Trevor Etienne Portal Rumors

[Lawrence Wright]

No fire yet, but there’s plenty of smoke.

Stay tuned.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

0-12?

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Yikes

 

[Lawrence Wright]

0-12?

times infinity cubed

 

[PEPPERJAX]

0 and WGAF

 

[DaddyChad]

Where is he rumored to be looking at?

 

[Fightmaker]

times infinity cubed

Mathematically impossible, but I appreciate your team spirit.

 

[vols 30]

0-12?

1-11. They Still play UT

 

[UTK]

He’s a pretty good back, he can come backup Sampson if he wants

 

[tennrich1]

I sure hope I’m wrong about this…. but I’m afraid this off-season we will see the transfer portal in college football become like a free agency system more than in the past. I think all programs will have to support and rally for more money for their NIL programs until this thing can be brought under control. Maybe it won’t and I’m just being an alarmist but already it seems discussion and activity is picking up.

 

[CAVPUT]

Etienne...who?

 

[DarkVolder]

Alot of “rumors” about Sampson too. The transfer portal giveth and taketh away.

 

[turbovol]

I sure hope I’m wrong about this…. but I’m afraid this off-season we will see the transfer portal in college football become like a free agency system more than in the past. I think all programs will have to support and rally for more money for their NIL programs until this thing can be brought under control. Maybe it won’t and I’m just being an alarmist but already it seems discussion and activity is picking up.

NIL needs to be banned from recruiting high-school players. Transfers? Maybe NIL, haven't made up my mind. But this current notion that bribery is the way to build a good team is nonsense--corruption--and not what college should be about. It is not how NIL was conceived.

 

[OleRockyTopTennessee]

A lot of rumors about Nico, Mays, Spraggins, Squirrel, and Pearse entering the portal as well.

 

[rockytop989]

A lot of rumors about Nico, Mays, Spraggins, Squirrel, and Pearse entering the portal as well.

Blue font? Not sure where you are hearing these rumors.

 

[OleRockyTopTennessee]

Blue font? Not sure where you are hearing these rumors.

Yes, blue font my friend. I just wanted to add some more “rumors” since a lot of rumors are going around about transfer portals. I’ll fix it.

 

[rockytop989]

Yes, blue font my friend. I just wanted to add some more “rumors” since a lot of rumors are going around about transfer portals. I’ll fix it.

You know you can change the font color on your post. Just an FYI!

 

[OleRockyTopTennessee]

You know you can change the font color on your post. Just an FYI!

Yes I do. It should be changed now.

 

[Hank Bukowski]

I sure hope I’m wrong about this…. but I’m afraid this off-season we will see the transfer portal in college football become like a free agency system more than in the past. I think all programs will have to support and rally for more money for their NIL programs until this thing can be brought under control. Maybe it won’t and I’m just being an alarmist but already it seems discussion and activity is picking up.

My bet is that you’re right. Student-athletes are now professional athletes in the collegiate sports marketplace. And they’re getting a free education. They are to be bought and sold just like the pros. I won’t be surprised if some day soon college football teams will be trading players and have a televised draft day.

 

[peaygolf]

My bet is that you’re right. Student-athletes are now professional athletes in the collegiate sports marketplace. And they’re getting a free education. They are to be bought and sold just like the pros. I won’t be surprised if some day soon college football teams will be trading players and have a televised draft day.

Denmark, TN??

 

[Nooga]

Where is he rumored to be looking at?

UGA. Milton and Edwards done after this season and the younger backs are coming off significant injuries.

 

[90 Vol]

Agents leaking names to coaching searches to get a raise, players leaking rumors about entering the portal in search of NIL money. As the world turns...

 

[peaygolf]

Question is........will Etienne play in UFs Bowl Game?

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

NIL needs to be banned from recruiting high-school players. Transfers? Maybe NIL, haven't made up my mind. But this current notion that bribery is the way to build a good team is nonsense--corruption--and not what college should be about. It is not how NIL was conceived.

The NCAA knew they wouldn't win an NIL case in court and neither would high schools.

The NIL ship has sailed and is like complaining about "that dang forward pass that ruined football."

If the schools and NCAA and fans hadn't been so greedy when they turned college football and college basketball into a billion dollar business, there'd be no outsized demand for services and out of control player compensation. You can't create a huge business and not compensate the workers in the business in relation to the worth of their services to the business.

The fact NIL exists on the scale it does clearly shows that a "college scholarship and athletic perks" wasn't enough compensation for the services of some athletes. It's not evil. It's called a supply-demand marketplace.

 

[McDad]

NIL needs to be banned from recruiting high-school players. Transfers? Maybe NIL, haven't made up my mind. But this current notion that bribery is the way to build a good team is nonsense--corruption--and not what college should be about. It is not how NIL was conceived.

Claiming free adults (18+) do not and should not have agency and autonomy over their name, image, and likeness is an odd hill to plant an absurd flag. Especially egregious when you consider the institution and governing body both have ownership on copyright, intellectual property, brand, and licensing over the very same entertainment (sport) the athletes are participating in.