belgianbull

Depends what line of work you are in. If it involves signing a contract that requires you to finish a particular job ( for example, a contract to built a house), or in the NFL, where you sign multi year contracts,.... its different I am a white guy in my early 40's who doesn't speak Korean, but I am still an aspiring k pop artist, and if I sign a contract with a label, I would have to finish the terms of the contract.

A much needed change would be to have players sign contacts in order to get NIL money, and have that info made public. For example, Players A sign a contract for X amount of money for a Y year contract. This would prevent players from jumping after 1 year.

Great year all around ! Even baseball and women's basketball still had or are having a winning season. Need to keep it going, and even do better next year. It feels like we have a great group of coaches.

My argument is not that he is better than Brown or that he is not replaceable. My argument is that he probably would have been a better option to have compared to our current back up QB's. Again the way the world works the probability of having your starting QB injured at some point is sizable. And lets not forget its not like he wasn't able to win games; he did so in the Big 12, and it wasn't entirely on him when at USF with the defense we had

He had a bad start, but found his mojo as did our offense in his last three games. Defense lost us a bunch of games, offense was decent . Last three games 6 td and 0 interceptions with great rushing stats too. You have to the look at the totality of his numbers. Bohanon would have been a great option to have as a back up qb

Bohanon in his last 3 games before his injury throwing the ball, plus some decent rushing yards as well Sat 10/15 vsTULN L 45-31 7 8 109 87.5 13.6 1 0 44 0 243.2 99.6 Sat 10/8 @24CIN L 28-24 11 21 139 52.4 6.6 2 0 33 0 139.4 93.2 Sat 10/1 vsECU L 48-28 18 28 253 64.3 9.0 3 0 91 1 175.5 15.5

The way things go for mobile QB's, injuries happen often. It was mind-numbing when looking at other AAC teams, and the amount of QB injuries they had. Bohanon would have been a great option to have had as a back up QB. The back up QB who I assume will be Archie did not show me much last year, albeit in limited time. Maybe Carter?

I agree with JR. The ACC would be wise to replace FSU with USF immediately, then look to expand back to 18 + Notre Dame -- ideally by poaching high-value "4 Corners" teams - or even the combo of TCU and Kansas - from the Big XII. This would secure the ACC as one of the power conferences - even if it wouldn't be fully equal to the top two. Interesting, but no way Notre Dame joins the ACC, and the " you pick up South Florida to secure them from the Big 10" is just hilarious I have a better shot at dating Rihanna, Zendaya, and Jennie Kim at the same time than we do at getting into the Big 10. ACC and Big 12 ,however, at some point is possible

If that's the case the tweet makes more sense.

Sure, no doubt Placer was a known commodity regarding as to what he was getting. I guess in the end my point regarding the tweet or x, or whatever its called now, is that in this new NIL and transfer portal era both coaches and fans will have to develop a thick skin, and we will lose some and gain some. Coach Rahim will undoubtedly at some point recruit players from other schools that at some point were undervalued or not evaluated correctly, but were able to prove themselves at a lower level. And at that point coaches from those other schools will probably think or say the same thing about us. While none of this is good for College basketball this is the new reality, and we need to be willing to play ball, and I am sure we will.

I see what you are saying, but at the same time would that mean that if we offer a player now from a lesser conference that had a good year this year, and we didn't offer that player last year, that we didn't evaluate that player correctly? Or is it perhaps that when a player proves himself at a certain level that calls ups to the next level is just part of the new reality? My point is that when we pick up players through the portal from teams in lower conferences than us, fans of those teams will say the same things about us. Losing players to the NIL sucks, but it cuts both ways, and when we sign good players from other teams ( example, Placer from North Florida) it sucks for those teams as well.

