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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" 
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" 
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" But the players that are making stupid money will not be on board with any sort of regulation or CBA.
It's hard to see this ending with anything other than the SEC and B1G becoming their own NFL Lite style entities.
ATLIEN
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" Either the money is there or it isn't. It's just like any other industry. And if it isn't, then the players will be forced to accept less, or nothing. They can't go to the nfl, they (effectively) can't go to the cfl. They'll stay in college and earn less.
Also, not many schools are paying $20m+ for a roster.
Now, when is the third game being played?
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" No that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying at a certain point if the money the players get paid continues to increase every year (2024 Ohio State had a 20 million dollar roster, 2026 LSU and Texas have 40 million dollar rosters) then the players will have all the leverage at a negotiation, why would they agree to stop the system that benefits them so much?
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" So then they dont get paid at all? Bold strategy Cotton.
A players association would be a mess in college as there is too large a gap between whi gets paid and the wide majority of players. The worst player in the NFL was one of the best in college. ~300 players get draft each year, thats 3 full teams rosters. There are 130 some FBS teams. That means in college right now less than 10% will be drafted. less than half of those get a decent rookie contract. There is probably another 10% of college players that get paid in college because they don't translate to the NFL. So 20% of players that actually get significant money in college and 5% of those have substantial NFL contracts (although unknown at the time). The other 80% of players have WAY different goals and probably 90% of them think they are in the top 10% going to the league. This will be a mess.
Congratulations to Tyrod and the lucky fiance!
Nice we run-rules the first two games.
Me? I'ma not Flanker1 (myself) party to that... nevertheless, in the last couple of decades?
Prolly is a bit mo' flex between the alphabet (X, Y, Z, H, F, W/T) in '26 terms.
Though to 1970's football camping me?
To me, you need a longer Wideout (today's: Outside-Wr); a possession/underneath chain-moving guy... then either a Te1 or a Slot1 (who can drag) or a Fb1 who can Belly-play Fly. Which, to me, depends upon how much rushing and, therefore, blocking you will ask of them. Like say: Jefferson, Joyner, and Winslow, respectively. They were perfectly suited to the three main historical Recieving roles. Think: 'dre Davis, Carol Dale, and Mike Shaw in O&M terms.
That said... been a little minute since Eye've seen such strictly bounded roles.
However, the diff is... my set is not so hybrid. In today's set, you defend a somewhat to downright homogenous set of blurry receiving roles. In my pet set, you need far more specific defenders to match up-- like playing a true-C1 in hoops, as opposed to stretch-Fs.
IF, you could find those three... today's D's would struggle to cover all three levels or ranges at the same time, as they have not done that in Triangular Passing terms in quite some time.
(Plus... these (passing triangles) are sooooooo much easier for a Qb1 to same-side read...)
HTH's,
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Like the script Hokies hoodies that JGW and Midget had too...
Anyone know if those are available anywhere? Or are we on a Nike blackout like usual??
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" One thing I don't think people have thought of is that the players are making so much money in the current system (reportedly 40 to 50 million dollar rosters at some schools) that when a CBA could potentially come to fruition, the players may tell the NCAA to fuck off and that they aren't going to agree to anything.
I love the VT RE-EST 2026 shirt that JMFF was wearing, and I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
He is also the son of Bill Murray, so he's got that going for him, which is nice
Take your leg!
Pretty good to get 30 wins before 5 losses
ATLIEN
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" Fair point (at least in regards to Athletic Spending) - hypocrisy is perhaps a strong word.
I do maintain that it's a little... myopic? misguided? missing the forest for the trees? to focus on the issue of athletics while ignoring the wider issue around higher ed right now.
Carrico has been outstanding.
Game 2 in the book 14-4
Welp Carrico out streak by Strikeout ends at 10
Foster Sac fly makes it 14-4
Living up to their 'Lady Bombers' name.
Castine RBI double
13-4
Aldridge 💥 💥
6th Homer for Hokies today
12-4
Carrico
9 outs - 9 strikeouts
Foster 2 RBI Double
10-4
Carrico 6 outs - 6 strikeouts
I do like his focus on academic related eligibility; I get laughed at but have been on that bandwagon for awhile. It is the one thing schools have total control over. They can't control how much money an athlete makes. They CAN control who is eligible to represent their school in competition.