Recent content by Pride85

Cute, but missed the point.

Good attempt at being clever, just wish it were aimed at something a little more appropriate. I have faith that you will see the error of your ways.

You make a derogatory statement about a picture with no knowledge of what he was even doing in the workout.

Well, go ahead and just accept the fact that it is professional sports now. Even professional athletes, idiotic salaries aside, have rules they have to follow. They have clauses in their contracts that require them to achieve certain levels of performance to get fully paid. NONE of that...

So, you are saying an unproven 18 year who has contributed ZERO to the team deserves to paid $5 million? i am not saying pay is unacceptable, ridiculous amounts of pay for unproven athletes, who have NO incentive to put extra effort out to improve their game DO NOT deserve the amount they are...

So, do you honestly think that Josh Heupel has any control over how much money is spent in the portal? I don’t think fans that think like you have any clue how this works. It is pro football free agency with ZERO rules in place. With all of this being completely mercenary, if a coach tries to...

This statement shows just how myopic you view is. Do you really not understand that the money that fans pay means nothing in the big scheme. If people stopped coming to games, then the money from the TV contracts will go directly to the NIL/coach’s money pool. Ticket sales basically pay for...

At some point, people will realize recruitment, either HS or portal, has very little to do with the coach and almost exclusively on how much money can be ponied up. The former Washington QB is a perfect example.

Greed has a tendency to destroy culture. Money is not the root of all evil, the love of money IS.

No. College sports will just cease to exist. Most schools will not be able to sustain the financial obligations and will simply shut down athletics entirely. There will be lawsuits, but it will ultimately end sports in general. Unless action is taken to reel this in, we are in the final days of...

As long as this is the mindset, the situation will degrade rapidly. Question, do you contribute to the NIL funding, or the athletic department? How many games do you attend at Neyland stadium per year?

It will only get worse. You see a lot of posts by people, that I guarantee do not contribute financially in any way, posting idiotic drivel posting statements about every available dollar the athletic department can generate should be spent to placate greedy children/parents/agent's so we can...

You are way off base. Heupel has zero issues with going to the portal. Do those making these comments not understand the NIL and the infinite portal have taking recruiting completely out of the coaching staff's hand. They can sell the program, tradition, chance to make it to the pros, any of...

It has absolutely nothing to do with that at all. It is 100% about the benjamins. Upper tier players are all for the payday, not playing time. I have been saying it from the beginning. TNIL and the transfer portal has destroyed college sports. School loyalty is done. VFL will soon only be...

With the portal and NIL, it is not as much on the coaching staff for misses as much as whomever is driving the NIL machine. The coaches can do all the recruiting they can, but if the cash isn’t there, it doesn’t matter. This is the curse of what is now the minor league for the NFL.