Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#158,159
VolInDayton said:
What is going on is the current framework of college sports was pieced together overtime due to forced changes and the result is a broken system.
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that's part of it

that's certainly the reality that EVERYONE has to deal with

beyond that, on an individual level, Tennessee does seem to be running into issues
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
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Nico went from UT fan favorite to #1 enemy in less than a month. I'm so sick of the Iameleavas. I can't think of a higher profile family be this disruptive to our program.
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What sucks is you know the color commentators are going to bring it up multiple times every game. Gonna be listening to Mike Keith with the tv muted
 
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Orange. said:
Kind of a shame, really. Everyone who has had a class with a Vols player at UT talks about it with happiness.

Of course, Nico would prolly be catching hell.
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I remember my Military Science class in 94. It was full of athletes and other discerning students (including an incredible, blonde women's tennis player from Eastern Europe 👀🔥🤓).
We just repelled, broke down and put back together M16s, and to pass all we had to do is pass the physical challenge required to be on the Army. That and my History of Music class were two of my favorite classes.
 
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rikberry31 said:
I think you are pining for something that never existed, a paneca. It has always been about the money. At its inception College Football was seen as a way to increase the stature of a school and improve enrollment ($). Players have been getting paid and the programs with the money had the advantages. Never in the history of the world has there been a situation where those with money don't have an advantage over those who don't. That's probably why everyone wants it.
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That’s fair but when I was at UT in the early 80’s it was not about the money. Some guys got some pocket change but it was peanuts. Most of the athletes were actually college students and actually went to classes. I had classes with many of them. For many going to a school like UT was a life long dream and getting a free education while playing for the state school was a dream. I know because I had that dream and simply wasn’t good enough to achieve it. So I worked 30 hours a week while being a full time student to get a degree. I just have a longer term perspective and think it’s heading towards a bad conclusion. It’s also going to greatly diminish opportunities for a lot of young athletes coming up. It already is with adults in their mid twenties playing college sports. I understand the cats out of the bag but the long term implications are real. A man can dream even though I know it’s wishful thinking.
 
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SoilVol said:
We just got Aguilar in football and Nate Ament in basketball along with rumblings Gainey will get a 5th year while Lady Vols basketball is tearing up the recruiting trail.
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Thank you, that actually is good news. Especially Ament. Also, haven't heard the Gainey thing until just now. That would be amazing. I'm happy we got Aguilar and that the extortionists are gone, but I wouldn't call any of that situation good news per se. I probably should have said it would be nice to get more good news concerning football.
 
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