College football is screwed now. There is an I in TEAM now!

#76
#76
utvolpj said:
Can you explain which players we lost that truly matter? Which players are being stolen by other teams? Those were both claims you made
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I don't need to read the news to you Look at the most recent college football articles. the last two days
 
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fossilfiction said:
Just stop watching the game if it's ruined. Several of you keep saying this put keep watching. Makes zero sense.
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I will stop watching......but I care about the game...........of college football. When college football loses the regular fan.......the one that pays for a ticket for him and his family, the one that buys the overpriced concessions, the one that pays for the overpriced jersey with a name on the back of a player that won't be there in a few weeks, the one that used to watch his favorite team on TV, ..........that's when college football loses ........PERIOD. Check out other sports that have made major changes either to it's players (NBA, ML Baseball), drivers, (Nascar). What has happened to their viewership...........DOWN over the last 10 years because they treated their fans with the same crap that College football is doing,
 
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livefaith said:
76, do u realize that the Federal Court rulings have left the corrupt NCAA in this mess?
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So they view the ncaa as a corporation which means the players should be viewed as employees which means there needs to be some sort of regulation.
 
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C-south said:
So they view the ncaa as a corporation which means the players should be viewed as employees which means there needs to be some sort of regulation.
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IDK, I just know that the courts have ruled against the NCAA more than once and it's put them in a pickle.
 
#88
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76volman said:
Make it easy for you since you don't want to do the work.........any sports news on TV.
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Ok which station? Which station will detail the contributors UT football is losing to the portal? Which will detail schools trying to come take Nico?

Seriously, I'm very interested in seeing these facts.
 
#89
#89
76volman said:
Players had rights long before this crap happened.........it was getting a free education at a great university COLLEGE FOOTBALL is NOT the NFL. NFL has many more rules with $ made and when they can get out of a CONTRACT and move on ..........college doesn't
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You think the NFL controls how much Mahomes makes from State Farm? That is what NIL is, it's not a salary or contact with a school.
 
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#91
#91
utvolpj said:
I'm OK for now watching the actual workers get what they deserve from this industry.
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Obviously you are happy to give your earning to people who have no connection to you much less know your name. Universities are created by our tax dollars. Businesses are created by real people investing their own money. Universities want their labor (players) paid by the same people who’s tax dollars created that opportunity for the players. Businesses pay labor with profits from the company. If a business has a human resource group that hires bad people, they fire them. If a coach hires bad players or doesn’t train them well enough, they just ask you for more money because they need to try again.
Not saying a player shouldn’t make a stipend per month, but he should also be able to be ‘fired’ anytime of the season. By the way, do you know who Nico represents that is using his name, image, likeness to earn $2M. It may possibly be a company you might not agree with their policies. If they actually were hired by companies wanting to use their name etc, universities wouldn’t need fans money to pay them.
 
#92
#92
It’s hard to argue that players shouldn’t be allowed to profit monetarily from their talents, especially given the obscene amount of money that universities, broadcast outlets, sports apparel companies, coaches, and many others are making off the sport. Should there be some kind of regulation? Probably. But given where the courts have come down, doing that is a tall order for the foreseeable future.

To me, a more complicated matter is the unlimited transfer stuff. That is something that could BEGIN to get addressed through changing the transfer windows. Still lots more that needs to be done, but at least that’s a start. As long as coaches can go mercenary with little or no consequence, there is no justification in significantly limiting the players’ ability to depart for other opportunities. Even the saintly and beloved Rick Barnes was ready to leave us for UCLA just a few years ago - and the only reason he didn’t was because they couldn’t reach an agreement on $.

The danger in all of this is that college sports loses that team-centric spirit that makes it unique. The NBA has become so player-centric that I don’t know why they still have team names based in specific locations. There are few rivalries left in the NBA. It’s all about individual players — Stop referring to the LA Lakers and just call them “Team LaBron.” Since Kyrie Irvin declared that the Nets didn’t need to hire a GM because he and KD were the real GMs, I lost what little care I had left about pro basketball.

How do balance the need to give the players the freedom they are entitled to regarding pay and mobility without robbing the college game of what makes it special?
 
#93
#93
There should just be a 4 year contract that needs to be honored by the player and the school. If they transfer, they can still get an education because that's what college is for, but no football at the new institution period.
 
#94
#94
Vol8188 said:
lol continue…it’s ruined how exactly?
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You’ve got to admit the landscape as a whole looks like a freaking circus. Universities now asking fans and students for money to be competitive in acquiring football players because it’s ballooned to 20/30 million a year. The whole thing smells like a Kardashian fart.
 
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DougVol said:
You’ve got to admit the landscape as a whole looks like a freaking circus. Universities now asking fans and students for money to be competitive in acquiring football players because it’s ballooned to 20/30 million a year. The whole thing smells like a Kardashian fart.
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They’ve always asked for money to be competitive. Honestly, schools have always asked for money in general
 
#96
#96
100 VN bucks says OP has the "I Will Give My All For Tennessee Today" sign above his bathroom doorway and slaps it on his way in AND on his way out.
 
#97
#97
GAVol said:
Why has it never bothered anybody when coaches make 7 figures?
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Does your boss make more than you?

Does the engineering firm make more or the engineers on the floor? Should the cashiers at wal mart make more than the Walton family? Everyone screaming “this is capitalism” is wrong. We’re in fact promoting socialism. Skilled workers and athletes should be paid well, but not 8 mil before a snap is taken. “The inmates running the asylum” is where we are at now.

I’m all for pay to play but the system is currently broken.
 
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#99
#99
Who does Nico have the Nil deal with?
I don't see him hawking cookies, fords, insurance, windows etc.
Maybe it's been discussed and I missed it.
 
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