SMU players sitting out rest of season to enter portal

RustShack

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Sometimes when you get a big boy job, you are restricted from leaving for a competitor for a certain amount of years.
 

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And what does a coach making career moves(by his choice or the schools) have to do with the player(who can transfer after a coaching change)? Education first. Don’t commit to a school if you want want a degree from there. Most people aren’t lucky enough to go to the school they choose for free.

College still is considered school right? Or did I miss this becoming the Pros? But I guess in the NFL you can’t just switch teams whenever you want either.
We won’t ever agree on this … I see your post hear it as they owe you something…. They don’t. And it’s sad you feel that way.
 
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We won’t ever agree on this … I see your post here as they owe you something…. They don’t. And it’s sad you feel that way.
I don’t see where @RustShack ever said anyone owed him anything.

if anything, maybe they owe it to their teammates , their coaches, and their school that gave them an opportunity for a free education.
 
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I don’t see where @RustShack ever said anyone owed him anything.

if anything, maybe they owe it to their teammates , their coaches, and their school that gave them an opportunity for a free education.
I heard it as that. So many schools will give them opportunities. Just like many employers give employees opportunities.
 

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We won’t ever agree on this … I see your post hear it as they owe you something…. They don’t. And it’s sad you feel that way.
I mean no one is forcing them to get paid to get a free education playing a sport they love either. If they don’t want to play, then don’t.
 
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I heard it as that. So many schools will give them opportunities. Just like many employers give employees opportunities.
True. But players that shop around are similar to job hoppers that wonder why they can’t get a job when they were able to get five last year.
 

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And what does a coach making career moves(by his choice or the schools) have to do with the player(who can transfer after a coaching change)? Education first. Don’t commit to a school if you want want a degree from there. Most people aren’t lucky enough to go to the school they choose for free.

College still is considered school right? Or did I miss this becoming the Pros? But I guess in the NFL you can’t just switch teams whenever you want either.

It might be best for your sanity if you stop pretending that college athletics have much of anything to do with college academics, and haven't had much to do with them for a very long time.
 
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What school does this... is there one going this route? Or are we making stuff up at this moment.
There isn't. It's pure make believe. If anyone thinks that any school is going to enact any kind of restriction or requirement that's punitive to the athlete, then they haven't been paying attention, or are being wilfully ignorant.
 

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It might be best for your sanity if you stop pretending that college athletics have much of anything to do with college academics, and haven't had much to do with them for a very long time.
Damn, that isn’t what all of the emails from ISU tell me when asking for more donations to support the athletes education. :rolleyes:
 

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Sometimes when you get a big boy job, you are restricted from leaving for a competitor for a certain amount of years.
If it's a big boy job, then pay them. Make them employees and let them negotiate compensation. Then you add your noncompete language. But the NCAA has insisted for years that they are not employees. Can't have it both ways.
 
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It might be best for your sanity if you stop pretending that college athletics have much of anything to do with college academics, and haven't had much to do with them for a very long time.

No idea how it would be possible but you start to wonder if there will eventually just be 'trades' where the kids transfer mid season or after camp or something.
 

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Again, schools are free to try that if they want to, but other schools would absolutely use it against them in recruiting.
I’m pretty sure they indeed lose access to the team facilities when they quit mid-season. Coaches don’t want them ‘poisoning the pool’ after they quit.