greenminer

Obviously money is the easy thing to see here. But, deep down, should we be concerned about anything else? He played for his DC at SHS and liked him enough to follow him to Denton. Then, after one spring with Morris, he's gone. Hope it is only money, honestly. And/or a bad agent.

I'm try to avoid portal talk, but saw this and felt compelled to share. Not only can players move freely from one season to the next, they can transfer in and out for a single offseason, not even needing to follow through for one full year.

If I'm Jared, I'm reading the room and making just-in-case plans and lists.

Where can one see how apparent it is?

Doesn't make sense to spend time and money raising hens that lay these uniquely colored eggs. Who is in charge of this?

telling us how quiet you'll remain?

There are very few programs with SMU-level donors. SMU upgraded their entire roster with championship-caliber starters and valuable backups. I'm not sure that's what is being discussed. My 0.02: What is a waste are those fringe players: guys that are the third+ option at their position, offering little difference towards winning a title vs. not, and still squeezing disgusting NIL amounts from these P5 donors. The problem is two-fold: 1) these donors are being asked for absurd NIL amounts when it amounts to little-to-no ROI, and 2) the UNTs of the world still can't compete with these offers, so these guys that are normally starting at G5 schools are riding the P5 bench and the quality of play at our level is diminished/sucked dry.

@Cooley have you had a chance to see Megan Nestor play?

I was speaking of teachers and musicians.

If you want to pin these people down for lack of giving, how about we talk about lack of money in their respective industry and incomes, before we take shots at where their hearts are?

Yeah

@flyonthewall when it comes to number of schools being able to afford this, how many do you think are out there? Assuming that there will eventually be a breaking point, I just assume that there can only be, like, 5-10 programs that can continue along this path. 5-10 programs for a pro-like league? Or are there more? And will the remaining programs in NCAA collectively agree to go back to the old model? Let those 5-10 super-budget schools have their own league and be done with them. Let them be some kind of NFL-feeder while we enjoy our true student athletes for 3-4 years again.

If there is a contract in place, and TN ain't following through with it, this might not be the best way to handle things.

Yeah, saw that one. Here's the X post, but really wanted a thread dedicated to the coaches