Portal Activity (News and Rumors)

[CAVPUT]

The feds are going to have a field day with these kids in the coming years.
they are receiving 30k or more a month in many cases and given 1099s…

Do we really expect these kids to save their money for taxes …

Do we really care? They wanted to get paid and now they are. They have to own the responsibilities that go along with that. They aren't 12 years old. They're now professional athletes.

 

[BigOrangeCrush32]

If Burns transfers, more power to him. But don't expect me as a VOLS fan to cheer him on. He is no longer a VFL and he will no longer matter to me. I don't wish him ill will, never would wish ill on any athlete, but I won't wish him luck either. Not to be crude, but if he, or any athlete leaves, they no longer exist to me. I cheer for those who want to be here and stick through the good times and bad.

 

[Volprofch05]

Sure she ain't a Hostess? Pop is pimpng his daughter out.

We at UT don’t know anything about hostesses…..

 

[knoxvol52]

We at UT don’t know anything about hostesses…..

Twinkies aren't they?

 

[Christian Lowe]

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Twinkies aren't they?

Per Da’Rick they are Fudge Rounds

 

[knoxvol52]

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So what you telling me?

 

[VolMarine1371]

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Better than going to anyone in the SEC.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Ben McKee said on VQ that he doesn’t expect Burns back and will most likely land somewhere in Texas

I can live with TCU

 

[BruinVol]

I’m much more worried about an everyday catcher that can actually hit and control the base paths over someone that plays once a week.

The Catcher is far from the issue with our inability to Control the base paths

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Do we really care? They wanted to get paid and now they are. They have to own the responsibilities that go along with that. They aren't 12 years old. They're now professional athletes.

I am sure that the Universities have schooled their athletes about their tax responsibilities. And , yes I do care about our athletes and their future.

 

[Christian Lowe]

The Catcher is far from the issue with our inability to Control the base paths

Frank refuses to pitch from the stretch.

I know a few posters will quote this saying we do pitch from the stretch, but it’s pathetic.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Frank refuses to pitch from the stretch.

I know a few posters will quote this saying we do pitch from the stretch, but it’s pathetic.

Because we do pitch from the stretch.
What you're talking about is a slide step.
There's a difference.

Which isn't the only reason we struggle either. Frank doesn't really adjust his pitch calling with guys on base either, so it's pretty easy to pick a pitch to run on after you figure out his pattern. We don't really pitch out or throw fastballs up in the zone to give our catchers a chance.

 

[BruinVol]

Frank refuses to pitch from the stretch.

I know a few posters will quote this saying we do pitch from the stretch, but it’s pathetic.

Frank doesn’t believe sacrificing velo for time on the slide step. He might be right btw

but the catcher is helpless so the op placed blame in the wrong spot. We need a catcher that can hit water if he fell out of a boat

 

[knoxvol52]

Because we do pitch from the stretch.
What you're talking about is a slide step.
There's a difference.

Which isn't the only reason we struggle either. Frank doesn't really adjust his pitch calling with guys on base either, so it's pretty easy to pick a pitch to run on after you figure out his pattern. We don't really pitch out or throw fastballs up in the zone to give our catchers a chance.

Yes it's the big leg kicks out of the stretch that hurts,and not having a strong armed catcher. Cal does a good job behind the plate but the pitchers don't help him any with slow delivery to plate.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Many thought the transfer portal was a good idea.
Many thought Nil was a good idea..

"So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men."

For the thousandth time, NIL isn’t an “idea.” It’s the NCAA complying with the law.

 

[OldTimer]

Frank refuses to pitch from the stretch.

I know a few posters will quote this saying we do pitch from the stretch, but it’s pathetic.

False again, Stark had a stretch late in the season where he threw out approximately 6 of the last 7 runners trying to steal. Once other teams saw his improvement behind the plate, very few if any tried to straight steal.
I 100% agree that our pitchers don’t slide step, which isn’t CFA philosophy.

Please give me one instance where other teams stealing of bases cost us a game in CFA tenure at UT. There are 50 to 100 instances where opposing teams stole multiple bases and the next batter struck out to end an inning…….

 

[Zues1]

For the thousandth time, NIL isn’t an “idea.” It’s the NCAA complying with the law.

