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In my opinion, Grant is in the group that would take about $2 mil a year to get, so I didn't even review that groups recruiting strengths.
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# | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union How so? VtechAlum is saying the exact same thing I am.
Bimbo Coles:
Take into account its three years old, but it says he is the Director of Fitness at Greenbrier Physical Therapy and Fitness
http://www.celticslife.com/2010/08/what-hell-happened-tobimbo-coles.html
https://sites.google.com/site/gvfitness/meetthestaff His work profile
As for Amaker,I assume you mean Tommy Amaker, who is the head coach at Harvard these days where he has led them to four 20+ win seasons in seven years, including two NCAA appearances. Harvard is 15-3(2-0) so far this year and on track to win their conference again. He would be another good candidate although I cant find any reference to his current salary.
Tony is a god in Charlottesville. $1.7 million/year
hey, i said Kellogg all on my own! i feel smart when people with more knowledge agree with me!
I am so trying not to hijack this into healthcare reform.
Sufficient to say that you are not the only one in this predicament, and the recent reforms have/will not fix that issue.
Just read a piece about Knowshon Moreno. While not every kid has a story as scary as his, most of these kids are not rich.
Hatred of the rich will bring nothing good to bearers of the hate. Someone should have raised you better.
Surprised you didn't add Anthony Grant to your list. You think he will be too costly?
...and hopefully we can root for Vinston Painter and when the Broncos win, he gets a ring.
yeah I'm kind of on board with this..Obviously, I love Kam and want to see him get that ring..I also like Sherman and Wilson and Lynch...but I just despise Pete Carroll. I like Peyton Manning and Decker and I don't have anything against anyone else in that organization..I don't really know who to pull for. I'll just be happy to see a good game.
Go Football!!!
Dell Curry, we could get his sons, uh grandchildren to play for VT. Although something tells me that our relationship with him is FUBAR! Does Greenberg derserve credit for that? Checkdown to Bimbo Coles, what is he up to these days? or Tony Amaker, he is former NOVA guy. I would love MR Smart!
Ok I hear you but why do you think Jameis Winston, or lets say the more high profile guys in football are being very very quiet right now. It's because they're getting a free education and are fine with it.
You have Northwestern's QB Kain Colter who was a 3 star recruit backing the union deal. Its the walk-on or starting FB that's on 2000k that wants a little stipend to help. That's all I'm saying, don't give a stipend to the full ride athlete's they don't need it.
How hard could it be for the NCAA to come up with something like a (financial aid) package for lower scholarships or non scholarship athletes.
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# | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union Rabbit hole is closing in on ya.
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# | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union I agree with limitations. More stipend, yes. Medical coverage during and after graduation, yes. Paying athletes, no. merchandising revenue, no.
I stated my case in my other posts on this thread though, so no need to do again.
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# | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union Dude. I am in total agreement. See my other posts on this thread.
We're in a position where we could take a risk. How much worse can it get?
My cousin played ball for him at Winthrop and Yes, confirmed Hot Head. Very easy to end up in his Doghouse. But also very game knowledgeable.
Agreed.
terrible, just terrible. I don't care what his "potential" was he should have been on the bench.
Based on my previous list:
Pikiell has some ties to the Richmond area and pulled at least one guard out of their this last year. He also was in the mix for several of the big talents coming out of DC the last couple of years but ultimately couldn't steal them from some big name programs.
Kellogg coached at George Mason so has ties to the DC market, he also took in Donte Clark, who committed to Tech before he failed to qualify, showing some similarity in player type between JJ and Kellogg. UMass currently have two players from the DC market on their roster. He also seems to have a pipeline into NYC and Texas.
Rahe is mostly a West Coast/Texas guy so he would need to make in roads, but that's where your assistant coach hires become abundantly important. Half his current roster is from Texas.
Tyndall has NYC on lock down, and draws almost half his roster from that talent rich environment which is hard to picture as he gets them to go down to Southern Miss, so I have to believe he could sell the same kids on Blacksburg if he needed to. He is also really good at identifying incoming foreign talent and getting them through the qualification challenges.
Kowalczyk focuses primarily on his talent rich backyard in Ohio, but has made some in roads in the last couple years to Maryland and DC.
Lansing also focuses on his backyard, bringing in Indiana and Illinois (Chicago) talent to bolster his roster but he does have kids from outside this zone, spread from Florida to Canada. Doesn't seem to have much in the way of local connections though.
If I had to rank them right now:
1) Kellogg
2) Tyndall
3) Pikiell
4) Lansing
5) Kowalczyk
6) Rahe
Except the problem is that the athletes are saying they aren't getting compensated.
They ARE getting compensated. In most cases, they're getting compensated VERY well, and regardless of whether or not they end up in the majors, they finish college with a BIG leg up on their academic peers. When you calculate the compounded interest on student debt they'd have to pay after graduating if they didn't have scholarships, you're very likely looking at multiple hundreds of thousands in a leg up they have on their peers from the minute they graduate. Thats a HUGE compensation for being a representative of their school.
Or the NCAA can look at the facts and $ they bring in and say hey maybe we should provide some sort of medical coverage <--- for all athletes and a small stipend<---for non full ride athletes. Instead of wasting money to fight a Union that doesn't even exist.
I've actually started to become a fan of NFL Redzone. I was skeptical at first, but it's not bad. And also pretty entertaining during crazy games like the Ravens-Vikings game this year (something like 5 touchdowns in two minutes).
I don't think Bristol will do anything to upset either side with tickets for this game. It's big for them too.
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# | Northwestern Football Players Take Steps to Be Represented by Union I tend to agree with this as well. In economies of scale unions can be absolute killers.
This is an metaphor from far, far away but in Australia there is a huge issue with unions blocking economic growth. The unions were formed to get labor rights (or as they call it labour rights, silly ozzies) but since the late 80's have stood in the way of many economic growth measures to the point where the national economy, and everyone else living in the country, has suffered tremendously. Because Australia's population is the same size as 2 New York Cities this can be a death wish because there is only so much economy to begin with.
For college sports, if athletes form a union for rights, then it can, and will, very quickly can escalate into pay for play scenarios that would be the death of amateur college football as we know it. May as well just build a minor league then. And this would kill all sports not just football.
I do believe student athletes meet the criteria of employees but I also believe that the amateurism of sports in a collegiate setting must be protected. Therefore I think there are two solutions. Unions go nowhere because it's a recipe for mutual destruction. or Union's go somewhere and universities/NCAA fights it all the way to Supreme Court.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/09/alabamas_anthony_grant_gets_5...
Might take more than $2, as apparently Alabama is already paying him $1.9 mil a year