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KOF98

KOF98

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ThroughBlue said:
a lot of people wanted this. remember that. I wish I could go back and see how many of you were comparing these players to slaves lmao. what a joke. that was around the time when we couldnt say gay or retard but we could compare young athletes getting free education, lodging, and facilities to slaves.
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It's possible to admit you hate free-market capitalism without using slurs.
 
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TheDude73

TheDude73

Heisman
Jan 7, 2006
24,286
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Wildcat_in_DC said:
or go to a school that doesnt include that clause. that would be so easy to recruit against. "sure you could go to kentucky, but if you get hurt they wont pay you a dime. here at florida....we dont have those conditions so come on down"
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Yeah I was more speaking about making it a general rule from the NCAA, if that can even be done or enforced.
 
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CatBearPig

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Apr 26, 2024
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ThroughBlue said:
lol its awesome. 2/3 of the players leaving every season. Who has the product gotten better for? casuals possibly. people who arent fans of any particular school just like watching basketball.
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That’s the portal bro not NIL.
 
sefus12

sefus12

Heisman
Dec 22, 2007
7,173
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Give it a few years and the donors will stop ponying up this kind of money. Just not an enough of a return. That’s when prices will go down, maybe substantially.

Just my opinion, of course.
 
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CRZ4UK

CRZ4UK

Heisman
Jun 6, 2008
5,083
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CatBearPig said:
I would even argue the product has gotten better. The only ones complaining are the institutions that were making billions off free labor and the people who fight for establishment to keep all the money.
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And the Fans. No other sports league do you have a whole new team every year. It takes 2 months to learn their names. The product stinks for most fans. It isn’t as fun.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
46,735
85,398
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Haggin_Hall_1983 said:
Adolph Rupp 1970 salary = $60,000. Joe Hall took over for him for around $40,000. All of this per Joe B book.....
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Just for reference we never had this craziness. They made a lot of money compared to the time but it was more reasonable then now.

Upon joining Kentucky in 1989 and throughout the early 1990s, Rick Pitino's total compensation package was designed to be one of the highest in college basketball. While his base salary in 1989 was $105,000, his total annual compensation, including endorsements, television/radio shows, and camp income, quickly grew to over $1 million dollars.
 
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4UK4life1

All-Conference
Dec 21, 2004
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I’ll take a #1 and make that large, two of the #2 and go ahead and give me a #3 and add 4 of your best sides please
 
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Pidgie

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sefus12 said:
Give it a few years and the donors will stop ponying up this kind of money. Just not an enough of a return. That’s when prices will go down, maybe substantially.

Just my opinion, of course.
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I think you are right..........a leveling of the market if you will.
 
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BlueBloodKyFan73

BlueBloodKyFan73

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Oct 29, 2010
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KOF98 said:
It's possible to admit you hate free-market capitalism without using slurs.
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Fun Dancing GIF
 
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KYAnywhereEverywhere

Sophomore
Oct 13, 2025
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sefus12 said:
Give it a few years and the donors will stop ponying up this kind of money. Just not an enough of a return. That’s when prices will go down, maybe substantially.

Just my opinion, of course.
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Have professional salaries ever gone down? They always trend up. As long as the wealth of the people at the top echelons of society go up, the price they pay entertainers will go up too.
 
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KYAnywhereEverywhere

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AJBlue said:
Yep the same people rooting it on are the same ones now saying "we gotta do something about this!!" now. What everybody keeps missing in all this is there is no in between when talking COLLEGE sports vs. PRO sports.

The reason the NCAA fought for years to keep their model as close to amateur athletics as possible was not because they knew (like a bunch of others) that once you introduce pay into the equation it was no longer managable as a COLLEGE sports league. Once the model is changed from a Collegiate Athletic league to a free market business with the door opened for players to earn what they want, it cant go back.

People say, "what if we tweaked this or tweaked that and put in restrictions for transers etc" . . . doesnt matter and wont work. Once its treated like any other business it must comply with all free market principles and those will always prevail in courts. You cant scale it back once its out of the barn. There is no in between.

People say, "its alwasy been a business and the NCAA has been making money off these kids for years!" . . . No it hasnt. Yes the NCAA secured lucrative TV contracts that generate a ton of money but where does almost all that money go???? Back to the Universities. And what happens to the money the Universities get? It gets spread back out for amenities and benefits for the players. It goes to facilities (arms race) so the can have the best of the best stadiums to play in, training facilities, meeting rooms, lounges, steam room, saunas, physical trainers, health trainers, nutrionists, medicine, the best food, clothing, gear, travel,promotion, on and on. A study 5 years ago showed that the total cash benefit of all this came to aruond $250K per athlete per year. Thats why almost every athletic department runs in the red each year, all the money they take in gets spent back out.

The only ones getting rich off the deal in the past were coaches and top administrators, not Mr NCAA. And you can argue the coaches salaries are another expense paid by the Universities for the players benefits to get the top level training needed to go to the next level.

So bottom line is there is no in between, and now there is no more COLLEGE athletics at all, theres only one option.
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This is as smart of a post as I've ever read on here.
 
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wildcatmac9999

Redshirt
Jan 28, 2020
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Cowtown Cat said:
THIS! Limiting the transfer portal to ONE free transfer without sitting out a year would cure sooooo many ills of this nonsense.
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But how would that hold up in the courts. All one would have to say is. If i were a regular student. I could go to this college for 1 year. Then switch to that college over there for a year. So limited to one free transfer would never hold up in the courts.
 
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