Is there any chance that Baron comes back? [Ole Miss]

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BowlBrother85 said:
No. I just consider going to college for free, a form of financial compensation. They were never being screwed.
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I consider the scholarship a form of compensation too, but it is obvious that schools have been having boosters pay BEYOND that scholarship for good players for years.

The scholarship didn't cover the actual worth of the players to the team, so the teams added value to get a player to come to the school.

NIL compensation is just that "value added" to the scholarship coming out into the light where everyone can see it.

It's ridiculously exploited now, IMO, but the NCAA KNEW......100% POSITIVELY KNEW....... players were routinely being compensated beyond the scholarship for decades and did nothing to develop a system that they could control.

Blame the schools and the NCAA for not finding a better system than "bag men" and "envelope handshakes" when they had decades to do it.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Dude you’re not even a Vol fan. You don’t get an opinion.
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Dude you don’t even know me like at all. Yea I’m a Vol fan. I have an opinion you don’t agree with so I must not be a Vol fan lol you’re a child.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
No one forced these guys to play football….. and a free four year college education isn’t exactly a block of cheese and a bowl of soup
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No one forces the schools to offer NIL either.

It's obvious that it's mutually beneficial, a bit like people working for a company and that company offering perks like discount tickets to games, special deals on cell phones, a private dock on a lake, etc + a salary.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
And he can get that same thing from ANY major university PLUS NIL.

It's tiring people insisting "the scholarship is worth so much" because it's been OBVIOUS since boosters started paying players years ago that the players are worth more than the value of the scholarship to the teams.

Just give it a rest. The players are more valuable than you'd like to believe to the programs.
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I was merely responding to the statement that a scholarship is a pittance. It can easily make a seven figure impact on a players lifetime earning potential - which is important for the 90-95% of players who don't make it to the NFL.

I'm not in the get off my lawn camp on players getting a bigger splice of the billion dollar industry.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
No one forces the schools to offer NIL either.

It's obvious that it's mutually beneficial, a bit like people working for a company and that company offering perks like discount tickets to games, special deals on cell phones, a private dock on a lake, etc + a salary.
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True….i was merely responding to CWV’s statement regarding the kids getting screwed
 
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Snapper58 said:
The point is that people are talking like every football player is out for the buck. My point is that it is only a smaller %. They may be "big" names, but it takes 11 players playing together to make a team successful. Nico may very well be the best quarterback ever, but if he doesn't have the recievers, OL, RB's on the same page then we will not be successful. Also there has to be 11 guys on defense on the same page. One breakdown and it could be a touchdown. Sure we need good players, but we don't have to have the best at every position to be a great team. These schools that are successful are because they not only have solid or better players, but they also play in the scheme together.
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True, but we're always discussing that small percent. Baron is the only guy to enter the portal that has folks upset. many are glad to see the DBs leaving but that might be something we revisit next fall. Now that someone shared that they let Baron's dad go it's pretty clear he's leaving. He played for 4 years as a Vol. Good luck to him and next man up. Given our roster, I'd rather lose Baron than Omai Thomas - we have more depth at edge than tackle.
 
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He has used the portal “threat” 2 years in a row. Obviously he doesn’t want to be here anymore. So. Bye!!
 
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Sarms58 said:
I wonder if fans apply that same criteria to themselves and their employers. You know, you got hired out of college by a good firm but God forbid you ever consider moving on to another place - got to be loyal to the company.
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Is he gonna have a better coach than Garner? No. Is he gonna have a better supporting cast than Big O, Norman-Lott, Pearce, Joseph's, etc? No. It appears that he's Jeremy-Banks-butthurt that he isn't getting paid what he thinks he deserves. Fine. Like I said, HTFR.
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
You know that he's not your property. He's been a part of the team for quite a while. He can explore his options AND come back if he wants too. You should seek therapy over your butt hurt.
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What are you babbling about? Property and butt hurt? Good grief there some absolutely stupid people on this forum. Thanks for showing up.
 
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HarderKnox59 said:
Somebody que curly bill !
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BowlBrother85 said:
That comprises a very small percentage of the intercollegiate scholarship athletes in this country. The commercial is accurate.
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And even a good many of the super talented still do actually go to class and work toward their degree. Players in general get a bad wrap but most put in hard work in the classroom as well as the ball field. People falsely portray most athletes as not caring about college and they are simply not telling the truth or don’t have a clue what they are talking about. GBO
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
And even a good many of the super talented still do actually go to class and work toward their degree. Players in general get a bad wrap but most put in hard work in the classroom as well as the ball field. People falsely portray most athletes as not caring about college and they are simply not telling the truth or don’t have a clue what they are talking about. GBO
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All the players have to maintain grades to maintain eligibility - just part of the deal. Of course the university provides them tutors for every class and does everything in their power to help ever player maintain eligibility
 
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#99
Dude, what is all the hatred toward a kid tryna get paid w NIL? There is a chance he stays if he doesn't get paid big somewhere. No, every one of you who are "over him" are flat wrong @ the DL ... we are flat out better with him and could use him.

I really don't hate on a young man who has the ability to get paid in a tiny window of time. If UT ain't doing it for a starter, then I'd tell my son to test the H2O, but stay put on the lateral moves.
 
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iuvol said:
that Baron comes back? I know he did this a few years ago and came back. Anyone heard anything about him returning>
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I was watching a Talking Vawls podcast on Baron today on You Tube and the video showed a figure that Baron was worth $355.000.
 
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