The future has arrived
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To be fair, it indicates promises they made regarding NIL fell through. I think any player should back out if the promises the staff made don't happen--money or otherwise.
Sure. Just pointing out this does not happen even 2 years ago.
I agree with you. This is the wild west with no end in sight. I’m not sure this new model of cfb is sustainable without some sort of strong guidelines. The NFL is highly structured with strict guidelines and oversight. Why shouldn’t this new model of college football be more structured as well?
Sadly we are moving to eventually recruiting players on other teams during the season.
It’s like Back to the Future college football style. In the wild, unruly early years of college football, players often played for multiple schools in the same season and would go back and forth from one team to another willy nilly.
I wonder when we get to the point where top players don't even bother signing up for classes. What's the point of it?
They may not enroll in the spring if they want to portal but you're overreacting here a bit. I know many here don't like the changes but they're inevitable. The players were being used for way too long. They should be able to make money by playing college football. Look at the amount schools make off them? Hackenburg is a great example. When O'Brien left he should have been able to without sitting out a year. Him staying wasn't in anyone's best interest including Franklin's.
I agree. College football has become a bigger and bigger gold mine with every passing year. Coaches making 10M/year while a star player gets his scholarship. But when you have a kid getting 5M/year in NIL money how do you tell him to go to English class?
Because as long as he's in school he has to attend class. It's simply a requirement. As a coach you don't care if they do well just that they pass and attend. Let's be real--for decades many players, including at Penn State, took the easy way out with classes and did just enough to be eligible.
I've said it before, I think this is definitely unsustainable and we've hit peak CFB.
Amateurism has appeal. The loss of amateurism has tanked the olympics. CFB was so big because people felt a connection to the players. Kids committed to "your" school, who are sitting in the same classrooms you sat in, playing for the glory.
Rashada not attending FL because of lack of compensation, makes him a professional in a minor league. Nobody cares about the minor leagues. As these things continue to happen, fewer people will remain passionate and fewer people will ultimately tune in. You can surmise the rest.
I will agree with you here. Always thought a player should have been allowed to transfer if the head coach left, or his coordinator, or even his position coach. Not fair to have a kid locked into a new system that may no longer fit his skill set.
I think many fans are OK with NIL. What we have isn't NIL as it was intended, which of course we all saw coming. NIL was supposed to be about kids marketing themselves to get some cash from making appearances, signing stuff, advertising for someone, jersey sales, etc. Instead we have programs begging fans to contribute money into a pool so the NIL fund can be paid to players however the fund managers want. Then you have NIL funds being used as a recruiting tool and for tampering, which is against the NCAA rules but isn't being enforced at all. Again, everyone saw it coming. Continuing down this path with no governance is a recipe for disaster, but I'm not sure the NCAA will do anything out of fear of lawsuits. I think the only solution is going to be conferences stepping in with their own governance models and breaking off from the NCAA. In the current format it's basically free for all free agency with no player guarantees or contracts, there's no way it can work like this long term.
Are high school players abused?
Why did players say they were blessed to receive an offer to be abused?
How much do HSs make off kids playing sports?
They said they were blessed to play football at whatever school they picked--most aren't smart enough to realize they were being used.
I doubt this catches on to any significant degree. HS athletes mostly play in obscurity except for their parents etc.
Maybe but it's more than you or I made. Guy I work with said his soccer player daughter goes to school with some young lady who gets $500 a month.
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