Link: Jimbo Fisher presser on recruiting, NIL, Nick Saban and Clowns

[CajunCrimson]

Lane Kiffin goes off on NIL, jokes about how much Texas A&M paid for recruiting class

Ole Miss coach, on even of National Signing Day, talks about "free agency" in college football.

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the source ofJimbo’s rage?

 

[CajunCrimson]

 

[BearFoot]

This is how I imagine Coach Saban reacted when he watched Jimbo‘s histrionics in this interview…..

 

[BearFoot]

The smirk on Lane’s face just after the 3:30 mark, when he made the jab at aTm and Jimbo…he appears very proud of himself…

 

[B1GTide]

None of this is helpful. We need some sort of NIL guardrails but we don't need congress sticking its nose into the sport any more.

 

[atlbama]

Me thinks he doth protest too much.

Exactly what I was thinking....

 

[Leeroy]

Love him, or hate him, Lane speaks his mind. Sometimes he seems the fool, but in this case he’s not. While money has always been a factor in recruiting, direct money to players with little or no rules governing it will create wide gaps. Great facilities and coaching used to be enough. Now it’s the $$$ bottom line. Lane’s correct, big money schools will dominate recruiting. TA&Ms class is glaring proof of that.

 

[CB4]

None of this is helpful. We need some sort of NIL guardrails but we don't need congress sticking its nose into the sport any more.

I don't understand. The federal government has done an excellent job in preventing monopolies, antitrust, and commerce clause issues in professional sports. Why not turn this over to them?

 

[UAH]

Lane Kiffin goes off on NIL, jokes about how much Texas A&M paid for recruiting class

Ole Miss coach, on even of National Signing Day, talks about "free agency" in college football.

www.google.com

the source ofJimbo’s rage?

Looking ahead I would expect Jimbo's time at A&M to end with quite a bit of acrimony!

 

[TideEngineer08]

None of this is helpful. We need some sort of NIL guardrails but we don't need congress sticking its nose into the sport any more.

Oh the whole thing is going to burn to the ground. I'm just enjoying it until that happens.

 

[UAH]

I don't understand. The federal government has done an excellent job in preventing monopolies, antitrust, and commerce clause issues in professional sports. Why not turn this over to them?

The inconsistent manner in which the NCAA runs their business provides an open invitation for Congress to become involved similar to baseball in the past and now NFL in the manner they run their selection processes. It remains amazing to me that NIL would be instituted in a way that would be so open to abuse.

 

[OSUTideFan]

Jimbo Fisher made a big mistake. He’s like school in summer.

 

[CB4]

Oh the whole thing is going to burn to the ground. I'm just enjoying it until that happens.

So eventually do scholarships/grant in aid become "employment contracts" where players are not student athletes but are in essence "representatives" of the university playing a particular sport? And a "perk" of your contract is that you can attend classes and get a degree if you so choose?

Kiffin's smirk in the above video is telling. He knows he is saying what everyone knows is going on, but just won't say it. I also thought what he said just before that was just as telling (albeit in snarky manner but a ring of truth) concerning "free agency, salary caps, luxury taxes, and working the system the best you know how".

As @B1GTide put it, the system needs guardrails and a maintenance crew. Question becomes, who will take ownership of that?

 

[bamamc1]

The administration, faculty, and alumni should be embarrassed by the terrible grammar exhibited
by their head coach. Here's hoping he leaves aTm in the same shape he left FSU.

 

[TideEngineer08]

So eventually do scholarships/grant in aid become "employment contracts" where players are not student athletes but are in essence "representatives" of the university playing a particular sport? And a "perk" of your contract is that you can attend classes and get a degree if you so choose?

Kiffin's smirk in the above video is telling. He knows he is saying what everyone knows is going on, but just won't say it. I also thought what he said just before that was just as telling (albeit in snarky manner but a ring of truth) concerning "free agency, salary caps, luxury taxes, and working the system the best you know how".

As @B1GTide put it, the system needs guardrails and a maintenance crew. Question becomes, who will take ownership of that?

I don't know what the details will be, but this system as it has evolved to cannot last. And I do not trust anyone or any organization to fix it. Their "fix" will further destroy it.

However, that is not to say I believe college football will cease to exist. What I do believe is that it is going to morph into something many can no longer enjoy. I see a day coming in which I am one of those people. And that's what I mean by "burning down."

And I guess I have myself to blame. Because what started all of this was TV getting involved. And since we have insatiable appetites for college football, it just kept growing and growing. It is a monster we all helped create in some way.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

None of this is helpful. We need some sort of NIL guardrails but we don't need congress sticking its nose into the sport any more.

If money is involved and the potential for taxes, you will see them stick that nose in real far

 

[bvandegraff]

The administration, faculty, and alumni should be embarrassed by the terrible grammar exhibited
by their head coach. Here's hoping he leaves aTm in the same shape he left FSU.

Gene Stallings must be proud......

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Like Travis Tritt famously sang, "Here's a quarter..."

 

[TideMan09]

I still don't think he's an elite HC, far from it actually, other than beating us last year his team underachieved just like his teams at Florida St..

 

[jjv0004]

I can't wait to crush them this year at home................