Per sources, some guys played last night knowing they were leaving

[VolsSportsFan]

Yeah, but no one stopped to think maybe it was a bad idea to combine million dollar paydays with unlimited transfer rules for 18 year olds but here we are

It's the second part that is the problem. I have no issue with players making money, but even in the NFL there are rules. Hell in every pro sport you have contracts that you can't just get out of of.

 

[DaltonVol2298]

Knowing they were leaving after the season ends. Some even have deals with other schools already set.

Todays CFB really is screwed up

I’ll see how many how many guys hit the portal before I overreact to a report like that. That’s probably a thing for other teams to though. Heck, the Puppies had a guy who had started several games in the secondary enter the portal before the SEC title game.

IF that’s the case for any decent players, at least they stayed with the Vols for the CFP game.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Been arguing against it whole time on here. Don't agree with it at all. Especially how it has unfolded. I prob could have been on board with a well designed system. I'm old. I still view a full ride degree for your services is payment enough. That plus a suitable monthly spending account would have sat well with me. But, no college player (QB) has earned anything that affords a Lambo. Not a good message to send. That's worth $80K plus at most schools, plus all the satellite expenses they don't incur. A full football ride prob worth $150K plus. NIL is the only thing in the world that took down Saban to where he was willing to walk away. And he's becoming more vocal about about it as the College Game Days go by. Not hard to read between the lines on how he feels about the portal and NIL and that he walked away because of that. It wasn't to retire and be at home.

I don't have a problem with players getting paid, because others have made billions off their backs and imo a "free ride" isn't enough especially when they couldn't go pro. TV, coaches, universities all get to rake in the money, so the players should get some too. Saban can eat a bag of deez because he's one of the ones who got his and now is trying to take some moral high ground. Get bent. Trying to keep the players in an outdated box while the rest of the college football world is big business is straight up bulls***. This ain't the 1950s landscape anymore. There aren't only about 4 games on a week on local channels.

Where I will agree is the "well designed system" part. There needs to be "contracts" for lack of a better term. You can't have it both ways, them getting money AND having free reign to transfer whenever. There needs to be terms and lock in and if you dont' like it, sure you can leave but you aren't playing anywhere else for say 2 years. I'm even for something like salary caps if they want to go there. The toothpaste is out of the tube so you gotta do something.

 

[BreatheUT]

The only answer there ever was to all this mess and killing the student athlete was to ammend scholarships to provide a monthly spending account. A decent one to boot. But, equal for all. College rosters is not the place to have an $8 mil QB and a $25K lineman. 18-20 year olds are not prepared for that dynamic. The NCAA had opportunties for decades to make this happen the right way. My kid got me tickets a couple years for my B-day. First to SC at home. Then GA. Maybe CJH's 1st year on the GA game. Too expensive now. And the cost per opponent is broad. We had front row behind the recruit mat for SC. For UGA, were last row against the wall on opponent side. One row high and we'd have been upper level. And those were 3 times the SC tickets.

But, for his thoughtfullness I got him addicted to Gus' deli.

A former letterman got me hooked on Gus's and I stopped in a month ago when I was in town. I like looking at the ex-players photos on the wall. They reminded me they lost a lot of photos during the fire in the early 90's I believe. A little pricey but worth it.

 

[The Original Fade]

It's the second part that is the problem. I have no issue with players making money, but even in the NFL there are rules. Hell in every pro sport you have contracts that you can't just get out of of.

Agree. But the money with no structure/contract is what lures players to the portal. Both are broken - portal and NIL and both influence the other

 

[utchs81]

I miss some of the stuff discussed on this forum. Who is the Alpha referred to?

I was talking about the Alpha mentality that wasn’t present. They needed their inner Al Wilson.

 

[jcvol87]

I was talking about the Alpha mentality that wasn’t present. They needed their inner Al Wilson.

ohh, yeah completely understand now. I mentioned that in the game thread. Need an Al Wilson in that locker room. Al can’t be replicated but most definitely hope to see a true leader emerge who wants it so bad they will hold the entire team accountable and show no mercy on the field.