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NIL act passed - NCAA allows athletes to monetise their name, image, likeness
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Jimbo is fired up! The answer to everyone's question is October 8th
Hiring Don King as the SEC’s promotional manager was a controversial move, but it’s paying dividends.
They need to put the SEC coach’s meeting on pay per view. Would watch.
One of them is going to eventually step over a boundary that they won't be able to hide. That actually might get the ball rolling on positive changes
there is honor among thieves
hawg1
Well-Known Member
My take is Saban knew exactly what he was doing.
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They aren't going to make changes that limit their ability to get the players they want because they have too much money behind it. The networks keep getting ad revenue and ratings, the NCAA gets their cut, the schools involved have happy alumni with open checkbooks.
The schools that really care don't have the money or influence to make anyone pay attention.
NCAA isn't going to do anything. They are making a lot of money to ignore it. At the federal level the congress members who care enough to do something are all from states that have schools that benefit from the current imbalance.
Do you think any congressmember from a state like Colorado, Minnesota, Utah, New York, Montana, etc. etc. is going to bother fighting to change the system. Their voting constituents don't care, not worth the effort.
On the other side those congressmembers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas etc. are going to fight anything that hurts their programs because their voters do care.
And, really, it's the only way most of their wealthy constituents would ever give money to support black youths and families.
Pay for athletic dorms so they can somewhat maintain segregated housing on campus.
I didn’t say anything about the ncaa. They mean nothing here and hold no water in todays college football.
However, Saban has now realized 20 plus teams can probably pay more than Alabama for recruits, which has never been a problem for him before. He knows it. If there is one guy in college football who can campaign for some type of governing body for college football it’s him.
Eh, his comments today and weird apology felt like a guy who is annoyed and kind of spoke out of turn yesterday
He can walk it back for the public. The real question is: what kind of $$$ did he raise from that luncheon?
That’s a good point and angle I hadn’t thought of.
Sec bitch fight, who ****in cares
That's fine. Saban could have said something to that effect. But that's not what he did. He implied that A&M is cheating, which we all know is not the case in the age of NIL. And I'm sure he knew that would be more effective with his boosters than just saying "A&M outspent us." Instead, he threw a colleague under the bus for his own personal gain. Stones and glass houses.
More effective? Doubtful. Alabama fans/boosters want to believe that they’re aggrieved underdogs who need to fight back against haters and wannabes. Saban was tapping into that energy so that they’d commit more money for payments. Other programs doing it was just an excuse. “Look what you made me do!”
nolabuff
Club Member
I’m not sure what to make of all the NIL stuff. I’m all for the players getting paid and if someone is willing to pay the guy at USC $3 million, who am I to say that’s unfair.
It doesn’t really seem sustainable though. My interest in college football has already been waning with the lack of competitiveness and CU’s downfall over the last 10 years or so. At the same time, my interest in the NFL hasn’t really decreased. I still have my team and still watch every game with the same group of people. I’ve also become a fan of an MLS team recently, which still blows my mind that I’m now a soccer fan. There are a lot of advantages over cfb. The games are shorter and easier to find on local tv, the game times more predictable, and the sport is safer and more popular as I think about raising my own kids.
Tbh, I’m not all that disappointed, it’s given me my Saturdays back during the nicest time of year. I also don’t have cable and can’t think of anyone in my age group (the allbuffs mid 30s) who does, even as we’ve all become more financially stable. I guess the conferences could negotiate with Netflix or Amazon, I can’t see the deals growing like they’ve had in the last 20 years though. I like the California system, but I don’t know how to replicate it nationally and it again doesn’t seem fair to a player who could make millions to be capped at $25k. Maybe the market corrects itself so the $25k is closer to the going value. I’m not naive enough to believe everyone shares my feelings and this is absolutely going to be the end of the sport. However, there is a reason AAA baseball and the G-League aren’t very popular.
There’s my rant of having no solution. I think one of my favorite sports writers, Ray Ratto said it best. It’s like loving sausage your whole life and then taking a tour of a sausage factory. Some of what I loved about cfb was very much due to an unfair system. Now that it’s been blown up and exposed, maybe it is time to give up my last bit of fandom and become a vegetarian.
