Recent content by volanatic

I’ve met him. Solid young man. Got his head on straight. Hope he does well!

I’ll be there! Maybe have to see if I can get some screen time. I’ll be in Orange, so very easy to spot.

Thank goodness instead of watching Vol baseball I’m stuck watching LSU softball…… Said no one ever.

Gosh I hope so. Need him next year badly. Has potential to play with intensity under the basket. Need a monster down there next season.

100% We’ve got to stop calling them kids. Legally they aren’t. I know your mind is still developing and you’re young blah blah blah, but if you wanna play a grown man’s game (and I’m not talking about football) then you have to understand you’ll face criticism when you make selfish decisions...

This couldn’t be said any better. I don’t listen to the 99.1 afternoon show. Can’t stand either of those idiots, but especially Will West. He used to not be so obnoxious but over time has become unbearable and just annoying.

Completely agree with you. I thought it was a bad take by JD.

No doubt a gutsy move indeed! And no brother not rude in the slightest! Go Vols!

Again, just to reiterate, I’m an employer so all of this is ground level knowledge. No one said anything about it being weird or evil. But it’s not business because he’s not an employee.

If he was an employee, then I would agree with you about it being a negotiation of value for services. We seem to forget that this young man gets a free education along with help from tutors and things that non-student athletes do not have access to. NIL has seemed to be likened to “salary” but...

I have employees and I pay them well. But if I give one of my employees a raise and then he comes to me shortly after asking for more money, I will then politely show him the door. At that point, it would become clear to me that he has an inflated understanding of his value to my business. And...

I 100% agree with what you just said. The point I’m making is that you are not asking Ricky Gibson to do more. You’re asking him to do his job well. He’s not playing multiple positions. It is the University of Tennessee coach’s responsibility to find someone to fill the other role if McCoy is...

Not to mention, he just got a “raise” right? If I give my employee a raise and he comes back a few weeks later and wants another raise. He’s probably going to get pointed to the front door. There is an absolute element of entitlement that has been pulled into this whole NIL situation, although...

Not exactly. The poster is correct. In his illustration, Ricky Gibson is properly evaluated and properly paid, but wants to be paid more without having shown he has that extra value. If my employees come to me and want more money without showing me why they deserve it, then they do not get a...

Well said.