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  • huskyhooliganhuskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,041
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    The biggest issue would be housing while at home. I'm kind of surprised most teams just haven't built dorms for the players. Otherwise, food, travel, training in season are all paid for or available. The only other cost I could think of would be steroids.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    haie said:

    Baseball is a fucking hellscape.

    At least cfb players get a degree and connections necessary to do something. Especially in the Seattle area.


  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 100,716
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    haie said:

    Baseball is a fucking hellscape.

    At least cfb players get a degree and connections necessary to do something. Especially in the Seattle area.

    That was actually my point

    And they get paid better too

    It's delusional to think

    1 colleges will be minor league teams

    And

    2 NFL players will care anymore than MLB players about the kids

    Some guy on the Nationals turned down 420 million and NOGAF about baseball
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    haie said:

    Baseball is a fucking hellscape.

    At least cfb players get a degree and connections necessary to do something. Especially in the Seattle area.

    That was actually my point

    And they get paid better too

    It's delusional to think

    1 colleges will be minor league teams

    And

    2 NFL players will care anymore than MLB players about the kids

    Some guy on the Nationals turned down 420 million and NOGAF about baseball
    Only 1 of the 9 SCOTUS fucktards who imposed NIL on us went to a football school. Coincidence? Me thinks not.

    Fucking noyds.
  • DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 59,711
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    There was a kid that graduated from Woodinville, won a national championship with Oregon State, and then got drafted by the Minnesota Twins. I interviewed him every summer for 4-5 years in a row, for an annual update. He would detail the minor league experience. Living in a house with three other guys and a host family, etc. My favorite was when he was staying in a hotel on the banks of the Mississippi River. Team management warned the players not to go outside unless it was necessary. I asked him, "Can you give me an example of the area?" And he said, "Let me put it this way... Our hotel door has four locks on it."

    He actually reached the major leagues this season, and has one at-bat so far. 0 for 1. Catcher named Caleb Hamilton. He was close friends with the late Parker Moore.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 41,658
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    Don't feel sorry for minor leaguers.

  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 41,658
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    I maintained this for a long time that college football and basketball had it way better than the minor league system that would exist if they didn't exist in their pre-NIL, especially if you could get bags under the table. Even without that you're getting better housing, the chance for a degree and connections, the chance for actual celebrity, fish in a barrel hot college chicks at your disposal, better travel, and way better chances for your family and friends to watch you play and care.

    I think the NIL payments we are seeing now might be a gold rush too, the people paying will realize how terrible of an investment it is and we could end up with what's basically a shitty minor league eventually.

    The never ending TV commercials starring Drew Timme for Northern Quest Casino are pretty funny the first 23 times they air.

    The @Swayes are good at marketing and taking the white devils' money with a sense of humor.


  • MikeDamoneMikeDamone Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,781
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    There was a kid that graduated from Woodinville, won a national championship with Oregon State, and then got drafted by the Minnesota Twins. I interviewed him every summer for 4-5 years in a row, for an annual update. He would detail the minor league experience. Living in a house with three other guys and a host family, etc. My favorite was when he was staying in a hotel on the banks of the Mississippi River. Team management warned the players not to go outside unless it was necessary. I asked him, "Can you give me an example of the area?" And he said, "Let me put it this way... Our hotel door has four locks on it."

    He actually reached the major leagues this season, and has one at-bat so far. 0 for 1. Catcher named Caleb Hamilton. He was close friends with the late Parker Moore.

    Of the Woodinville Hamilton's?
  • CanadawgCanadawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,047
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    Let players have the option to get drafted by the NFL out of high-school or after 3 years of CFB. Oh the league doesn't want your scrawny ass before you're old enough to drink in Canada?? Well suck it up and learn the game for few years with a free degree and a chance for the big payday.
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,587
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    Canadawg said:

    Let players have the option to get drafted by the NFL out of high-school or after 3 years of CFB. Oh the league doesn't want your scrawny ass before you're old enough to drink in Canada?? Well suck it up and learn the game for few years with a free degree and a chance for the big payday.

    Exactly. Fuck the kids, in other words.

    Their stipend should have been expanded many times over so they could have a reasonable living without having to work. That along with all the other perks and benefits should've been enough for minor leaguers.
  • LawDawg1LawDawg1 Member Posts: 3,751
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    Too bad they can't chose to work elsewhere if the compensation in their sport doesn't suit them.

    I say disband college sports and have true minor leagues for football. This will allow the players to be compensated on the open market and be paid what they are worth unencumbered from the universities.

    This. And they’d realize that the fans would no longer be encumbered by their fandom and the players would earn jack shit.
  • MotrboatnsobMotrboatnsob Member Posts: 424
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    Apparently USC is having trouble paying what they promised to players and now some players are looking for better offers.
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