It technically was.
BGJ asked for an acceleration of compensation wherein $$ got moved forward in the remaining term of his contract in lieu of lower $$ later.
I don’t expect you to understand the concept of the present value of money.
FC/OT: Sarkisian says firing of prominent college football coach has him worried for the health of the sport.
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BGJ asked for an acceleration of compensation wherein $$ got moved forward in the remaining term of his contract in lieu of lower $$ later.
I don’t expect you to understand the concept of the present value of money.
Payment terms and a raise are to different things. Words are important.
Perhaps you never got a raise so you don’t know. Hoping ignorance is bliss for you.
His agent is Jimmy Sexton, same as BGJ and Saban, so no need to take his comments serious. Anyone who seems to defend BGJ and speak out against his firing has Sexton as an agent. Nothing to see here just a bunch on pinheads trying to manipulate news and tell you how you should think.
You’re describing how all businesses work. The “adults” start the business, set the rules, decide how it will be run, and if it’s successful, they make a lot of money while the workers make a lot less money. It’s called the real world. But I get it, the caring people are only outraged by athletes who spend three to four years playing a game they choose to play.
Let's face it. For PSU to even play for a NC now let alone win one, a lot of things are going to have go right, which almost happened in 2024. That doesn't mean that PSU can't be an extremely successful program and make the playoffs on a regular basis, which it should just based on resources. However, if you're in it for NCs, then you probably should root for another team other than PSU. By the way, the greatest name in college football history, ND, hasn't won a NC since 1988, although they have played for at least two since then.
OBVIOUSLY. 
, SARK. made his statement to get us talking about Franklin again. SARK. knows us.
, SARK. made his statement to get us talking about Franklin again. SARK. knows us.That's great, but your post was completely irrelevant.
The topic was blame for the current state of things. Midnighter suggested it would be the kids' fault. And that was monumentally stupid. I highlighted how stupid that was by walking through how this entire thing is the adults' responsibility. And your response was to say "oh yeah, well that's how it's done, so there!" Oy. Brilliant.
So bitter. It’s like he stole the most important thing or person of yours. Your obsession is pretty incredible. How do you get through your day?
Under the circumstances, I didn't expect anything. My "tireless mantra" is actually my commentary on
"college football." I don't see how any individual can Identify with a "college" squad that has 40% of their players who are singing the "alma mater" one place and put their hands over their heart at another a few months later.
As I opined after the dismissal of Franklin. "WE ARE" just like everyone else. It's all so mercenary.
While this sort of business has become common with the inception of "NIL" and the transfer portal.....I didn't feel it as much as a PSU fan who attended his first game in 1966. To me that net result of 2025 was the realization that PSU simply joined the not so exclusive club. Just because that's the way the "business is now" doesn't mean I have to embrace it.
So while I am labeled here anti Campbell or anti PSU....this sentiment is just lamenting the death of the college game I once enjoyed.
It's "minor league" football with no boundaries or loyalties with the exception of the highe$t bidder.
That's why PSU's future is unlikely to be "success at the highest level" as PSU is barely in the top 12-15 in the thickness of it's NIL wallet.
It's easier to go with the Pat Kraft generated myth. Fanboys love the mental image of CJF "sneaking" behind Kraft's back to beg for crumbs. Also, overlooked is that these sorts of financial relationships are never face to face, but rather business-like exchanges handled by agents. It's like the fairy tale that "we gave Franklin everything last year." You won't find PSU NIL on the top 5 or likely top 10 anywhere. What "we" gave Franklin or rather what he primarily fought for, were better dorms, upgrades at Lasch, removing tedious and unnecessary red tape in the application process for transfers and commits and larger salary pools for staff and assistant coaches. Damn him for that! PSU had 4 scholarship OL when he got here and the program overall was lacking compared to schools PSU recruited against. People here don't like to be confused with the facts. We deserve better! LOL
Actually, since you brought up JMU....I think long term PSU may regret not hiring Bob Chesney. That was another coaching "search" Kraft mishandled. Being a coal region product with a solid Pa. foundation would have played well and generated a different level of excitement and buy in IMO.
Let me attempt to provide an analogy. Many years ago, for about a 3 year stretch, the conference I coached in decided to have an "exceptional senior" contest after the season. They divided the conference schools into east and west and that determined the game roster. The coaches with the best season records received the "honor" of coaching another week without compensation. The roster I was given won both games I served in as the HC. I enjoyed seeing how other athletes were accustomed to preparing in a week of practice and enjoyed the relationships. As far as any satisfaction over winning those contests with a revolving door roster? None.
It's taken years to properly emulate the Panther Lair. Lot's of "coaching up."This is what we do. If it were easy, everyone would do it.
You'll have to forgive the Franklin Fan Club. They will minimize Joe's accomplishments any chance they get to make Franklin look better.
That’s exactly how it’s done. People bitching about how much colleges make and how much coaches make while the poor athletes got nothing are the problem. So did the adults bring the lawsuit that started all this or was it a former player? Was it the adults that filed the lawsuits every time someone wanted to transfer schools and not sit out or was it the players?
I weep for humanity.
Your first post was saying that this is how businesses work. That those who set up the businesses are the ones that set up the businesses. No der ... but completely irrelevant. Now you're moving on to victim blaming. Yikes.
So, when someone is raped, and the victim comes forward, and the rapist's life is ruined (and others' lives damaged, as well), do you say "the victim is to blame for lives being ruined! Did the rapist report the crime?"?
Yes, the adults set up the business model so that a lawsuit by a former player would be successful. The adults set up the business model so that lawsuits would be successful "every time someone wanted to transfer schools and not sit out."
Again, the "adults" (and I use that term loosely, as they were more like immature money-grubbing children) had every opportunity to set up their business model in a way that avoided these issues ... and, at every turn, they decided, instead, to go after the money, whether or not it exploited those doing the bulk of the work and providing the entertainment value. So now you blame the kids that are going after their rights ... and not the "adults" that set up this extremely flawed system and had no plan to deal with any blowback.
That's completely messed up. And it doesn't matter in the least if you thought the kids were being treated nicely, and getting value and blah, blah, blah.
Again, the blame for this situation lies entirely at the feet of the "adults."
It's legitimately gross, on a human level, to suggest otherwise.