Absolutely hate it, hold what ever opinion you want but I will as well hold my own.
NIL is total BS, but oh these kids deserve this, they deserve that, deserve? Look, it was simple, every kid that EVER played college sports prior to NIL knew, this is the deal, you come play for our program but you must be a student, the compensation for your playing for us is you get your scholarship, tuition, books, food, lodging, use of facilities, tutors, academic advisors, a millions of fans cheering your every move. You got the best training for your future career imaginable, at no cost to you, you got NBA connections, you got a great spotlight to show the world your ability and you got a great education that will serve you long after your playing days are done. EVERY single kid that signed to play for a college program not only knew the deal but wanted it badly. Now all that is considered nothing at all, of holding little to no worth at all? The NBA stocked it's rosters with former college players, the NCAA gave them a absolutely free training program, much better than the G league now days, would there even be a NBA with out NCAA players being fed to the NBA?
Now there were things that should have been changed, the scholarships should have included some amount of monthly walking around money, Dean spoke about this constantly and rightfully so. But now we are talking about a kid that plays in high school getting around $4MI to play 1 and only 1 college season next season? I am fine with a kid that wants to monetize his success, if the local car dealer wants to pay a player to do a 30 second spot for his dealership, fine by me, if Nike wants to hand Cooper Flagg a shoe deal go for it but that is far different from college out right buying players to just come play for them. Colleges put you in the perfect place to make sweet cash and you want to charge them for it? Can you imagine a kid just entering Med school and charging the school a MILLION BUCKS just to be a student there? It is happening every day in college sports BUT don't look now because it is as well happening in high school, coming to a middle school near you? Seems like our educational system is really good at teaching one lesson, greed, that everything does and should revolve around money, that there is NOTHING more important than just you? You deserve it, it is your right to claim, there would be no college sports without the players, well how many players would there be without college sports? Give it to them & how dare you ask them to earn it? And we wonder why our county is falling apart?
Oh and the transfer portal, yes sir now that is a wonderful life lesson to teach young men and women, don't worry about making a commitment and then going away from it, I mean how out dated is that "your word is your bond" deal anyway? Why worry about fighting thru adversity when it is so much easier to skip off to a school that is not as competitive where I can guarantee that the spot light is mine and mine alone and I don't have to work as hard. I see a kid like Seth and have some hope, kid that had every right to transfer out but elected to come back even realizing he would likely be playing behind the NCAA pre-season POY in RJ? That kid decided to come back and put in the work, he now is our starting wing at 6'3" with 2 freshman 5 stars and a kid that was considered to be the best jump shooter in the last portal. I would say this kid learned the right lesson that will serve him well thru the rest of his life, not just limited to his playing days, kudos to his parents and Hubert for developing that in him, it is far more important than a jump shot will ever be. .
NIL is total BS, but oh these kids deserve this, they deserve that, deserve? Look, it was simple, every kid that EVER played college sports prior to NIL knew, this is the deal, you come play for our program but you must be a student, the compensation for your playing for us is you get your scholarship, tuition, books, food, lodging, use of facilities, tutors, academic advisors, a millions of fans cheering your every move. You got the best training for your future career imaginable, at no cost to you, you got NBA connections, you got a great spotlight to show the world your ability and you got a great education that will serve you long after your playing days are done. EVERY single kid that signed to play for a college program not only knew the deal but wanted it badly. Now all that is considered nothing at all, of holding little to no worth at all? The NBA stocked it's rosters with former college players, the NCAA gave them a absolutely free training program, much better than the G league now days, would there even be a NBA with out NCAA players being fed to the NBA?
Now there were things that should have been changed, the scholarships should have included some amount of monthly walking around money, Dean spoke about this constantly and rightfully so. But now we are talking about a kid that plays in high school getting around $4MI to play 1 and only 1 college season next season? I am fine with a kid that wants to monetize his success, if the local car dealer wants to pay a player to do a 30 second spot for his dealership, fine by me, if Nike wants to hand Cooper Flagg a shoe deal go for it but that is far different from college out right buying players to just come play for them. Colleges put you in the perfect place to make sweet cash and you want to charge them for it? Can you imagine a kid just entering Med school and charging the school a MILLION BUCKS just to be a student there? It is happening every day in college sports BUT don't look now because it is as well happening in high school, coming to a middle school near you? Seems like our educational system is really good at teaching one lesson, greed, that everything does and should revolve around money, that there is NOTHING more important than just you? You deserve it, it is your right to claim, there would be no college sports without the players, well how many players would there be without college sports? Give it to them & how dare you ask them to earn it? And we wonder why our county is falling apart?
Oh and the transfer portal, yes sir now that is a wonderful life lesson to teach young men and women, don't worry about making a commitment and then going away from it, I mean how out dated is that "your word is your bond" deal anyway? Why worry about fighting thru adversity when it is so much easier to skip off to a school that is not as competitive where I can guarantee that the spot light is mine and mine alone and I don't have to work as hard. I see a kid like Seth and have some hope, kid that had every right to transfer out but elected to come back even realizing he would likely be playing behind the NCAA pre-season POY in RJ? That kid decided to come back and put in the work, he now is our starting wing at 6'3" with 2 freshman 5 stars and a kid that was considered to be the best jump shooter in the last portal. I would say this kid learned the right lesson that will serve him well thru the rest of his life, not just limited to his playing days, kudos to his parents and Hubert for developing that in him, it is far more important than a jump shot will ever be. .
