So I’m not so sure what some of you, pining for college football’s yesteryear, are hoping to accomplish by shouting “THE GAME IS RUINED!!!” every time one of our players leaves…yet when someone comes our way it’s “HELL YEAH!”. These message board freak-outs every time we lose a player, especially one that wasn’t on the team a year ago and didn’t even crack the All-ACC honorable mentions, is getting out of hand.
It’s a $1 Billion+ industry filled with guaranteed $80MM contracts for coaches, followed by $30MM buyouts, paying for $200MM training facilities, and paying for such idiotic shit as locker rooms with a personal TVs for highlights and LED lighting. The bitching would have a point if the money involved in the sport wasn’t getting so frivolous for everyone BUT athletes.
The history of college football has never made the student athlete guarantees. At best it’s been full of one-year contracts and rampant processing, forced redshirting and medicals, limited degree options, and exploitation of their original “NIL” rights. They typically took the fall if they were caught getting paid under the table. I have no heartache with any player seeking money very few of us could have fathomed at that age.
I’m grateful we have a head coach who is adapting, no matter how unstable the earth beneath the game is. As I said in another thread…trust this staff in its evaluation and its valuation. If they let someone walk it’s because they can replace the position economically or upgrade it versus what the departed player was requesting. Hopefully we move towards having the legal framework of multi-year contracts and representation guardrails to protect players.
It’s a $1 Billion+ industry filled with guaranteed $80MM contracts for coaches, followed by $30MM buyouts, paying for $200MM training facilities, and paying for such idiotic shit as locker rooms with a personal TVs for highlights and LED lighting. The bitching would have a point if the money involved in the sport wasn’t getting so frivolous for everyone BUT athletes.
The history of college football has never made the student athlete guarantees. At best it’s been full of one-year contracts and rampant processing, forced redshirting and medicals, limited degree options, and exploitation of their original “NIL” rights. They typically took the fall if they were caught getting paid under the table. I have no heartache with any player seeking money very few of us could have fathomed at that age.
I’m grateful we have a head coach who is adapting, no matter how unstable the earth beneath the game is. As I said in another thread…trust this staff in its evaluation and its valuation. If they let someone walk it’s because they can replace the position economically or upgrade it versus what the departed player was requesting. Hopefully we move towards having the legal framework of multi-year contracts and representation guardrails to protect players.