I dont know, but doesn't it negate his point when last year we poached players away from other teams including half his Kennesaw State team. I really hope behind the scenes we are playing the same poaching game that other schools are playing, and I am sure we are, but at the same time there is no need to complain about it unless you are not willing to engage in same behavior. And we have no choice but to, which means convince good players that play at lower tier teams to come to USF, whether they are currently in the portal or not. And this is not a critique on Coach Rahim since I am impressed with him, but he has to be willing to play the portal game, and I am sure behind the scenes we are.

i dont know. I hope behind the scenes we as well are trying to poach good players away from "lesser" programs in "lesser" conferences. Coach Rahim did a great job last year bringing over A Sun talent. I am sure North Florida wasn't happy losing Placer to us. No reason being offended when Power 5 teams go after our players.

All this kind of feels like growing up in Europe rooting for my smaller local football club ( i think you guys call it socoor or something), where every year the bigger clubs would come in and buy the best players so they could ride the bench at their club. In the end me rooting for my local club was rooted in my DNA. Same goes for me when it comes to USF. The good news about this NIL thing and player turnover thing, you can get good fast as we showed last year.

But isn't that true for most of us. Haven't most of us in our life times changed jobs? Or left one girl for another?... I hate how the NIL is affecting us this go around, but at the same time I understand these personal decisions these players made.

Billions are being made by sport networks, analysts, companies running commercials during games. universities, the gambling industry, coaches, recruiters, and everyone and everything in between. I am totally fine for players to get a piece of that big money pie. I think players create enormous value. Isn't every school looking for the next great athlete to take their school to the next level. Think Tebow and the Gators, or Brown or other star USF players in the past. We cant forget a lot of players wont make any money playing the sport they love after college due to not being good enough for the pros or injuries they sustained while in school. I hate that we lost our best players to the NIL, but we just need to figure out how to sign and collect money for the Nil so we can keep our best players and/or sign new ones. I do believe once we get into the ACC this wont become as big of a problem . Sorry for the rant but got like 3 hours of sleep over the last 3 days after a crazy Coachella weekend Go Bulls!!!!

Yes, if something came out of the last week for me personally is my goal to contribute to the NIL. We need to play the game. While, we might have lost 3 of our best players to the NIL, I hope coach Rahim can identify quality players at smaller teams, and bring them over to USF. Find the next Youngblood and Pryor, and find them a a way to get NIL money.. While we might get raided by Power teams, we just need to do the same and raid fellow mid majors, and teams that are considered in leagues below the AAC.

I think that is why it would help if NIL numbers were made public. Where do we relate compared to other schools when it comes to NIL money? i think these numbers would help with donations since it could specify monetary goals. And how do we get money to specific players? With huge priority to our top three men's basketball players, and skill position players on our football team. Would love to know what Youngblood and Pryor will be making at their next destination, and see if we wouldn't be able to match it with USF NIL money. I would donate to a NIL fund to keep Youngblood.

Ugh. Can't believe this last week in the transfer portal. I will need a strong dose of K Pop and J Pop to recover. Coachella this weekend can't come soon enough.

This is beyond disappointing. Thought we had great momentum going into next year to have a NCAAT run year.

No doubt College sports is a multi billion dollar industry. From television networks to the gambling industry, to the universities, and everyone and everything in between. I am totally fine with players getting their fair share of the money pie. The Nil is just something we will have to figure out. If you look at other teams in the AAC, they are also losing players. For now we will just have to restock for next year, and than figure out how to be competitive in the NIL long term. If we can get 300 million plus for an OCS I suspect the donor base is there for NIL money

I agree. Data regarding how much players make through NIL and who pays them should be publicly available. These numbers would help us figure out what is going on, and where we are falling short. For example, how much money did Youngblood make last season at USF and how much will he be getting at his new team? What is the difference between what we can pay compared to other teams? These numbers will help USF with NIL donations since now knowing how donations are being used and who is benefitting from them, I am sure is holding some back from donating towards NIL. The NIL is something that USF will have to figure out. Verry disappointing losing Youngblood.

This one hurts.

It would be like watching a UFC fight between Shaquille o Neale and Danny De Vitto. It would be one-sided, but it would be entertaining.

Yea, I do agree with that part. You assume he is gone, and you look for someone to replace him. However, I feel that if his spot isn't filled, and he changes his mind, you welcome him back on board.