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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
However flawed the NCAA was/is NIL is going to demonstrate why colleges need it or a governing board of some kind. Right now, the future of the game is in the hands of boosters (and what a piss poor time to bring USC and the Trojan penchant for breaking the rules into the conference). Maybe it already was and we just didn't see it, but every day this current system seems more like the NFL with none of the controls to keep labor somewhat in line.
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I believe that Dunn was a S, and we're set there. But losing Lee hurts, especially to freaking Auburn. We need at least 2 CBs in the portal
Lincoln Riley made his career on rental QBs, and Saban tried to sustain success with rental WRs.
There's a ton of OL as well that I hope OSU goes after, especially OTs!
6 players from the fake-OSU(Knowles' old school) 5 on defense are in the portal I wonder if OSU pursues the DL or S(s)
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BuckBackHome
Wolverine is largest member of weasel family
The Clemson QB is in the portal? Saw a site that has him ranked as the #3 portal player.
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Meh, games still need to be played. And those boosters brought in a bunch of talent, and they got manhandled by Utah and their lack of extensive NIL dollars. All the money Texas spent, and they watched Kansas St win the Big 12, and I doubt Manhattan, KS boosters broke the bank for their players. But CFB was always a junior NFL, but CFB fans wanted to think that the bands, rivalries and pageantry made it more wholesome. Kids have been getting paid for generations. Parity has been laughable in CFB forever, NIL and the portal may actually offer some type of parity for once. It'd actually be refreshing to see a new team in the CFB actually put up a fight.
But I certainly agree that there needs to be some type of rules going forward.
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right now it's more like the early days of MLB when there was no draft/limited to no governance on acquiring talent.
You can see this headed for players to become employees of some sort, then unionized, then collectively bargain so you can "control" it like the major professional sports do today.
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It's definitely headed that way, and this should've been known years ago! Even when the uber corrupt Big 8 were going crazy in Texas, or the out of control Switzer led OU teams. Players should've been treated like employees, instead of masquerading as "student athletes" when everyone knew the actual truth. Anyone who's went to college of any kind has stories of the football or basketball team being treated favorably, and noticing them with a nicer car, a new jacket, being able to travel whenever, etc. This should've been a situation nipped in the bud a long time ago, instead of hiding behind these being solely student pursuing higher education, and they happen to play sports.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Prime told the entire Colorado team to hit the portal. Also declared his son as the starting qb. Going to be an interesting ride.
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Yep. It's like owners of pro sports teams not wanting to pay players.
These universities, the NCAA and Bowls got fat by keeping all the money for themselves for decades. Most of the angst I see today is trying to look at the new reality where labor isn't free anymore through the lens of the old, bullshit, framework (read student athlete myth). Like most things, it's a fantasy made up by marketers and real humans pay the price by trying to live out the bullshit role.
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