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I disagree regarding football. While the NFL dominates the conversation there are a multitude of other leagues worldwide that pay at least livable wage salaries.
Canadian Football League
European League of Football
X League in Japan
LFA in Mexico
BAFA in England
CNFL in China
CAFL in China
China also has the China Universities American Football as their NCAA equivalent.
Eastern Euro Super League in Russia
Continental American Football League in Africa which is partnered with the NFL.
Australia has seven regional leagues that then top teams from each region play each other under the American Football Australia umbrella.
Former Hokie Ed Wang is the President of the Chinese Arena Football League.
FAM! Merry Christmas! Also, we have some good content dropping next week.
They have that last part already. Its a Sports Media and Analytics degree in the School of Communication. Most schools have a Sports Management degree or something similar.
I would love for someone to do a comprehensive analysis (which will never likely happen due to the sheer volume and privacy laws) of where NIL donations come from by school, but I would imagine the vast majority of major donors are uber-weathy (i.e. 8-figure or more Net worth).
At that point, the donations are likely as much as for tax-break purposes as goodwill. That money is earmarked already to go somewhere, otherwise it goes to the Government. Thus, it's the school's job to make their affluent alumni donate to their Athletic Department/Collective rather than somewhere else.
We can have a conversation about whether society benefits more from paying 21 year-olds to play college basketball or donating money to actual charitable organizations but that's probably beyond the scope of this.
The Midseason Eligibility absolutely needs to be closed though. Its clearly not fair from a competition standpoint. The Basketball Roster you start the season with is the one you finish with---there should be no exceptions.
players can make a reasonable argument that other than the NFL, there are not equivalent leagues with which to capitalize monetarily on their talents (which isn't even necessarily true as the UFL is still active...for now).
I buy this notion. WKCFB made a really good point about the NfL's monopoly power in their NfL episode, and how they've really strived to squeeze out other leagues, and outsource the bulk of player development to colleges.
But there are numerous, well-regarded European and international basketball leagues with which talented but not NBA-level basketball players can make a substantial living.
It's absurd to think that a player who has already been traded from one NBA team to another should be allowed College eligibility.
To me, I can understand deciding that a player who has never played any 'major league' NBA regular/post season minutes should get college eligibility. That doesn't bother me.
I don't understand how someone who played professionally abroad can get eligibility - Neoklis Avdalas played in the best Greek league. While salary numbers aren't shared for the Greek league, all accounts suggest that he did and/or could have made great money playing there.
At the end of the day, Niko came to VT because VT offered the most direct path to the NBA.
Anyways, sometimes I wonder if we should just reposition college sports completely by leaning into the minor league aspect, an saying 'our job is to prepare you physically, emotionally, intellectually, and financially for a career in the highest profession league in America. And if you hav not yet played minutes in that league, you are eligible for our program."
Like, why do lie and say these kids are coming to school to be English majors or whatever? Let's just create a new major that is a mix of football, leadership, HNFE, marketing, etc and call it a football major. From there you can transition to being a pro athlete, a coach, a trainer, an agent/manager, etc.
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach 6-3 239 DE Rylan Kennedy is in the portal too from A&M
But so much of college athletics and NIL is still paid for out of donations. Not tickets, not merch, but donations to the school or whatever.
I've stopped calling them donations. They are not altruistic gifts. The people giving money have (subconsciously) decided that seeing their team potentially improve will bring them more happiness than the alternative ways they could spend their money.
And I'm sure the bubble will pop at some points. But I'm not sure when or how
i think if these sports were making self-sustaining money, it might not be as big of an issue. But so much of college athletics and NIL is still paid for out of donations. Not tickets, not merch, but donations to the school or whatever. How much appetite will there continue to be to keep shelling out millions each season, year-after-year as the sports become more and more professionalized?
(I don't have an answer to that question)
So for football, players can make a reasonable argument that other than the NFL, there are not equivalent leagues with which to capitalize monetarily on their talents (which isn't even necessarily true as the UFL is still active...for now).
But there are numerous, well-regarded European and international basketball leagues with which talented but not NBA-level basketball players can make a substantial living.
It's absurd to think that a player who has already been traded from one NBA team to another should be allowed College eligibility.
This is the sort of scenario I think most reasonable fans wanted to avoid. College sports becoming a money pit for players simply not good enough to play at the highest levels professionally.
Semi-Pro players in their mid to late twenties taking the spots that would otherwise go to 18 year olds isn't progress.
We're gonna need a bigger boat..
Torrian pls!
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Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas FAM
Just me the wife and the 2 year old today, we've opened presents (got a hockey hoodie jersey for the Rail Yard Dawgs😤) and had our simple breakfast: maple cured bacon, biscuits, cheesy scrambled eggs and fruit. Now we're going to watch Christmas movies all day, play with the toys, take a nap and put together a swing. Dinner tonight is ribeye steak, simple sear with salt and pepper in the cast iron, rest with a garlic butter compound on top, with mashed potatoes, mac n cheese and cookies and hot chocolate for dessert.
May you all be blessed this holiday season and every day in the coming year!
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach 
Merry Christmas, all!
Happy Christmas you filthy animals. I love this place so much.
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach I hope January 2nd is a massive day in Hokie history with guys like this coming to the good guys
Merry Christmas TKP!!!
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach Ben just called for roughing the passer.
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach Dear god, yes!
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# | Sean Spencer from TAMU is being targeted to be the next DL coach Keep your eye on this.... Spencer was a big reason he committed to A&M
BREAKING: Texas A&M EDGE Solomon Williams is entering the @TransferPortal, he tells @On3SportsThe 6'2 250 EDGE totaled 11 Tackles and 5 TFL in his time with the AggiesWill have 3 years of eligibility lefthttps://t.co/RlUbB6Fk7q pic.twitter.com/eOLQo9gGc9— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) December 25, 2025
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I only put up about half of our ornaments this year with 2 curious little ones running around, but Frank is festive as ever.
Merry Christmas everyone.
