Sorry but that's just dumb.

Apr 30, 2024
7:19:13pm

ManicBlue Intervention Needed

Coaches have done basically the same thing forever. Also, coaches used to just cut players whenever they wanted their scholarship (which probably still happens even more now).

Criticizing players is lame.

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ManicBlue

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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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