Trying to understand....

[Tommy Gadberry]

30 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

It will be interesting to see how long the money stays there for buying players if the teams do not win. My guess is if they do not find a way to reign in pay-for-play and uncontrolled spending, we will see a more significant divide than we have now between the "haves" and the "have-nots."

SMUt paid that Bama transsfer RB 250K supposedly and the dude never stepped foot on the field.  I think seeing that happen over and over again will get old.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

SMUt paid that Bama transsfer RB 250K supposedly and the dude never stepped foot on the field.  I think seeing that happen over and over again will get old.

Someone paid Ewers $1M to graduate early and be the 4/5th string QB at Ohio State. Great Investment.

[UNTLifer]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Someone paid Ewers $1M to graduate early and be the 4/5th string QB at Ohio State. Great Investment.

Yep, and that moron bought a Lamborghini and a bad haircut and moved to Austin.

[cousin oliver]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Someone paid Ewers $1M to graduate early and be the 4/5th string QB at Ohio State. Great Investment.

I often wonder if that is really happening.  I mean, doesn't the NIL organization require some type of performance requirement?  Someone was posting on here that Drez never got the money he was promised at Georgia because it was based on him starting a certain number of games.  Which is very much bait and switch if you ask me.

[El Paso Eagle]

2 minutes ago, cousin oliver said:

I often wonder if that is really happening.  I mean, doesn't the NIL organization require some type of performance requirement?  Someone was posting on here that Drez never got the money he was promised at Georgia because it was based on him starting a certain number of games.  Which is very much bait and switch if you ask me.

As far as I can tell, there is no actual, enforceable way to know what is happening. Remember (complete sarcasm intended) the schools have nothing to do with this process. These young men and women are not getting paid to play after all.

P.S. If his NIL deal stipulated playing time, that was a great move by those paying him. Wasn't there a QB who recently medically retired from LSU that is keeping a lot of money and not playing?

[Dpony14]

2 hours ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

SMUt paid that Bama transsfer RB 250K supposedly and the dude never stepped foot on the field.  I think seeing that happen over and over again will get old.

I can promise you that he didn't get even close to that amount of money. He also had:

• CAR

  62
• YDS

  322
• TD

  2
• AVG

  5.2

[greenminer]

37 minutes ago, Dpony14 said:

I can promise you that he didn't get even close to that amount of money. He also had:

• CAR

  62
• YDS

  322
• TD

  2
• AVG

  5.2

Point being, did they get what they think they paid for.

Edited June 14, 2023 by greenminer

[greenminer]

20 hours ago, Wag Tag said:

It would be interesting to see how many HS kids were cut? Example CU. 

Why would CU be evidence for any argument? They are such an outlier with Deion and the way he Is treating the program.

[DentonLurker]

For me, building a football team is no different than hiring a team at work. I want the best candidate. I don't care if they're freshmen or junior transfers. If they can help me win games, I want them on my team. Honestly, if a coach is shying away from high school kids because they think they'll transfer out, they're not the coach for me. I want a coach and administration doing everything in their power to keep athletes here once they've jumped on board whether they're freshmen or upper level transfers. Not only that, but I want them to be confident enough that they think they can keep them on campus once they've arrived that they're going out and getting the best athletes they can.

[Dpony14]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Point being, did they get what they think they paid for.

He was a RS Freshman coming off a knee injury that didn't get properly rehabbed after he left Bama. Any reasonable SMU fan knew he wasn't going to light the world on fire. For what we actually paid, he only slightly missed expectations. I only say that because once he got his knee healthy he would only play parts of games with other random injuries. He really needed more weight room time to bulk up, which he's getting now. The good thing is he's still here, still very talented, and used his one free transfer. He'll be part of a pretty stout rotation this year. Summary: Jury is still out, but it wasn't a waste of money. Worst case he's very talented depth, best case he makes an NFL roster one day. 

[Mean Green 93-98]

4 hours ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

SMUt paid that Bama transsfer RB 250K supposedly and the dude never stepped foot on the field.  I think seeing that happen over and over again will get old.

Nah.  Seeing SMU flop never gets old.

[NT80]

3 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

As far as I can tell, there is no actual, enforceable way to know what is happening. Remember (complete sarcasm intended) the schools have nothing to do with this process. These young men and women are not getting paid to play after all.

P.S. If his NIL deal stipulated playing time, that was a great move by those paying him. Wasn't there a QB who recently medically retired from LSU that is keeping a lot of money and not playing?

Plenty of stories of Buyer's Remorse when it comes to high $$ payout vs actual performance.  Schools don't care since technically it's not their $.

[Wag Tag]

3 hours ago, greenminer said:

Why would CU be evidence for any argument? They are such an outlier with Deion and the way he Is treating the program.

CU is the first school to openly chase off players and bring in high valued transfers. 

[Wag Tag]

For coaches it is still early on the NIL monies. There will be failures but there will also be Tulane types. 2&10 to a 10&2 with credit going to the transfers.