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Greg Byrne calls for Alabama fans to 'fight back'

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I have a daughter starting at Bama in the upcoming fall. She grew up three states away in a family of fanatics that sat in Bryant-Denny and Legion Field during the DuBose years. Was excited to get to go visit her next year and plan my trips around the games. Now I find that I am less excited about that prospect. Been trying to talk her into staying in-state and pointed to a downturn in Bama football. She said she doesn't care if they win or lose. I won't be sending Bama a dime beyond whatever we end up owing in tuition.

I was a huge fan and had a ton of fun in the late '90s watching Bama lose as often as they won. I carved out my fandom then. I can go back to those days and whoop and holler with the best of them. Byrne is not going to bully me with threats of mediocrity. I've swam those waters a Bama fan before.
 
BamaBoySince89 said:
I’d rather sponsor a regular student who has to take out student loans and work a 40-hour work week as well as balance a full work load of classes before I give to a athlete that has a full ride scholarship, high-quality nutrition at their disposal, free room and board, and a million dollar per year payment to play football on top of that. I have a niece that attends UA and the amount of help she has to receive from home is astounding only for the AD to come begging fans to pay for something you generate annually. Priorities are definitely messed up in this world of CFB.
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I feel like the band Alabama could have written a great song about NIL lol
 
BamaNation said:
Not wanting to be too philosophical or flippant here, but if it is NIL, why are schools paying players anything? Shouldn't the players' name, image, likeness actually generate money for them through commercials they appear in, sponsorships from advertisers, podcasts they create, etc.?

I do but I don't understand why schools should have any involvement in the transfer of money to players if this is about NIL.

On the other hand, there will most likely be a ruling that players are employees of the college and then collective bargaining will be done. That may be the only way to have structure across the CFB landscape. And then the players may wish they weren't employees and subject to everything that means.
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Nailed it on the whole NIL thing! I don't see any NIL actually being realized in commercials or on billboards.

For players to be employees of the school, they would have to receive money from the school. That's not currently allowed under the current arrangement...unless something changed...🤔
 
NoNC4Tubs said:
Nailed it on the whole NIL thing! I don't see any NIL actually being realized in commercials or on billboards.

For players to be employees of the school, they would have to receive money from the school. That's not currently allowed under the current arrangement...unless something changed...🤔
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technically true, but they handle it all through "collectives" and the dividing line is about 3 atoms wide
 
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CrimSonami said:
Have a Granddaughter who graduated last Saturday. So very proud of her accomplishment because she did exactly what you described relative to working full-time and balancing classes. To watch her struggle and know how much $$$ my son threw in the pot just magnifies my resentment for how the institution of Bama Football has devolved along with CFB in general. If something doesn't change really soon, I can see a total collapse of the model we're now forced to stomach just to support our team(s).
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Exactly. It’s shameful what this game has turned into.
 
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Unless the government gets involved, the free market will eventually decide if the sport continues as is, changes, or dies. Once revenues start declining the schools will be forced to make a decision.

I hated the NIL, portal, and the 12-team playoff all because each was designed to do nothing but generate more income with no upside for the sport. The players had a great deal going but got too greedy. Then the lawyers got to make their money. The players are now in charge. If enough don't want a particular coach the players can transfer and make sure the coach will not be successful (see Arkansas, 27 leaving in one week). CNS saw the writing on the wall and got out before the madness. The love of money is the root of all evil.
 
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I have a daughter starting at Bama in the upcoming fall. She grew up three states away in a family of fanatics that sat in Bryant-Denny and Legion Field during the DuBose years. Was excited to get to go visit her next year and plan my trips around the games. Now I find that I am less excited about that prospect. Been trying to talk her into staying in-state and pointed to a downturn in Bama football. She said she doesn't care if they win or lose. I won't be sending Bama a dime beyond whatever we end up owing in tuition.

I was a huge fan and had a ton of fun in the late '90s watching Bama lose as often as they won. I carved out my fandom then. I can go back to those days and whoop and holler with the best of them. Byrne is not going to bully me with threats of mediocrity. I've swam those waters a Bama fan before.
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If you don’t mind me asking, what’s out of state cost at Bama these days?
 
davefrat said:
If you don’t mind me asking, what’s out of state cost at Bama these days?
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I’m not sure. Her scores were high enough that all of that was waived. Otherwise she wouldn’t be Bama bound.
 
100% not going to give to Nat Alum Assoc AND something to pay athletes. Not doing it.
This thing is literally devolving before our eyes. Devolving into something akin to the NFL, though without contract responsibilities and bargaining agreements. It’s the Wild West, across the nation, akin to what the old SWC became before it imploded. Just in time for SMU to rise and Texas to exert its muscle once again.

The sport has lost me, at age 49, and a lifelong Crimson Tide fan.
 
Cruiser said:
There is major disconnect when we are expected to show our loyalty by sending money to pay players that have NO loyalty.
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Americans are waking up to this now. The dollars are getting tighter now in almost 2025, as inflation has whipped us out behind the shed. The free money train of 2020-2021 is over and done. The audacity of Byrne to make this appeal tells me I’ve outgrown college athletics.

everyone: please close your wallets to this request, and all of the consumerist madness we’ve seen the last few years.
 
jashleyren2 said:
100% not going to give to Nat Alum Assoc AND something to pay athletes. Not doing it.
This thing is literally devolving before our eyes. Devolving into something akin to the NFL, though without contract responsibilities and bargaining agreements. It’s the Wild West, across the nation, akin to what the old SWC became before it imploded. Just in time for SMU to rise and Texas to exert its muscle once again.

The sport has lost me, at age 49, and a lifelong Crimson Tide fan.
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The problem is that this isn’t even the NFL. The NFL operates far more business like in which owners and corporations pay for 80-90% of the cost to run a team and the fans and charities pay for the rest. Then everything is agreed on and there is a cap room.

College football is the Wild West where there is really no limit to what can be done financially to build a roster and that it is mostly put on the fans and donors to keep everything competitive.
 
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