Jaxbuck said:

I am not a lawyer and have never seen an actual LOI agreement for college football but they are not the same thing as an employment agreement in the real world.

LOI in CFB means I agree to come play football for you in return for a scholarship. It binds both sides to do whatever is in the agreement. That’s why guys have to be”released” from them.

As @Trevi said above, and I mentioned in one of my anti common sense posts, these have been 1 year deals between player and school for the majority of CFB history. It was just the other way around so now that the schools and their lobby are trying to do what’s best for the sport-they don’t mention that so much.

This is the modern coal mine owners working together to buy politicians and control the cost of labor so they can keep control of the tv money. They know that only 20-30 teams are big enough brands to survive in a world of year to year free agent bidding wars and that even then , those teams cannot carry the expense of the 30 some odd teams at the university that don’t make money.

This is the fight for how it’s going to go forward. Old owners find a way to still control it or it totally blows up and changes (imo).

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• • Athletic Grant-in-Aid: Recruits now sign standard financial aid agreements and scholarship contracts directly with the university.
  • No Separate NLI Organization: The paperwork is managed institutionally rather than through a separate national program.
  • Recruiting Deadures: Other schools must still stop recruiting a player once an official financial aid agreement is signed....

• • Signing Days Remain: High school and transfer players still celebrate commitment ceremonies on traditional signing days, putting pen to paper on their financial aid papers.
  • Revenue Sharing & Modern Rules: The shift accommodates upcoming direct revenue-sharing models and evolving roster structures.

RB07OSU said:

What I'm hearing is a perfect tune up game and film to determine who rolls the most against Texas. It's almost like we planned it that way.

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iambrutus said:

game 1 tomorrow night, sons team isn't returning many starters this year (last years team went 2 weeks into the playoffs) - defense looks pretty damn good (from the 2 scrimmages I saw) - the offense looks like the run game can be good, but the OL is the weak spot for sure. my boy made the shift to middle line backer this season, really looking forward to watching him go hit someone!

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