Recruiting Football Talk VII

[LA Vol]

The NCAA got blindsided on this one. Politicians do not move this quickly unless they have their ducks in a row. NCAA's move was anticipated and out flanked.

Yes, this has been in the works for months. UT knew it was coming, assembled a legal team, mobilized support, developed strategy, drafted and redrafted legal docs, got approval up the chain, prepared to execute and did just that. UT warned the NCAA and so did the AG. I wouldn't say the NCAA was exactly blindsided. Underestimated Tennessee and miscalculated consequences-- obviously.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

The whole universe talking about Nico now.

This just in….Nico is now a Heisman Favorite

 

[DD4ME]

Joe is a combine freak

 

[DD4ME]

 

[ConwayFitty]

This may be a big ploy of self destruction, using Tennessee’s passion and fortitude to upend the AA, concerted by Saban and select AA officials be the create a new football league with Saban crowned as the commissioner. @LA Vol tell me I’m wrong.

They gonna mess around and wind up with Queen Donde instead. They poked a sleeping dragon

 

[Weezer]

The NCAA is used to being able to bully schools with their authority. Get politicians and the courts involved and the shoe is suddenly on the other foot. I think the bully is about to take two black eyes and possibly a broken nose.

 

[Weezer]

Also explains why UGA wasn't investigated over Mims, or over the drunk driving of staffers. Media needs to investigate that.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Pat Forde is a chode

That’s an insult to Chodes

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

I've always wanted a home with secret underground tunnels.

Ha, I want an underground shelter with strategic exits in case of a breach. Big enough for a shooting range. Storage space for a years worth of food and drinks.

I have definitely read too many post-apocalypse books.

 

[KptVFL]

Ha, I want an underground shelter with strategic exits in case of a breach. Big enough for a shooting range. Storage space for a years worth of food and drinks.

I have definitely read too many post-apocalypse books.

Join us in the future Doc! Seeing today's events on here won't be as fun in a week!

Edit: You won't miss anything that important by just skipping ahead....... Not sure why I'm typing this......might as well just do a time capsule

 

[LaagerVol]

The truth is that Tennessee is going to pour millions into legally protecting NIL. And they are most likely going to win easily.

But the truth and the narrative are two different things. We were never going to get hit with a post season ban last time, and yet that was used against us repeatedly. I'm sure they will do the same thing again.

Remains to be seen which narrative will win out. I think the situations do have their differences. Since we pled guilty last time we were always going to get some kind of punishment. In this case, I think you can tell recruits we are going to get absolutely nothing handed down.

The narrative is already being played out in the media, and the narrative is a fact, that the University of Tennessee went scorched earth on the NCAA in defense of the student athletes right to earn compensation. The difference in this and last time is that the university is publicly defending itself, and the state of Tennessee, the national media, and even opposing fan bases all support us. Completely different situation than before.

 

[UTProf]

It’s not irony, it’s poetry.

Underrated post right there.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Join us in the future Doc! Seeing today's events on here won't be as fun in a week!

Edit: You won't miss anything that important by just skipping ahead....... Not sure why I'm typing this......might as well just do a time capsule

The irony is, he'll see this post next week.

 

[UTProf]

Since I've been on that end of the argument since this broke, this statement makes me feel smart. I knew I liked Mars for a reason.

 

[KptVFL]

The irony is, he'll see this post next week.

lol! Exactly!

 

[Weezer]

Being honest, I can understand the inquiry into Florida. They promised a kid a lot of money to flip him from Miami, reneged, and the kid ended up at Arizona State. I could understand if they looked into Miami since their NIL seems to be funded mostly by a single booster, or was, it might have changed by now. But investigating Tennessee, a program that has attempted to do everything right with an abundance of caution, that's just stupid. Not to mention there are plenty of unrelated to NIL problems that deserve investigating in college football, like tampering. We have kids openly admitting schools tampered with them to get them in the portal, and the NCAA has done nothing. Complete quiet. No, they decided to go to war with UT. Complete stupidity on their part. They all deserve to lose their jobs.

 

[LaagerVol]

not for long............

But, anyway, it is what it is. Not a dang thing can be done now.

I used to vehemently oppose student athletes getting paid. A full ride scholarship was enough and the revenue from football supported other sports. That was my logic. But when you realize the sanctity of “student athlete” is a farce and in the case of revenue generating sports has been a joke for decades, and that coaches are becoming multi-millionaires, it doesn’t seem quite fair to me anymore that the athletes aren’t being compensated fairly.

It’s better to pay them above the table than all the cheating nonsense that has gone on for so long. We need to stop acting like there is some purity in amateur college football. Hasn’t been for a long time.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

What's up guys? Anything been going on recently?

Nah...slow week..

 

[Glitch]

Hate to move the needle for a moment
Mike MacDonald hired as HC of Seattle Seahawks, is now youngest HC in NFL at 36 years old..








Nobody Cares beat you to it @Glitch ..

Now back to regularly scheduled programming..

Good gracious man! We are burning the NCAA to the ground and you are talking about the piddly butt NFL!?!? Focus my man! Focus!

 

[DD4ME]

What's up guys? Anything been going on recently?

Just Manning stations

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

This just in….Nico is now a Heisman Favorite

I hope the pressure doesn't get to him...he has the weight of the world on him now. I hope he is one of those rare folks that thrive in those conditions.

 

[UTProf]

Well, not to sound too much like Ayn Rand, but the ability to create ex post facto laws gives authority to make anyone a criminal at any given time, for any given reason. The desire to create ex post facto laws indicates the motive to make someone a criminal.

Almost all laws are ex post facto in the sense that they're made after something has occurred usually with the intention of either preventing the now-crime from happening or for the purpose of punishing those that continue to perform the now forbidden action. Tyranny enters into it when you try to apply new rules to events that have already transpired. IOW, law is based on the past but it applies to the future and that gives everyone a chance to comply with it. There's no choice regarding complying or not in the absence of the actual law. Ex post facto laws like you see with dictators are basically declarations that X is guilty.

 

[Glitch]

Andy knows his ****.

Meth dealers everywhere agree.... Wait.... Wrong Andy. My bad.

 

[VolGee4]

This is why people who say, "But the NCAA IS the schools" don't tell the full story. There are agendas, and the people in charge have biases. You can't trust the leadership and who is calling the shots because the enforcement is always uneven and outrageous.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Joe is a combine freak

And we have all seen him throw the ball 20 yards farther than that..