Rhule just wants you to know what's going on
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Twice in two weeks he’s made comments like this
Makes you wonder what kind of picture trev painted him with regard to resources during the courting process
Clearly there’s some disconnect
Makes you wonder what kind of picture trev painted him with regard to resources during the courting process
Clearly there’s some disconnect
That is pretty interesting.
While the portal can be unkind to some, these QB's have found a nice niche transferring at the end of their careers. Most of these guys are late-round or UDA players, that will be making way more money playing CFB than they would in the NFL.
While the portal can be unkind to some, these QB's have found a nice niche transferring at the end of their careers. Most of these guys are late-round or UDA players, that will be making way more money playing CFB than they would in the NFL.
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It's entirely possible Rhule has had an education regarding the portal that he wasn't expecting...it's like, "yeah I knew drinking 12 beers prolly wasn't the best idea, but damn this hangover is worse than I thought it would be".
The portal QB demand has also gained steam..along with the dollars being demanded, and I suspect Rhule is not alone in being a little surprised at how fast all this accelerated.
The portal QB demand has also gained steam..along with the dollars being demanded, and I suspect Rhule is not alone in being a little surprised at how fast all this accelerated.
And good on them. There is gonna be some sorta regulation coming soon enough to the NIL game. Might as well get what they can while it's still the wild west out there.
And who are the ones going to keep this in check? That’s what I would like to know..
There doesn't seem to be any rules, which is probably why it seems to have become out of control so quickly.
Either way, I'm for the players getting what they can while they can. A 700k to 1 million dollar head start in the "real world" is a pretty good deal for an above average grad transfer qb.
You got me.
But I'm gonna guess that the landscape of major college football is gonna shift pretty dramatically in the next five years. I have no real idea what that might look like. But eventually even the schools with seemingly unlimited resources are gonna want some sort of oversight.
It’s only “out of control” to those on the outside looking in
He’s concerned about bringing in an outsider and making him the highest paid person on the team. this is bad for locker room chemistry. He wants to reward loyalty.
Here’s my question. Who is the decision-maker as to who gets paid and who gets paid more? As I understand it, the coaches have nothing to do with this, which makes it a completely untenable situation. The whole thing is so slimy.
We are led to believe that tampering is off the table, but instead we just wait to see who goes into the portal that day, and then decide if we want to reach out to them.
Slightly above average college quarterbacks are making the smart move. They know this is their one shot to make a couple million dollars because most of them won’t even make an NFL roster. You leave college and step into the work world with a couple million in the bank, and that’s not a bad way to start out.
OR, Rhule knew EXACTLY what a championship-caliber team would require in today's Market, the Dept was against it because, ya know just 'Nebraska', and he's using the absolute Debacle of this last season, OPPORTUNISTICALLY AND AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, to light a fire under the Dept/fanebase's collective asses?
"if this this is what y'all want, Give us what we need to do it"...
Most interesting of all will be what the Dept's response will be (IF they engage publicly) to their coach basically asking for some f*cking Money. High Drama!!
little known fact regarding who gets paid & paid what:
players are allowed to retain NIL representatives (agents). they just cannot interface with the NFL.
If only Warren Buffett would get in the nil game.. we’d be stacked
I don't think he has enough coin to lift us into the upper echelon of college NIL.
Please. You could turn us into the Yankees with just 100 milI don't think he has enough coin to lift us into the upper echelon of college NIL.
Fans complain the loudest about the state things are in, maybe this is his way of reminding those same fans - this is gonna cost (til things change again). So please get those checks in the mail. And soon. You don’t want to wait til Christmas Eve to do your shopping,
Well I think it is pretty obvious that Rhule was talking about Syracuse previously when talking about expectations for wins and spending.
The reality is there are quite a few schools with some big backers willing to spend money, especially initially. I'll be curious to see how much some of these backers are willing to spend 5+ years from now if their investments don't yield any results... but the reality is some people just have a lot of CASH and its fun for them to get involved in the process.
I'd be curious to know how the process works for the big donors. Do they get to say I've got $2 million to put towards so and so, but if you don't get him you don't get the money? Do they get to be involved in the terms of the deal? Can additional money be given based on wins or stats to incentivize them to stay with the program long term?
