Back up the truck
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Penix actually played for two seasons, which is kinda what the old standard was for a starting QB before they went pro if they were good, and hadn't already graduated. And he was so banged up that UW took a risk on him more than they imported him as some surefire free agent. Mercenary is not really close to accurate.
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It's really a challenging problem to solve:
-College football makes a shit ton of money which is driven by the actual players, and the players deserve to be compensated for the value they produce
-Part of the reason college football makes a shit ton of money is because of the attachment of fans to a school (for whatever reason), and that attachment is stronger when the players play for their school for the entirety of their career
-Decisions made by 18 year olds shouldn't be written in blood for 5 years and should be changeable to a degree, especially when the inputs to those decisions (coaching staff, educational desires, playing opportunities) change
-The serviceable market for college football is larger when more schools have a chance at being good and winning something
Then you have some outlier economic influences of specific boosters valuing success to an almost irrational degree. I want to root for a school and team, not for my team to have a rich ass booster.
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We can argue the merits of taking mercenaries (I want UW to take more!) but that's not an accurate description of the Penix situation at all. Dude spent a full four years at one place, needed a fresh start, and hooked back up with the coach he'd had his most success under.
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@dnc is risen!
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he has risen, indeed.
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Im not saying that DNC is a slime creature who killed and absorbed the life force of multiple children, kittens and puppy dogs in order take shape and return. I'm just saying that it would be foolish to dismiss that possibility.
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Mother fuckers get free education while they rep for their U.
Allow additional $ for living expenses, that should be more than enough.
But no, NCAA fucking ruined college football and soon the rest of collegiate sports.
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I’ve had this thought more than once during the season while watching ATM, Ole Miss, tOSU and Oregon. CFB needs a salary cap. I don’t know what the cap should be but there needs to be one and then schools can decide how to navigate it. Without it, some of these schools will simply rely on their respective Phil Knights to buy players and possibly even championships.
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I’ve been saying for two years that the players need to unionize and there needs to be an agreed upon compensation package, minimum wage and/or salary cap. 10 million dollar cap, 4 million goes to a base salary to the 85 man roster of 50,000. Then you get 6 million to divide amongst your stars. The two sides could come to an agreement on transfer rules. God knows the sport and fans need that. The cream of the crop players won’t want this but players 15-85 will because most of them don’t make shit. The lawsuits could finally end and everyone could get back to making money, the field would be somewhat leveled and secret coffee cups stuffed with cash would be en vogue again.
