Kirk Herbstreit Singles out Nico

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#102
WC what Herbie says, hell they kicked him out of college football and put him on the Pro level now. Just stay in your lane HERBIE.
 
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Delmar said:
I don’t like what it’s doing any more than most. However, you have to play the game as the rules are established or you get left behind. Pretty simple really. I also agree with the comment about the blue bloods not liking it. It has taken away some of their advantages.
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Have you checked the latest recruiting rankings? The blue bloods seem to be doing just fine.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I don’t think Young can be used as an example to make a case of how it’s supposed to work, when Saban was telling everyone that Young was making 7 figures before he ever took a snap.
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Herbie is complaining about using NIL for recruiting. Bryce Young got his at the beginning of his second year at Bama.
 
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JWilly said:
Herbie is complaining about using NIL for recruiting. Bryce Young got his at the beginning of his second year at Bama.
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But KH used the reference as “players who have earned it”. Young got $1mil before he ever took a meaningful snap.

But he has no issue LY when a Tx kid left HS a year early for a million dollar deal since O$U had nothing to do with it. LOL
 
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OrangeTsar said:
The “establishment” of college football (sorry I couldn’t come up with a better term) HATES NIL because it undoes the once iron clad advantage the blue blood programs had by paying players under the table. NIL puts all the cards on the table so to speak and lets more honest programs like UT enter the game. Herbstreit represents the “old money” world of College Football so I am not surprised by his outburst
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That’s what I don’t understand. I see people constantly saying this will only make the rich get richer but I disagree. Prior to NIL literally like 5 teams had a shot to win it all and about 8-10 teams had legitimate playoff hopes. Now Bama isn’t getting all the best recruits as A&M took like 8 of the top 25. We’ve clearly benefitted as well and so have some other teams. I believe this will spread the wealth. I do guess it depends on the perspective though. If you’re talking non-Power 5 teams then yes the Power 5 teams are definitely the rich getting richer. But even there, if they pay up they can get guys too. Look at Neon Deion.
 
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Herb needs to shut up, for him to single us out is so hypocritical it is pathetic. And too use Bryce Young as some shining light example is a doubly hypocritical statement.. Young got a million before ever playing a down. Ohio State’s coach publicly begging folks to up the money on NIL and now paying players. What about A@M and all the other schools. And plus Herbie doesn’t know the details of Nico’s contract or anybody else’s. Herby needs to quit cherry picking folks to pick on and instead make his complaint to the NCAA, their inaction for so long is what got ya to here anyway. Herbie is really turning into a jerk. GBO
 
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VOLfrombama said:
While I somewhat agree there should probably be more detailed rules about NIL and using it as a recruiting tool has quickly got out of hand, Kirk should be ashamed for singling out a high school kid.

Say what you want about UT/Spyre, but leave the kid's name out of it.

In almost the same breath, he used Bryce Young as an example. BY had NIL deals in place in '21 worth $1 million before playing any significant snaps or becoming the starter. He played 13 snaps total that season, btw. Don't think for a second Saban didn't purposefully float that out there to bolster recruiting.

Kirk should be ashamed for being such a hypocrite and citing BY/Bama as a model while striking out against UT. I don't have any proof that BY knew this coming to Bama, but there's no way they haven't used it in recruiting since then. These kids know that kinda money is available. OSU is in the same boat as Bama and UT when it comes to NIL collectives. Him bashing one school while citing two others is ridiculous when all 3 are doing the EXACT SAME THING.

I'm not a huge fan of the Twitter mob, but I would be ok if Vol Twitter spent the next week roasting Herbie. He should be ashamed for singling out a kid and his opportunities on national TV and talking out of both sides of his mouth.

Kirk Herbstreit blasts state of NIL in college football, singles out Nico Iamaleava
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Crybaby Herbie is overrated and another reason to not watch ESPN.
 
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The Original Fade said:
Thanks. I know how capitalism works and personally enjoy the fruits of it. But the NIL system is flawed and not doing what it was designed to do, which is shift recruiting away from coaches to businesses. It’s not good for the sport and can potentially cause problems in the locker room like Herby stated. He’s right.
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How do you think it will cause problems, you don’t think that there’s already clear differences between elite prospects and everyone else?
 
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How could ANYONE who witnessed THIS...take this jaggoff seriously??!!
 
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NovaVolunteer said:
How do you think it will cause problems, you don’t think that there’s already clear differences between elite prospects and everyone else?
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Every player comes from a unique set of economic circumstances. The players understand that and don’t begrudge a player that has wealthy parents. But handing a kid 8 mil who hasn’t taken a snap of football at the college level will rub a lot of players wrong if said player starts effing up on the field when linemen doing their jobs aren’t getting 2 nickels to rub together.

At least in the NFL, everyone is getting paid and the league minimum puts you in the top 1% of society
 
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The Original Fade said:
Peyton was born into money. He wasn’t given money to perform. Nico was. If you can’t see the difference then I’m not sure what to tell you.
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Of course I see the difference. Just not sure the locker room will care. It’s said that a rising tide raises all boats. No matter what Peyton did his teammates were still unaffected. Nico is going to get some other kids paid and I doubt they turn on him after one game.
 
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DukeDaisySam said:
Have you checked the latest recruiting rankings? The blue bloods seem to be doing just fine.
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Oh they’ll do fine. But they’ll have more competition now and I guarantee you they don’t like it. You think a 5 star like Nico would have come from the left coast to UT if he wasn’t getting paid millions? I think not.
 
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I mean I'm glad we got the kid, but 8 milly? Cmon man.. that's a bit excessive. Think about all the added pressure it adds, on top of everything else. Just my opinion.
 
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Stoked said:
Herbstreit gets paid millions a year to talk about the sport of college football, yet complains about players making millions playing the sport of college football. Make it make sense please.
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Ones a job and one isn't. Lol fairly easy to understand
 
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