Romello Height is in the portal

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SOWEGA Jacket said:
I hear you and don’t disagree. My point is the world is not ending and the top programs will get players regardless of the system because they want to win and don’t care about breaking rules to do it. GT has been playing college football with one arm tied behind their back for 50 years because we refused to cheat which was ridiculous.

Look at today. We signed a transfer WR that looks the part of Singleton. At the end of the day what’s the difference in learning Rivers for a year? And there is no debate that GT has been a net benefit with NIL and the portal. Without Haynes King, Key doesn’t get that extension.
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The guys we have gained through the portal > lost. I don't think graduate transfers really count, they could have left without the portal rules.
 

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CLHarperJackt said:
Then exactly what are we supporting? Besides being paid to wear the uniform for a season, how are the players meaningful connected to the school? What commonality/connection do they share with the larger student body. Why should the players even be on campus? Why should the student body even care about the team? Why should the alumni even care to get know and/or support any player. Why even require SAT scores or a high school diploma for admittance to play sports? What rules, values and traditions are being shown to the next generation? Why should reputable people and schools continue to participate?
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Money is the answer to the last question you asked. It always has bee the answer. The distribution of said money has changed!
 
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CLHarperJackt said:
Then exactly what are we supporting? Besides being paid to wear the uniform for a season, how are the players meaningful connected to the school? What commonality/connection do they share with the larger student body. Why should the players even be on campus? Why should the student body even care about the team? Why should the alumni even care to get know and/or support any player. Why even require SAT scores or a high school diploma for admittance to play sports? What rules, values and traditions are being shown to the next generation? Why should reputable people and schools continue to participate?
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Hallelujah! This is what I’ve been saying all along.
 
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SOWEGA Jacket said:
Come on now. It’s been this way for decades. I was in class with a lot of the Final Four players in 1990 and Natty team. You think Kenny was at GT for school or for GT? Or Dennis? They were here for playing time and Bobby C. I had a lot of classes with football starters and they could care less about GT. A lot of them were straight up jerks to regular students.

Just because a player in the old days were forced to stay at a school doesn’t mean they were any better than today’s guys. If they had the chance to leave a lot of them would have jumped at a better NIL deal.

NCAA is, has been, and will continue to be corrupt and played by people who are r the brightest. The brightest aren’t doing that to their bodies with very little reward but for a small percentage.
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I know you are an alum, but with your mindset, I don’t understand why you root for GT or any team. Seems like you should just watch dispassionately and appreciate whatever team happens to the best purely for being the best.
 

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gte447f said:
I know you are an alum, but with your mindset, I don’t understand why you root for GT or any team. Seems like you should just watch dispassionately and appreciate whatever team happens to the best purely for being the best.
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Anyone who doesn’t want to be depressed and grumpy should do that.

And yet here we all are. 🤣
 
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From Los angels, to Atlanta, to Lubbock. I don’t think I would have been able to fill in that blank. I guess the Good news for him is that the money is going stretch very far there. So congrats?
 
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FightWinDrink said:
Transferred to Texas Tech which seems like a weird move but ok

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Surprised The Shock GIF by The Bachelorette
 

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gte447f said:
I know you are an alum, but with your mindset, I don’t understand why you root for GT or any team. Seems like you should just watch dispassionately and appreciate whatever team happens to the best purely for being the best.
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What are you talking about? I root rabidly for the GT teams. I could care less about the individual players if that is what you are getting at. Are you going to now root for Height at Texas Tech or Singleton at Auburn? I sure am not. I will be rooting for the DE’s and WR’s at Georgia Tech. I’m not rooting for Gibbs either cause he is no longer wearing a GT uniform, nor did I root for Calvin with the Lions or Kenny with the Nets. I root for Georgia Tech and whoever is playing for them. I don’t live in some fantasy world where I believe we are one big happy GT family. We have a game in a week yet individuals who used GT for free classes, free weight equipment, free food, free exposure aren’t going to show up, yet most of us will be there. That is not shocking to me.
 

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78pike said:
Van Der Berg, Height and Gore all came to us from the portal last year. No reason we can't it again this year. Good DL are among the most sought after portal players and usually seem to commit later in the process. We still have time.
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True....I'm just over this wild west free agency stuff. Zero liability or love of school for most. It's all about the mighty dollar.
 
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How can you make an 70 year old man attractive to a 25 year old blonde stripper? Hint: $$$$$$$$$
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The corollary to your theorem: How can you make a 60 year old woman attractive to an 18 year old man??? Hint: beer, liquor, wine (alone or in combination)
 

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SOWEGA Jacket said:
What are you talking about? I root rabidly for the GT teams. I could care less about the individual players if that is what you are getting at. Are you going to now root for Height at Texas Tech or Singleton at Auburn? I sure am not. I will be rooting for the DE’s and WR’s at Georgia Tech. I’m not rooting for Gibbs either cause he is no longer wearing a GT uniform, nor did I root for Calvin with the Lions or Kenny with the Nets. I root for Georgia Tech and whoever is playing for them. I don’t live in some fantasy world where I believe we are one big happy GT family. We have a game in a week yet individuals who used GT for free classes, free weight equipment, free food, free exposure aren’t going to show up, yet most of us will be there. That is not shocking to me.
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No Get Off My Lawn
 
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SOWEGA Jacket said:
What are you talking about? I root rabidly for the GT teams. I could care less about the individual players if that is what you are getting at. Are you going to now root for Height at Texas Tech or Singleton at Auburn? I sure am not. I will be rooting for the DE’s and WR’s at Georgia Tech. I’m not rooting for Gibbs either cause he is no longer wearing a GT uniform, nor did I root for Calvin with the Lions or Kenny with the Nets. I root for Georgia Tech and whoever is playing for them. I don’t live in some fantasy world where I believe we are one big happy GT family. We have a game in a week yet individuals who used GT for free classes, free weight equipment, free food, free exposure aren’t going to show up, yet most of us will be there. That is not shocking to me.
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I know you do, I just don’t understand why, if you don’t care who wears the GT uniforms. If GT decided to stop playing college football and decided to sponsor an XFL team, would you root rabidly for them?
 
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