Kentucky Football is BAAACK!!! Sadly enough...

[bgkyarcher]

NIL was needed, they needed to get paid SOMETHING because the NCAA was making huge $$$$ on their NIL. But this is ridiculous. And allowing them to transfer every damn year to the highest bidder is ridiculous. Time to overhaul this thing.

 

[120+]

Let me tell ya something, for that kind of money screw the “these are just kids” thing. I would expect an immediate impact of greatness. In other words, forget who’s around him, he’d better be good enough to carry my team. It’s just ridiculous.

I think it's ruining college sports. They jump around as much as the pros do. It just makes it less interesting to me.

 

[xbokilla]

I think it's ruining college sports. They jump around as much as the pros do. It just makes it less interesting to me.

Yep the jumping around is stupid. Some of these kids will get rich and never finish college, much less get drafted.

 

[drakeshooter]

If you think it’s bad at the major conference level it’s decimating mid and low major programs, which was part of its attraction to the big budget conferences to begin with lol under the guise of being all about the players.

 

[Bee]

I saw a sports report from CBS saying Bears were seeking or had obtained a trade to take the number one NFL pick and use it for Levis.....seriously?

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...CX-uHIDm6s45aKnyoDSjKuXT-dn1pyj8iADpHfkJE4&e=

 

[xbokilla]

I saw a sports report from CBS saying Bears were seeking or had obtained a trade to take the number one NFL pick and use it for Levis.....seriously?

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...CX-uHIDm6s45aKnyoDSjKuXT-dn1pyj8iADpHfkJE4&e=

Heck it may happen. Justin Fields is wanting a 230 million dollar contract. Sure he’s worth that 🙄. Ridiculous!

 

[JR in KY]

Heck it may happen. Justin Fields is wanting a 230 million dollar contract. Sure he’s worth that 🙄. Ridiculous!

The whole salary system is Ridiculous. Look what it has driven the Ticket Prices to.

 

[EdLongshanks]

If you think it’s bad at the major conference level it’s decimating mid and low major programs, which was part of its attraction to the big budget conferences to begin with lol under the guise of being all about the players.

The mid majors are in essence the minor leagues and being funded by the larger schools. The big schools set up 501c3’s and raise stupid cash. They obviously pay their players but they are also paying for players to attend smaller schools in hopes of one day transferring if they develop or a need arises. The transfer portal makes it easy. College sports are the Wild West now. They were so quick to make changes that they forgot to set up rules regulating what should and should not happen.

 

[drakeshooter]

The players saw the coaches and schools making stupid money and wanted their cut. I get it but it’s destroyed NCAA competition as we’ve known it. It was always corrupt and the players have always been paid but at least there were rules and an enforcement arm that made it seem almost semi-fair at times and competitive. Now it’s all about the money. There’s no way a program with a $3 million budget can compete with a program who has that laying around in petty cash and who pays their players.