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The difference now is the portal.
And the amount of money players are getting. Was nowhere near this. Players are staying in college to make more money than in the NFL. Again, not the same as it was before
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The point is whether you call in nil or revenue sharing, players were getting paid. So were their family. To act like this is new is either being naive or disingenuous. It’s just legal and out in the open now.
First to act like what was happening back then and now is the same is a false equivalency and disingenuous.
Second, I have no issue with NIL. If a player can sell jerseys or autographs or get paid for commercials go for it. But having no structure and a complete Wild West coupled with the unlimited portal just makes it completely ridiculous every year. It’s worse than the NFL. Those guys have contracts. This is basically renegotiating with your current roster every single season.
And I don’t blame the players. I blame the lack of leadership in the sport
re: Hard to get excited about any player coming when they're only there for the money, not LSU
Posted by etm512 on 1/12/26 at 6:43 pm to homemadeshine
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Don't know about the rest of you, but I'm just having a hard time cheering for LSU when you know a majority of the players couldn't care less about LSU and are just using LSU for a paycheck.
I’m still cheering for LSU but yeah CFB is almost unrecognizable from what it was 4-5 years ago. I will still be happy when we get the big transfers like we did today because that’s the world we live in - doesn’t mean I don’t long for it to go back to the way it was. Where for the most part the guys on the team were your guys. Transfers were few and far between and came with a penalty if you weren’t a grad. The joy of watching guys develop and grow on the team for a few years far exceeds the joy of watching a 1 year player coming in and playing
Example I will use for the last sentence - Mansore Delane just won the Thorpe award and it barely moved the needle for me as being proud or happy. He was a finished product when he arrived. In my mind not going to be anywhere close to the Tre Whites and Mo Claibornes for example
I posted this one last night in the Eli Manning thread
Are we the only country that consistently struggles to stick to a shade of a color that matches the flag?
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He has for club. Hoping that carries over for country, because he hasn't really shined in the different roles Poch has deployed him yet.
I thought he did well in whatever recent friendly that was where he played as one of the 10s
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This might be the most impressive game I’ve seen of McKennie’s
He has been quietly absolutely balling out this season.
This is so awful just do the damn draw
re: Yanks Abroad Thread || Ode to pvilleguru*
Posted by etm512 on 12/5/25 at 7:31 am to lsugorilla
I thought he was nursing a hamstring tweak - maybe why he was on the bench to start
Italy, Poland, Turkey and Denmark could be those 4 Euro playoff teams in pot 4 :lol:
I like that we have played 4 pot 2 teams in the last 2 windows
I like that we have played 4 pot 2 teams in the last 2 windows
I mostly agree with your 11 listed here. Wes had a good game last camp as one of the 10s and I think he would be good playing next to Adams as well. Tessman has shown he can really play that 8 role as well.
As for RCB I am in favor of Freeman over Miles there but I dont love either option
As for RCB I am in favor of Freeman over Miles there but I dont love either option
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Pulisic returned to Milan yesterday, subbing in at the 70th minute.
Makes their whinging about our "mishandling of his fitness" look even more ridiculous now
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3. If he continues to have success, he's likely in line for an NFL HC job. College fans don't want to accept this, but the NFL provides a better quality of life for a coach. A NFL coach doesn't have to go around the country year-round to beg HS kids (and their agents) to come play for him. He doesn't have to constantly recruit his own roster to stay. He doesn't have to deal with kids constantly trying to leverage him for more and more money because they don't have an employment contract. Plus, the job security in college is no better than the NFL now. At least in the NFL coaches get an actual offseason. That's not the case in college.
This all day. He's most likely going to get offered NFL HC jobs this offseason. Maybe even coaching Burrow again if the Bengals decide to cut ties with ZT
That group of keepers is rough :lol:
Sucks than Noahkai Banks didn't get a call. He is showing promise in a back 3. Glad Scally isn't frozen out and that Tolkin is getting another look for that backup LB spot
Would much rather see Yunus over Berhalter or whatever the hell a Zawadski is
We are so damn thin at winger it's scary
Sucks than Noahkai Banks didn't get a call. He is showing promise in a back 3. Glad Scally isn't frozen out and that Tolkin is getting another look for that backup LB spot
Would much rather see Yunus over Berhalter or whatever the hell a Zawadski is
We are so damn thin at winger it's scary
re: Joe Brady wants to be in the NFL
Posted by etm512 on 11/4/25 at 1:17 pm to Tigernomics
Wasn't it also pretty well known that Brady wanted no part of having to recruit teenagers 24/7/365 as a college coach?
re: Per BK, Curne will start at left tackle
Posted by etm512 on 10/24/25 at 7:21 am to saturncube21
I would love to be a fly on the wall in the OL film sessions after a game. Imagine being Curne and others not playing watching film of Chester and Davis getting pancaked and turnstyled week after week and still not getting a shot. You would want to stand up and some point and scream "WTF DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO GET A SHOT AROUND HERE'
re: The “You’re Spoiled” comment by Kelly to Reporters
Posted by etm512 on 10/22/25 at 8:21 am to tigerbait3488
It was one of the most tone deaf statements an LSU HC in any sport has ever made. Yes we are spoiled and our expectations are very high and your contract reflects those expectations. If he were making a salary towards the bottom of the SEC and our media and fans were making these comments after a win against Florida, then yeah I could see his point. But when you are one of the highest earners in the sport, a lot will be demanded of you
re: US of Cristian Roldan v. Tim Cahill | Friendly | 8:00 p.m. CT (TNT)
Posted by etm512 on 10/15/25 at 9:10 am to southpawcock
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I didn't get to watch, but what happened to Pulisic? Guy is made of glass... but again, didn't see.
Was a pretty physical game that the ref lost control of quickly. Got brought down from behind and looked like he planted wrong on his leg underneath him. Hopefully it was more of a precautionary sub
re: US of Cristian Roldan v. Tim Cahill | Friendly | 8:00 p.m. CT (TNT)
Posted by etm512 on 10/15/25 at 9:09 am to Keys Open Doors
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The losers imo were James Sands, CCV for being the only healthy scratch among position players besides Agyemang, and most of all, Agyemang who saw Haji Wright completely leapfrog him on the pecking order. I would also say Alex Freeman didn’t really distinguish himself in any way.
I think Miles Robinson was a loser as well. He got skinned several times in this window
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