Hell, is college football now semi-pro feeder system greased by NIL $$?

[Trivers]

What is the hell is going on?

1) University of Nevada QB of 3-0 team quits because he claims he has not been paid $150K. Rumors are that he has better NIL offers for next year from a bigger school if he red shirts.

2) USC def tackle quits after transferring from Georgia because he is not happy with his NIL. Also red shirts.

3) Recently, QB Williams left OU to go to USC because he was promised more NIL and free fingernail polish. (I'm a bitter OU fan.)

4) The University of Tennessee is raising ticket prices to pay for NIL program.

Where is all this headed?

The haves vs the have-nots?

Would you want to be a head coach in all this NIL mess?

Are we going to have a college draft where HS athletes get drafted?

[Garcia Bronco]

Maybe that's a thing they need to add players receiving NIL money at such a rate will not be eligible for scholarship.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by notorious

I got to visit several programs when I flew around a QB recruit 15-20 years ago.

They had very nice "dorms", and all the big programs had several chefs on site 24 hours a day including Christmas.

I remember the guy showing us around saying "If you want a porterhouse on Easter morning at 3am, they will make it".

That was a mid-tier SEC school.....

So back in '93 during my freshman year a bunch of my high school football team was at my college. The athletes had their own dorm with a dining hall attached to it that was open 24/7. And only the athletes could eat there.

[LoneWolf]

With NIL deals and the players wanting to be considered employees, here is what needs to happen:

Take away scholarships. Your NIL is now your scholarship and you can pay your tuition, books, fees, room and board, insurance, and meals out of your "salary" just like any other employee in the U.S.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

College football is better than the NFL

Yeah, why watch the best of the best athletes play a sport at it's highest level when you can watch a majority of athletes that will be selling insurance after college play a sport at a lower level?

[KCJake]

Originally Posted by tredadda

I am torn on NIL. In some ways I am in support of it as players should profit off their name (because schools definitely were). In other ways I am against it for the reasons you mentioned above.

It sounded like a reasonable idea at the time. But it's setting up to end pretty badly

[seamonster]

Originally Posted by TEX

Lost in all this is every player on that list, gets a free ride through college, and an education that can last them a lifetime. That seems to not even count anymore... The ironic thing is, with all that money, they could pay for college themselves.

Bo Jackson and Tebow were worth more than cafeteria food and rocks-for-jocks classes. And neither got the big guaranteed contracts in the pro's.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Yeah, why watch the best of the best athletes play a sport at it's highest level when you can watch a majority of athletes that will be selling insurance after college play a sport at a lower level?

Yeah I'd rather see Taylor Swift every 5 seconds & defenses allowing 20 play dink and donk passes. Don't forget about the consistent reffing

Here's another thing that's going to hurt your vagina there's easily a handful of college stadiums that beat the atmosphere of Arrowhead

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by TEX

Yes sir. It just makes the rich keep getting richer. For example, you have kids transferring from Texas A&M, to the University of Texas because the University of Texas can pay more. That's something right there because A&M is a big time program with tons of money. But, Texas has more. How are the smaller schools even supposed to compete now?

Yeah, the idea of NIL compared to what it is… it’s a joke. I appreciate the idea of the portal, but that took zero time to get out of hand.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Yeah I'd rather see Taylor Swift every 5 seconds & defenses allowing 20 play dink and donk passes. Don't forget about the consistent reffing

Here's another thing that's going to hurt your vagina there's easily a handful of college stadiums that beat the atmosphere of Arrowhead

Dude, I've been to more college games at more stadiums than you ever will in your lifetime. I've been to games at Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Clemson, Alabama, Texas, OU, Kstate, Nebraska, USC, Stanford, Michigan State, Miami, Texas A&M, and Florida State. The atmosphere at many college stadiums in electric. It still doesn't cover up the fact that college football is played at a lower skill level than NFL football.

I'm sorry that Taylor Swift being shown for a total of 30 seconds during a 3 hour broadcast hurts your delicate lady parts.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Dude, I've been to more college games at more stadiums than you ever will in your lifetime. I've been to games at Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Clemson, Alabama, Texas, OU, Kstate, Nebraska, USC, Stanford, Michigan State, Miami, Texas A&M, and Florida State. The atmosphere at many college stadiums in electric. It still doesn't cover up the fact that college football is played at a lower skill level than NFL football.

I'm sorry that Taylor Swift being shown for a total of 30 seconds during a 3 hour broadcast hurts your delicate lady parts.

I'm not doin free appearances anymore bro you want clout you're gonna have to cash app me for it. I like how you didn't touch on the game play which in the NFL is pretty watered down and atrocious. I don't even know who plays tonight but it's guaranteed to be a slop fest. The NFL is becoming oversaturated

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Yeah I'd rather see Taylor Swift every 5 seconds & defenses allowing 20 play dink and donk passes. Don't forget about the consistent reffing

Here's another thing that's going to hurt your vagina there's easily a handful of college stadiums that beat the atmosphere of Arrowhead

It's no longer October 2023, this isn't a thing.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

I'm not doin free appearances anymore bro you want clout you're gonna have to cash app me for it. I like how you didn't touch on the game play which in the NFL is pretty watered down and atrocious. I don't even know who plays tonight but it's guaranteed to be a slop fest. The NFL is becoming oversaturated

I actually said that college football is played at a lower skill level than college football, so I don't know how you can say I didn't address the game play. College football is a lesser game played by an aggregate of lesser athletes than NFL football. I know you are a Nebraska fan and probably don't understand much about football since it moved away from the wishbone offense and Tom Osbourne's boring ass teams, but the idea that the NFL is becoming oversaturated is ludicrous.

[InChiefsHeaven]

As others have said, NIL is a good idea in concept, but the reality of it and the transfer portal is it's a total shit show.

College football will be unrecognizable in 10 years.

I mean, maybe they should have had some kind of automatic stipend for student athletes that is somehow commensurate with their performance and experience (senior stars make more than freshman hopefuls) or something like that.

But now that the cats out of the bag, we're never going back. And it sucks.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

I actually said that college football is played at a lower skill level than college football, so I don't know how you can say I didn't address the game play. College football is a lesser game played by an aggregate of lesser athletes than NFL football. I know you are a Nebraska fan and probably don't understand much about football since it moved away from the wishbone offense and Tom Osbourne's boring ass teams, but the idea that the NFL is becoming oversaturated is ludicrous.

I don't see any money in my cash app lil boy


You must be excites for the big game tonight Daniel Jones vs the 1-2 Cowboys. Hell yeah I'm sure it'll be quality football

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It's no longer October 2023, this isn't a thing.

Because her man is washed