Posted on 12/29/2024 7:14:57 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
The school fan base? I know nothing about this kid ... but the way college football works today, it’s possible he’s a portal surfer who was only at Miami one semester. He might not even know any real students, except maybe the coeds the athletic department surrounded him with during his recruitment and to keep him happy during the season. And his “tutor,” of course.
It’s also possible he actually went to class, knows a couple of his professors, and cracked a book on long flights to road games. But maybe not. Commitment to the fanbase, the old alma mater, and fellow students? He probably has as much commitment to Miami as LeBron James has to his sneakers brand.
How big is his NIL package at Miami?
No. GMs and players are mercenaries. They don't think like you and me. This action will cost him nothing and it will not decrease his value in the eyes of NFL teams.
The one saving grace of the NFL compared to colleges is that the players are on contracts. In college, no one holds any of the players accountable for their decisions and, if they do, the players become unrestricted free agents via the portal.
College sports are destroyed.
This player will suffer no consequences for his actions.
Compare this guy to Joe Montana and the chicken soup game (I was in attendance and it was cold), who only played the second half to help Notre Dame win.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Cotton_Bowl_Classic
it won’t cost him a cent. He played in the game and it was pre-planned he was going to be pulled
The STUPID coach seems to thing lolly coddling man-children is a profession like doctoring or lawyering.
He said the half time conversation between he and the QUITTER were privileged.
But he then when out of his way to praise the guy who had just QUIT on his team.
They say there is “honor” among thieves which of course is Satan talking.
There must be the same kind of “honor” among the millionaires in the minor leagues of the NFL known as college football.
The coach is paid millions to find these “players” and put them in his program to WIN games and satisfy the alumni fat cats who pay his hefty salary.
And the players thanks to NIL (which I do not begrudge because they are truly slave labor in a professional sport if they don’t get a share of the zillion dollars exchanging hands between media and the colleges), can make millions as well.
I’ve been ranting lately on the woke rotten system of public education in country.
In doing so I have neglecting ragging on an even MORE rotten woke system of higher education where the kidnapping, raping, and murdering of innocents on October 7, 2023 is not only openly allowed but encouraged.
Running a professional feeder league for the NFL and calling it college football as if it resembles the truly amateur college football my grandfather participated in circa 1900 is such a sham.
But the sheeple are not particular as to what they flock to.
Big payday to play yesterday. Most of the big NIL contracts the better players signed with the schools ended the end of December/beginning of January and the last check was the biggest. If they don’t play in the bowl game they don’t get the check.
Granted he’ll make a ton more come next April’s draft, but i’m sure that $100,000 pay check (may have been $50,000) was looking real good to him.
I endorse what this kid did. He adjusted to the new rules of the game. As his father I would have shaken his hand. It’s a business, not a game.
That was a wild situation. They could’ve tried to get the players to participate in the bowl game as a lot of guys in the transfer portal are playing for their soon to be former team one last time.
It’ll be interesting to see how many of them end up at So. Miss
College football is being ruined. It’s no longer about the team and representing the University.
bttt
Let me help you out here- as per the NIL deal, look at post #27.
As for Ward being a transfer portal surfer- absolutely not. He played three years at Washington State which is now in the two team PAC 12 conference. He originally entered the transfer portal, as did many from Wazzu as the conference was crumbling around them (the coach just left) then decided to enter the NFL Draft. Miami came back with a huge NIL deal and he ended up transferring to the Hurricanes.
It could not have worked out better for him. He entered the season graded as a 5th round prospect and now moves towards the draft as a top five pick and could go number one overall. His game improved immeasurably this season.
There is some disagreement as to the actual arrangement. Some are saying Cam didn’t want to play but then decided to play a half - which was ok with UM. Then there is the thought Mario wanted to play the other guy at least a half.
I’m not sure if this is all on Cam.
[LOL! Say the name! “Pop Tart Bowl”.]
The Bowl that cannot speak its name with a straight face.
It was Cristobal’s decision. Ward was playing the first half. Had he not gotten the record he may have played some the second half. It would’ve been a great story to see him play the entire game and lead UM back.
I was at that joke of a game. NO defense by either team. We didn’t know why Ward was out until I looked it up. Fing guy standing on the sidelines grinning was insulting.
Rough end to the season for Miami. They were talked of as virtually a lock for the playoff... then three straight losses. Maybe Ward was overhyped.
Yes they are all just exhibitions. Personally I enjoy some of the games. Who cares other than the alumni and the student body about the Pop-Tart Bowl?!
It’s a black thing. Whites have other interests and opportunities. The NFL gives the them one chance to take care of their families and their future. It’s sad so many of them end up broke.
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