A coach that gets it
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He could also offer part of his multi million dollar salary!
My son is a biochem major. In the honors college and on the deans list. He's looking to do big things in his life after college. Does anybody want to throw some money my way? He's not getting a scholarship from Pitt. He may save your life one day. But I should give my money to a full ride athlete who is already getting paid.
I suggest you read the replies to this guy's bullshit for a dose of reality. An awful lot of fans are not drinking the
Kool-Aid and it is not just us. There is major pushback everywhere. You better hope a major donor is willing to throw their money away cause your $20 monthly will not cut it.
Good luck.
This whole support the program schtick is bullshit. I am a diehard fan but refuse to reach into my pocket and pull out my familys dime so these kids can afford an escalade while in college. Doesnt make me less of a fan . Its the dumbest conceived notion. Look at the nfl when do the rooneys come out and ask fans to contribute so they can sign someone????? This whole model is done nowhere in sports.
It needs to be the schools that pay OR REAL NIL DEALS, where a kid is paid for a commercial or an endorsement deal. Not this bullshit
this is the reality of college football, you can accept it or chose to ignore it. Looks like you have chosen the latter, don't be surprised by the results
What's right and what is are two different things. An EMT could save someone's life, too, but that doesn't mean some journeyman for the Pirates with a 5.64 ERA isn't going to make as much in one start as that person makes in two years.
Personally, I'm fine with the idea of rewarding revenue generation. I just think the onus should be placed on the schools that actually receive the revenue and not the fans.
I am not ignoring it; I am rejecting it. And it appears you are ignoring the reality that nil fanboys like yourself are a small minority. So, if you are worried about the state of Pitt football, I recommend you double or triple your donation. Let's see how that goes.
Let the schools pay for this NIL nonsense if they choose to do so. Or if the players get a paid endorsement for soap or jock itch cream, that's their compensation. This isn't a fans' responsibility. This NIL garbage is what has ruined college sports now.
Everyone can do what they want as far as contributing to it. If you do contribute, you are part of the escalating problem.
Everyone can do what they want as far as contributing to it. If you do contribute, you are part of the escalating problem.
Ok so if you actually watched the BYU game you might be questioning his ability. Yeah pay the staff is great. But Dilly got way too cute and it almost cost him.
Two 4th and 1 and instead of taking a three he went for it and didn’t get the yard both times. Two field goals would have made it an 11 point lead with minutes to go and not 5.
Then again when it is first and goal and you have a back like Skattebo you punch it in for the touchdown or force BYU to go 98 yards. Nope he had his QB run backwards to take the time down and force BYU to use timeouts. Then with seconds to go the QB through a moon ball out of bounds hoping to kill the clock because the clock does not stop until it hits something. Fans think it’s over and rush the field but the review showed one second left and gave byu the ball at the fifty for a Hail Mary. They come up short.
Dilly was lucky.
Why? No one needs to do anything. Let the universities pay them out of their own pockets or let the players get paid endorsements or find other means of making money if they want to be professionals. You are part of the mess that is college sports if you contribute to this.
If everyone needs to get on board with this garbage better it just go away. Will never give a dime to any NIL. Ever.
Go ahead and bash me all you want. I get it. You see me as part of the problem. I’m perfectly ok with it. There are hundred and probably thousands of entities more worthy of giving money to.
My NIL contribution is in the price of the ticket.
Exactly. This nonsense that everyone needs to get on board with NIL is just that....nonsense.
I pay for season tickets so I am paying for the product on the field. NIL isn't suppose to be about pay-for-play and it shouldn't be in the fans/boosters hands. These conferences have multi-million dollar contracts that could be used to pay the players. If I was a billionaire with nothing to worry about, maybe I'd care to pay college football players on a full ride money to try to win for my favorite team.
I've always supported student athletes getting employment status and then negotiating some sort of revenue sharing and salary floors and ceilings to keep things fair. What we have now is a wild west of the rich get richer and scam no show jobs pretending to be NIL when their actual image isn't advertised at all.
at least I won't be a hypocrite like you. Hope you enjoy reminiscing about the joys of your hero Wannstedt and the highwater mark of a 3rd place finish in a crap conference and a tire bowl victory. At least I try to do something to improve it while you whine on an anonymous message board proudly proclaiming your ignorance
I never said this was right, just saying it is the new reality of college football. Dillingham is far from a coach that I would want, but he proudly embraces where things are going. It is the hand we have been dealt and how you expect to compete with ignoring it is beyond me
If people don’t belive in donating or paying for the players that is fine. To me though don’t expect anything different and bitch about mediocrity.
