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Like Stetson Bennett?

 

They may drive the fans away but probably not.

 

and still hasn't graduated

 

Other thread saying he's been granted his release from Oregon.

 

I'm over the top with what I'm saying. The hypocrisy of all the people involved with the NCAA grinds my gears. Saban bellyaching about NIL is nails on chalkboard for me.

Eventually there'll be some negotiated order. Probably get worse before it gets better though.

 

T. D. J. L. III on Instagram: "gon have all them damn schools under they belts #ncaa #football #transferportal #college #relatable #comedy #fyp #viral #viralpost #explore #reels"

He's not wrong

 

I don’t see this as players taking from the NCAA. What it will amount to is players taking roster spots from other players. Less players will get an opportunity to play college football now. Some players who would go UF will go UCF. Some players who would go to UCF go to UWF. And some players that would go to UWF don’t go to UWF on a football scholarship.

 

Hell, I could've played at UWF. Nobody wants to see that shit.

 

Well, their parents.

 

Oh come on...the guy in Miami will come back for his 10th year next season. Im not sure if they will allow his walker out on the field though.

 

Cam Rising is very excited by this new development!

 

They don't even know what to say. Earlier in the day they were talking about being released from a financial affidavit, now he's released from his signing. Signing what? They don't sign an LOI. What was binding that he had to be released from? lol

 

Scholarship athletes still sign an “Athletic Financial Aid Agreement.” They just no longer send in the worthless LOI.

They also now likely have an NIL agreement that is in some minimalistic way preventing them from signing one with another collective.

 

I already posted my view on this (couple of weeks ago, round then) and basically said that college football doesn't have to be the NFL semi-pro league, like they think the NIL and portal has made it seem like. College football can just be their own competing football league... standing on their own... competing against the NFL.

I say as long as the kids is truly taking some college courses, let them play till they stop taking classes. That's the gist of what would be an interesting evolution. But being the NFL farm league with their stinking rules is a nonstarter for me.

Eventually... if the kids are taking classes, why stop their football careers if they decide to go and get their PhD? This only make sense if they are (still student athletes) taking classes, and not just pros on college campuses... that is a no-go for me.

 

I just heard Chris Weinke is returning to SWAC to pursue his dual major in clown car packing and nose beeping

 

The large majority of the players at the highest levels of college football are students in name only. I doubt 5% of UF's football team could have gotten into the school on their academic merits. Some are smart enough to get the free degree they are being offered, but many end their career right back where they came from....no degree, no career, and NFL dreams gone. Most of the players are just going through the motions of being a student in order to play sports and make it to the NFL.

 

That is really a whole other discussion. Lol... But I do know what you mean.

 

I don't think this is accurate. There are obviously well known anecdotes of poor to non existent classroom performance and shocking stories of functional illiteracy. And I'd assume every recruit into the highest level of D1 football dreams of if not assumes a pro career. But the actual data concerning graduation rates has the overwhelming number of players obtaining their degrees, with the latest average GSR rate across D1 football at 85%. And it's been at least in the 60s for over two decades. https://floridagators.com/news/2023...l-time-ncaa-graduation-success-rate-high.aspx

You're absolutely right that only a tiny percentage of our football players could have gotten into UF on their academic merits. And that's likely true across big time college football. But once these players are enrolled, the overwhelming number--in a greater percentage than the wider student body--actually graduate. That doesn't take into account that many may be directed into "easy" or less demanding degrees, but again, they are graduating with bachelor's degrees from institutions they wouldn't have qualified for otherwise with the life long connections and unique networking that can directly impact future career prospects. It's not the realization of NFL dreams, but I think it's far different than assuming they're simply "right back where they came from."

 

Signed his financial affidavit, I guess.

 

I think this is right. It's a little like the economics of rent controlled apartments driving up the the cost of housing throughout a city. A certain number of those finite scholarships will be sat on by long term usage leaving fewer and fewer spots for new recruits with the risk reward calculation tipping toward the mature, known quantities over unproven potential. The result will be fewer kids getting the chance to play and earn a degree they may not have been able to qualify for or afford otherwise. And like many of the innovations to overall college athletics that are being pushed forward by football, this will continue to make things harder and harder on non revenue sports and those potential student athletes.