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

[Michael_ Gee]

College football and basketball are the ultimate examples of fans rooting for laundry. Prior to the portal, the most fans could expect to see their heroes was for four seasons, three if they were NFL quality. I can't believe seeing guys for one season and then some other guys the next is gonna make much difference to the big time fan bases, and it might provide hope to the downtrodden FBS franchises, I mean schools.

 

[jr/shotglass]

College football and basketball are the ultimate examples of fans rooting for laundry. Prior to the portal, the most fans could expect to see their heroes was for four seasons, three if they were NFL quality. I can't believe seeing guys for one season and then some other guys the next is gonna make much difference to the big time fan bases, and it might provide hope to the downtrodden FBS franchises, I mean schools.

I guess that's where we have a base disagreement. Because I think it very much matters to the hard-core fan that he has familiar faces donning that laundry.

 

[outofplace]

Honestly, I don't care about any particular team in this. To me, it's a fairness thing. There just seems to be far too much room for shenanigans. I'm not even sure we know all the ways that can happen yet. I could be wrong. I just saw the video I posted and figured it was an interesting discussion.

 

[tapintoamerica]

There is one area in which the portal and immediate eligibility at the next stop hurt athletes. Player gets impatient and disenchanted with first school. Gets induced by second school. Transfers. Then learns some or most of his credits aren't reciprocated by the new school, which enrolls him anyway. So he has two years of eligibility but three years of academic work necessary to graduate. The second school is culpable. This is a real thing.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

The UNC QB is a perfect example: he said that programs have not reached out to him directly but through his high school coach and others about trying to get him to leave.

If rumors are to be believed, Drake Maye has been offered seven figures to go elsewhere. Based on the childish and stupid crap he said about the folks in Raleigh, I'm guessing Dave Doeren is not one of the suitors (and if NCSU had that kind of money, Devin Leary would not have entered the portal and emerged in Lexington).

Mack Brown has publicly broached the issue. The whole thing is getting messy. Yes, I get that it keep coaches from having too much control, but it's still a complete Charlie Foxtrot.

 

[jr/shotglass]

There is one area in which the portal and immediate eligibility at the next stop hurt athletes. Player gets impatient and disenchanted with first school. Gets induced by second school. Transfers. Then learns some or most of his credits aren't reciprocated by the new school, which enrolls him anyway. So he has two years of eligibility but three years of academic work necessary to graduate. The second school is culpable. This is a real thing.

That sort of scenario troubles me especially with the non-revenue sports. I know my D-II alma mater has seven transfers from D-I on the baseball team right now.

This is still at least partly about the "student" part of "student-athlete," and football and basketball dominate the discussion so much that the affect on other sports doesn't get addressed.

 

[poindexter]

Pat Narduzzi has done a lot of complaining about the WR transferring to USC.
Funny, I wonder if he was ever under contract coaching one school when he was contacted by another school for a better job.

The hypocrisy of these coaches is incredible.

 

[DanOregon]

The best thing about NIL for the players is they get stuff in writing, the schools can't back out if the play no longer merits the money and the player no longer is muzzled by worries about his eligibility to play elsewhere.

 

[DanOregon]

Pat Narduzzi has done a lot of complaining about the WR transferring to USC.
Funny, I wonder if he was ever under contract coaching one school when he was contacted by another school for a better job.

The hypocrisy of these coaches is incredible.

"He" was not contacted by another school, it was one of those "search firms" that acted as the middleman.

 

[poindexter]

"He" was not contacted by another school, it was one of those "search firms" that acted as the middleman.

*vigorous wanking motion*

 

[DanOregon]

Exactly. Which is why I'm surprised I haven't read a story about what really goes on when a coach is seeking another gig, but not "officially" there have to be a few coaches who are out of the game now who would provide insight into the process.

 

[poindexter]

I watched the first 1:44 of that Dan Patrick youtube.

Explain again why I am supposed to be upset that two schools offered a player $5 million.