Charlotte just lost their best player to NIL

[Tom McKrackin]

 

[Big Z]

1 minute ago, Tom McKrackin said:

 

When it rains it pours 

[UNTLifer]

He's been in the portal for a couple of months.  No surprise.

[GrandGreen]

Going to be a completely new league next year.

Every AAC team,  is going to lose their best players to better paying gigs.

I like NT's odds to win more now than before they lost all their starters to the portal.  

 

 

[Matt from A700]

37 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Going to be a completely new league next year.

Every AAC team,  is going to lose their best players to better paying gigs.

Except for UAB it appears. Andy Kennedy has somehow figured out how to get most of his talent to stay in Birmingham. And their head football coach just got the entire team enrolled in a player's association.

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Except for UAB it appears. Andy Kennedy has somehow figured out how to get most of his talent to stay in Birmingham. And their head football coach just got the entire team enrolled in a player's association.

That school has really got athletics figured out.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

That school has really got athletics figured out.

Hmmmm...  I remember a time not too long ago they literally shut their football program down on a whim. Like, a cocktail napkin conversation in a smoke filled back room sort of shut down. 

[97and03]

7 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

That school has really got athletics figured out.

Cue the Alabama board of regents killing UAB athletics in 3…2…1…

[GMG_Dallas]

7 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Hmmmm...  I remember a time not too long ago they literally shut their football program down on a whim. Like, a cocktail napkin conversation in a smoke filled back room sort of shut down. 

And their football program has won 3 bowl games and 2 conference championships in the 7 or 8 seasons since it was brought back.

They do a great job with recruiting in both football and basketball and seem to get a lot of support/private funding.

[97and03]

On 4/30/2024 at 2:23 AM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Hmmmm...  I remember a time not too long ago they literally shut their football program down on a whim. Like, a cocktail napkin conversation in a smoke filled back room sort of shut down. 

They didn’t shut themselves down. The University of Alabama board did (hence my tongue in cheek post). They didn’t have a say - big Alabama tried to kill them. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

6 hours ago, 97and03 said:

They didn’t shut themselves down. The University of Alabama board did (hence my tongue in cheek post). They didn’t have a say - big Alabama tried to kill them. 

Sure but they folded up like spineless cowards.