Longhorn News/Discussion (Non-Recruiting)

[Kmed]

Alfred Collins, Michael Taafe, and Anthony Hill all made 2nd Team All-American. Congrats to them. Too bad they couldn’t even make the SEC honorable mention

 

[Baron]

The SEC's agenda will always differ from the NCAA as a whole.

 

[dssl]

The SEC's agenda will always differ from the NCAA as a whole.

Exactly, Instead of picking the best players, seems like the SEC wanted to spread the awards across more teams. Seems like an idiotic approach that makes the award way less meaningful.

 

[oldhorn2]

Besides....the award winners were all printed out before the season.....

 

[Billybass]

Probably told the refs which way to lean too

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Ole Miss just got a WR from Bama

Ahmad Hardy (ULM RB) to Mizzou

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 

[Sirhornsalot]

lol

 

[Sirhornsalot]

lol

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 

[Baron]

Diva! There's a reason Texas didn't wholeheartedly pursue him out of high school and not at all in the portal.

 

[63_Texas_1]

Diva! There's a reason Texas didn't wholeheartedly pursue him out of high school and not at all in the portal.

Agree.

If true or even partially true, Texas Tech is equally guilty. It appears that aggy is now assuming the enabling of the diva.

 

[63_Texas_1]

Diva! There's a reason Texas didn't wholeheartedly pursue him out of high school and not at all in the portal.

Another thought:

The pendulum has really swung from "poor college athletes being taking advantage of" to the above and the high school QB from Michigan who reportedly received 8 figures to go to Michigan.

 

[HORNfromETX]

Another thought:

The pendulum has really swung from "poor college athletes being taking advantage of" to the above and the high school QB from Michigan who reportedly received 8 figures to go to Michigan.

I hate it, I don’t mind paying them some, but they shouldn’t make more than coaches. They’re already getting their education paid for, give them a weekly/monthly allowance. Also please stop the unlimited transfer stuff, one free transfer is fine, but make them at least get an associates degree or maintain a certain GPA to transfer again without penalty.

 

[Billybass]

There does need to be some rules regarding NIL

 

[BWilk55]

I hate it, I don’t mind paying them some, but they shouldn’t make more than coaches. They’re already getting their education paid for, give them a weekly/monthly allowance. Also please stop the unlimited transfer stuff, one free transfer is fine, but make them at least get an associates degree or maintain a certain GPA to transfer again without penalty.

It's a tricky situation. Who in the world is restricted from earning money via endorsements? Which college students are prevented from transferring schools?

The supreme court looked at the restrictions placed on college athletes, restrictions placed on very few others, and determined that those restrictions were unconstitutional. Don't expect any of those restrictions to be put back in place.

Now, the issue is football players are clearly being reimbursed via endorsements at values way above market value and in pay for play schemes. Is there a way to restrict this sort of behavior? That is a challenge.

Starting next year, schools will be able to directly pay players, up to a total school cap of 25 million for all sports. This still doesn't stop outside sources from paying players above and beyond that.

 

[63_Texas_1]

It's a tricky situation. Who in the world is restricted from earning money via endorsements? Which college students are prevented from transferring schools?

The supreme court looked at the restrictions placed on college athletes, restrictions placed on very few others, and determined that those restrictions were unconstitutional. Don't expect any of those restrictions to be put back in place.

Now, the issue is football players are clearly being reimbursed via endorsements at values way above market value and in pay for play schemes. Is there a way to restrict this sort of behavior? That is a challenge.

Starting next year, schools will be able to directly pay players, up to a total school cap of 25 million for all sports. This still doesn't stop outside sources from paying players above and beyond that.

I agree with everything you wrote except:
"Now, the issue is football players are clearly being reimbursed via endorsements at values way above market value..." I understand what you meant. Most of us gasped at what was alleged by Tech. However, market value is based on what buyers are willing to pay and what sellers are willing to accept. As long as Tech offers what was alleged (post up above) and what Michigan offered (8 figures), that will drive market value. That in itself defines market value. [Personally I wouldn't pay that much even I had Elon Musk's money ]

As I posted before: Those poor college athletes being taken advantage of is a shame (sarcasm).

 

[UT1983]

Players already getting pressure from gamblers for losing. How much of these endorsement funds are from “questionable” sources and we find out later some players deliberately threw games at the request of their “employer”?

College football is becoming just like the NFL only the team owners can’t just up and move at the middle of the night for a new stadium.

We all love Manning right now. Would you still love him when he leaves for another school that was willing to pay him huge bucks?

I think fan / player bonds is the big loser in all of this. Would be love Earl, Vince, and Colt as much if they left for another school after a great season?

Players are becoming plug and play entities. Enjoy a player this year because there is no guarantee he will be playing for your team next year.

 

[BWilk55]

I agree with everything you wrote except:
"Now, the issue is football players are clearly being reimbursed via endorsements at values way above market value..." I understand what you meant. Most of us gasped at what was alleged by Tech. However, market value is based on what buyers are willing to pay and what sellers are willing to accept. As long as Tech offers what was alleged (post up above) and what Michigan offered (8 figures), that will drive market value. That in itself defines market value. [Personally I wouldn't pay that much even I had Elon Musk's money ]

As I posted before: Those poor college athletes being taken advantage of is a shame (sarcasm).

I think you got what I meant but I'll explain it this way.

A car dealership may find it reasonable and market value to pay an NFL OL 100k for an endorsement spot.

That same dealership may be paying their favorite college teams OL 1 million for the same endorsement. 100K of that may be legit, the other 900k is just an inducement to get said player on their team.