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Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 16, 2025, 11:17 PM
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Many of us on this board are old enough to know what the "bag man" means, but for you youngins, it was how many/most/all colleges attracted the top players. A person, most often a male booster, would show up at the kid's house or a parent's job, and - literally - hand them a bag or sack of cash. This "secured" your commitment to a school.
So... What I am wondering is... if the cap money - NIL or Revenue Sharing - is not enough, can't the Bag Man just make a visit to close the gap from the off the record agreement? If Johnny is a Top QB and he's on the books for a few million, what's to stop a booster from slipping him another half a mil or a whole million OFF the books?
I mean, the kids are now "legally" getting paid for their Name, Imagine and Likeness, but the really BIG boosters (looking at you Miami) have never given a lick about the rules. Why would they suddenly start now?
Now, I understand that a LARGE majority of the boosters would be giving to the Collective to LEGALLY pay the players, but everyone has "somebody" whose pockets are a bit deeper and are willing to "help" in order to feel like they are part of the program.
Thoughts?
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Re: Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 16, 2025, 11:20 PM
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I prefer hundred dollar handshakes a lot classier than a crude bag of cash!
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Re: Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 17, 2025, 9:55 AM
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I'm old enough that the football players were getting $20 handshakes (circa 1990) after games.
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Orange Immortal [66966]
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I'm sure SEC teams will find a way to cheat now that paying players has leveled
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Jan 16, 2025, 11:46 PM
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the playing field and they've been shut out of the CFP championship final two years running. At least the ones that were good at it.
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UGA sez Hola***
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Jan 17, 2025, 7:54 AM
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Re: Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 17, 2025, 3:34 AM
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The Coots always posted about our cash bags being filled from the offering plate collections at New Spring. lol
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Re: Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 17, 2025, 7:26 AM
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Amen! Amen! Amen!
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Orange Blooded [2286]
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Cheaters will always find a way to cheat.
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Jan 17, 2025, 7:59 AM
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It is in their DNA.
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Re: Bag Man Question(s)
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Jan 17, 2025, 8:00 AM
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Trying to regulate free market enterprise is like trying to make water go uphill.
You can have some success, but it will take constant external energy.
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NIl is the bag man.. the bag man is NIL***
Jan 17, 2025, 9:25 AM
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Re: NIl is the bag man.. the bag man is NIL***
Jan 17, 2025, 9:55 AM
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One of the biggest bag men were located in Rock Hill and funneled money to USuC to try and buy players.
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Top TigerNet [32943]
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now allhe has to do is venmo it to their NIL program***
Jan 17, 2025, 10:38 AM
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