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preacherman20 said:
I think they would have a hard time proving it is tampering if he doesn't go there. Plus you would have to get the Vols players to say he said it and I don't know that there are enough that would, IF, he said it and I've not found anyone who actually says he said it. Again, the sources have not been verifiable in most of this. I heard it from a player's girlfriend's roommate that I dated once things. No one has actually said a particular player heard him say it In my church world, if you can't tell me who said it then it wasn't said. I got tired early on in ministry of they, they don't say anything. Suzie or Joe or Bill does but they don't have a voice. And the NCAA is definitely going after Jay over what they said.
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You get funnier and funnier with every post lmao
 
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preacherman20 said:
I think they would have a hard time proving it is tampering if he doesn't go there. Plus you would have to get the Vols players to say he said it and I don't know that there are enough that would, IF, he said it and I've not found anyone who actually says he said it. Again, the sources have not been verifiable in most of this. I heard it from a player's girlfriend's roommate that I dated once things. No one has actually said a particular player heard him say it In my church world, if you can't tell me who said it then it wasn't said. I got tired early on in ministry of they, they don't say anything. Suzie or Joe or Bill does but they don't have a voice. And the NCAA is definitely going after Jay over what they said.
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I missed it. What did Jay say?
 
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preacherman20 said:
I think they would have a hard time proving it is tampering if he doesn't go there. Plus you would have to get the Vols players to say he said it and I don't know that there are enough that would, IF, he said it and I've not found anyone who actually says he said it. Again, the sources have not been verifiable in most of this. I heard it from a player's girlfriend's roommate that I dated once things. No one has actually said a particular player heard him say it In my church world, if you can't tell me who said it then it wasn't said. I got tired early on in ministry of they, they don't say anything. Suzie or Joe or Bill does but they don't have a voice. And the NCAA is definitely going after Jay over what they said.
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Yep. With fam and agents involved there is no need for the school to make direct contact. Wild, Wild West..,
 
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Weezer said:
I don't think I like you.

And I generally try to like everyone.

It just feels like you want bad things to happen.
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I think Tony is the best at recruiting players that will win Tennessee championships and I want us to win championships. At the same time I find it fascinating to see players use the portal to go elsewhere. I mean 5 catchers, 20 pitchers? It's not doom & gloom predicting they'll hit the portal. It's interesting to see who will go, predicting who will go, and where they'll land. I think Cal Starks a great example of what I'm talking about. There's a human side to this and I find that as interesting.
 
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preacherman20 said:
Yes. I think if you are Ryan and have been here for 3 years, didn't play his senior year of HS and came in early, then you and Ebbing have to see that you are not the future by who they brought in. I don't know anything about Zellem other than he has to see he will not beat out Blake and third will be crowded. They all three have burnt redshirt year so now is a good time to try the portal. It is sadly a part of baseball and softball especially at all levels. You have to bring in the best each year and some times that means someone you had a plan for is no longer in your plans. But when you go to an SEC school you have to know, as I told Kirby, how many do I have to beat out that wear the same jersey to get a chance to play against the other jerseys.
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College coaches are paid to try to put the best product on the field as possible. That is their job or they could be fired. If I own a business and someone who has been there 1 year is way better than someone who has been there 10 years sorry to the veteran but the young one is getting the promotion
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
It's not just that. I'm assuming Holoman and one or two other pitchers. Over half the guys who are going to be the main players on this team are portal guys just chasing a check. It's not right.
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It is kind of out of control. But, if we don't do it, we are going to get left behind. I don't think it's ONLY about the money. The money is a big part of it, no doubt, but there are other factors. I get what you're saying, but this is the way it's going to be for awhile.
 
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preacherman20 said:
I think they would have a hard time proving it is tampering if he doesn't go there. Plus you would have to get the Vols players to say he said it and I don't know that there are enough that would, IF, he said it and I've not found anyone who actually says he said it. Again, the sources have not been verifiable in most of this. I heard it from a player's girlfriend's roommate that I dated once things. No one has actually said a particular player heard him say it In my church world, if you can't tell me who said it then it wasn't said. I got tired early on in ministry of they, they don't say anything. Suzie or Joe or Bill does but they don't have a voice. And the NCAA is definitely going after Jay over what they said.
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I’m kinda in the “Let karma handle it” mode.
 