It doesn’t really seem sustainable though. My interest in college football has already been waning with the lack of competitiveness and CU’s downfall over the last 10 years or so. At the same time, my interest in the NFL hasn’t really decreased. I still have my team and still watch every game with the same group of people. I’ve also become a fan of an MLS team recently, which still blows my mind that I’m now a soccer fan. There are a lot of advantages over cfb. The games are shorter and easier to find on local tv, the game times more predictable, and the sport is safer and more popular as I think about raising my own kids.
Tbh, I’m not all that disappointed, it’s given me my Saturdays back during the nicest time of year. I also don’t have cable and can’t think of anyone in my age group (the allbuffs mid 30s) who does, even as we’ve all become more financially stable. I guess the conferences could negotiate with Netflix or Amazon, I can’t see the deals growing like they’ve had in the last 20 years though. I like the California system, but I don’t know how to replicate it nationally and it again doesn’t seem fair to a player who could make millions to be capped at $25k. Maybe the market corrects itself so the $25k is closer to the going value. I’m not naive enough to believe everyone shares my feelings and this is absolutely going to be the end of the sport. However, there is a reason AAA baseball and the G-League aren’t very popular.
There’s my rant of having no solution. I think one of my favorite sports writers, Ray Ratto said it best. It’s like loving sausage your whole life and then taking a tour of a sausage factory. Some of what I loved about cfb was very much due to an unfair system. Now that it’s been blown up and exposed, maybe it is time to give up my last bit of fandom and become a vegetarian.
GoBuffs08
Well-Known Member
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...accusation-jackson-state-football/9848991002/
“I don’t even wear a watch and I know what time it is. They forget I know who’s been bringing the bag and dropping it off,” Sanders said. “I know this stuff. I’m not the one you want to play with when it comes to all of this stuff.”
“I don’t even wear a watch and I know what time it is. They forget I know who’s been bringing the bag and dropping it off,” Sanders said. “I know this stuff. I’m not the one you want to play with when it comes to all of this stuff.”
I will definitely watch the Bama/TAMU game on TV this year. Wouldn’t miss it. Jimbo was really angry. Saban didn’t just hit a nerve, he found the biggest nerve and squeezed it with a pliers.
I laughed my ass off at Jimbo’s righteous indignation in that presser. HaHaHa. He is a first class dog turd.
I laughed my ass off at Jimbo’s righteous indignation in that presser. HaHaHa. He is a first class dog turd.
The lack of honor among thieves is what killed the SWC. Those schools were ratting each other more often than most people change socks.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
Ding. Ding. Ding. . It was a booster talk. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Sanders, who has done several Aflac insurance commercials with Saban, also issued a warning. As a former NFL star who has relationships with dozens of players he met either when he covered the draft for 14 years as an employee of NFL Network or as a head coach at the Under Armour All-America Game, Sanders said coaches don’t want him talking about what he knows when it comes to paying players.
“I don’t even wear a watch and I know what time it is. They forget I know who’s been bringing the bag and dropping it off,” Sanders said. “I know this stuff. I’m not the one you want to play with when it comes to all of this stuff.”
andscape.com
“I don’t even wear a watch and I know what time it is. They forget I know who’s been bringing the bag and dropping it off,” Sanders said. “I know this stuff. I’m not the one you want to play with when it comes to all of this stuff.”
Deion Sanders responds to Nick Saban’s comments about Jackson State
CANTON, Texas — Alabama coach Nick Saban’s comments that Jackson State paid a recruit $1 million to play football at the historically Black college and universi…
andscape.com
Interesting read. I guess the way he is seeing it, we are all equal now. No more hidden bag men, it is all out in the open. If you don't want to play /pay with the big boys, then that son you. I see his pointSanders, who has done several Aflac insurance commercials with Saban, also issued a warning. As a former NFL star who has relationships with dozens of players he met either when he covered the draft for 14 years as an employee of NFL Network or as a head coach at the Under Armour All-America Game, Sanders said coaches don’t want him talking about what he knows when it comes to paying players.
“I don’t even wear a watch and I know what time it is. They forget I know who’s been bringing the bag and dropping it off,” Sanders said. “I know this stuff. I’m not the one you want to play with when it comes to all of this stuff.”
Deion Sanders responds to Nick Saban’s comments about Jackson State
CANTON, Texas — Alabama coach Nick Saban’s comments that Jackson State paid a recruit $1 million to play football at the historically Black college and universi…
Dynasty Mode with a media & booster influence aspect would be allsome.