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The fuss is that there is already a media frenzy over whether student-athletes are being fairly compensated, given the "big business" of college football where coaches are making $ millions.
This was a PR cock-up, and the coaches should have known better. I'm sure it carried over from a prior system with good intent, and discipline is definitely needed, but you can't get any of that mixed up with stipends.
Pretty much every team we faced tried the same style of defense VT ran against us last year and it failed miserably. Teams eventually stopped doing it.
yeah I can't stop laughing. that guy is in for a bad bad time.
That destroy all the evidence gif is hilarious.
getting fined for wearing the wrong undergarments. What is this, the mormon church? DUCKS
What is the fuss? Be a standup student, a hard-working athlete and you're fine. Those are the kind of kids who play for our program anyway.
In regards to recruiting, no need to worry or get worked up over something that hasn't even happened yet.
As a rule, I've been up-voting all OSU posters. It's partly to make them feel welcome.
The other part is that if they start to be dicks, I can go change all my up-votes to down-votes thus accelerating the plunge to -25 (or at least making it appear that way). I highly recommend it. Does that make me a bad person?
The tutors are paid, right? And if you miss your tutor appt unexcused, I don't have a problem asking you to pay for it. That's a different matter than not having the right "undergarments" on for pregame. Or $50 for a dirty locker.
You're paying for the breakfast anyway, kids don't need to repay that. You need kids to go to class so they are eligible, but you can't fine them. But if you pay a tutor specifically to help a kid and he doesn't show, I don't have a problem with requiring a reimbursement.
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# | Virginia Tech Defensive Media Session: A very newsworthy chat with Bud Foster I'm sorry, but every time this thread loads all I can think is "AAAAAHHHHH MY EYES!!!!" Seriously, short sleeved windbreakers are bad enough, but a bright orange irregular heptagonal zippered pocket on what little sleeve there is? Come on guys.
We really need to stop pretending these players and recruits are made of glass. So they lose a few hundred bucks for bonehead decisions. Having some Damn accountability for your actions isn't so bad.
But the players aren't getting big money, the school is. I have no issue with Tech being very aggressive at keeping players in line with this because it messes with the school's income. With that said I think you have to find other discipline than these relatively large fines for someone who is getting a free education, but not getting paid cash to cover said fines.
"But I certainly don't argue with coach Beamer's track record of 29 years and how he does it. He runs it as good and as respectful as any place I've been, the player accountability." - Whit Babcock
End of the day, this is what I care about. If it's fines, 6am workouts, dunce-cap, whatever. You break the rules, you have a punishment. You submit to the authority of your coaches and you don't have to worry about the discipline structure they've put in place.
It will be used against us, but the kids that are so worried about losing money or being fined will be going to another school anyways that has a higher COA if the money is that important to them, in my opinion.
I think both of you missed the part where I said there is a problem with the individual. I whole-heartedly agree there should be recourse for not following the rules. Frankly if I was coaching and a kid had uniform issues more than once or twice I'd question whether we need him on the team.
That doesn't mean that type of fine is justified in my eyes.
well better not let anyone see this, sure looks like a fine/charge to me..
I am shocked that something like this dealing with any kind of money wasn't on whit's radar.
So this should go away by next Thursday at the latest. I'm sure it dies there. Crap should be Monday since it will officially be game week. Woot Woot!!
I get that we're all charged up and ready for football but I'd suggest taking deep breath and stepping away from the topic. It's more than clear that you think this is a huge issue so it's not necessary to continue being aggressive and mashing the panic button.
Nice....so it was all in the plan....I like it.....
STOP.
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10 years 11 months
# | Virginia Tech Defensive Media Session: A very newsworthy chat with Bud Foster May be a dumb question but are RS guys excused from meetings?
I would then open up that athletic handbook and go to the Disciplinary Action for Student-Athletes page and read it.. 90% sure there will be a fine chart there.
Or this is an indication that the Bills franchise, which has been run poorly for a good long while now (RIP Ralph Wilson), has passed the word down to Rex that they don't want to look like absolute fools for wasting a 1st rounder on Manuel and that he is going to get every chance he can get to start, regardless how bad of a decision that is.
Ding ding ding.
Besides Beamer and Foster and Whit....this really reflects poorly on John Ballein.
His job is to take care of this stuff.
I get your points.
For the undergarment issue its not the wrong color or you didn't wear it. Its the blacking out the nike sign so you have all black cleats, or cutting the long sleeved dri fit without permission, its the you wore a game day jersey out and about and someone caught you.
For meals- yeah its paid for up front, but that's not the issue why aren't you eating and creating chemistry with your brothers. whats so good that you had to miss a meal from VT which has the best god damn food service for colleges??
Its all about being a team member/player- if your missing meals, missing class, missing treatment you're not acting like a Div 1 athlete who is being provided with a "free education" and given an unbelievable amount of support to succeed.