The "system" was - and is - FUBAR. Obviously.
He was not forced but as I understood it, he received a very lucrative offer and the transfer portal in December is like the game child's game where everyone has to find a chair when the music stops.
How was I being dishonest? Even when I agree with me you manage to embarrass yourself.
Please stop. Pribula could have waited before transferring like several other QBs whose teams were in the playoffs did. I hope he does well at Virginia.
Remember this is college sports and the participants are students. That means you can stay for 6 years while getting paid $millions.
I don't know if Beau would have beat Oregon but he probably wouldn't have lost to UCLA, NW, and Iowa.
For whatever reason Allar often looked unsure of himself. He often took most of the shot clock reading his wrist ban. He seemed much more effective in a 2 minute offense than he did when he had lots of time. He also had a habit of failing in big moments. Couldn't score from the 5 yd line twice vs OSU. Had a chance to win at the end but threw an INT in the end zone. Made a great comeback effort vs Oregon in the BiG title game but lost in the end on an INT. Threw ridiculous INT to end the ND playoff game. He was a big head case. The question is how much was him vs how much was his coaching.
I felt the team was SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADED at QB when Grunk replaced Allar - at least after the immediate jitters of being thrown into the meat grinder part of the schedule, with zero experience (and all the "numbers" would support that, FWIW).
He could have also missed out on that payday too possibly. I’m not sure why old men still think these guys need your approval to make financial moves for themselves.
The "old men" you are referring to don't think players need their approval to transfer. They just think the system they largely paid for has gone to crap.
It has gone to crap but that isn’t on the young men. It’s on the greedy NCAA, conference, and University leadership for not addressing the pay for play decades back. They all love their high paying gigs and massive TV contracts but in the end their greed brought about this change. They could have given the players better options earlier.
He didn't have any offer at that point. Nor did he get anyone close to 1M from Mizzou.
It's on the programs for not paying them for decades
We agree that it isn't the player's fault. We also agree that the NCAA managed things poorly.
I totally agree. The original concept of NIL was for players to be paid for other entities making money from selling jerseys with their names on the back or their images being used in video games, which was entirely appropriate. It never was intended to be a play for pay like SMU did in the early and mid 80s, and for the second string guard to be paid in the same way as a star even though that second team guard's jersey isn't sold in the bookstore or his image isn't used in video games or he doesn't endorse a product.
The problem is you can’t really describe the current system as it feels like they are making it up on the fly. It’s the Wild West and the sheriff aka the NCAA only cares if he still gets his cut. I root for PSU, but know this sport is a joke when it comes to fair play. That is nothing new as they need those $$$$’s flowing in.
Stay and be a backup to Allar for another year then be the guy in '26 (at least that was the projection at the end of '24). That is a long time. He made the best call for himself but yes, he could have stayed.
Fair. I hold no animosity towards Beau. My blue-and-white glasses make me wish he had stayed.
Leaving was fine. How and when he did so was a very different choice then just the two options you listed. Beau had his own dumpster fire doe the record in Mizzou
That raises a good question. The idea was that regular students are allowed to make money on the side so why can't athletes do the same? Is transferring between schools the same thing? A regular student can drop out of one school and transfer to another school without restriction so why can't athletes do the same thing?
Who's to blame for letting NIL dissolve from endorsing a company's brand to pay for play? Is that the joke known as the NCAA?
We agree that it's the wild west but your position on $$$ seems hypocritical. You support players getting $$$ but you're offended by schools and the NCAA getting $$$. I don't understand that.
They shifted all the power and leverage from the school to the athlete. I am fine with the athletes getting paid and transferring but put some freaking regulations in place for crying out loud.
This has been explained countless times
You are saying JF purposely forced out his backup/change of pace QB just before his first ever playoff run.
It's exactly what happened--you can ignore the timing of things all you want--it's very transparent. Watch everything Franklin said immediately after--Beau leaving was what he wanted--and see the result
