GP1

Good post. It got me thinking about college sports and how the fellowship and friendship developed between players is going to be lost in the NIL era. It's something awesome that is yet another thing destroyed by NIL. A lifelong friend of mine and former teammate in the football team introduced me to Mrs. GP1, the luckiest woman in the world.

I don't think the results are sad. Some sad can turn into happy with winning. I would do describe it as expected.

I'll wait to see how lazy journalist pick the MAC and then do the opposite.

Don't worry, a couple trips to P4 schools will cover it and then some.

There was a recent court ruling stating that two years of JUCU do not count against your four years. It raises what I think is an interesting question based upon college athletics now being minor league pro sports. At what point can a player no longer play in college? For example, a player goes to the NBA after two seasons at School x. The player bombs out after three years in the NBA or some other professional league different than college. Why can't the player go back to college, finish a a degree and get paid NIL money? I would imagine a man with three years of NBA or D League could name a pretty high price at a college. I hate to even bring this up because as disgusting as it sounds, the logic connects.

When one door closes, another one opens. Before I judge his leaving, what is his NIL value?

There is an episode of The Office where one character mistakenly admits to taking gifts from a vendor in exchange for gift cards or something like that. Real life is sitcom at Kent. In the world of sanity after something like this happens, employees are sent additional compliance training. I wonder if Kent was at least smart enough to do that.

When athletic directors see "other resources", I'm guessing that means solid gold toilets and urinals in the athletic practice facilities. The funny part is athletic directors created an illusion that all of the new found money flowing into college athletics would benefit the greater university systems. A lot of really smart people bought that crap. A lot of really smart people still buy that crap.

And is more famous. And gets better girls. I could go on and on with all of the "Ands". I never had much sympathy for college athletes taking a beating from fans and the media. They were famous adults and with that came some abuse. I've gone from not having much sympathy to having zero sympathy. If a 19 year old NBA, NHL or MLB player takes a beating from the media and fans, so can the new breed of college athletes.

He gets paid to perform a task. He is a professional football player the same way players on the Akron Rubber Ducks are professionals.

Is 98 really that big or is there a depth issue from the photo? I'd think a dude that size would be on the first team.

Oh well......

Thanks for posting this. I have no problem with what he is doing and found myself shrugging my shoulders when I saw it. Heck, a part of me hopes he gets a raise. Look, college athletics are now minor league professional sports. This happens in professional sports and the vast majority of the time nobody really cares after the compensation is renegotiated. Oh well.....

Not anymore. The portal to Hell was the single doorless stall in the men's room on the home side of the Rubber Bowl.

There are consulting companies a university can hire to positively impact their score by gaming the system.