Recruiting Football Talk VII

[volbeast33]

OMG that is so horrible. Hit by bat likely means one of his teammates is gonna have to live with what happened even though it was an accident. That's one life lost and another that will be forever changed.

It may not be much but at least the player that got hit was at fault…. It would have been even more tragic if the player that hit him was being unsafe

 

[UTProf]

Maybe it's an older saying, but people used to always say things like, "you can't take your money with you when you die" and crap like that.


Maybe no longer true with downloading your brain to a usb drive or cryogenics

Right now, we're making AI ghosts... Basically, you take text messages from your dead friend or relative and feed it into the AI and *poof* you're talking to your dead spouse or Mom again. The more info. you feed the AI, the more real it is and you can believe that it will get to the point where your conversations with the AI will go exactly how they'd have gone with the dead person (at least at who they were up until the moment of death). The only thing it won't account for is how the years might've changed them -- births, deaths, friendships, job changes etc. But it will be like talking to them as you remember which is exactly what most people want.

The issue I have with this is that people won't move on from loss. It will help a lot of people if it's used therapeutically - for example, I lost my dad when I was a baby but because he was in Vietnam he sent letters to my Mom and a ton of his family members. AI could take those letters and give me an opportunity to speak with him and if that was done with say, a therapist, it would probably be super beneficial for me and my brother. BUT the dark side of that is a widow or child who might not be able to move on from the loss and then develops and unhealthy relationship with the AI.

Star Trek is once again predicting the future though. Holodecks were initially invented for therapy - grief, ptsd, and treatment for other things. DS9 showed how a character got lost in that and didn't want to leave it behind.

 

[Weezer]

He's not as ornery as some may think.
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Is ornery the one where you tell the truth, or the one where you're aroused?

Either way, yes.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Cheers boys!
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Is that expensive?




If you find any of this ltd run let me know.

Only $40 a bottle

or this...

 

[Devo182]

Down the road.....players are going to start going after TV money............

Well yeah...they should

TV money is why coaches went from being part teachers like Neyland was (true amateur sport coach), to Fulmer "only" making 400k in the mid 90s, to now, where losing coaches are making $10mm+/yr...

It's all about TV money...

 

[Devo182]

The "Greek Freak" is awesome....
Die hard Lakers fan...but the overseas players are the biggest stars in NBA now...
Giannis
Joker
Luka
Embiid...

b-b-but Jordan faced similar competition with the other 7 billion humans only being 2% of the NBA at the time


Wait, what did I just do? ☻️

 

[SCvol333]

Players are asking crazy money. Few are worth what they think they are. Programs are having to throw money at portalers while recruiting their own best players to stay. It's not sustainable but it's full tilt right now.

Honestly that sounds like any company you go to. If you developed a sales rep. Cost you a fortune to keep them. Take on one from competitor costs a fortune. No guarantee of results. Seems like a labor market to me.

 

[Devo182]

I think that's the whole thing right there. Overpay for a guy who underplays, you just wasted money on a gamble.

And on a position, quite frankly, that'll be fine with Nico regardless.

I'm more concerned with getting trench dudes and DBs than I ever will be with skill players in Heupel's offense.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Honestly that sounds like any company you go to. If you developed a sales rep. Cost you a fortune to keep them. Take on one from competitor costs a fortune. No guarantee of results. Seems like a labor market to me.

I wished it would cost my company a fortune to keep me, lol. granted. if they paid me a fortune, i'd literally
/a career

 

[OrangenSC]

Regarding the Rucker tweet on Juice.... personally I'm willing to overpay for a year from him. We're not an NFL team looking to invest millions and hoping to get several years. Juice would likely be 1 and done here. And if he's healthy for next season, I think he's worth the risk for what he brings.

Isn't he the one who refused to play much of this season exaggerating his injuries?

 

[Devo182]

no no no.... I've said from the beggining that this NIL stuff is great. Leave it an open free market. What needs to be regulated once again is transfers. Why did they ever open that up. It ought to be a mandatory sit for one year, no exceptions, no matter the circumstance. You can't even ask for an exception. Then we wouldn't have all these people entering the portal... It's the transfer portal that's messed up, not NIL.

