34. "facts. coaches sell you a bill of goods and you commit to a school and:" In response to In response to 5
- school can rescind your scholly - coach can be summarily fired - coach can fuck up w/ ncaa and be banned (and bring down sanctions on you and your teammates) - coach can come up on another gig and bounce for more money and greener pastures (which, for lots of players, results in the new regime coming in and cleaning out a lot of the old coach's players)
all of the above are completely outside of the players' control and directly impact their ability to play and even (*gasp*) complete their degree, should they be so inclined. and of course, yadda yadda, billion dollar industries.
fuck them schools. fuck them coaches. get money.
is it uncomfortable and uncertain for fans? fuck them too. fan investment in years and years of this uneven labor situation while driving up the value of the whole thing from a market perspective and making the moral inconsistencies more jarring has led to where we are now.
NIL is wild wild west right now. but so are / were boosters, on the low. more kids can 'eat', and this will probably exert some additional stipend pressure, too.
will kids fuck it up and make dumb decisions? abso-damn-lutely. kids are dumb (or more susceptible to the virus that causes dumbness). that will be blown up in proportion to the overall problem, because fans + papers + sports rags, but it's better than what came before it.
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad