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Pretty fast for a LB...or maybe TE? /sarcastica
Pretty much. Really just a confirmation of what we suffered through in the numbers.
I am ok if the U is crying in their cereal bowls. They are a whopping 2-5 in conference as well, considering the major talent drain they faced this year with all five starters from last year gone this season.
I feel like those stats all match up perfectly with how we all felt the season went. No real surprises here, sadly.
Alright, I get what you're saying, but...
1- They already are covered by medical insurance just by being a student at the school, just like every student that attends the school. No, the insurance isn't free, but its dirt freakin cheap. If they have an injury DIRECTLY resulting from playing for the school, then yes, the school should cover all expenses, but if its from something else, then hell no, they should cover the costs just like every other person on the planet.
2 - They are given a scholarship to cover all costs while they are a university representative on the field of play. If they choose to continue their academic careers after their eligibility is over and they are no longer a representative, why on earth should the school keep paying for them? These kids no longer bring in any benefit to the school based on WHY they are there, so why should the school continue to pay their way? If they want to continue without paying, get an academic scholarship, or cover the costs on their own. It should not be up to the school to hold their hands long after they have used up their benefit TO the school.
3 - Yes, rent should be on them if and when they move off campus. Every athlete is allowed to stay on campus as long as they want (or at least they should be) in rooms provided by the university rent free. If you choose to move out of those facilities, it darn well should be on your own dime, and the school should have absolutely no hand in helping you to pay for it.
Sorry, these just sound as if these athletes think that the school should foot the bill even when they step outside the limitations that are in place for them to have a true free ride for the duration of their collegiate career. If you want to be different, and venture outside these guidelines, have at it, but do it on your own dime.
Which gets me to the last point.
4 - Athletes shouldn't be allowed to get other part time jobs in school. Sorry, just because you choose to venture outside the guidelines the NCAA has in place for you to have a free education to graduate debt free from an institution you have no business being associated with is not justification enough to allow you to get a job, which not only negatively impacts the preparation for the intern-level job you are supposed to be undertaking while a student that the university compensates you for, it also impacts your abilities to be a student, and also introduces numerous possibilities for various violations to occur with boosters giving incredibly inflated paychecks for little to no work done.
These kids have it VERY good in college right now, and the mindset that they don't have it good enough because they don't like the rules in place are just head shakingly stupid.
Plus one for jurgen
Also, the idea that they can lose the scholarship for underperforming on the field...is bullshit
I believe this is another thing they want is a guaranteed scholarship and not a scholarship that is renewed yearly. Players rarely (if ever) have their scholarship pulled for injury considering it no longer counts against the total number of scholarship players a school can have. But a commitment from the school that they are going to have their school paid for while they are there.
I mean, I guess you can call losing seven straight games "going on strike," Northwestern.— sir broosk (@celebrityhottub) January 28, 2014
In the last testing numbers that I remember, Edmunds ran a faster 40 than Mangus, and the same as Coleman.
Didn't any deal Swofford made have to have buy-in from the university presidents? I have a hard time believing he acted on his own there and threw 12 (14) institutions under the bus just to help his son with a job or to enrich his family. If that were truly the case, every ACC president and athletic director should be fired for incompetence.
Fair enough, but should your parents' insurance be hit or should you be covered by insurance provided by the University?
I agree that he should have been fired, but don't say he wasn't a popular coach. He was only 2 seasons removed from one of the biggest NCAA tournament snubs in history. He was recruiting at a level that Virginia Tech basketball has never and should never be able to recruit at. Yes, he was popular as a coach. But his problem was that he wasn't popular as a person within the athletic department.
Agreed whole-heartedly, EXCEPT - I am all for an increase to actually make it a full ride. They don't currently get a stipend. When I was in college, I had to get a job to pay for things like rent, groceries, etc. My parents couldn't help me out as much as they wanted to, as I had two younger siblings on their way up and $$ was tight. My only options were taking more loans or working. Athletes already have a full-time job; working is not an option. I would be all for a raise in the stipend so they could afford a shitty apartment and groceries. I feel like this would remove a ton of corruption from the sport, with players not feeling like they HAD to take improper benefits just to squeek by.
Also, the idea that they can lose the scholarship for underperforming on the field (or even worse - as the result of a career-ending injury!) is bullshit. These kids are basing a major life decision around this, and coaches like Saban can yank a scholly to make room for an over-signed class is absurd and patently unfair. The athletes do need some sort of recourse in this regard.
I don't know what may have changed since 1991, but when I had to have surgery following an injury that occurred at practice, my parents' insurance company was tapped first and the whatever they didn't pay was covered by Virginia Tech. Neither me nor my parents had to pay a dime.
The assistants' yearly raise structure is built into Beamer's contract, based on bowl appearance:
10% if play in BCS title game
8% if in BCS game
7% if in Champs or CFA bowl
6% for all other bowl games
5% if no bowl game
That'll probably have to be adjusted now that the CFA is part of the major bowl games.
On top of that, assistants are eligible for bowl bonuses that range from $15K to $75K based on title (OC and DC get more than position coaches) and which game VT gets selected for.
The NCAA may declare each and every one of Northwestern's players to be ineligible to play college football anymore if they're not careful. If they declare themselves employees, then their compensation has to be the total value of all scholarships, books, room and board received... and they would have to be issued a W-2 and pay taxes. They would, in short, be being paid to play football, making them professionals. Ergo, they cannot play NCAA football anymore.
If you read what they are actually asking for, it's not outrageous. Medical protection so when they get injured playing the sport that the school is paying them for and that the school is making loads of money from, the school protects them from bills and expenses. The opportunity to go to and finish grad school under scholarship. These kids are given scholarships for 4-5 years. As one of them stated, if they are redshirted, they get an opportunity to complete 1 year of grad school. After that, the expense is on them. If they play as true freshmen, they are often not able to have that opportunity. So when thinking that these are STUDENT athletes, that concept makes perfect sense. One restriction these guys have is that they can't have a job while in school. This means even in the off-season, they can't make any money. Being able to work and make just a little bit of money would help in many ways. I believe that once these guys move off-campus, rent is on them. They aren't given that money that would have been spent on their on-campus room in cash. It's forfeited for the ability to have their own place. There are many expenses that these scholarships don't cover and yes, many of them are expenses that the players choose to have, but they are not unreasonable expenses and so what they are asking for is not unreasonable either.
I think Knowles is our faster player, but guys like Mangus and even Coleman have great speed. Not sure about some of the younger guys yet.
I've always felt that you should get two options:
1. Free education
2. You pay for everything, but you can market yourself.
Then the Manziels of the world would sign plastic helmets and pay their way with that. While the less popular athletes would just take their education. I bet you 99.999% of CFB players would choose option 1 because while some players would make much more if they could sell themselves most kids wouldn't be able to make anywhere near an in state tuition payment.
Popular?
He hadn't been popular for a couple seasons.
Agreed
Nnadi decision coming at 8 AM. February 5th. At least we wont have to wait long on NSD.
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Sam Rodgers probably is the fastest FB. Do other teams still have FB's?
Looks like he has a ton of potential. One important question was left unanswered though. How big are his hands? Big hands are key for top-tier QB's. Huge hands help when playing in bad weather, so much so that the NFL scouts evaluate hand size as much as any other physical attribute.