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The NIL and SEC decline argument
Posted on 1/9/26 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 2:01 pm
The big point every fan outside the SEC tries to prove is that the SEC had the dominant run because they were the only ones that paid players. Dumbass Shane Gillis was on tv last year spewing this shite and it seems every Big 10 fan on a message board runs with this as well. How about the fact that big ten and other teams can only buy championships now. The truth is everyone paid players back then. The difference was it was minuscule amounts compared to now so the best athletes in the south stayed home where they were swayed by pride and which team could get them to the NFL. Ughhh I hate the new college football, but I will never quit watching.
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:07 pm to topcat88
Back then if you wanted to make money, you had to get drafted.
If you wanted to get drafted, you had to develop and/or show out against elite competition to get noticed.
This was more likely to occur in leagues with superior on-the-field talent, television deals, and tie-ins.
Now if you're not quite good enough or if you don't want to put in the effort, you can just enter the portal and get paid, pretty much anywhere.
Some of these kids come from nothing and instead of changing their lives through hard work, development, education, and eventual generational wealth, they're selling their decently-athletic souls for a quick $100k and a dead end at some shithole.
Those guys could always get paid anywhere. But back then, most couldn't get PAID unless they chose carefully and really worked for it.
If left unchecked, the transfer portal will probably be the death of this sport.
If you wanted to get drafted, you had to develop and/or show out against elite competition to get noticed.
This was more likely to occur in leagues with superior on-the-field talent, television deals, and tie-ins.
Now if you're not quite good enough or if you don't want to put in the effort, you can just enter the portal and get paid, pretty much anywhere.
Some of these kids come from nothing and instead of changing their lives through hard work, development, education, and eventual generational wealth, they're selling their decently-athletic souls for a quick $100k and a dead end at some shithole.
Those guys could always get paid anywhere. But back then, most couldn't get PAID unless they chose carefully and really worked for it.
If left unchecked, the transfer portal will probably be the death of this sport.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:08 pm to paperwasp
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If left unchecked, the transfer portal will probably be the death of this sport.
This is it in a nutshell
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:14 pm to paperwasp
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If left unchecked, the transfer portal will probably be the death of this sport.
Sort of has.
Need guardrails. Max payouts, multi year contracts, etc.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:21 pm to kywildcatfanone
The level of shenanigans and paying within the SEC was at the institutional level, embraced by the member universities themselves.
No other conference comes close.
No other conference comes close.
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