If you are unwilling to create change, don’t expect it or complain when it doesn’t happen.
I get it, the set up now sucks. But it is the game we are playing.
If you are unwilling to create change, don’t expect it or complain when it doesn’t happen.
I get it, the set up now sucks. But it is the game we are playing.
Just how am I being a hypocrite? And what does Wanny have to do with NIL? Please explain.
Just pay your nil and STFU.
Since you and the stupid wrassling manager targeted me, I'll respond. For starters, you will not find a single post from me bitching about program mediocrity or coaching for that matter so direct it elsewhere. (A certain AD is another matter.) I cannot or will not support another money grab, especially when college athletics revenues earned are in the billions. The bottom line, I would rather push back than bend over.
LOL. How will I sleep at night?
BTW, you didn't answer my questions. Just trying to follow the logic.
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The big problem I truly believe many of these schools, including one that resides 2 hours to the northeast of us, truly think they are a football program now, with classroom tuition and enrollment as a revenue stream and method to build a fanbase. The entire SEC is like this. Most of the poverty Big 12 is like this. The Big 10 has certainly moving to this.
NIL is a disaster for college sports in my opinion. There is no solution. It's pro sports without a salary cap. The biggest football programs had inherent advantages pre NIL, and it is only worse now with NIL.
While MLB doesn't have a salary cap, at least in MLB, there is a draft that helps the bad teams, which allowed the Buccos to get a player like Skenes for a few years until they lose control of him and he can sign elsewhere. In college football, the rich get (and have always gotten) the best recruits. So it's actually worse than MLB.
While MLB doesn't have a salary cap, at least in MLB, there is a draft that helps the bad teams, which allowed the Buccos to get a player like Skenes for a few years until they lose control of him and he can sign elsewhere. In college football, the rich get (and have always gotten) the best recruits. So it's actually worse than MLB.
There is a solution. It's the same solution that has been staring them in the face for a couple of decades now. A solution that the NCAA screams and runs from any time anyone mentions it.
No thanks, I'm sure if he does save someone's life then the obscene amount of money I pay in monthly premiums for my employees will more than cover a just compensation. Especially in this country's medical fields.
What's your kid doing for anyone right now that would deserve compensation? If not for the strict anti-competitive rules in place for college football all of these Division 1 athletes would be getting paid far more than they currently are. The only reason coaches like this are forced to beg for fan donations is because the system is breaking down. A system that wouldn't have existed in any other industry in this nation.
What? I don't think letting the schools revenue share with the players is a good idea. Maybe it's just me, but it will drive me away from college sports, or college football at least. We have a pro football team in Pittsburgh, and personally I don't need a second one to follow. Pitt basketball, on the other hand, might work because it has a niche in this town.
I contribute to nil and otherwise support Pitt athletics financially but I’m not going to dig deeper into my pockets to finance the operations of a HC who could have an unlimited nil budget and still deliver 5 losses every year.
It’s unsustainable. It will change when it messes up these players before they get to the pros so they will have to change it. NIL will ruin the pro game too and then at some point regular schools will just say no and let the schools in the middle of nowhere overspend to win. Eventually revenue will drop because the product is worse. Mediocrity is here to stay in college only they wont know it until 5 years from now
Yeah, how dare those uppity kids try and besmirch the sanctity of college football. They should be happy that they receive approximately 12% of the total revenue to cover their tuition, lodging, and food (all of which actually cost far less than the stated value to provide).
I think I heard the University of Illinois' 'Alfred E. Neuman Endowed Head Coach' mention the same thing on the Quickbooks' Minute Interview during the McDonald's Halftime Show presented by Capital One at the Huntington Bank Area brought to you by Dr. Pepper.
Just how am I being a hypocrite? - I don't have time or inclination to review your posting history, so I'll take your word in your follow-up post that you haven't criticized the mediocrity or coaching. I incorrectly labeled you a hypocrite. But you proudly reject NIL collectives which is the hand we are dealt. Pitt fans have an explanation for these losses when you and others proudly reject it.
And what does Wanny have to do with NIL? - Nothing, I couldn't resist taking a shot at you since you felt the need to insult me in your post.
How will I sleep at night? - I assume if you are having difficulties you could explore sleep medication, vigorous exercise, or dreaming about the illustrious tire bowl championship of 2009.
