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The edited version is also often true.

I don't think the author intended the term "role player" to apply to Butker, although I can see how it could be read that way. Later in the article, he referred to Butker as their "All-Pro-caliber kicker".

The new NCAA President has a background in politics. Perhaps for a reason. We'll see.

This ties back to the discussion on the other thread about the NCAA making enforceable rules. Tampering is hard to prove and thus difficult to enforce. If the NCAA reinstated the old transfer rule, it should help the problem.

I am concerned about the losses on defense which I think may regress a bit. But as @stinger 1957 said, improvements on offense and special teams can go a long way to making just an average defense seem good. I think a lot of our worst losses (by score) last year were when the D was gassed...

as @slugboy said, "I don’t think there’s much upside for us. If someone else buys the ACC rights, we get paid what was originally promised, or possibly less—we’re a creditor, and creditors don’t usually get 100% of what they’re owed." Logically, if a company pays too much for an asset and as a...

I know everyone ikes to hate on Bally, but don't see this as good news, at least in the short term. They create a revenue stream for the leagues they carry. But they overpaid for broadcast rights. If they cannot pay the ACC the amounts they contracted for, how is that good for Tech? I expect...

Over 15 years ago I worked for a large corporation that formalized the process of various stages of product development. I'll let you guess what the name of the first phase was.

I think this was Clawson's key point. I don't think he was actually suggesting "no rules", but that rules should factor in the reality that some most coaches take the approach of "If you ain't cheating you ain't trying", so any rules should take enforceability into account. Otherwise, you just...

I don't see how the proposals suggested by @jgtengineer infringe on rights. Athletes are still free to change schools, they just give up a year of eligibility. Similar to the old rule until this year. Related to the scholarship discussion, something I was not aware of until just now is that...

This may be correct, but I remain hopeful that some alternate means of reining in the "stockpiling of talent", as @iceeater1969 put it, is available to the college game. As you stated, NIL can't really be limited without a special exemption. That leaves the schools themselves as the only...

I like your thinking on this. It's going to be very difficult to put rules in place that limit S-A compensation (or eligibility tied to it) going forward, but an arbitrary number of restrictions (or punishments) can be applied to member schools. Things like scholarship count, team size...

If it is, then it would seem to be an issue with the current rules. As recently as last October the NCAA released some clarifications to their interim policies such that schools could now do things like cross-promotion with NIL entities, but as far as I know the rule against using enrollment as...

Until recently (this year perhaps), there was an important distinction in NCAA eligibility rules between undergrad and grad transfers. So the removal of the sit-out-a-year requirement for undergrads has, in my opinion, muddied the waters on how we view transfers.

Thanks - the article is an interesting take on the work the new NCAA Prez has facing him. The author proposes an “easy fix” by placing some limits on NIL, with player eligibility penalties if the rules are broken. That’s a naïve view in my opinion because any league-wide restriction on NIL...

The difference, to me at least, is that an outbound undergrad transfer strongly implies that the S-A is looking for greener pastures at another school. It could be a case of dissatisfaction with playing time, dissatisfaction with coaches, grades, NIL, or some other reason to seek a change in...

Perhaps you do not understand the court's decision. It won't matter if it's another organization or group of schools that attempts to limit S-A's compensation. It will rule afoul of anti-trust/restraint of trade law. What do you envision that would work around this?

Yeah. Easy. NCAA v. Alston says hi.

I think what changed psychologically (at least for me) is that CBK showed we are capable of beating good teams on the road (Pitt, UNC). That produced a reason for optimism. We remain capable of getting blown out or losing a game we should win, but the general direction of the program supports...

This comment deserves its own thread. A lot to unpack if the coaches themselves are saying throw out the rules.