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preacherman20 said:
Definitely not the first. When my father in law was alive, he would let us play nine holes of golf with his buddies and then tell them I’m a preacher. It was amazing how the conversation turned quickly. He always thought it was funny.
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Pastors are peeps and sinners like the rest of us. More focused on a continual communion than most, for sure.
 
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Christian Lowe said:
More will hit the portal by default. We don’t have room for everyone. But the people hitting the portal so far, sans burns, haven’t been big contributors
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And that's the conundrum. No one knows what these kids might have developed into if they had the time. Prior to the portal they'd have had the time to develop. Now there's an arms race so coaches take a kid who's proven and more experienced from the portal to shore up a roster now and it keeps these recruited kids on the bench or moved to a position they really didn't want to play. Sad that it's come to this point, but that's the game we have now.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
It's not just that. I'm assuming Holoman and one or two other pitchers. Over half the guys who are going to be the main players on this team are portal guys just chasing a check. It's not right.
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You're over thinking it. It's neither right nor wrong. It just is.
Like I posted before the old system had worse flaws.
The next system will have bad flaws

Look at this way. This kids that end up at lover division schools that blossom shouldn't be "stuck" where they are. The should have the right to go to better schools and better teams if they can play at that level.

Humans should always strive to be the best they can be. A one-year, freshman scholarship contract that a kid signs when they're 17 or 18 should not stop that.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Pastors are peeps and sinners like the rest of us. More focused on a continual communion than most, for sure.
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Yes they are but they have the truth which is the good news of the gospel which they're committed to sharing. A real gift and blessing to those with a receptive heart and an ear to hear.
 
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Orange. said:
His football breaking point was when he said he would never post again if we beat Florida last year, and then we did, and he got super pissed and said he would not stop posting because he liked to piss people off.

As far as what college sports is becoming, I think it is great for us. The old way that checkers wants to resurrect amounted to the NCAA setting aside a few programs as free and clear to cheat with impunity, and to attack their rivals. LSU didn't start buying baseball players when the High Court backed NIL! And everybody knows Kirby imported Saban's bag game to GA. With impunity because he knows where the bodies are buried in Tuscaloosa. Kansas recently won the basketball tournament when everyone knew they did so in the middle of an unenforced cheating scandal, and everyone knows UNC staged fake classes for athletes and walked.

Now everyone can pay players and that is the reason Saban and others similarly situated decided to conduct their big campaign to regulate NIL. They want it regulated so they, GA, and OSU, and LSU in baseball, KY UNC Kansas in basketball, etc., can go back to cheating with impunity. The new system or lack of system yields a more level playing field for the majors.

The real issue is who would enforce the regulation. People tend to imagine perfect and just application of rules when they ponder rules. How many blatant targeting cases have their been with the portal? And who seems like the only team penalized for it? That really got this baseball year off on the wrong foot. We know the NCAA can't be trusted. The SuperConferences will do it, people say. Well that is the Birmingham Office and the SEC and they are a by-word for bias and favortism. The bribe-eaters in Congress can't be trusted. Without fair and consistent application across the board, new rules are just weapons in the hands of the same teams that always get a pass imo.

Then you have these other types -- I think checkers sides with them too (but who cares) -- who love to hand wring if and only if Tennessee portals-over someone. I coin "portals over" on the analogy of recruiting over. But these people never go off on any other team for it. I think it's dishonest. That's just how iron sharpens iron and winners win.

I love what Tony Vitello is doing.
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This post needs to be pinned at top of baseball and football forum. Post of year candidate. Bravo Orange
 
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preacherman20 said:
Definitely not the first. When my father in law was alive, he would let us play nine holes of golf with his buddies and then tell them I’m a preacher. It was amazing how the conversation turned quickly. He always thought it was funny.
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The preacher at my church played college baseball. I imagine he has heard plenty.
 
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