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Who will be the first college
Feb 4, 2025, 8:37 AM
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to merely hire a player. At some point on this NIL path, a school will inevitably hire a player solely to play football—without any academic qualifications or intention of being a student. He won’t be considered a student-athlete at all, just an athlete. The NCAA will challenge it, but they will lose in court. Given the legal trajectory, it’s only a matter of time before colleges openly treat players as employees rather than students. It might not be all bad, just different. The long awaited farm system for the NFL that actually works.
I pressed ChatGPt on this subject and it whole heartly agreed that it is the only logical conclusion with the current tragectory. It suggested that unless something changes the evolution of the game will see the eventual divorce of college football from college. The association will be that they will play at stadiums at colleges and pay rent royalties to colleges, but will not be governed by colleges at all. There might be some perks like discounts to actually go to college, but the student athlete days will be officially done.
Clemson Tiger Football.... does not even need a name change to go on as an independent business. Seems pretty logical to me.
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Game Changer [1626]
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Feb 4, 2025, 8:44 AM
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I see what you're saying but I feel at this point it's merely semantics. That would be the only difference in what you're alluding to.
So-and-so St. needs a QB. They go out and get one. For a price. When all this started, we assumed it was all driven by an athlete's desire to play elsewhere. That is no longer true. If it ever was.
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Feb 4, 2025, 9:19 AM
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I have to think that at some point this would see the collapse of a lot of programs across the country. Maybe it leads to a conference that separates from the NCAA and some others stay affiliated in order to cater to true student-athletes as opposed to paid players.
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Campus Hero [13218]
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Feb 4, 2025, 9:21 AM
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Help me Obiwan Kenobi, govmint oversight is our only hope!
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Hall of Famer [8533]
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Intramurals will be the new college football. I can say I played QB at Clemson!
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Feb 4, 2025, 9:34 AM
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LOL
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Re: Intramurals will be the new college football. I can say I played QB at Clemson!
Feb 4, 2025, 11:58 AM
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Did you play for the GDIs because if you did we need to talk.
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Hall of Famer [8533]
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No idea what that is, so maybe that answers your question lol***
Feb 4, 2025, 3:49 PM
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Feb 4, 2025, 9:42 AM
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This is where we are heading. CFB has already been driven off the cliff. We are just racing to the bottom at this point.
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Letterman [195]
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Feb 4, 2025, 10:07 AM
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sounds like European club soccer
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Campus Hero [13978]
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Feb 4, 2025, 10:34 AM
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I think that may already be happening. It's a cesspool.
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Isn't that pretty much already occurring?***
Feb 4, 2025, 10:52 AM
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Game Changer [1769]
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Re: Isn't that pretty much already occurring?***
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Feb 4, 2025, 11:21 AM
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There is alot that remains.
Athletes must be enrolled as full-time students
Athletes, but also maintain a specified grade point average
Atheletes arrival and departure with teams is dictated by student semesters not the football schedule.
Teams are limited to a certain number of scholarships. As a business they would have no scholarships at all, just money.
There is still rules from NCAA and college about illegal contact with potential players
People still give a rip if the team coach has a daliance with a cheerleader.
Athletes and coaches must obey the school's rules of personal conduct
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All-Pro [729]
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So if they are not students...
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Feb 4, 2025, 11:37 AM
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Do they have infinite eligibility? Bring out the lawyers!!!
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Game Changer [1769]
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Re: So if they are not students...
Feb 4, 2025, 2:59 PM
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I would say they will. As a feeder system for the NFL it would be like minorleague baseball. Once a player is no longer seen as potentially viable for an NFL squad they'll be cut loose. The only comparison is minor league baseball where players have played for 16 years before getting picked up for the majors. So it would not be unfeasible to have a 34 year old on the field given length of the average career it would likely be a kicker. Most players would be all down by 24-26 years old even in the NFL.
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Feb 4, 2025, 11:25 AM
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To answer the original question, OCRYO ST? UGA?
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Game Changer [1769]
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Feb 4, 2025, 11:35 AM
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Colorado would be my bet
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UNC has been doing that for years.***
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Feb 4, 2025, 3:12 PM
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I've been making that argument for months. End. The. Charade.
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Feb 4, 2025, 3:12 PM
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Attending the university where your professional development league is located can be entirely at your discretion...the school can even develop an athlete academic program as part of their agreement with the Sports Program. They can create a certificate for professional athletes - finances, marketing, professional sports structure understanding. Things they'll need to understand if/when they sign multi-million deals in a few years.
The current structure is a mockery of both the athlete and the student. Time to move on. And no, I don't like it, but they've done what they've done and it's time to move on.
https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-forum/message/i-suggested-that-a-month-or-so-ago.--its-the-logical-conclusion...-36048719#36048719
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Feb 4, 2025, 4:19 PM
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Non-students have been getting paid to play college sports since the 1800s. When John Heisman's Georgia Tech team ran the score up on Cumberland 222-0, he considered it revenge for Cumberland allegedly paying professional players to play on their baseball team.
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