Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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LA Vol said:
UT carries far more non-contributing players than players asked to look elsewhere. If it were all about money, we could cut at least 20-30 current players and add walk-ons, without losing productivity. The cut players would lose tuition, room, board, medical, academic support and career counseling. Culling the herd would be cost-effective for schools; less so for players.
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Truth is that there are very, very few players (e.g. Peyton, Cam, Johnny Football) who are irreplaceable in terms of bringing value to their university. College football is big business, and the value is in the schools’ brands. If you took the entire “ESPN 300” (more players than get drafted every year in the NFL) and diverted them into some second-rate pro league (or the NFL, possibly, for a select few), all the same money would still pour into college football. It has nothing to do with the players, other than that you obviously need somebody (anybody) to play.

For those who say the players add a lot more value than what they get back from the school, then let me just suggest a brilliant arbitrage opportunity for you — you should start up a new pro league that takes kids straight out of high school and actually pay them their “market value.” If you are right about them being shafted by the NCAA, then new league should crush it.
 
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You guys keep acting like baseball is diffent and it really isn't.

The way our coach here does things isn't the norm across college baseball.
Contrary to popular belief most places dont recruit twice as many players as needed knowing they are cutting them
In half.
 
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BruinVol said:
You guys keep acting like baseball is diffent and it really isn't.

The way our coach here does things isn't the norm across college baseball.
Contrary to popular belief most places dont recruit twice as many players as needed knowing they are cutting them
In half.
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Having had a lot of friends being recruited by SEC schools and big time programs, that is the norm. Big time schools take a lot of guys every year and pretty much tell you that you've gotta earn your scholarship.
 
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Batman1948 said:
After reading just a few sentences of this article, I have strong suspicions that the contract may not be extended beyond the next two games. Penny is a first year college coach and he's acting like a little turd. Me thinks he isn't a big fan of getting his a$$ handed to him by Tennessee.
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At this point I wish they'd just go ahead and cancel it. He doesn't deserve to able to play us. Again, they need it more than we do.
 
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rockytop25 said:
Having had a lot of friends being recruited by SEC schools and big time programs, that is the norm. Big time schools take a lot of guys every year and pretty much tell you that you've gotta earn your scholarship.
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Turnover is going to be the norm everywhere in every sport but not at the volume this baseball program at Tenn is going to have. Don't confuse levels of turnover.
Just look at the number of commits this program has compared to other SEC programs. Arkansas will be the other with so many
 
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Smokey123 said:
Cut him some slack, he’s shown today he doesn’t understand how scholarships work.
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Do you not know what equivalency scholarships are? There are only 2 male sports that give full scholarships that's football and basketball the rest have their scholarships split up between most of the student athletes bon the team
 
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Rishvol said:
Do you not know what equivalency scholarships are? There are only 2 male sports that give full scholarships that's football and basketball the rest have their scholarships split up between most of the student athletes bon the team
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You didn’t say Male sports, you said college sports.

You realize that doesn’t mean nobody can a receive full scholarship, right?
 
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rockytop25 said:
You have to pretty much earn your scholarship every year in college baseball, those kids know what the deal is when they sign on to play. If you don't like it, go to a smaller school where you're guaranteed a spot.
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I played college baseball, im fully aware of it but there is no difference. So you’re saying it’s ok for baseball coaches to pull scholarships but not football? I don’t understand
 
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VolGee4 said:
Pretty sure that literally no one has said this.
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...a good majority of people from all fan bases are calling fields selfish, baby, runs at the first bit of adversity, takes his ball and goes home”. Etc.

Completely ignoring the side of... well maybe he should go somewhere where he will fit better, play more, be happier, idk anything positive.
 
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HankHill said:
...a good majority of people from all fan bases are calling fields selfish, baby, runs at the first bit of adversity, takes his ball and goes home”. Etc.

Completely ignoring the side of... well maybe he should go somewhere where he will fit better, play more, be happier, idk anything positive.
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Fields is looking for the best path to the NFL right now. It sure as ain't at UGA.
 
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HankHill said:
I played college baseball, im fully aware of it but there is no difference. So you’re saying it’s ok for baseball coaches to pull scholarships but not football? I don’t understand
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Most coaches are upfront about it, have no problem with it if the kids know what they are signing up for before they go. If they are comfortable taking the risk then it's not on the coaches.
 
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