Taylor Pannell

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BernardKingGOAT said:
Evil?
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Texas Tech is supposedly the Evil Empire now.. people complained when players never got payed and Saban cheated his way to 7 National Championship by paying players under the table... Now that players can get paid fans get butthurt because players choose money over loyalty... Its a no win situation for the College kids....


Does Texas Tech tamper? Most definitely just like 98% of the other P4 schools. Morals have went out the window but not at Tennessee, we are Mother Teresa of College sports.😏
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Texas Tech is supposedly the Evil Empire now.. people complained when players never got payed and Saban cheated his way to 7 National Championship by paying players under the table... Now that players can get paid fans get butthurt because players choose money over loyalty... Its a no win situation for the College kids....


Does Texas Tech tamper? Most definitely just like 98% of the other P4 schools. Morals have went out the window but not at Tennessee, we are Mother Teresa of College sports.😏
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Truth. I do not understand why some on here accuse other programs of cheating and tampering when we simply got outbid for a player. Anybody who thinks UT's sports programs are totally clean is whistling in the dark.
 
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1morevol said:
Truth. I do not understand why some on here accuse other programs of cheating and tampering when we simply got outbid for a player. Anybody who thinks UT's sports programs are totally clean is whistling in the dark.
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No contact rule during season. Tech should've got in trouble for that not for their offer.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Plenty of teams communicate with players "handlers" cough cough during the season...


Making a comment going thru handshake line is not forbidden...
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Went a lot further than that with Texas Tech. They were signing the papers before the season was finished. They held them until the portal opened. Then the played committed.
 
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1morevol said:
Truth. I do not understand why some on here accuse other programs of cheating and tampering when we simply got outbid for a player. Anybody who thinks UT's sports programs are totally clean is whistling in the dark.
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Truth, CKW has addressed the issue on several occasions. Will paraphrase as you can google the exact quote.

CKW: "I have absolutely no problem with women athletes making money. I encourage them in that regard. My problem is my players being contacted before the season is over and being encouraged to enter the portal. Just not right"
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Texas Tech is supposedly the Evil Empire now.. people complained when players never got payed and Saban cheated his way to 7 National Championship by paying players under the table... Now that players can get paid fans get butthurt because players choose money over loyalty... Its a no win situation for the College kids....


Does Texas Tech tamper? Most definitely just like 98% of the other P4 schools. Morals have went out the window but not at Tennessee, we are Mother Teresa of College sports.😏
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Sure, plenty of schools tamper by making known through third parties that they would be interested in a player if they went in the portal or they have a need at a players position, etc. i’m sure there are even ranges of compensation thrown out in some of those conversations.

Texas Tech is the only school I’m aware of that reaches out to players in the middle of the season with large financial packages for the next year that require the players or their parents to provide a firm answer and a signature right away. That is what has happened in several cases with them. I’m not saying that Tennessee would have been able to match what they offered Taylor, or Florida would have been able to match for Mia Williams, or UCLA with Terry or anyone else. But having the opportunity to at least have a conversation to keep a player that should, in theory, have not have already negotiated with another team is something the rules should protect. What I also know is that trying to build your roster in March and April of the previous year when those athletes still have long seasons ahead with their current team is wrong. It was wrong last year, and it’s wrong this year as they’ve spent April and May trying to do the same thing to line up pitching to replace Canady. Some say they already have her replacement lined up. We will see.

Nobody in the game has a problem with softball players making significant amount of money. I think everyone agrees having that opportunity is great for them. If somebody wants to buy the most expensive roster they can, good for them. All anyone in the game is asking for is to do it the right way within the existing rules for contact. Don’t try to convince someone they aren’t happy where they are now just because you stand ready to offer them money. Don’t require that they ghost their current school. Don’t require that they tell their current school everything is fine and then blindside them by going in the portal the day after having an exit meeting where you received your off-season plan and signed up for classes and slots to work camp.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
Sure, plenty of schools tamper by making known through third parties that they would be interested in a player if they went in the portal or they have a need at a players position, etc. i’m sure there are even ranges of compensation thrown out in some of those conversations.

Texas Tech is the only school I’m aware of that reaches out to players in the middle of the season with large financial packages for the next year that require the players or their parents to provide a firm answer and a signature right away. That is what has happened in several cases with them. I’m not saying that Tennessee would have been able to match what they offered Taylor, or Florida would have been able to match for Mia Williams, or UCLA with Terry or anyone else. But having the opportunity to at least have a conversation to keep a player that should, in theory, have not have already negotiated with another team is something the rules should protect. What I also know is that trying to build your roster in March and April of the previous year when those athletes still have long seasons ahead with their current team is wrong. It was wrong last year, and it’s wrong this year as they’ve spent April and May trying to do the same thing to line up pitching to replace Canady. Some say they already have her replacement lined up. We will see.

Nobody in the game has a problem with softball players making significant amount of money. I think everyone agrees having that opportunity is great for them. If somebody wants to buy the most expensive roster they can, good for them. All anyone in the game is asking for is to do it the right way within the existing rules for contact. Don’t try to convince someone they aren’t happy where they are now just because you stand ready to offer them money. Don’t require that they ghost their current school. Don’t require that they tell their current school everything is fine and then blindside them by going in the portal the day after having an exit meeting where you received your off-season plan and signed up for classes and slots to work camp.
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The rules will NEVER be enforced, so if Texas Tech has an advantage doing what they do then other schools will begin doing the same... Except for us, morals are more important to us in this dog eat dog era of NIL....
 
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knoxvol52 said:
The rules will NEVER be enforced, so if Texas Tech has an advantage doing what they do then other schools will begin doing the same... Except for us, morals are more important to us in this dog eat dog era of NIL....
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Perhaps, but I doubt a lot of schools are getting the donor investment to make offers 100k over value two months before the season is over. It’s not happening like that in other sports, either.
 
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It would appear to me if a player is contacted by ABC school and then knows they are going to ABC school....they would've mentally checked out with their current team. Who has ever given a 2 weeks notice when they are taking another job and honestly can say they are totally invested in their old job? No lying. Lol
 
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knoxvol52 said:
The rules will NEVER be enforced, so if Texas Tech has an advantage doing what they do then other schools will begin doing the same... Except for us, morals are more important to us in this dog eat dog era of NIL....
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They play dirty. They know it and don't care. But don't complain like a columnist with the Lubbock A-J did recently about getting frozen out of marquee non-conference matchups, premier tournaments, etc. Everyone else isn't entirely powerless and good for them using to it "punish" Tech. You can't try and poach players from Univ of Texas and then complain and cry foul when they won't schedule you.
 
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WVU05UT09 said:
They play dirty. They know it and don't care. But don't complain like a columnist with the Lubbock A-J did recently about getting frozen out of marquee non-conference matchups, premier tournaments, etc. Everyone else isn't entirely powerless and good for them using to it "punish" Tech. You can't try and poach players from Univ of Texas and then complain and cry foul when they won't schedule you.
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That's why they are seeded so low. TT is easily a top 5 seed but they were given the 11 seed because of their poor SoS.
 
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