Orin Swift
Bkmk1 supports sex criminals
Because $2.63m/year is a lot less than any first round draft pick gets and you don’t have to deal with school.
Professional college football
- Thread starter Sykotyk
- Start date
Orin Swift
Bkmk1 supports sex criminals
You’re not wrong. These types of guys are also often insanely competitive though. Also hard to walk away from something when it’s been programmed into your life like it is with high level recruits now.
Omega
Well-known member
Ohio State bucking the trend of dropping programs to meet the new pay for play paradigm?
OSU is reducing the number of athletes to meet NCAA requirements but they are not reducing the number of teams and are increasing the number of scholarships offered.
OSU is reducing the number of athletes to meet NCAA requirements but they are not reducing the number of teams and are increasing the number of scholarships offered.
AEW Champion
Notre Dame = 2025 National Champions
Your tears are delicious.
cjb5656
Well-known member
There has always been payola in college football. They’ve found ways to buy recruits and pay players forever, but not like what we have going on today with NIL. And the player movement, which was rare until a few years ago, is pretty much out and out yearly free agency now. It’s really professional football now. You might as well just classify the players as employees and make being a student optional. And the expanded playoffs and mega-conference model is sucking out what remained of the pageantry, tradition and regionalism that made college football an entirely different animal than the NFL. Older fans like myself will lose interest, but that doesn’t matter because we’re getting out of the target demographic zone. It will be interesting if the younger fans will embrace the new college football the way past generations have, or will the popularity begin to fade over time like high school football has?
Omega
Well-known member
You are spot on. College football will have to under go legal.and regulatory reforms to become "NFL Lite" to survive. As to the younger CFB followers I encounter, their fandom seems to be morphing into the gaming side of the contests rather than emotional ties to a a particular school. In a strange way, Vegas and the online gambling industry might be the catalysts to bring NIL and the transfer portal under control.
And think about the trickle down effect, especially in DII baseball. Where most powerhouse teams, will be looking to have their best players kidnapped by the Power Five and NIL, as well as other prominent programs on the DI level. If it happens like I predict. Look for the top tier DII teams becoming a nonfactor for the future. The first one who comes to mind is, the perennial national power, University of Tampa Spartans. Who routinely have major DI rosters who weren't drafted as highly as they had hoped, playing at the DII level. A mere four seasons ago, they beat the Philadelphia Phillies in a preseason exhibition game, 7-1. And the Francis Marion University, beat the defending national champion, South Carolina Gamecocks 5-2, in a regular season midweek game. The Carolina team used their entire starting lineup, that would go on to Omaha, to win back to back nattys.
irish_buffalo
Well-known member
Orin Swift
Bkmk1 supports sex criminals
I don’t mind medical redshirts. But I think there needs to be a limit of 1 per player. 8 years is insane, even if you factor in the 2020 year that didn’t count for eligibility. I know the “student” part of student athlete is mostly a farce, but come on. Cam Rising isn’t getting a medical degree.
Omega
Well-known member
Beginning of the end for the NCAA being able to set eligibility rules:
www.espn.com
Vandy QB Pavia granted injunction, can play in '25
A federal judge in Tennessee granted an injunction Wednesday that allows Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia to pursue another year of eligibility and could represent another significant blow to the NCAA's ability to enforce its own rules.
y2h
Well-known member
These revisionist lawsuits are ridiculous. You played under the rules as they were at the time. The guys coming up have a better deal, too bad. Should you be able to sue your company because starting wage is better than when you started 20 or 30 years ago?More former pre NIL players seeking their piece of the pie:
Ex-Michigan stars seeking $50M in NIL lawsuit
Denard Robinson and Braylon Edwards are among the former Michigan stars who filed a $50M lawsuit vs. the NCAA and Big Ten Network for being denied profits from NIL.
y2h
Well-known member
To test your ability at the highest level, love of the game.
y2h
Well-known member
They are going to have to come up with contracts to bind these kids to programs for multiple years.
Omega
Well-known member
Is the NCAA Transfer Portal Obsolete??
www.espn.com
Honestly the NCAA has been stripped of any authority to regulate anything in college sports that might restrict a player's economic freedom. In reality is the NCAA Transfer Portal now more of a courtesy as a clearinghouse for players and coaches? Is there a slippery slope where a player transfers in the middle of a season and plays for the new team?
CB Lucas leaves UW for Miami, bypasses portal
The lawyer for Xavier Lucas says the former Wisconsin player is transferring to Miami, even though the cornerback's former school never entered his name into the portal.
Honestly the NCAA has been stripped of any authority to regulate anything in college sports that might restrict a player's economic freedom. In reality is the NCAA Transfer Portal now more of a courtesy as a clearinghouse for players and coaches? Is there a slippery slope where a player transfers in the middle of a season and plays for the new team?
President Trump reportedly considering executive order limiting NIL after meeting with Nick Saban
The White House might be getting involved in the battle over NIL.
Yappi
Go Buckeyes
In the near future, could a college team surpass a professional team in talent and payroll?
We are getting to the point that some players could make more in college than in the pros, Tim Tebow could be an example if he had played today. Is it possible for a top tier team to amass enough talent to compete with an NFL team?
We are getting to the point that some players could make more in college than in the pros, Tim Tebow could be an example if he had played today. Is it possible for a top tier team to amass enough talent to compete with an NFL team?
Hammerdrill
Well-known member
No. Even if a college team got all the best players, they can’t compete with the age and physical maturity of an NFL roster. And of course it isn’t even remotely likely that a college team could do that.
Orin Swift
Bkmk1 supports sex criminals
bob99
Well-known member
Has this already been done?
"The College All-Star Game, an annual preseason game, pitted a team of college all-stars against the defending Super Bowl champion NFL team. This tradition lasted for 42 years, from 1934 to 1976, with the All-Stars winning nine games and tying twice. While the NFL team ultimately dominated, with 31 wins, the game provided a platform for showcasing college talent and drew large crowds."
The Browns remember the game very well, as does Paul Warfield:
In the 1965 Chicago College All-Star Game, which annually pitted the reigning NFL champion against star college players, Warfield shattered his collarbone and missed the majority of the 1965 season as a result. He returned for the penultimate game of the season and caught three passes for 30 yards before bruising his collarbone, causing him to miss the final game of the regular season.
Ohio House unanimously votes to limit NIL contracts for college athletes
House Bill 184 would prohibit NIL contracts inked in Ohio from extending beyond the time an athlete spends in college.
www.cleveland.com
Orin Swift
Bkmk1 supports sex criminals
You take issue with athletes being paid for their services but take no issue with Michigan employing a pedophile and serial cyber sex criminal?
Sheeeeesh.