaws super simple:
Like: kids have 4 seasons to play in college between the ages of 18-24, period.
Get rid of micro managing and making inconsistent decisions on case by case basis.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:49 am to Auburn80
What shame? It’s NIL. Pay for play except now it’s legal. What are they doing that’s wrong?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:50 am to wm72
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Also, granting eligibility to some players that forgo a 1st round draft and 2 way deal to play for a big Euro pro team.
You are way off here if you're talking about the Baylor
kid.
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