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peaygolf said:
Japan was also upset with the Treaty of Versailles. They were "at the table" but were left of of the major discussions.
"The Japanese delegation had two major goals for the Versailles peace talks. First, it wanted to establish clear control of the German colonial possessions in China that Japan had occupied during the war. Second, it wanted to be recognized as a nation equal with the other Western victors of the war. This latter goal included formal recognition of racial equality. Japan formally proposed to include a racial equality clause in the charter of the League of Nations, the international peacekeeping organization that was a major proposal of the peace negotiations. The Treaty of Versailles guaranteed Japan control of the previously German territories in China. However, the European Allies rejected the racial equality clause. This rejection planted the seeds for tension to grow between Japan and the leading Western powers. Eventually, it would lead to the Japanese government’s evolution from cooperation with the West."
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Hmmm. I can certainly see why they jumped in with the Nazi’s. 😉
 
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butchna said:
His true freshman season was 2020, so it didn’t require a redshirt. Played 8 games in 2021 and was injured in Fall camp of 2022…so he redshirted last season.
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Yeah that's right. 2020 = covid year, 20222 = redshirted so 2021 (Heup's first year) is the only year of eligibility he burned.
 
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Will be interested to see what happens with Whitehead... if we see him break the two-deep, something is amiss... Same with Beckwith at KY...maybe just need a change ...
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Beckwith and Whiteheads futures are in the ring
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I think Whitehead is actually a solid player, when healthy he showed promise. His biggest problem was that Pruitt & company told him whatever they had to for him to come here and he just wasn't as skilled at RB as he was LB.

Then once a good staff arrived he has had some injury issues. If he gets healthy/stays healthy he could be a solid RB though especially behind an OL with as much talent as Georgia has...I just don't think he'll ever be more than a 2nd or 3rd option though.
 
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"It's just a gimmick, bowl-cut," Whitehead said. "Heup said to tell you it nuttin but the lies you're telling your NFL connections and the sport reporters hanging on your nuts."

"That's it! No [expletive deleted] scholarship for you, you [expletive]! And you're [expletive] running [expletive] sprints after every [expletive] practice!

"You never gave me a scholarship, bruh. You out here throwing bags. I turned down ACC full-rides to walk-on for the bags. Mama and them say thanks."
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I think Whitehead is actually a solid player, when healthy he showed promise. His biggest problem was that Pruitt & company told him whatever they had to for him to come here and he just wasn't as skilled at RB as he was LB.

Then once a good staff arrived he has had some injury issues. If he gets healthy/stays healthy he could be a solid RB though especially behind an OL with as much talent as Georgia has...I just don't think he'll ever be more than a 2nd or 3rd option though.
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He should make the move. Else, the running lariat & chest chop are in his future...WOOO!
 
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Talk to an elite high school recruit a year ago, odds were some school had presented a million-dollar offer. The recruiting world was buzzing over five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s $8 million deal with Tennessee. To win on the trail, lucrative NIL offers appeared to be the path to take.

A year later, those startling financial packages have dropped down to six figures, according to numerous sources On3 has interviewed in recent weeks. Almost nobody has heard of a seven-figure NIL package being signed in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The right five-star prospect can command a million-dollar agreement, yet spread out over three to four years.
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The NIL landscape has naturally matured as it approaches its two-year anniversary. Boosters and institutions scrambled throughout 2021 and into 2022 to establish NIL collectives to pool funds together. Now those organizations are trying to figure out how to run sustainable models while managing a budget and helping field a competitive roster.
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Back in November, a source described market value at the high school level as, “what somebody is willing to pay.” That is no longer accurate. Coaches have worked hand-in-hand with collective operators to determine the premium on positions, especially when trying to retain and attract players through the transfer portal. Some collectives have even spent time discussing spending strategies with each other.

“You’re able to read the tea leaves a little bit, and you’re seeing a little bit of a reset in the marketplace,” an SEC collective operator said. “The marketplace is starting to calm down a little bit.”
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And yet, the market has adjusted. A 2024 quarterback prospect told On3 he has yet to hear of a quarterback earning “Nico money” from an NIL collective.

“When it came out that Nico was making $8 million, it was over four years. He’s not making $8 million per year like a lot of people thought he was,” the recruit said. “That’s still a boatload of money. Just talking with some of the guys who have been in the transfer portal recently, that I know personally, and I’ve grown up with, they kind of told me that for quarterbacks, it’s in the six-figure category per year. Anywhere from like $100K to $500K, stuff like that. There’s a handful of guys that are getting a lot more. Those are a small percentage.”
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And yet, the market has adjusted. A 2024 quarterback prospect told On3 he has yet to hear of a quarterback earning “Nico money” from an NIL collective.

“When it came out that Nico was making $8 million, it was over four years. He’s not making $8 million per year like a lot of people thought he was,” the recruit said. “That’s still a boatload of money. Just talking with some of the guys who have been in the transfer portal recently, that I know personally, and I’ve grown up with, they kind of told me that for quarterbacks, it’s in the six-figure category per year. Anywhere from like $100K to $500K, stuff like that. There’s a handful of guys that are getting a lot more. Those are a small percentage.”
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The top-funded organizations aim to have a bankroll of $8 million for an 85-scholarship roster, multiple sources indicated to On3.
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If distributed evenly, each player would earn a $94,117 salary.
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More collectives at the Power 5 level are operating in the $3 million to $6 million ballpark.
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“Kind of the law of unintended consequences, because of the portal, coaches now aren’t as dependent on high school recruiting,” said an SEC collective operator. “In my opinion, and I’ve heard other coaches, including our own coaches, talk about it: You don’t have to roll the dice as much on a high school kid that’s unproven when you can go out, scan the country for a true freshman that either started or played a lot of snaps, has proven that he’s a good player, he can play at that level.

“If you can get him to come to your school, he’s burned his portal provision. You got him for the next three years, you can build inventory around him. I think that’s probably, also indirectly, affecting the high school market.”
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Another SEC collective leader was blunt saying, “We’re all thinking we have to soften up the market.” The operator referenced the problem of paying a high school recruit more than a player who has spent two or three years at a school. Coaches do not like the message it can send to the locker room.
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Another SEC collective leader was blunt saying, “We’re all thinking we have to soften up the market.” The operator referenced the problem of paying a high school recruit more than a player who has spent two or three years at a school. Coaches do not like the message it can send to the locker room.
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“Every collective is about to run into a ******* wall,” said a leader from a collective management company when asked about fundraising.
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“Collectives know not to ******* blow a budget on 10 kids,” an agent said. “They’ll dance with agents much more now. It’s a negotiation, and if you’re a really high-level guy, you demand value.”
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Funny that they are trying to get this narrative out there that Tennessee overspent on Nico. We'll see. Sounds like a lot of coaches/collectives wanted someone to put this kind of opinion out there to soften the market.
 
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