NIL vs Culture - Family Environment - Brotherhood

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MiramarVol

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Every team talks about "Culture", "Family Environment" and "Brotherhood". I feel that's out the window when it comes to NIL. It seems like it could be a reason to go to a school out of HS for a few seasons or used as a catch phrase to attract talent to a school. Then Baron comes to mind and I just don't understand the reasoning, because Culture, Family Environment and Brotherhood are thrown out the window for NIL money. Harrison for OSU talked about beating Michigan and winning a conference title as reason to come back, then sits out of a bowl game. McCord leaves them high and dry also to go to Cuse. Wright and Small decide to go Pro, while sitting out, even the consummate teammate in Milton decides to sit out even though he's there to support. Darnell Wright was a high draft pick, but still played in the Orange Bowl, while Hyatt sat out. How is it Culture, Family Environment, and Brotherhood when you don't know anyone or have relationships with the guys you are joining for one year in the Portal?
 
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MarcoVol said:
Why
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If the kid doesn’t want an education he shouldn’t have to go to class to play sports in the first place. Also, if they are physically ready, let them play at the peak level. The NFL is the peak level. If you want to be a grown up and be paid to perform, do it, just don’t complain when something bad happens.

Charading this, as if the kid is still going to class and learning something is a joke. It’s pay for play and everybody knows it.
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
If the kid doesn’t want an education he shouldn’t have to go to class to play sports in the first place. Also, if they are physically ready, let them play at the peak level. The NFL is the peak level. If you want to be a grown up and be paid to perform, do it, just don’t complain when something bad happens.

Charading this, as if the kid is still going to class and learning something is a joke. It’s pay for play and everybody knows it.
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Literally no HS kid is ready for the NFL
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
If the kid doesn’t want an education he shouldn’t have to go to class to play sports in the first place. Also, if they are physically ready, let them play at the peak level. The NFL is the peak level. If you want to be a grown up and be paid to perform, do it, just don’t complain when something bad happens.

Charading this, as if the kid is still going to class and learning something is a joke. It’s pay for play and everybody knows it.
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Those guys who hit the portal for a year are definitely not going to class.
 
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MiramarVol said:
I just feel a player can't talk brotherhood then be so quick to up and leave his brothers to go to a school where he doesn't have relationships.
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Still have to make the best decision for yourself and your future. The players don’t take that as personal as fans.
 
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Mizzou's Johnny Walker let it be known that non of their players opted out. As to emphasize the brotherhood aspect of their team and OSU's complaining that they weren't at full strength. That's the rub with me. Are we a team or a collection of hired guns, that bail when they're not happy.
 
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MarcoVol said:
If someone is willing to pay them. They’re prob not ready for it but that’s how the free market works.

There are zero NFL teams who would take a HS kid on their roster.
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No one would take Adrian Petersen, Jamal Lewis, Todd Gurley, Reggie Bush?

This is where it becomes a long term investment for nfl teams.
 
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Think JH does as good of a job as any on instilling culture/family in this weird era. If NIL is equal then culture I’d guess may be tie breaker?
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
You are crazy if you think those guys are not taken in the first seven rounds of the draft.
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Alright well also that’s 4 guys over a 20 year span out of hundreds of thousands of HS football players. And Gurley wasn’t even a 5* but you think he’s getting drafted out of HS into the NFL??
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
Honestly, you might as well let the best ones go pro right out of high school and go back to the traditional scholarship.
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Well that’s up to the NFL and NFLPA. Neither of them wants high schoolers to be immediately eligible for the draft.
 
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MiramarVol said:
Mizzou's Johnny Walker let it be known that non of their players opted out. As to emphasize the brotherhood aspect of their team and OSU's complaining that they weren't at full strength. That's the rub with me. Are we a team or a collection of hired guns, that bail when they're not happy.
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Isn't that the same issue with any work team?

Some work environments feel like family due to great people and great culture while others are strictly mercenaries.

Both are work environments where the employees get paid, but there are different levels of productivity and longevity attached to each environment.
 
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A Georgia Freshmen can beat this FSU team this year. By the way, I want Georgia to lose every game they play, but I have to say what I see..
 
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