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Holy Smokes...Saban Just Retired
'Cause he didn't want to KEEP getting his azz beat by TENNESSEE
Rocky Top LIKE NEVER BEFORE in 2024!!!!!
My wolverines retired him......
Ya'll have 6 NC's...last being in 98. Sit down while grown folks are talking.
He realizes he can’t compete anymore when the good players can go other places and make more money. He isn’t stupid.
Last few years have been slow....wish he had finished on top, sure he tried. Did great things at Alabama over the years, no one can say otherwise.
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I don't know what kind of drugs this cat is on but his wild fantasies about the vols are quite entertaining....
NIL, transfer portal, and mega conferences all wildly changing the game and not for the better imo. Can’t blame him for bowing out.
For as long as I can remember people complained about the NCAA and how they had too many rules against players transferring and accepting money. Now that those rules have been relaxed people are complaining how the transfer portals and NIL are ruining the game.
I READ this board daily...BELIEVE me...there are NO "grown folks" around here...and YOU...are sucking the hind teat...*insert laughy guy here
Rocky Top LIKE NEVER BEFORE in 2024!!!!!
Now Now...there are PLENTY of grown-ups here. You know....the ones not making a mountain out of a mole hill....like Tennessee.
Yes and no. I always envisioned player compensation as a stipend that would be equal across the board to all team members not a free agent marketplace where players are going to the highest bidder. It ruined the whole sense of school pride and loyalty imo.
The portal is similar. While well intentioned, the free use of it in combination with NIL “bidding” made it a free for all. There should be some common sense rules but I understand there are a lot of nuances that are difficult to attach hard guidelines to(coach changes, playing time, recruiting better players, etc.).
The one thing about the previous system is it forced players to make a conscious decision and then live with their actions for better or worse.
relaxed? they're basically non-existent on the payment. Now the powerhouse schools can spend with impunity and good luck to the rest catching up. Who needs scholarship spots anymore either, they can all just get paid. The only way up for those schools will be by finding the diamond in the rough/under rated kids and making it work.
I dunno what the answer is but there should, if nothing else, be some kind of transparency.
My argument is that some players on the team do more work than others because they are starters whereas many on the team see very little time and are on the sidelines. Some argue that a free education is stipend enough. I used to be in that mindset but have backed off on that. I also feel for the walk-ons or partial scholarship guys who have to shell out money for tuition/room/board but not everyone can be as good as others and it's a tough pill to swallow but it's life.
I'm also not one who thinks NIL should be equitable and that everyone gets a trophy and a lollypop. There's a lot more pressure on starters than on on-starters. At the same time, some players are going to be more marketable than others not only due to their playing time but also their ability to market themselves because they might be very personable and just flat out better than almost everyone else.
It's not fair that quarterbacks and running backs and wide receivers get all the attention and most of the attention/money but they are, more times than not, the star attraction.
There's no perfect system for this, I'm afraid.
I think college athletes should get paid by revenue created by likeness; that's it.
If I play at Ole Miss and wear number 10....that year #10 Ole Miss jerseys total $7.1 mil in revenue, I should get a chunk of that.
If I play at Ole Miss and wear number 10....that year #10 Ole Miss jerseys total $7.1 mil in revenue, I should get a chunk of that.
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