My theory is that NCAA did that on purpose, knowing it would be crazy like we're seeing it now.

and i'm against schools paying players. If private individuals or businesses want to spend their money in that fashion then so be it.

The Autonomous Five Conferences have been paying players for COL for 8 years.

But it's very regulated, so I get the massive difference. But as a principle, they've been paying cash for quite a while.

 

[Glitch]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The wheels on Steamer's bus are falling off and it is hilarious. Rattler was likely the only thing keeping them looking like anything in the first place. Kind of like Butch with J Dobbs.

 

[mrMet]

Is that expensive?


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If you find any of this ltd run let me know.

Only $40 a bottle

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39.99 for the two whiskeys I posted but they’re allocated. Only a yearly release of them both

I’ll check the beers

 

[Rishvol]

Aka we want our part of the NIL pie

 

[Devo182]

If it lessens Sankey's pocketbook (players getting paid) he's against it.

If it fatten little Napoleon's pocketbook (wrecking the national game of CFB through destructive realignment)...he's all for it!!

Imo take from his pile first and foremost.

 

[UTProf]

Isn't he the one who refused to play much of this season exaggerating his injuries?

I think he opted out to heal and transfer early but that's just speculation. He probably could've played later in the year but SC had fallen apart on the field and internally. SC is burning on the inside and with their OL being what it was and Riley getting killed constantly he probably just decided he'd take the time to heal completely rather than return when he was able to play although not fully healed.

It's like Bowers at UGA... dude should've sat and healed. He's been playing, sure, but he's nowhere near healed and it shows. He should've sat. Juice sat.

 

[volinbama256]

has there been any discussion on if Vandagriff will move the needle with the Kroger kitties?

 

[Devo182]

Understand but how can you tell a kid how much their "name" is worth? Is different than a salary technically. We all know it really is a salary but.....

Be like the PGA being able to limit Tiger Woods on how much he can make in endorsements. That'd go over like a ton of bricks.

Once the schools are the ones paying the athletes a cap could work. I think that is what will happen very soon. Then NIL deals would be a bonus on top of that and be more like they are supposed to be.

We pretty much just talk about football but what about other sports? The gymnast from LSU makes more than most football players and it's truly based on NIL. Amount of social media followers and such and how much she can influence a brand.

Until the athletes are employees I don't see how any limit could stand up in court.

And even then...

Not many folks ever support the idea of a max salary in the U.S...

Capping salaries would be trash unless coaches, ADs, and commishes sign up to do it first

 

[Devo182]

has there been any discussion on if Vandagriff will move the needle with the Kroger kitties?

Coen with a good QB could be a little dangerous. Moreso bc of Coen. Hope he realizes (once again) what a trash place that is and heads back to the NFL.

 

[Devo182]

Hope UT wins by 60!

Uh huh sure buddy

I see you man. Hell, you're probably even a Peay State fan going by your username!

Shoot you're probably Coach Walden himself. That's how you stole our playbook...and our meth too!

 

[jave36]

And even then...

Not many folks ever support the idea of a max salary in the U.S...

Capping salaries would be trash unless coaches, ADs, and commishes sign up to do it first

I'd love to see the players counter with a coach salary cap if they try to cap player's money.

 

[peaygolf]

Uh huh sure buddy

I see you man. Hell, you're probably even a Peay State fan going by your username!

Shoot you're probably Coach Walden himself. That's how you stole our playbook...and our meth too!

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Ugh….yea I’m a Peay fan, but Walden bolted, so he can bite me

 

[TheRain]

Lane choosing violence.

 

[KptVFL]

And even then...

Not many folks ever support the idea of a max salary in the U.S...

Capping salaries would be trash unless coaches, ADs, and commishes sign up to do it first

^^^^^^^^^^^^ Exactly!

 

[SoilVol]

Asking for prayers for a family friend:

My wife's best friend was in the UNLV Student Union today when the mass shooter entered today. She wasn't physically injured, but she's mentally struggling with what happened.