How $$$ for only a year

[Wag Tag]

Ewers draft stock has dropped, believing he wil play one more year the bidding has begun. Oregon has offered $4m! Maybe our qb plan one and done is not so bad?

[GMG_Dallas]

Hate to say it but I'll agree with Rhett Lashlee. Make the transfer portal after the spring semester since that's the official end of the academic year. It would bring back some of the focus on academics, allow teams to focus on bowls/playoffs, and I think would even incentive remaining at the existing school. How much can you really move up a depth chart when you transfer in the summer?

[meaniegreenie]

38 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Hate to say it but I'll agree with Rhett Lashlee. Make the transfer portal after the spring semester since that's the official end of the academic year. It would bring back some of the focus on academics, allow teams to focus on bowls/playoffs, and I think would even incentive remaining at the existing school. How much can you really move up a depth chart when you transfer in the summer?

Or at least levy significant penalties if leaving before the end of the academic year.  Like lose a year of eligibility, etc.

[Wag Tag]

Like so many they always refuse not to play in a bowl. Then enter.

[EAGLE83]

Hold up grades. If you owe money to UNIVERSITY they will not release grades This would stop some players from doing this. Honor your commitment.

[UNTLifer]

10 minutes ago, EAGLE83 said:

Honor your commitment.

But they sat down and had discussions and communicate all glory to God.  We must respect their decision.

[wardly]

On 12/19/2024 at 11:10 AM, EAGLE83 said:

Hold up grades. If you owe money to UNIVERSITY they will not release grades This would stop some players from doing this. Honor your commitment.

It appears that the new commitment is for one season and only if you get the NIL money you were promised.

[Cooley]

On 12/18/2024 at 9:13 PM, GMG_Dallas said:

Hate to say it but I'll agree with Rhett Lashlee. Make the transfer portal after the spring semester since that's the official end of the academic year. It would bring back some of the focus on academics, allow teams to focus on bowls/playoffs, and I think would even incentive remaining at the existing school. How much can you really move up a depth chart when you transfer in the summer?

Seems like a lot of coaches take new jobs right before bowl games. 

https://gobearkats.com/news/2024/12/1/football-keeler-to-step-down-as-bearkat-head-coach.aspx

[GMG_Dallas]

On 12/18/2024 at 9:52 PM, meaniegreenie said:

Or at least levy significant penalties if leaving before the end of the academic year.  Like lose a year of eligibility, etc.

I agree.

2 hours ago, Cooley said:

Seems like a lot of coaches take new jobs right before bowl games. 

https://gobearkats.com/news/2024/12/1/football-keeler-to-step-down-as-bearkat-head-coach.aspx

Coaches aren't generally also students.

[Meangreen Fight]

On 12/19/2024 at 11:21 AM, UNTLifer said:

But they sat down and had discussions and communicate all glory to God.  We must respect their 

On 12/19/2024 at 11:10 AM, EAGLE83 said:

Hold up grades. If you owe money to UNIVERSITY they will not release grades This would stop some players from doing this. Honor your commitment.

 

The Universities, the coaches, and athletic directors are not committed to them.   That is why the transfer portal doesn’t make sense.  Nothing the NCAA has been allowed to do actually promotes education or ensures the athletes have access to the most valuable degree programs.  Basketball scheduling is joke and now worse with coast to coast conferences.  All this nonsense is a work around players being paid in a structure that would make them employees. 
 

Like I have said before this could all be rolled back.  But it can’t be done selectively to only benefit everyone else but the players financially.   They could truly make an amateur league with all “profit” going to back to the school’s athletic scholarship funds.  The wealthy universities and fans of the bigger athletic brands don’t want a more level financial playing field.  Hell from CFP whining they don’t even want to play less popular FBS teams no matter what they accomplish on the field.