Palliative Care
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Good point as alums with money to spend are also potentially loose cannons.
And without some sort of regulations in place regarding player movement, donors will constantly be bidding against themselves. It'll be interesting when all these stud recruits A&M is landing reopen negotiations next offseason. "OK, Mr. Booster, I got $200k to sign here. Didn't play a whole lot this year but it's gonna take a lot more than that to keep me. In fact, I'm gonna enter the portal and see just how much more. I'll be in touch."I think this will be the new/old key when it comes to acquiring talent. You want to maximize ROI which used to be (theoretically) about the time invested in recruiting and teaching a kid and will now have the added monetary ROI.
The reason I think this whole thing is headed toward a cliff is that you will likely have donors giving money directly to a kid and giving less to the school. When those "direct" investments don't pan out, will the donors go after the kid? The coach? The school?
Fixing to be a mess IMO.
Yeah. We're the selfish and greedy ones. Gotcha!I truly don't understand the vitriol here against Zach Evans, the kid is supremely talented and has the potential to make millions if he stays active and healthy. People ragging on him for playing on snap counts or looking to move to another team that would work better for him I feel are just selfish.
There have been thousands of future NFL careers cut short by injuries and those that didn't exist due to injuries, and there have been thousands of players who likely would be in a better place had they been on a different team with different opportunities (how many of our players do you think the NFL overlooked because they wern't playing on NFL scouts televisions every week?).
I'm personally not going to say to a guy "you need to sacrifice your body, and stay with us because I want to watch you play, also I won't pay you, and you might lose millions of dollars, but I want you to play for me to watch anyways" that just seems selfish. Every player needs to be looking out for what is best for them professionally and physically and if they don't feel they don't get it here they should go somewhere they do think they'll succeed.
I believe the NIL laws specifically prevent the contracts from being linked in any way to your team or playing performance. It's supposed to be truly about that person's individual marketability.I am kind of surprised these NIL deals are not including terms regarding commitments to teams, such as if you transfer out before a certain time or choose not to play, then a certain portion must be returned. Not hard to build a contract that has terms to meet. It could be easy for boosters to keep a player longer.
Have you ever tried to get money returned to you before?I am kind of surprised these NIL deals are not including terms regarding commitments to teams, such as if you transfer out before a certain time or choose not to play, then a certain portion must be returned. Not hard to build a contract that has terms to meet. It could be easy for boosters to keep a player longer.
This is exactly the thinking that has seriously degraded college football. No longer is there loyalty to the school, the team, the fanbase.I truly don't understand the vitriol here against Zach Evans, the kid is supremely talented and has the potential to make millions if he stays active and healthy. People ragging on him for playing on snap counts or looking to move to another team that would work better for him I feel are just selfish.
There have been thousands of future NFL careers cut short by injuries and those that didn't exist due to injuries, and there have been thousands of players who likely would be in a better place had they been on a different team with different opportunities (how many of our players do you think the NFL overlooked because they wern't playing on NFL scouts televisions every week?).
I'm personally not going to say to a guy "you need to sacrifice your body, and stay with us because I want to watch you play, also I won't pay you, and you might lose millions of dollars, but I want you to play for me to watch anyways" that just seems selfish. Every player needs to be looking out for what is best for them professionally and physically and if they don't feel they don't get it here they should go somewhere they do think they'll succeed.
Kind of like giving 110%.I don’t see how this is possible
Who wrote these laws?I believe the NIL laws specifically prevent the contracts from being linked in any way to your team or playing performance. It's supposed to be truly about that person's individual marketability.
Pretty ridiculous I know.
Who wrote these laws?
Vitriol??? It’s more like complete indifference for me. If he stays at TCU then great, I’ll cheer my ass off for him. If he chooses to leave then I won’t give one tiny scheiss about whatever successes or failures he has moving forward.I truly don't understand the vitriol here against Zach Evans, the kid is supremely talented and has the potential to make millions if he stays active and healthy. People ragging on him for playing on snap counts or looking to move to another team that would work better for him I feel are just selfish.
There have been thousands of future NFL careers cut short by injuries and those that didn't exist due to injuries, and there have been thousands of players who likely would be in a better place had they been on a different team with different opportunities (how many of our players do you think the NFL overlooked because they wern't playing on NFL scouts televisions every week?).
I'm personally not going to say to a guy "you need to sacrifice your body, and stay with us because I want to watch you play, also I won't pay you, and you might lose millions of dollars, but I want you to play for me to watch anyways" that just seems selfish. Every player needs to be looking out for what is best for them professionally and physically and if they don't feel they don't get it here they should go somewhere they do think they'll succeed.
Like most laws, by former trial lawyers now in the legislature…Who wrote these laws?
Legislators haven’t authored laws in decades.Like most laws, by former trial lawyers now in the legislature…
Legislators haven’t authored laws in decades.
Technicality, it still has to be filed by a member of the legislature.Legislators haven’t authored laws in decades.
I don't know. My mom named me CountryFrog, not GoogleFrog.Who wrote these laws?
It's players openly on the take. It's corruption. Are these players corrupt or is the system corrupt. Difference without a distinction IMO, and willingly flaunted in everyone's face. Our politicians are on the take, corporate executives and employees are on the take, city officials are on the take, even churches and preachers are on the take. Most do it at risk of jail or firing.I truly don't understand the vitriol here against Zach Evans, the kid is supremely talented and has the potential to make millions if he stays active and healthy. People ragging on him for playing on snap counts or looking to move to another team that would work better for him I feel are just selfish.
There have been thousands of future NFL careers cut short by injuries and those that didn't exist due to injuries, and there have been thousands of players who likely would be in a better place had they been on a different team with different opportunities (how many of our players do you think the NFL overlooked because they wern't playing on NFL scouts televisions every week?).
I'm personally not going to say to a guy "you need to sacrifice your body, and stay with us because I want to watch you play, also I won't pay you, and you might lose millions of dollars, but I want you to play for me to watch anyways" that just seems selfish. Every player needs to be looking out for what is best for them professionally and physically and if they don't feel they don't get it here they should go somewhere they do think they'll succeed.
I really don't blame the kids at all, for many this is there best shot and securing a future financially, its the system that is corrupt.It's players openly on the take. It's corruption. Are these players corrupt or is the system corrupt. Difference without a distinction IMO, and willingly flaunted in everyone's face. Our politicians are on the take, corporate executives and employees are on the take, city officials are on the take, even churches and preachers are on the take. Most do it at risk of jail or firing.
I have yet to see an example of one of these NIL's living up to a ROI in public.
It's okay though. Get your's while you can.