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Perpetual free agency

Posted on 1/4/24 at 11:50 am
Posted by mudcat tiger
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2018
218 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 11:50 am
This free agency NIL whatever you wanna call it, has to have some boundaries. Freshmen expect to play early and transfer if not. Portal guys expect to start. No continuity, no roster management, just a bunch of kids looking for a check. Gone are the days of waiting your turn and developing your skills.
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18479 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 11:51 am to
Yep
I been saying that for sometime. The new age of college football is upon us. Can’t be sustainable though. Can it?
Posted by GeauxldMember
Member since Nov 2003
4405 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 11:55 am to
I think it will all get sorted out, but it’s going to continue to be a shite show in the meantime.
Posted by GeauxLSU4
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2012
10592 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 11:56 am to
A portion of the rant thinks it's all good for college football. Player empowerment, no rules, no regulations, wild west.
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13054 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:09 pm to
quote:

This free agency NIL whatever you wanna call it, has to have some boundaries. Freshmen expect to play early and transfer if not. Portal guys expect to start. No continuity, no roster management, just a bunch of kids looking for a check. Gone are the days of waiting your turn and developing your skills.



Why do you hate capitalism? Are you a communist?

It’s not up to any school or you to decide for someone else how or where they “develop their skills”. You telling me you wouldn’t take a far better paying job just because your current job of “training you”? If you say you wouldn’t think about taking the better paying job you are a damn liar.
This post was edited on 1/4/24 at 12:10 pm
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
10363 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:37 pm to
College players have it better than professionals from the standpoint of lacking a contract to keep them at a place they no longer want to work. Sure, the NIL dollars aren’t as good as a NFL player, but the flexibility to pick up and leave (as long as someone wants you) is unmatched.
Posted by Kajuntiger121110
Member since Aug 2020
629 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:40 pm to
Y? You're not limited on what u can make...thats their job, let them make what they can, never know if it'll translate to the NFL...and if it doesn't and they save that money, or invest it, they're setting themselves up for success
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8338 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:53 pm to
All of this is true but the "has to have some boundaries" is already the case. Its just not the boundaries that, as fans of traditional college football, we want.

We want institutional control of a contract between between two private parties. With the supreme court ruling, it is extremely unlikely that will ever happen.
Posted by VolsBoi
Member since Oct 2023
177 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:54 pm to
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Perpetual free agency


I heard about one guy agreeing to a contract extension and then going to Notre Dame like a week later...

Oh wait that was Mike Denbrock. REGULATE THESE COACHES! He also sat out of the bowl game. Selfish.
Posted by TexasTiger88
Madisonville
Member since Jun 2010
1813 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

Gone are the days of waiting your turn and developing your skills.


While I 100% agree with this take, Nuss sticking it out in this environment tells me all I need to know about his mental fortitude.

Give me that kid that everyday busts his arse behind the scenes, doesn't complain about lack of PT. He was also the first person to always celebrate with JD5 after a TD.

I'm very excited for this young man and the bowl game only helped that matter.
Posted by Jizzy08
Member since Aug 2008
11240 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:48 pm to
Put an end to the portal and make them sit a year and you fix a lot of this.
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
5579 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:25 pm to
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Gone are the days of waiting your turn and developing your skills.
I don't like unlimited transfers. But times have changed.

Gone are the days of teams re-using uniforms.

Gone are the days of head coaches making the same salary as a plumber.

Gone are the days of P5 head coaches making less than your doctor.

Gone are the days of college football generating less than a billion dollars.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261492 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 6:52 pm to
Makes you appreciate the ones who stay and pay their dues.
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
50891 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 6:58 pm to
It’s the NFL but with in season tampering
Posted by Suntiger
BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
32987 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 8:10 pm to
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89613 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:11 am to
Just allow 1 transfer, no questions asked. After that, transfers should be only if the losing team consents.

Transfer and play immediately. 5 to play 4, period. Unless you graduate, then you can apply for a 5th year on the field.

NIL should remain just another factor.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57343 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 3:36 pm to
It somewhat did until the "sit out a year" provision on the second transfer was eliminated.
Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
2723 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:10 pm to
NIL and the portal aren’t broken. What is broken is the fact that there is no longer a penalty for transferring. You used to either burn a redshirt or lose a year of eligibility if you transferred as an undergraduate player.

Return to the old transfer rules and everything would fix itself. You could even give a free transfer without losing eligibility, but force the athlete to sit a year. Like they would a redshirt year.
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