What world has watched no rules, no limits work in the name of sports? So we got, no salary cap, no contracts, not even a luxury cap tax to make overbidding a little more painful. Kids can get it all at one school, millions in fact, and this has already happened, and simply jump in the magic portal and do it all again somewhere else.
Name-calling is easy and somewhat lazy. Put your facts out there. How has this cost BAMA?
Thats basically what Euro Soccer is right? What the NFL was (is?). MLB too?
Every team cheats and some fans won't admit it. The bama cheating has been at an all time level since Nick got there. Everyone knows that except some delusional bama fans.
Why don't you ask Saban? He's the one whinging like a little bytch about it.
Watch this year's BAMA team closely and you will see zero signs of your assumptions. And I'll try not to hold my breath waiting for your prophecy to come to fulfillment. Something else you may want to keep an eye on and this is happening with greater frequency right now. How are coaches going to emotionally deal with the financial haves and have not in the locker room? What is the cost of team chemistry? How much time are coaches investing to keep the best players in the fold that have been in the program?
Are you kidding me? Are you denying that Bama and a couple others were dominating the pay under the table bag network? It’s hurting you because now other schools with big money people have proven more willing to step up and pay - and pay more than your good ole boy network can.
In layman's terms that would be taken as one, big, I can't prove anything. It's just kinda fun expressing it on a football forum.
So you're saying that bama didn't pay for player prior to NIL? You seriously believe that or is it you're just sticking to the party line? It's not theory, there are people here and on twitter that have first hand knowledge you're missing with your head stuck in the sand. People know about bama, uga, clemson, and lsu.. you bagdad bob'ing the situation is laughable.
If I'm right, Bama is a 2 loss team (regular season) within 3-4 years and might (ok probably) closer to Top 5 recruiting class than #1 (maybe even out of the top 5) As you know, putting the recruiting pipeline on a level playing field will take about that long to start having effects. Of course Bama will have a great team this year because they've had great recruiting 19-20-21. Bama will not have great teams relatively speaking, if/when their recruiting hauls are unsustainable 22-23-24.
I wasn’t name calling.
Local appearances in an NIL deal limit the financial effects if they bolt. Do you think an $8m NIL deal for a QB is all front-loaded cash?
Simple question:
Then why is saban crying to his investors? What happened last year when saban couldn't trot out a massive talent advantage? hmmm
Prove it?
So what? Some kids are pure mercenary in spirit. They always have been. That's not a collective or even healthy look at high school recruiting. Look at the caliber of athlete BAMA just brought in? If BAMA was so inclined, they could pick the cream of the crop of 25 transfer players every season and forget high school recruits and win big time. And for the record, BAMA has finished behind Georgia a few times, Ohio State, and some others in recruit rankings and still managed some serious hardware. Offer the kids the moon. You can still just get 25 of them. BAMA, historically, has never had a history of not getting theirs.
There is no question, at a minimum, he has looked the other way.
From his own car dealership too, apparently.