'17 AU WDE Big Kat Bryant (UCF)

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sjt18 said:
More than my oldest son who paid for college by loading ordinance on a B-2 bomber? Or maybe my younger son who is a B-2 propulsion mechanic working on the flight line in weather ranging from sub-zero blizzards to 130 degree heat... often at night?

They have an OPTIONAL "responsibility" to play a game that most of them have played completely for free and in some cases having to pay for the privilege for 10 years before signing an LOI that assures them of a TRULY free education.... everything covered.

How many MILLIONS of kids that were NOT born with those physical gifts would KILL to get a great deal like that?

They usually take 6 hours per semester plus summer school, right? They have an army of tutors dedicated to making sure they get all the help they need, right? The support systems around them plus the direct costs of their education and expenses is well over $50,000/year. How many "students" have that kind of support to help them with their Atlas-like responsibility?

This is a REALLY good deal for them.

I do not claim to know these rules. I said something about them being unable to work and someone else said that they could and another said they receive a cash stipend for extra expenses as part of their scholarship. Maybe you can clear that up.


Athletes get a benefit for free that increases their lifetime earning potential by more than 50%. It is delayed gratification and requires some effort on their part... but they get "paid". Remember many of these athletes might not be able to afford college without athletics. Many others either could not qualify or else could not get into the same level of university based on their HS academics alone.

And... I'll go back to the two undeniable truths that destroy your argument.

  1. None of these athletes are forced to sign that LOI. If they cannot afford college and want to go then they can do what my sons did and join the NG or military. Most can use the discipline any way. An athletic scholarship and particularly a football scholarship is a HUGE privilege that only a small fraction of HS students can access.

  2. Cheating is wrong and unjust even if you think the rules need to be changed. If you think the speed limit is wrong on a particular road... you don't get to violate it... but you can petition to have it changed. Your feeling that the rules don't treat the players right NEVER justifies dishonesty. As I put in my response to the other poster, this isn't "victimless" cheating. It hurts competing teams that don't have rich, dishonest boosters. It hurts opposing players, programs, and coaches that for whatever reason do not cheat... or cheat as effectively. It hurts those who simply have the honesty and integrity to refuse to cheat. Ultimately for any athlete who benefits from cheating another is disadvantaged.
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Love your responses. It’s the same thing I’d say if I was less callous and cynical.
 
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No let’s move on to find players that want to play here, not exclusively for cheating coaches....yes i know they all cheat but our cheaters were either arrogant, just plain stupid or both
 
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CA_Vol said:
Did Oklahoma open a few new McDonalds on campus recently?
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Yes,, and they’ve changed their stadium name To Tennessee Southwest.
will run thru the bands big O.
Also are adding a checkerboard end zone.
And , new Mascot is called “Smokey 2”.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
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Ole number 7 is on tape telling how he and his Mom turned down legal money to go to pro baseball, to go to UT who did not offer him a nickel I just can't believe that schools will offer blackmail potential to kids, family and coaches on a routine basis. Lots of stories would slip out after eligibility was used up and all leverage was gone. We may be about to see what happens if you break the rules up close and personal, if some of the accounts are more truth than speculation.
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You said Majors is famous for not paying Holloway. Since Majors was at Iowa State, many years before arriving at UT, when Condredge Holloway was being recruited, I thought you must’ve been referring to a different Holloway.

But no, Majors wasn’t involved in Holloway’s recruitment to Tennessee. He hadn’t even become Pitt’s coach yet.
 
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VolsdeepVFL said:
The reason so much money moves under the table is because of the great value these players bring, legalize it and bring it to light.

A union will never benefit the company, looking at it that way is judging a fish by it's ability to climb. It's to protect and benefit the labor, countries with the strongest unions have some of the greatest qualities of life.
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All unions do is protect the laziest, dumbest, and slowest of the workers

Keep trying to convince yourself they're good and "sticking it to the man" but they're just slowly killing whatever industry that uses them
 
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GregAmsler said:
You said Majors is famous for not paying Holloway. Since Majors was at Iowa State, many years before arriving at UT, when Condredge Holloway was being recruited, I thought you must’ve been referring to a different Holloway.

But no, Majors wasn’t involved in Holloway’s recruitment to Tennessee. He hadn’t even become Pitt’s coach yet.
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Yep, I knew it was Battle as made famous by the TV show of CH's career at UT and beyond. Battle was a good man, but bad HC coach, as opposed to bad man, bad HC we just experienced if the stuff flying around here IS true. But I bet Majors would push the envelope, but not purposely go outside the lines and try to cover it up in his career where recruiting rules changed so much. Did not get to take a shortcut and sign 100 like he did at Pitt..
 
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I was just reading in 24/7sports about edge rushers.in the transfer portal.It stated that Big KAT Bryant was leaving Auburn and have his team he is TRANSFERRING to as Tennessee.This was today's 24/7.Does.anybody know if he is still coming here after the coaching change and Garner being here now.or what?
 
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jim pique said:
I was just reading in 24/7sports about edge rushers.in the transfer portal.It stated that Big KAT Bryant was leaving Auburn and have his team he is TRANSFERRING to as Tennessee.This was today's 24/7.Does.anybody know if he is still coming here after the coaching change and Garner being here now.or what?
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I am curious on this as well. He could give our defense a big boost.
 
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I wouldn’t consider him committed. He deleted the tweet announcing he was committed to UT after Pruitt was fired.
 
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