'25 Northwestern Transfer OL Josh Thompson (LSU)

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headhunter15 said:
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It’s quite obvious who has the money to compete and who doesn’t but money never guarantees success. Look no further than the Yankees and the Mets, of course they have a much better shot than the Brewers. We adjusted well to NIL early in the game but the game may have changed to something we aren’t currently playing
 
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landscapingvol said:
It’s quite obvious who has the money to compete and who doesn’t but money never guarantees success. Look no further than the Yankees and the Mets, of course they have a much better shot than the Brewers. We adjusted well to NIL early in the game but the game may have changed to something we aren’t currently playing
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No need to bring the Mets into this, thank you very much.
 
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landscapingvol said:
It’s quite obvious who has the money to compete and who doesn’t but money never guarantees success. Look no further than the Yankees and the Mets, of course they have a much better shot than the Brewers. We adjusted well to NIL early in the game but the game may have changed to something we aren’t currently playing
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Salary cap cant come soon enough IMO.

The current "system" is ridiculous and untenable. The proposed SEC salary cap of $22M per year needs to be adopted by all the P4 schools and made solid. With all contracts submitted to the NCAA/governing body and adhered to. Duke is paying a QB not as talented as Nico $4M a year. Thats insane. I wont earn $4M in my lifetime and I make decent money at low 6 figures. Theres no professional league in the US where athletes are all free agents twice a year and can switch teams like underwear. Its stupid, and its going away soon. One way or another. Fans, coaches, everyone resents the bullcrap thats going on right now...and many will lose interest if it continues. If we wanted to watch spoiled athletes with no commitment, we would watch the NFL.

We need the salary cap and some rules in place ASAP. Also...the FIRST team that gets caught paying players MORE under the table ABOVE the salary cap needs to get death penalty level punishment. Its gonna happen. aTm, Bama, Texas...SOMEBODY Is gonna hit the cap and STILL be paying players more in an attempt to win it all. They need to be kicked out the P4 for a few years when caught. Immediately. 2 years no football at all. Period. All the kids on their team can hit the portal. Send the message from Day1 that the salary cap is unbreakable and anyone who attempts to get around it will be humiliated and temporarily banned...which means the coaches AND the AD would be fired. Thats how you get the ADs to police their programs even if the coaches and boosters will not. Their heads are on the chopping block too. Anything else is a sham and will be cheated from Day 1.
 
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headhunter15 said:
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This reminds me of baseball and the Yankees and Dodgers... Can outspend everyone else for the best players... What a joke college football has became... Make a cap that nobody can go over... Not even a luxury tax and then the schools can spend the money they have, and no more, on the players they want to try and get and that's it.. They can spend it all on a couple players or spend it on 10 players and so on and so forth... We thought it was bad before nil when they were paying players under the table... This is just out of control
 
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#786
Berry4Heisman14 said:
It would appear our ceiling may be to be able to make the CFP from time to time but not quite get over the hurdle. We simply don’t have the NIL power to compete with the big dogs
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Think that’s our program now. Hard to accept, but a good year we beat 2 of our 3 major rival games in FL/AL/UGA and make a CFP. Bad year, we lose all three. On the bad year, we have to avoid losing an Arkansas game so we can be 9-3. As a whole, we recruit very well, but our conference has 6-8 teams that can consistently out recruit us. UGA/AL/TX/A&M/FL/AU/LSU all have large funds. Ole Miss may have at least the same if not more funds than we do as well. Best thing to do, enjoy the game, and at the end of night, go enjoy things that matter like family and friends. Don’t let UT sports dictate your life because the current college landscape is a disaster. I refuse to let 18 and 19 year olds making 100k+ in college ruin my night just to see those same guys leave a year later to the highest bidder. Accept it. Cheer for our Vols, and move on to more important things in life.
 
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Midas said:
So we need to step up. Been talking about crowdfunding NIL through VN strictly for football on here a little bit today. King, what do you think about the idea?
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I think anything anyone can do is super appreciated.

Lame mindset to think small amounts don’t matter. They do and they add up.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I think my number was revenue, but Forbes reported that every NFL team was profitable by a minimum $56 million last year. The Cowboys revenue was $1.2 billion with operating income of $564 million.
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Thanks for the clarification. I knew he was talking about total revenue as I heard the show yesterday. I thought some didn’t actually make a profit but I think that changed when they implemented the salary cap years ago. Lots of money for sure.
 
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KingVFL said:
I think anything anyone can do is super appreciated.

Lame mindset to think small amounts don’t matter. They do and they add up.
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I’d probably start it if nobody else does but would rather someone already closer to the team do it. Though I am close with half the team’s personal jewelers I wouldn’t know how to get it to the right people to entice recruits specifically for football. If the funds went to Spyre we don’t know how much is going to football. If I do start it can you help get the funds to the right place?
 
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Midas said:
I’d probably start it if nobody else does but would rather someone already closer to the team do it. Though I am close with half the team’s personal jewelers I wouldn’t know how to get it to the right people to entice recruits specifically for football. If the funds went to Spyre we don’t know how much is going to football. If I do start it can you help get the funds to the right place?
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Sure, but if you do it through Vol Club.. 80%+ of it goes to football and you can earmark it for exclusively that.
 
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KingVFL said:
Sure, but if you do it through Vol Club.. 80%+ of it goes to football and you can earmark it for exclusively that.
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Oh ok I misread their site a long time ago then haha. I just thought it was a 90/10 split 90% to players of all sports and then 10% to operating costs. Anyways I think for people to want to do it on here it would have to be its own thing instead of someone just collecting money to put into one account on Vol Club.
 
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