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InVOLuntary said:
Oh yeah. $100 is where it will stop. 😂😂😂😂😅.

Naive much?
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For 99%, yes, it will make no material difference.

Do you REALLY think 85 players are making 500k off endorsements and end up soulless mercenaries?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We don't know the rules yet, but it sounds very restricted already. Furthermore, who will gain more than the stipend's value and beyond what they already get under the table? Maybe a QB or 1 stud all-american type at a few schools per year. Yet you're worrying over .1% of players and extrapolating it will ruin all their souls and intentions? 🤣 And assuming those making more will be somehow ruined and not loyal to a school they chose to attend?

So -
They still choose where to play
Are not drafted
Can't be traded
Are not paid by teams to play based on ability

How is this professionalism?
 
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Devo182 said:
Almost leaning toward Shrout. JG can't even hand off and Maurer...I'm just worried about that dude for real.

Shrout really showed us something last week. Wouldn't mind him playing all game. Or, start Maurer if he's 100%, but if we get up 2 or 3 TDs, sit him and let JTS finish things. Don't run him either. Just don't want to see Maurer get knocked out 3 times in 4 weeks. Really really don't like that thought. We could end up talking more than just him not playing rest of this season.
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Shrout can throw the deep ball, which makes it harder to stack the box against the run. It’s not a complex formula, but one that’s worked since the invention of the forward pass.
 
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85SugarVol said:
I don’t think they should be paid in college, but I do believe they should have the opportunity to turn pro at 18 and make a living if they choose.
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There’s a reason the NFL fights that all the way to the Supreme Court...most recently with Maurice Clarett. You can’t work for Federal Express or UPS when you’re 18. Make a living in Canada or get a real life job.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I think Bama and Clemson and a few more are way beyond the norm. When's the last time you saw a booster purchase a failing business from a recruits dad for $100's of thousands of dollars? I don't think the Vols are clean by any means but I don't think they're on the level of some of those programs.
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It’s probably related to on the field success. We can’t offer as much without looking suspicious. We can cheat a bit but mostly have to offer playing time. The better a program is on the field the greater the benefit of the doubt they get when cheating their asses off.

Turning the corner requires a big season or two in a row and retaining that coaching staff for continuity.
 
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Aesius said:
It’s probably related to on the field success. We can’t offer as much without looking suspicious. We can cheat a bit but mostly have to offer playing time. The better a program is on the field the greater the benefit of the doubt they get when cheating their asses off.
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I think it has more to do with an established network of boosters that through middlemen pass money to recruits. I think our network had deteriorated over the past few years because of the UTAD. It takes a while to get get that back up and running.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I’d say those markets care about the Bears, Lions, Steelers, Eagles and Packers as much if not more.
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I can only speak for Michigan and Pennsylvania, but yes they do. Pennsylvanians don't really follow Penn St on the whole. Moreso graduates, many which are from out of state and move after school. Penns are all Eagles, Steelers, Phillies, Sixers fans foremost.

Michigan, yes many nongrads downplay cfb. Tons of relatives for our wedding and they laughed we were watching ut/bama game because CFB was high school footbal apparently 🤣 Because the Lions are so great 🤣

Overall I agree, there are pockets of deep passion - Columbus, State College (absolute BFE), Ann Arbor. But across the state and in big cities it is all pros. Not like here where literally every big city is mostly about college sports still, bar some braves and panthers fans here and there.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I think it has more to do with an established network of boosters that through middlemen pass money to recruits. I think our network had deteriorated over the past few years because of the UTAD. It takes a while to get get that back up and running.
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A****** V** has said otherwise...
 
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InVOLuntary said:
College football is evolving into something that I'm not sure will be as good as what we've had in the past. I'm not just talking about paying players. I'm all for free market and people making money anyway they can as long as it's legal but it will change college football negatively. Amateurism is what makes college football different than pro football. You take the amateurism out of college football and you have a semi-pro league. I'm afraid that many of the things we love about college football will be gone forever in the next few years.
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It is..and the ones cheering this garbage do not seem to understand that this destroys what makes CFB great.

I love Tennessee, and I don't really know what I am going to do, or how I am going to process this. As I said the other day...I loved MLB too, but I don't watch it much anymore...money destroyed it for me, and it will ruin College Football for me.

I wish people that don't want to be amateurs would just do something else and leave college sports alone..but...dang this makes me sad..
 
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@InVOLuntary
Just Google most watched or most followed college teams. Any results are gonna be filled with teams above the Mason Dixon also.
Not that I assume you're basing your belief on internet guy and his stories of random in laws. ffs.
 
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chargervol said:
@InVOLuntary
Just Google most watched or most followed college teams. Any results are gonna be filled with teams above the Mason Dixon also.
Not that I assume you're basing your belief on internet guy and his stories of random in laws. ffs.
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There's a reason you don't find 100,000 seat stadiums in the NFL.
 
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