"College Football Is On EBay" is NIL a bad thing?

[playthrough]

I have no problem with NIL and the transfer portal yet I'm also sick of hearing about them.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Okay, I will answer. It is not a bad thing. The players are now making money. Or in other cases, now making more money.

The fact that for a century, the players in the second biggest sport in the country made peanuts, was always outrageous to me.

I'm fully cognizant that there are legitimate arguments for the new frontier. I know student-athletes got the raw end of the deal for eternity.

And I still can't help thinking that when college programs don't maintain a multi-year identity, when there are new hired hands showing up every season -- and that's the way this appears to be headed -- the big loser is the fan.

 

[poindexter]

And I still can't help thinking that when college teams don't maintain a multi-year identity, when there are new hired hands showing up every season -- and that's the way this appears to be headed -- the big loser is the fan.

I am not disagreeing. The one and dones have definitely had a negative effect on college basketball (identity-wise). I just put the unpaid/low paid players' interest ahead of the fans' interest, so I am all for these changes.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Penn State has a backup forward playing for his fifth college team. Not stopping in for a few classes -- he played for all five. Tell me where that is the way it should be, and tell me how the new reality has made his college experience better. I don't think he's doing commercials for Nittany Pizza.

 

[Azrael]

my understanding of 'transfer portal'

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Coaches have contracts, yet they're allowed to talk to other teams and leave for greener pastures. So why not the players?

If the NCAA wants to get serious about getting some control, they can recognize the athletes as employees, see them unionize and negotiate some actual rules. Otherwise, let's keep the Wild West.

If nothing else, this proves the NCAA's decades-long argument that players don't have value beyond a scholarship to be nothing more than bullshirt.

 

[Webster]

I like that the hypocrisy is out in the open and that the players are getting paid. As a casual college football fan, I have no relationship with any teams, so I don't really care about the chaotic movement of players. That being said, it seems like a complete circus.

 

[Della9250]

I am not disagreeing. The one and dones have definitely had a negative effect on college basketball (identity-wise). I just put the unpaid/low paid players' interest ahead of the fans' interest, so I am all for these changes.

The difference with college basketball is there's only a handful of players to get to know each year. Every football team seemingly is having a quarter of the roster churning over outside of the incoming recruiting class. 6 of the 29 in A&M's top class are already gone. 8 of the top 9 from the 21 class, and 10 of 23 overall are gone.

 

[poindexter]

Penn State has a backup forward playing for his fifth college team. Not stopping in for a few classes -- he played for all five. Tell me where that is the way it should be, and tell me how the new reality has made his college experience better. I don't think he's doing commercials for Nittany Pizza.

Ask him.
I assume he is looking after his own best interests. Some guys have one girlfriend throughout college. Others are with a new girl every week.

Coaches vagabond every year, looking for a better situation. Nobody ever hand-wrings about coaches.

You are looking for a feel-good story about a guy who plays and loves Ol' State U. For the most part those are fairy-tale stories that rarely happen.

Again, if he has a gun to these schools' head, let me know. The guy I bet had suitors asking him to come at every stop.

 

[poindexter]

The difference with college basketball is there's only a handful of players to get to know each year. Every football team seemingly is having a quarter of the roster churning over outside of the incoming recruiting class. 6 of the 29 in A&M's top class are already gone. 8 of the top 9 from the 21 class, and 10 of 23 overall are gone.

Tough beans. Too bad for you.

 

[doctorquant]

my understanding of 'transfer portal'

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Looks kinda like the Fed's discount window ...

 

[Songbird]

Just entered the transfer portal.