For the thousand time it's a bad situation for college " amateur" sports as we see playing out daily.
If anyone thinks this is not a locker room/team issue I'm not sure what to tell you.

 

[NighthawkVol]

For the thousand time it's a bad situation for college " amateur" sports as we see playing out daily.
If anyone thinks this is not a locker room/team issue I'm not sure what to tell you.

No one has the right to tell anyone in this country that they can’t make money when someone is willing to pay them for their services or likeness. If you’re anti-capitalism because you don’t like the effect it has on sports, that’s your prerogative. But I didn’t address how good or bad it is…it’s simply the law. And it’s not statutory. It’s constitutional.

Alston was a 9-0 decision. The justice panel wasn’t divided among ideological lines or any other lines. It was an unanimous declaration by this nation’s ultimate adjudicator of the U.S. constitution. Anyone is free to read the decidion. The legal reasoning is not controversial. It’s cut and dry. Whether we like its effect on sports or not is irrelevant.

 

[BruinVol]

False again, Stark had a stretch late in the season where he threw out approximately 6 of the last 7 runners trying to steal. Once other teams saw his improvement behind the plate, very few if any tried to straight steal.
I 100% agree that our pitchers don’t slide step, which isn’t CFA philosophy.

Please give me one instance where other teams stealing of bases cost us a game in CFA tenure at UT. There are 50 to 100 instances where opposing teams stole multiple bases and the next batter struck out to end an inning…….

I am on the fence on this approach by Anderson but I firmly believe Dollander was hurt significantly by his lack of control of the running game. It led to many early game issues

 

[NighthawkVol]

Anyone know how likely Tennessee’s chances are with Luke Holman, Alabama’s Friday night starter who entered the portal?

 

[NighthawkVol]

Anyone know how likely Tennessee’s chances are with Luke Holman, Alabama’s Friday night starter who entered the portal?

 

[drylo]

No one has the right to tell anyone in this country that they can’t make money when someone is willing to pay them for their services or likeness. If you’re anti-capitalism because you don’t like the effect it has on sports, that’s your prerogative. But I didn’t address how good or bad it is…it’s simply the law. And it’s not statutory. It’s constitutional.

Alston was a 9-0 decision. The justice panel wasn’t divided among ideological lines or any other lines. It was an unanimous declaration by this nation’s ultimate adjudicator of the U.S. constitution. Anyone is free to read the decidion. The legal reasoning is not controversial. It’s cut and dry. Whether we like its effect on sports or not is irrelevant.

Just to be clear, Alston wasn’t about a constitutional issue — it was about statutory antitrust law. And it doesn’t stand for this proposition: No one has the right to tell anyone in this country that they can’t make money when someone is willing to pay them for their services or likeness. There is a sense in which that is true, I suppose, but there are plenty of circumstances in which one party does have the ability to require that another person not accept certain payments for services, etc. (For instance, any old employer could require as a condition of employment that their employees (in many roles, anyway) not also be getting paid to provide services to a competitor.)

In any case, it isn’t a constitutional issue (and nobody is or can be forced to play college sports), so it seems plenty fair to discuss college sports NIL as a public policy issue.

 

[knoxvol52]

No one has the right to tell anyone in this country that they can’t make money when someone is willing to pay them for their services or likeness. If you’re anti-capitalism because you don’t like the effect it has on sports, that’s your prerogative. But I didn’t address how good or bad it is…it’s simply the law. And it’s not statutory. It’s constitutional.

Alston was a 9-0 decision. The justice panel wasn’t divided among ideological lines or any other lines. It was an unanimous declaration by this nation’s ultimate adjudicator of the U.S. constitution. Anyone is free to read the decidion. The legal reasoning is not controversial. It’s cut and dry. Whether we like its effect on sports or not is irrelevant.

Lol we all know the judicial system is top notch in this country!!!

 

[OldTimer]

I am on the fence on this approach by Anderson but I firmly believe Dollander was hurt significantly by his lack of control of the running game. It led to many early game issues

It’s a debatable issue that both sides have arguments with one’s philosophy……I was more concerned with the number of 0-2 counts that ended up down the middle for base hits. I can almost guarantee that CFA didn’t call an 0-2 fastball down the middle. Control and/or command was a bigger issue with our staff this year and CFA didn’t throw a pitch, at least I didn’t see him out there on the mound…..