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This just made my day.
It oozes with irony and how butthurt this Bama fan is about UT landing our 5 star.
I hope he’s right and we are “#1 in buying (paying) players”. What a beautiful day. GBO
Alabama Football: Tennessee Vols now No. 1 - in buying players
I don't think everybody was getting a "cut". Sure, there were Cam Newton deals, but I think for the most part it was everybody just knowing who to go see if they needed a little cash.NIL is the best way to drive corruption out of College Athletics. Paying players under the table was considered the norm. Was every player getting a cut from every program?
I will preface this by saying I don't like NIL. I don't think it is going to change the game for the better. I believe what it started and the things to follow will ruin the game. All of that said... it is the new world.
I can only hope against hope that Bama follows his advice and does nothing relative to NIL. I'm not foolish enough to actually believe that's true. They did give Young a pretty healthy payday if I remember correctly...
However, he may well be right that UT and some really pretty intelligent business investors got a jump on everyone else. Spyre and the way UT is handling NIL has set the direction if not provided the model for NIL in recruiting. A&M may be doing some of the same. All the handwringing about UT being behind just seems silly at this point. But no competitive advantage in business lasts forever. UT needs to hit hard to get momentum going and change the landscape.
Just win baby. Momentum will take care of itself.I will preface this by saying I don't like NIL. I don't think it is going to change the game for the better. I believe what it started and the things to follow will ruin the game. All of that said... it is the new world.
I can only hope against hope that Bama follows his advice and does nothing relative to NIL. I'm not foolish enough to actually believe that's true. They did give Young a pretty healthy payday if I remember correctly...
However, he may well be right that UT and some really pretty intelligent business investors got a jump on everyone else. Spyre and the way UT is handling NIL has set the direction if not provided the model for NIL in recruiting. A&M may be doing some of the same. All the handwringing about UT being behind just seems silly at this point. But no competitive advantage in business lasts forever. UT needs to hit hard to get momentum going and change the landscape.
IMO, he was just surprised that you couldn't be as brazen about it at UT as they were at Bama.Before NIL it was about how to not get caught paying players. Pruitt didn’t grasp the concept of “under the table”.
Bama has a infrastructure like no other in college football... That network stretches out like a spiderweb all over the state.IMO, he was just surprised that you couldn't be as brazen about it at UT as they were at Bama.
None of this is new and you don't rise as fast as Saban did from the mess Bama was without a boost. Paying players and depending on people not to raise a stink has been the way forever. In the late 70's after NC State had a good run in basketball, they signed a player named Hawkeye Whitney out of Dematha HS. He would late be a first round pick in the NBA.
Whitney didn't have a car. But his "girlfriend" just so happened to have two Corvettes... and he got to drive one. Boosters leaving "gifts" in book bags was incredibly easy.
You could get away with almost anything as long as no one talked. No one talks at Bama.
Lots of discussion about that.There has to be standards set for NIL, what recourse do schools have if they sign a player, he gets paid a ton of money and then he transfers to another school for a bigger paycheck?
From an integrity aspect NIL is an improvement. Now if they can just figure out how to stop fake injuries.I don't think everybody was getting a "cut". Sure, there were Cam Newton deals, but I think for the most part it was everybody just knowing who to go see if they needed a little cash.
This level of irony cannot be measured with existing technology.This just made my day.
It oozes with irony and how butthurt this Bama fan is about UT landing our 5 star.
I hope he’s right and we are “#1 in buying (paying) players”. What a beautiful day. GBO
Alabama Football: Tennessee Vols now No. 1 - in buying players
I have a feeling the Manning family is not happy with the Bama arrogance that they (like us) have endured since Archie played. If young Arch has options, I think poppa Arch will steer him another direction. Couple of hints as to why. Archie steered Eli away from his number one pick and he landed with the Giants instead. Was it San Diego? I can't remember, but I know there was some heated discussions and deals being made in the back rooms, and many were unhappy about the meddling by the Dad. Arch didn't want his son to have the same NFL experience (good player on crappy team) that he had, and lo and behold, Eli ended up with 2 Super Bowl rings. I honestly think the Manning family would put him at Ole Miss rather than Bama. (I know I would)I think they are going to lose out on him too, pretty sure it's gonna be Texas or UGA for Arch. You hate to see it.
From an integrity aspect NIL is an improvement. Now if they can just figure out how to stop fake injuries.
Only being able to sub for the injured player while the other team can sub all they want seems like a good way to maybe slow it down.