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The NIL and Transfer Portal are a CANCER to college football
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Dec 1, 2023, 9:11 AM
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Love it or Hate it, but the NIL and transfer portal are here to stay. The NIL and portal have changed the overall landscape of college football. For the most part, the changes that have come with NIL/TP are NOT GOOD. There is a saying out there that is almost like the Gospel truth. "Everything in life boils down to this", " The bottom line, IS THE DOLLAR SIGN". Players like coaches are not LOYAL to any school they play or coach at, they really could care less. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MIGHTY DOLLAR!!! At the end of the day, ONLY THE PROGRAMS with plenty of money are going to compete at the highest level. They finally figured out a way to DESTROY college football.
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People on here since the beginning of time, and most recently in late 2000's
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Dec 1, 2023, 9:27 AM
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and early 2010's have said Clemson is doomed, we dont have enough money to compete, its all over, etc. And what has Clemson done? Had their greatest run in program history, in arguably the most competitive evironment around.
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Portal and NIL didnt exist then genius.***
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Dec 1, 2023, 10:09 AM
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His premise and opinion that only the schools with money, insinuating
Dec 1, 2023, 10:20 AM
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Clemson isn't at that level, can't compete is the EXACT same argument being made 15 years ago and those people were proven 100% incorrect. At that point is we couldn't build the facilities the marketplace demanded, couldn't afford coaches, etc. Now its the same reasoning - money and little ole Clemson just doesnt have it - but different needs with that money.
I surmise Clemson will once again prove these fear mongers incorrect in some form or fashion. No one should expect the historic run to repeat at that level, but Clemson is going nowhere in the ability to compete.
So, genius, just the same old bellyaching.
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Re: The NIL and Transfer Portal are a CANCER to college football
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Dec 1, 2023, 9:36 AM
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This stupidest part of NIL is that a booster or school still can't buy a player a meal, but if you are NIKE and have a few million to spend? All day long. So NIL money instead of creating school loyalty and appreciation has created disloyalty and a free agent attitude that the school is not doing enough for them so they'll just leave because their NIL money will likely go with them.
I still think Nick Saban's take on this is the correct one. NIL should have been limited to sales of shirts and school-branded merchandise with the kid's name on it. Then after it is all said and done the money should be pooled and spread over the entire team. After all, those "superstar" NIL players could not do a darned thing if the other 10 players left the field.
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In theory, if NIL morphed to that it would happen that way. But in practice,
Dec 1, 2023, 9:55 AM
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currently, the vast vast majority of NIL money paid by the NIL companies, and 100% of those affiliated with schools (such as the announced 110 Club, or whatever Clemson is calling it) is contingent on the player being at the specific school.
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Im not directing this specifically at the original poster, however
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Dec 1, 2023, 9:39 AM
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some of you people are full of crap that you wouldn’t be doing exactly the same thing in order to have enough money to potentially provide for your families - whether it’s at the college level or at the pro level. Y’all act like y’all would stay at a college if somebody else rolled up and offered you $1 million a year when you were only getting 25,000 in an NIL deal. The hypocrisy is staggering.
In the end, if it’s too much for you, stop watching stop buying tickets and stop posting. I promise you someone else will buy your tickets and someone else will be watching.
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Logic.***
Dec 1, 2023, 9:57 AM
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Re: Logic.***
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Dec 1, 2023, 10:13 AM
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"College Football", as we've known it, is no more.
Personally, I'm just glad I was alive when it was.
$$$$$ ruins everything.
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College football as we know it 5 years ago had completely changed from 15
Dec 1, 2023, 10:22 AM
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years prior, and before that the same happened. And before that. Things morph, people change their opinion whether they like it (in the positive and negative) and it keeps on moving along.
Nothing stays the same, if it does it dies.
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I dont think thats the argument at all
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Dec 1, 2023, 10:16 AM
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No one is going to turn down exorbitant amounts of money, especially a kid that has no real clue about the real world. But none of that changes the fact that its ruining the game. College football has been wildly popular for the fact that it was so different from the NFL. Now we are growing the playoff to a ridiculous size, paying players, free agency, roster tampering, farm leagues, and it goes on. To say its hypocritical to begin losing interest in this fiasco just simply isnt a fair statement. I promise you this though....once they finish turning this into NFL-lite (assuming they dont fix this mess), the viewership and interest will plummet.
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Re: The NIL and Transfer Portal are a CANCER to college football
Dec 1, 2023, 10:13 AM
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i think kicking off from the 35 changed the game more than NIL lol
players now have the same opportunities as their coaches
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Solution
Dec 1, 2023, 10:37 AM
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This is not a solution I created, but I think it's the only realistic, feasible answer:
- accept the fact that these are professional ( semi-pro maybe) athletes
- steal the policies, rules and procedures every other professional league in the world has learned and implemented. That is:
- salary caps per team
- contracts
- buy outs when a player moves from one team to another
- drafts?- doubt this one would work
-centralized controlling body like the Executive Committee of the NFL
- player union ( God forbid!)
I think Jeff Scott recently talked about some of these items in a Podcast. Starting with a salary cap would solve a lot of the problems. Say, $10M per team to be distributed as they see fit. QB is paid $300K and OL gets $30K, etc.
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Re: The NIL and Transfer Portal are a CANCER to college football
Dec 1, 2023, 12:11 PM
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Unfortunately, I agree. I believe it’s going to become NASCAR 2.0. Do you remember how popular it was 25 years ago? Now look at it, the stands are empty and who cares who even wins Daytona anymore.
There will always be a passing-interest in Clemson because that’s either where we graduated from, our kids graduated from, our it’s the school we pulled for for as long as we can remember. But, when we’re out there busting our chops while coaches are making millions and players are here one day and gone tomorrow to the highest bidder, why are we not only going to spend our money on IPTAY, tickets, parking and hotels, but our time as well?
It’s laughable when these players post a goodbye message on social media saying they’ll be a “Tiger, Husker, Gamecock, etc. for life” as they’re transferring somewhere else.
Just like NASCAR was after Earnhardt died, college football’s popularity will continue to climb over the next few years until all the NIL, transfer portal and bowl game opt-out frustration reaches a critical mass with us, which is when you’ll see Death Valley, along with most other big stadiums, looking like Ken Hatfield’s final season
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Re: The NIL and Transfer Portal are a CANCER to college football
Dec 1, 2023, 4:09 PM
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I continue to be amazed, on a daily basis, at people who are so blindly resistant to change when change is the most constant force in the universe.
These kids are American citizens - and as such they have the right to profit from their physical gifts and effort. They also have the right to earn those profits wherever they so chose - like any American.
If anyone can come up with a system that better serves these kids while preserving those rights (without punishment), I would be glad to hear it.
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