Man, this instantly made me think of the Todd Snider song, “Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues”. It talks about a band that was so alternative they wouldn’t play any music. “Silence…. Music’s original alternative.”
It's now a trend: Five-star WR Evan Stewart foregoing rest of senior year
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These NIL contracts between companies and 17-18 kids must be ludicrous favoring the companies with opt outs and other incentive clauses. Gonna be fun (but not really).
The AD’s have to be hating this because it may cause funds possibly allocated to the University to an NIL. It’s losing issue for them as soon as the small/medium business owners try to get involved.
The AD’s have to be hating this because it may cause funds possibly allocated to the University to an NIL. It’s losing issue for them as soon as the small/medium business owners try to get involved.
Just not true. Total BS. Schools can and do pull scholarships all the time.
I know two kids got hurt Top programs honored scholarship. All the time? For robbing a gas station or failing in school or other issues.
Its bad press for a school to renege a kids scholarship cuz he got hurt in High school football.
And to add onto that, how is anyone going to prevent a college coach from leaving before his contract is up?
This is how this type of situation goes:
The kid were are actively recruited by a position coach and maybe the HC depending on their rankings/need.
The kid tears an ACl, etc that may have lasting affects and is done for his
Senior HS season.
kid calls the recruiter with the news and the recruiter says “all good, send us the medicals and we will evaluate when you get on campus.”
kid never hears from his lead recruiter again only to be past of to a GA who eventually tells them, “with this injury you are setting yourself back a minimal of two years. We can’t/ won’t grey shirt you, so the first year is rehab and the second is fighting for a role within the team. We totally understand if you want to look around.”
next time the kids calls and text are brief or unanswered.
The writing is on the wall. Yes, while it does happen, pulling schollies from HS is rare, but does happen, but the scenerio above is how it plays out mostly. There is no difference.
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Brainstorming but maybe Sit out a year just an idea…other deterrents to let coaches keep their commitments.
All these weak selfish rights or entitlements are going to bring this game down. I mentioned coaches and their contracts cuz that’s what led to “ the transfer portal” and I understood cuz it ain’t fair to a kid committing to a school and the coach leaves, not gets fired but leaves for a better job.$$$$
We got kids starting early in January…DWill started that trend right? Some high schools won’t allow a kid to do that.
why I stated earlier minimize and maximize process improvement it’s great but not for what is supposed to be a pure sport.
Now let’s skip Senior year trend…whats next?
Slippery slope…
Do you know what Nick Saban's buyout is? Zero, and it has been for years. Top coaches have the ability to negotiate contracts like that.
Not that easy. WVU had a huge "buyout" for Rich Rodriguez before he went to Michigan. There was all kinds of fighting before the parties settled and only a fraction of the money WVU was entitled to was paid. It's too easy for the coach's lawyer to argue "breach of contract" by the school for any number of decisions made during the coach's tenure by the school. Like, not paying assistants what was promised, not building that updated weight room, etc. Lawyers know how to plant the seeds of destruction into a contract that contains punitive measures for a coach who might leave.
IN WVU's case they threw in the towel and moved on rather than fight Rodriguez. I suspect that happens 90% of the time. Who was the last coach offered a new job who stayed because of punitive measures in the contract?
Actually, in the Rodriguez case, WVU got exactly what the contract stipulated, $4mm, $1.5mm from DickRod and $2.5mm from TSUN.
Bullshit. Football is a team sport. I would not want him on my team. I lost a lot of respect for Micah for abandoning his team mates. I will take a team full of Mike Mautis and his teammates over 22 5 star quitters.
Sorry I thought NIL had been discussed as well. My mistake.
Mauti and his team would have done the exact same thing.
You don't turn down 1st round draft money to wreck a knee.
What?
Who else opted out like Micah did? And Coach Franklin said it was the Big Ten's lack of leadership and lack of clarity that led Micah to stay with his original declaration when the season was finally salvaged.
I guess I didn’t read it thoroughly. I don’t remember him saying that he was entering college early. I only remember the part about loving playing with his HS teammates so much that he was forgoing the rest of his season to focus on his personal football goals.
I wouldn’t want this kid on my team, I don’t care if he’s got 5 stars or 10 stars, a quitter is a quitter. You don’t win with these guys. What happens in college when his team is down 20 pts? Hey, just opt out the rest of the game, screw your teammates, you’ve done it before. And it won’t end there, He’ll have plenty of future opportunities that will be ripe for quitting, opting -out, or shutting down
Nick Saban is in a group of one. He is the best college football coach in history. He writes his own contract. Many up and coming very good coaches could be locked down with a contract. Lots of times the employer doesn't have the stomach to write a strong contract and enforce it. If it was made very clear at the outset that the contract will be enforced and that there were very substantial penalties, many coaches could be tied down.
It is partly a culture thing where coaches have gotten away with leaving in the past and no one wants to be the first person to strictly enforce the contract. If a college was really serious about tying down a coach, there are many creative and good lawyers who could tie down the coach with very inventive and penal clauses.
Yeah, a college can try to get real serious about trying to tie down a coach. All that means is that the coach is out the door sooner.
The last coach with a really heavy duty buyout was Bill O'Brien at Penn State. How did that one work out?
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