Losing players so easily and making every player a free agent

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Apr 30, 2024
7:16:08pm

Archaea Intervention Needed

Will dampen excitement for a great college tradition.

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Archaea

Bio page: Archaea
Joined: Mar 28, 2001
Last login: May 21, 2024
Total posts: 94,731 (3,143 FO)

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We are creating a generation of mental midgets and/or entitlement

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:14pm

yup

Beggar

Apr 30, 7:15pm

Losing players so easily and making every player a free agent

Archaea

Apr 30, 7:16pm

NILs will probably move to multi-year with clawbacks.

Trent

Apr 30, 7:50pm

The pro’s in the NFL and NBA are bound by contract to play for their team

vancouvercougar

May 1, 7:43am

Love the schools, not the players. Cheer for BYU, not the Defensive Lineman

spidercoug

Apr 30, 7:18pm

Yay for laundry!!!!

Iman23

Apr 30, 7:26pm

Sorry but that's just dumb.

ManicBlue

Apr 30, 7:19pm

Coaches don't take a job and hightail it out 3 months later.

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:20pm

ya, but they forced kids out all the time when they didn't develop like hoped to make room for other kids

Mobojo

Apr 30, 7:22pm

1. Yes they have 2. They don’t have a 5 year window

molodyets

Apr 30, 7:37pm

Because they have contracts and buyouts

Bob Vance

Apr 30, 7:58pm

I’m not big on bagging college players, but now that they’re professionals

Indy Coug

Apr 30, 7:24pm

Blame the system

ManicBlue

Apr 30, 7:26pm

Nope. That’s a cop out.

Indy Coug

Apr 30, 7:29pm

Really? System is fine in your opinion? Noted.

ManicBlue

Apr 30, 7:36pm

There should be accountability though

arcawley

Apr 30, 11:42pm

*Mental little people

Cougz19

Apr 30, 7:19pm

RE: *Mental little people

Nittany Cougar

May 1, 8:26am

Didn’t you change fandom of your favorite basketball team overnight, Mr. l8kr4life?

TCuz

Apr 30, 7:20pm

And which team did i transfer to?

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:26pm

Haha once the Jazz stopped being good you stopped being a fan of the entire league?

TCuz

Apr 30, 7:29pm

Keep telling yourself that

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:31pm

What I said is exactly what happened. But regardless of the reason

TCuz

Apr 30, 7:35pm

Show me a copy of the NLI I signed

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:40pm

Because you have no loyalty either (repeatedly) as you get mad at athletes for the same exact thing!

TCuz

Apr 30, 7:47pm

Exact same thing!

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Apr 30, 7:52pm

Strange post from a guy who is constantly trolling on this site. Seriously why

kimdaddy35

Apr 30, 10:59pm

As long as you've never quit a job for more money, better benefits, or improved conditions, say what you want.

jacobugath

Apr 30, 7:23pm

People can change jobs as often as they want.

Future_Tacos

Apr 30, 7:25pm

But should they? Perhaps being "committed" to the "right things" includes being

jaba166

May 1, 12:27am

Do it a couple of times and people start questioning whether to hire you or not

Fdnman

May 1, 5:35am

RE: We are creating a generation of mental midgets and/or entitlement

Cougs or die

Apr 30, 7:27pm

I think it's the opposite. Gives them a taste of adulthood. A lot of people

SUAVO

Apr 30, 7:43pm

Not really real world. My annual contract is paid out monthly throughout the year. If I quit, I don’t get the

Soupie

Apr 30, 8:05pm

Do we know that they aren't? And I also said it gives them a taste of adulthood

SUAVO

Apr 30, 8:17pm

Wasn’t that the issue w/ Glover? Rumor at least was he wanted his NIL all at once but they were planning on over time

Soupie

May 1, 6:09am

I thought it was that he didn't have confidence that Pope would pull through

SUAVO

May 1, 10:24am

It's all secret non transparent. NILs should public or at least transparent.

sfeuz

Apr 30, 10:46pm

Absofrigginlutely!

jaba166

May 1, 12:30am

Rubbing off on fans too! 🙂

Hammurabi

Apr 30, 7:45pm

They're just operating in the system as it is.

Plantagenet

Apr 30, 8:01pm

True, but so were the german soldiers, as are the Russian soldiers now.

jaba166

May 1, 12:33am

Question for you

DataMouth

Apr 30, 8:05pm

Capitalism

Parker Schnabel

Apr 30, 8:20pm

Amen. Sport I loved sucks now.

jamesallenrocks

Apr 30, 8:27pm

Nick Saban has a CB burner account?

UMWolverine

Apr 30, 8:28pm

Which is the bigger mental midget … the player who transfers to find a

garyfan

Apr 30, 8:29pm

The grown man likely has a college degree. The "student" athlete likely has no intention of graduating.

Brisco

Apr 30, 10:31pm

You think having a college degree means you can’t be a mental midget?

garyfan

Apr 30, 10:38pm

The guy on the message board calling someone out as a mental midget for posting

kimdaddy35

Apr 30, 11:02pm

Haha. Having an opinion about what is good for the sport is one thing.

garyfan

Apr 30, 11:37pm

Link to where he posted that?

kimdaddy35

Apr 30, 11:44pm

Read the OP.

garyfan

Apr 30, 11:53pm

So in other words you made the leap from who cares about coaches, team and fans

kimdaddy35

May 1, 8:11am

That’s a lot of words to say you missed that part of his OP.

garyfan

May 1, 8:43am

You can’t use that word anymore. It’s just as bad as the “R” word.

Magneto

Apr 30, 9:08pm

Lol

Ghost Pirate LeChuck

May 1, 2:23am

Collegiate sports are now the ONLY sports where every player every year is a FA

RockyBalboa

May 1, 7:18am

Commitment will come when the money requires it. Put it in the contract.

Accipiter

May 1, 9:48am

The only person I've ever heard use the term mental midget was my mission pres

Big McLargeHuge

May 1, 8:12pm

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