[GameForAnyFuss]

That room seems like a good investment for the future. He can repurpose it to hold all the CFL trophies he’s going to win.

[GameForAnyFuss]

For all those who are (rightly) fed up with NIL, the portal, and all the outside money ruining college sports, can I make a suggestion?

Start following one or more of the Olympic sports.

1. No NIL money, just scholarships. The way it used to be in football/basketball.
2. There’s a portal, but it’s being used for the right reasons. Not just to extract max revenue.
3. Players still play for the love of the game.
4. Players still play to represent their school.

Yeah, I know…none of the other sports are football, and football is the greatest sport ever. But which would you rather watch? The greatest sport ever that’s become completely corrupt? Or a “lesser” sport that’s still basically pure? I know what my choice is.

[GameForAnyFuss]

If banning people is a tool to be used sparingly (which I agree with, btw), can we maybe create a “Questionable Posts” category and move things like this there?

[GameForAnyFuss]

Love this pickup! There’s definitely a certain identity being created if you look at the 7 guys we’ve gotten so far.

[GameForAnyFuss]

And why is Auburn letting him get away?

What say would Auburn have in the matter? In today’s college sports, the athletes have 100% control. If he wants to leave, he can leave and Auburn is powerless to stop him. Maybe he wants to be a starter somewhere, not the third guy off the bench. Maybe he wants a different role. Maybe he doesn’t like the system of play. Maybe he wants to change majors. Maybe the girls at Auburn are ugly.

[GameForAnyFuss]

I would also like to include the players’ position coaches as well.

If we include position coaches, we might as well just keep it a free-for-all like it is today, because position coaches are always moving around.

Also, this would be a very football-specific rule. It seems like football teams have more layers of management than Goldman Sachs. I’m not sure how a carve-out for position coaches keeps all the other sports on equal footing.

[GameForAnyFuss]

What if the head coach IS the reason you want to transfer?

Then you shouldn’t have signed up to play for the guy (or gal). Decisions have consequences.

That’s why I support student athletes being able to transfer IF their HC leaves or is fired. Because the program is no longer what the kid signed up for. Can’t fault a kid for that. But if the player made a mistake, deal with it.

[GameForAnyFuss]

Simple solution: You can’t enter the portal unless your team’s head coach quits/gets fired.

[GameForAnyFuss]

Yeah, the commentators were definitely sucking off UCLA. As the final scores were going up, all commentary and cameras were on UCLA…all the while I’m thinking “who just won the meet?” But I get it – UCLA is a much bigger brand than Utah. That’s what ESPN is now: A brand-pumping sports whore.

Turning attention back to the actual sport: For the first time in years, I think Utah has a legit shot at winning the natty. Every team in the final four has an Achilles’ heel. The door is open for Utah to win this.

[GameForAnyFuss]

Yeah, that’s huge downside of the NIL era. It’s very rare to get to watch a player grow and develop at your school, which for me was one of the most rewarding things about college sports.

And while it sucks that Utah starts developing players just for someone with deeper pockets to swoop in and carry them off, let’s recognize that it cuts both ways. I wonder how Syracuse fans are feeling now that Utah just swept in and carried Elijah Moore off after Syracuse developed him and watched him hang 24 on Tennessee?

I guess that’s the nature of the job market: Hire a young talent, train that person up, give them experience, then watch them walk to your competitor for more money. That’s what college sports is now: A job.

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