I'd be curious to know how the process works for the big donors. Do they get to say I've got $2 million to put towards so and so, but if you don't get him you don't get the money? Do they get to be involved in the terms of the deal? Can additional money be given based on wins or stats to incentivize them to stay with the program long term?
This is the truth.
What's a college football playoff berth worth? Easily a few million.
To put yourself in the top 10 in college football all you really need is:
A good QB
1 good WR
2 good D-line
1 good linebacker
1 or 2 good DBs.
These are the players/positions you spend your NIL on.
All the rest you can fill in with minimal NIL money/perks etc.
And of course coaches who don't screw it up.
Rhule also has a tendency to make subtle jabs, so you can interpret it in multiple ways.
More of a historical example.. Yankees used to buy championships .. not so much anymore as other teams now will spend the money on big time trades
So all we need is one of us to win the powerball jackpot and promise to make Nebraska great again
That could be true as well. It seems that there are those who recognize there are no rules and are willing to do and spend whatever it takes.
Do I wish Nebraska would be one of those schools. Abso-f*cking-lutely.
Okie Lite and Oregon have had their sugar daddies for years, just like OU used to have car dealerships.
Did you guys see the ESPN story?
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...t-rhule-prefers-developing-own-players-portal
I'm curious what you guys think of this quote: "Heinrich wasn't even in quarterback meetings last year [during coach Scott Frost's tenure]. He wasn't even allowed to go to meetings. So I'm really proud of him." I know the Frost era was a forgettable mess, but WTF? Not letting a QB into the meetings???? Is there something I'm missing?
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...t-rhule-prefers-developing-own-players-portal
I'm curious what you guys think of this quote: "Heinrich wasn't even in quarterback meetings last year [during coach Scott Frost's tenure]. He wasn't even allowed to go to meetings. So I'm really proud of him." I know the Frost era was a forgettable mess, but WTF? Not letting a QB into the meetings???? Is there something I'm missing?
Not missing anything. Frost was an absolute joke of a coach who napalmed his own alma mater, and the repercussions of his failed tenure are still emerging.
when you start drinking at 10 am you make bad decisions
Frost was gone after game 3. It was Mark Whipple that decided not to allow him in meetings
Normally, people would circle the wagons over a report like that.
But everyone up here, after the last 5 years, is like "Yep. That's insane. And no doubt at all that it occurred".
Whipple, in my opinion, is brilliant.
Dude pretty much failed up his entire career. Then, calls it quits...THEN gets a call
"Hey, do you want 1 million dollars a year, for two years, guaranteed" when he was just about to retire...he KNEW immediately that he would spend about 6 months in Lincoln, tops, and walk away with 2 million bones.
If that's the case, wouldn't this have been Mickey Joseph's call as well?
Pretty bad decision for a man who was a serious contender to be HC here.
I don’t think Mickey was looking long term when he was interim, more like keeping things propped up going week to week. What was going on with 4th string QB likely wasn’t on his mind.
Undoubtedly there will multiple "victims" that get jammed up with their tax bill because the didn't know they had to pay taxes on say the leased pick up truck that the collective is paying for.
The NCAA has lost several lawsuits regarding player compensation, which is why the system is the way that it is now. The NCAA is unlikely to try anything else that regulates player compensation as a result (and would probably lose in the courts if they do).
The only entity that can regulate NIL at this point would be congress. With congress in its current state of perpetual discord, it is unlikely that any legislation would be able to gain the necessary consensus in both houses. Suffice it so say that anything reducing or limiting player compensation is likely to be characterized by some as an attempt to take money away from minority kids, making any bill toxic in today’s world.
It’s probably wiser to find a way to operate within the current system than waiting or hoping for changes. They are likely far away.
The only entity that can regulate NIL at this point would be congress. With congress in its current state of perpetual discord, it is unlikely that any legislation would be able to gain the necessary consensus in both houses. Suffice it so say that anything reducing or limiting player compensation is likely to be characterized by some as an attempt to take money away from minority kids, making any bill toxic in today’s world.
It’s probably wiser to find a way to operate within the current system than waiting or hoping for changes. They are likely far away.
