NIL and the Transfer Portal are a joke… and something of a lie. Everyone looks at the biggest money but few realize those tie mostly to legacies or kids tied to an agent for their life.. like mob money.
LeBron’s kid isn’t getting a $3M NIL contract without his dad’s name nor connections. Neither is Arch Manning. It’s not real to those outside of that narrow world.
This last season was my last season of following semi-pro, big-college football. I won’t waste a second on the Big 100, the PAC-50, or the Southern Sprawl. The hell with the Buckeyes, especially.
I will follow the MAC for a while to see if they stay a little more true to what college football used to be. As soon as they complete their change to a gimme-more-money league, I’m gone.
Yes, those things are making it difficult. But that’s because college football and basketball players were exploited ruthlessly for more than a century. You weren’t supposed to earn any money on your sports performance and your ability to transfer to another school was severely limited and punishing. Of course, COACHES weren’t subject to those restrictions.
When baseball free agency was created in the early 1970s, people predicted all kinds of chaos. This was because most players had 1-year contracts that could be renewed against their will indefinitely. Thus, almost everyone was suddenly in their “walk” year. But the owners and the union got together and worked out some rules that were beneficial to everyone and put them in a collective bargaining agreement. The baseball union remains the strongest players’ union in all of sports, and the owners have seen the value of their franchises skyrocket—plus about $10B in annual revenues.
The same path forward should be created by the NCAA and its players. Don’t stand in the way of players’ unions and negotiate in good faith. Give more revenues to the players and expect their participation in a more stable system.
carlsonbob 8 months ago
There’s always AFLAC commercials for Coach!
Ravenswing 8 months ago
… but you ARE a fan of getting a bigger salary for coaching college football than any other public official in any state you’ve ever coached, right?
markkahler52 8 months ago
Carnivals more your thing, Nick?
thight1944 8 months ago
I tthink he has a point, but didn’t he help create it?
Polsixe 8 months ago
Bama, ranked 170 in academics and top 10 in Football. ‘Nuff said.
jmworacle 8 months ago
He saw the habdwriting on the wall. Besides, if he’s mean to a prima donna he’ll transfer out.
Ellis97 8 months ago
I’ll buy that.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member 8 months ago
NIL and the Transfer Portal are a joke… and something of a lie. Everyone looks at the biggest money but few realize those tie mostly to legacies or kids tied to an agent for their life.. like mob money.
LeBron’s kid isn’t getting a $3M NIL contract without his dad’s name nor connections. Neither is Arch Manning. It’s not real to those outside of that narrow world.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 8 months ago
Would you want Scott Boras to be YOUR agent…or would be able to stand him for longer than 48 hours?
jarvisloop 8 months ago
This last season was my last season of following semi-pro, big-college football. I won’t waste a second on the Big 100, the PAC-50, or the Southern Sprawl. The hell with the Buckeyes, especially.
I will follow the MAC for a while to see if they stay a little more true to what college football used to be. As soon as they complete their change to a gimme-more-money league, I’m gone.
osurickbee Premium Member 8 months ago
Not to mention 87 teams in the playoffs…
braindead Premium Member 8 months ago
Now Its Legal.
That’s why Saban is leaving.
William Stoneham Premium Member 8 months ago
Student athletes should offered the option of a full scholarship OR being paid to play a sport. Anything else is unfair to tuition paying students.
Rich Douglas 8 months ago
Yes, those things are making it difficult. But that’s because college football and basketball players were exploited ruthlessly for more than a century. You weren’t supposed to earn any money on your sports performance and your ability to transfer to another school was severely limited and punishing. Of course, COACHES weren’t subject to those restrictions.
When baseball free agency was created in the early 1970s, people predicted all kinds of chaos. This was because most players had 1-year contracts that could be renewed against their will indefinitely. Thus, almost everyone was suddenly in their “walk” year. But the owners and the union got together and worked out some rules that were beneficial to everyone and put them in a collective bargaining agreement. The baseball union remains the strongest players’ union in all of sports, and the owners have seen the value of their franchises skyrocket—plus about $10B in annual revenues.
The same path forward should be created by the NCAA and its players. Don’t stand in the way of players’ unions and negotiate in good faith. Give more revenues to the players and expect their participation in a more stable system.