NCAA to allow players to transfer every year. Yippie. What a fing joke.

[Cat941]

2 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

Various corporations, as well as the United States federal government, have bribed me to show up and sling code for them - for decades.  The bribes were deposited into various types of accounts (checking, savings, investment). Universities have been bribing young men and women to sweat profusely where the compensation used to be just books, bed and bread (and dare I say the occasional cash in an envelope, job for our brother, car from the local dealership). It will now include folding green presented in public. It's very difficult for me to get amped up and bent out of shape by the idea of us (the earthlings) not maximizing the return on our opportunities, wherever they may be. Is it less than optimal that some of us () are not able to bribe the better athletes to entertain us? Do we cling to the myth of the 'level playing field' or 'wanting it to be fair'*? Sure, subjectively speaking. But it is sort of like the divide, have versus have-not, that we see everywhere else. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with complaining about how the machine runs, but there is a point where acceptance ...

 

* - I never wanted fair fights. I always wanted to be the bigger, faster, stronger one - 'cause that always seemed to work out well.

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, WoolyBully said:

It's very difficult for me to get amped up and bent out of shape by the idea of us (the earthlings) not maximizing the return on our opportunities, wherever they may be.

It's like some take it personally with these lame shots at the players like "needing to feed their families". Hoping a lot of the movement is the newness of the found "freedom" and there will be a recognition at some point by a portion of them that even though the money may be greener, a lot of other things aren't.

[WoolyBully]

7 minutes ago, Triple B said:

recognition at some point by a portion of them that even though the money may be greener, a lot of other things aren't.

I'd be willing to slide some chips on that coming to fruition. 

[E.T.]

On 4/18/2024 at 11:40 AM, bullstampede9922 said:

Kind of reminds me how tipping culture evolved.  Restaurants not wanting to pay regular wage so it's passed on to the customer to supplement the employees salary.  NCAA and universities never wanted to share the profits so NIL was created to take more money from fans and donors to pay the athletes so the NCAA and universities don't have to.

No loyalty to fans.

[WoolyBully]

3 minutes ago, E.T. said:

No loyalty to fans.

Whaddya mean? 

Why does an athlete owe any sort of "loyalty" to fans? You mean, forego a revenue opportunity for some altruistic reason? Or were you saying that the NCAA/universities have no loyalty to fans? Fans are a revenue stream. It's a business relationship. Wanna see play at the highest level? It's gonna cost. And you - the fan - gets to demonstrate your loyalty to the team by continued active participation in the funding process. That's just how it works. We speak of fans being 'loyal' to the team, through thick and thin, winning and losing. I don't think I've ever heard of a team / athlete being 'loyal' to their fans as this might be a one-way street. "I'm loyal to the city and fans, right up to the point where my next contract gets signed. Know a good moving company?"