For now, only way TDS can beat Utah is NIL

[Utah#1]

IMO, TDS hasn’t been able to compete or truly beat Utah in over two decades because the football program has produced and fielded solid teams over that span of time. To me, the credit for that success goes to the coaching staff, past student athletes, and the “family culture” at Utah. I say “for now,” because I don’t believe TDS’s NIL advantage is sustainable long-term. Right now, they sold their souls to the devil for money and using it to tamper with players from other teams, but primarily Utah. They have made it no hidden secret what they are doing to Utah and anyone who denies that is extremely naive, to put it nicely.

I believe this will eventually come back to bite them in the ass and they and a few other schools could become the poster child in college sports and for all the wrong reasons. If some players are wise, hope that would be Smith Snowden, and current and incoming players, they will realize what schools like BYU are doing in the grand scheme of things and reject any future $$$ offers and realize its not worth all the money in the world. I know say that is hard to believe… I think there is more nefarious criminal activity going on behind the scenes with TDS, it just hasn’t come to the surface yet. For a private school to brag about $$$, they wouldn’t do that if it ruined their reputation or financially made them look bad. Their making it public because they know its beneficial and advantageous to them now, especially rubbing it in the face of the UofU and its fanbase, until its not.

[Caleb]

NIL is going to neutralize Utah’s strengths since they’re very good at finding undervalued talent and turning them into really good players. In the NIL era, unfortunately those players are going to want bigger NIL deals and if Utah can’t match, those players are likely to leave the program at their pinnacle and Utah won’t be able to reap the rewards of developing that talent.

You’re right BYU will certainly benefit with their strong NIL but it doesn’t matter how they’re beating Utah…if they’re beating Utah, they’re beating Utah.

[Stone]

Seriously! Can you believe those crazy people at TDS doing…. exactly what every other school in college sports is doing. You are living in a bubble if you think this is something exclusive to BYU. Perhaps you live in Utah and do not see that literally every school (including UTAH) are buying recruits as best they can.

Look, I am not a fan of BYU. Nor am I a fan of UCLA, Oregon, or anyone other than the Utah Utes. But I need to defend reality. I get the sense that some people are a hater of other schools more than a fan of Utah. Hate can blind you. Another example of that: you claim that the only way TDS can beat Utah for now is via NIL. But Utah has lost to BYU the last two times they have played in football. Maybe you attribute those losses to NIL, but seems a bit odd.

The bottom line is college sports has changed. Utah either needs to play the big boy NIL game or be okay with a lower status. Whining about BYU and what they are doing is just sour grapes.

[Caleb]

Let’s be honest: Utah fans would hate NIL a lot less if we had the resources other schools appear to have.

Like: no one was thinking, “gosh, it’s not fair Utah took New Mexico’s OC and their starting QB…”

BYU is on the upswing. The program was DOA but the incompetence of the Pac-12, their refusal to expand with the leftover Big 12 teams after Oklahoma and Texas bolted to the SEC, breathed new life into the program. They’re now taking advantage of it.

Utah now needs to adapt. If they can’t, then yeah it’s going to suck…but what’re you going to do?

BYU sees an opportunity to kneecap Utah football. We can’t pretend that we weren’t hoping Utah would do the same when they jumped to the Pac-12.

[HATUman]

Didn’t Beck apply for the job?

[Rick]

Utah1,
You’ve got to give the BYU rhetoric a rest. I don’t love that they have embraced NIL like they have but I don’t see anything evil about it. There are existential reasons why perpetuating this wild, wild West system is a bad thing. At least I feel that way. But any program and donors choosing to play -even at lower levels, is part of that perpetuation. I hope some reasonable guard rails are established soon.

Anyway, I say let the Y do what they do. We’ll continue to settle it on the field. I think good things are to come for both football programs this year – especially our Utes. And I love that Alex Jensen is building a program that’s going to be built on tough, physical defense. That’s something I can cheer for even when I don’t see players who are committed to my university. Damn NIL.

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