WinterBorn
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Yeah, they add the tax, shipping and handling, college fund fee, substitution fee, my nuts itch fee, and THEN they start adding bigger charges.
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Yeah, they add the tax, shipping and handling, college fund fee, substitution fee, my nuts itch fee, and THEN they start adding bigger charges.
In other words, the poll of the schools that pay or promise to pay their players the most
Sabin was hysterical when he said all the current pay to play "reforms" were bad cause they hurt competition, no Nick, they only mean other schools can now outspend Alabama, and even do it legally, the Mercedes alone ain't going to do it anymore
Geeko Sportivo
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Well, if Texas should go to Alabama and win their first game, they become TOP 10 and a MOVIE will be made!
Probably not! Carry on!
WinterBorn
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Too funny!
Nick Saban has made some good points about the NIL. But if you prefer to spout bullshit, I have no problem with it.
Alabama has spent money of football, that is true. Upgrading facilities etc. But not paying players. And none got a Mercedes from the school or boosters.
Your constant whining about college football is wearing thin.
WinterBorn
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Well, if Texas should go to Alabama and win their first game, they become TOP 10 and a MOVIE will be made!
Probably not! Carry on!
Bama goes to Texas this Saturday. The best Texas can hope for is to not get blown out. But the players and fans chanting "We Want Bama" is not going to help.
Too funny!
Nick Saban has made some good points about the NIL. But if you prefer to spout bullshit, I have no problem with it.
Alabama has spent money of football, that is true. Upgrading facilities etc. But not paying players. And none got a Mercedes from the school or boosters.
Your constant whining about college football is wearing thin.
Right, all those players driving Mercedes around campus financed them themselves, if you believe that you must have graduated from Alabama
”Why do so many Alabama Crimson Tide football players drive nice cars?”
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/why-do-so-many-alabama-crimson-tide-football-players-drive-nice-cars
”Alabama Football Is The Best Car Dealership In The Country”
https://www.dirtburglars.com/forum/...all-is-the-best-car-dealership-in-the-country
“Alabama football players and their cars”
https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/alabama-football-players-and-their-cars.248139/
And that was before NIL, now Lou will have to offer them part ownership to keep up with the big market teams
Geeko Sportivo
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I don't think anyone knows how Texas will play this year yet. They may not even reach the Top 25 status again this year.
However, a good ass-whooping by Alabama early on, may harden them up enough to be able to have a good year.
Should be better, promised every starting lineman fifty grand a year (https://www.si.com/college/2021/12/07/texas-offensive-line-nil-deal-nonprofit), imagine what the specialized positions are getting, let alone if they have a star
Geeko Sportivo
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I didn't think the players were allowed to collect gifts like that- I thought that would be against the League Rules!
I would think SMU and Baylor would have something to say about that kind of BS!
The stars are all yet to be born in Texas. But a star is born every Saturday somewhere.
WinterBorn
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Now that the NIL is in play, they can buy them.
Before that, I didn't see a bunch of athletes driving Mercedes around campus. And I have actually been there often in recent years.
“League Rules?”
You must have been in a coma for the last six months, there are no rules today, for example, “Caleb Williams gets $1 million NIL offer,” (https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...dollar-nil-offer-eastern-michigan/9124475002/), and that is for a lesser school, what do you think the big boys are doing
Which is why Lou was critical of NIL and new transfer rules, now everyone can do what he’s been doing for years, and Tuscaloosa ain’t competing for players when the major market schools get involved
Anyone is lying to themselves if they still thinks any of this even remotely resembles college football, or related to college football traditions, it is pure pro football using the school’s name to promote itself.
Going to be interesting when the alumni start dictating to the schools what they can and not do to players “attending” their school
Going to be interesting when the alumni start dictating to the schools what they can and not do to players “attending” their school
WinterBorn
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Saban wasn't paying players. He recruited because he created the best place to play football, with the best chance for a championship and an NFL career.
His best recruiting tool is that every player he recruited since 2007, if they stayed at least 3 years, has at least one championship ring.
WinterBorn
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The players get paid for the use of their likeness. The alumni nor the boosters have any say in what the players do.
Geeko Sportivo
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Not in a coma, just been too busy to keep up with Sports. Here we are in the first week of NFL football, and I haven't even watched any preseason football!
But, not a fan of the Hall Of G.O.A.T.s (Hall of Gloats) or Non-Fungible Tokens- Matt Leinart or Caleb Williams either.
I think all of that is what is ruining the sport of College Football!
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Right, do we need to get back to the Mercedes again? The only thing your naivety is missing is the guarantee of a good college education
Not a question of “is,” already has, it is a pay to play game now, the school that can shell out the most bucks will get the best players, and with the transfer rule, it is an open market. Purely professional now
Worse part is that it didn’t have to be this way, if the NCAA did what it was created to do they could have stopped it years ago, controlled it, but when it decided to chase the bucks and turn a blind eye to the existing corruption, the ship sailed
What cracks me up is individuals as this thread creator who still think it is amateur athletics, college competition, rah rah, win it for the home crowd, carrying the college banner, etc.. Anything but
anonymoose
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Collège football has just about completed its semi-pro status with schools the equivalent of cities in the NFL with free agency and NIL. Not saying this is good or bad , just that it is what it is.
All that's left is for the NCAA to create a plan for parity like they do with the NFL draft and strength of schedule based on the previous year's performance.
Free agency already allows for a slight shift to parity. Not a huge decision any more for a player to choose a college team his last year of h.s.
Still fun to watch.
All that's left is for the NCAA to create a plan for parity like they do with the NFL draft and strength of schedule based on the previous year's performance.
Free agency already allows for a slight shift to parity. Not a huge decision any more for a player to choose a college team his last year of h.s.
Still fun to watch.
Geeko Sportivo
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I am suspecting that the Thread Author is a Bama or Michigan fan.
Bama and Michigan fans love their use of paid professional Football players.
What else can I say?