ChiefCornerstone

There’s a whole lot of fail in this thread. Anyone thinking Jay Johnson isn’t pissed over ranking 13th in the SEC in revenue sharing hasn’t spoken with the man in the last few months. And it isn’t about some practice facility building or upgrades to Alex Box. It’s revenue sharing PERIOD.

NIL is a different animal and that is being addressed. But to be clear, it was Woodard who called him while he was preparing to coach his team for his second national championship and told him that really low number in money. Only after the win did that number increase but still way behind our competitors in the SEC.

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Yep - this could be the negotiating commuter plane. Not that large of a PJ only fitting 6 or 7 people. But pretty efficient one. If we get a whale of a coach we better fly him back to BR in a Global XRS or something a little more comfortable

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That’s a Honda Jet. If they roll up to the FBO in that, Saban just might turn around and get back in his car…..



and it’s headed back to BTR as we speak.

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When there are other jobs offering me the same or something similar? No. I would choose a place in which I know who I am reporting to. And it likely wouldn’t be a place where the CEO has a history of publicly bad mouthing employees.

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Not sure why you’re being downvoted. You’re spot on.

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OP may be a hysterical drama queen, but the fact is the situation as it now stands wrt college athletics, and more particularly college football, is not good and in all likelihood not sustainable in any manner resembling this current incarnation.

I think a lot of people have their heads in the sand toward this fact.

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And it's not what he said about Landry and the LSU football HC so much but what he said about Ellison and the $10M to a HS quarterback. I guess when you are worth north of $300B, you think the FTC, IRS and DOJ no longer exist. This whole NIL debacle is just that.

Bottom line, once the FTC, or heaven forbid the DOJ, starts making phone calls about $10M Zero value NIL deals, watch those high rollers slam their checkbooks shut.

To be fair, this all started when states started telling their university presidents to start planning for the Zero state contribution day. At this point, 15-20 years later, many states give little to no state money to the institutions that bear their name.

A WSJ or Forbes article (I can’t remember which) that ran about 12 years ago showed how Alabama significantly upped their incoming Freshman average GPA and ACT/SAT scores just by offering full rides or no in state tuition to highly qualified students throughout the country. These students saw the football team on national TV over and over. It put them on the map as it were. There was a clear cut advantage the article, and the University President clearly outlined. What does that get them?? GRANT MONEY. Read, free money.

TLDR: Universities need MONEY. ANYTHING the gives them an advantage, read free advertising on a national level, is desired.

But I agree. Only a fool can’t see the bubble.

That jet has been at LFT for over 2 weeks.

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My Aggie player mom friend just texted me that everyone is super nice. You bastards already gave up or something?

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I literally laughed out loud. Restaurant people all looked at me. That is hilarious!!

Happy Birthday too!!!!

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if it was still like before with no NIL and no transfers sure. he can coach at right now. he is in great shape for almost 74. it was looking like he woulda ended up like paterno and bowden had NIL not ruined it for him.

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This is the answer to me. NIL is in the process of changing. The 2026 season will see the return to the “old ways” in my opinion. Maybe he will come back for a few years. I believe top talent would line up down the block to play here.

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Yorke up

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When he took 2B on that passed ball, I swear I saw a fork fall out of his pocket. He’ll have to keep that cutlery under control if he wants to see the field………. :lol:

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Ball was prob 95+ off the bat

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That ball was smoked!!