NCAA College Football -

lolobugg

ponytd said:

lolobugg said:

bflynn1 said:

Wobbie said:

bflynn1 said:

Go Hogs!!

is it just me, or does ole miss have the preppiest, old white money student base of all time?

Haha I think that's an accurate assessment

Rob,
How do you think they got all those great recruiting classes?? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Everyone in the SEC knows that they were paying their players.

Every major college program is paying their players. Not just the SEC

I wouldn't go that far without proof.

F Me In The Brain

lolobugg said:

ponytd said:

lolobugg said:

bflynn1 said:

Wobbie said:

bflynn1 said:

Go Hogs!!

is it just me, or does ole miss have the preppiest, old white money student base of all time?

Haha I think that's an accurate assessment

Rob,
How do you think they got all those great recruiting classes?? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Everyone in the SEC knows that they were paying their players.

Every major college program is paying their players. Not just the SEC

I wouldn't go that far without proof.

I tend to agree with him. Not saying the school is paying, though....I think the boosters get in that shit and find ways to give these kids (or their families) money.
Obviously I am biased but that is one of the reasons why it was such a sham that USC got the ridiculous penalties it did. It was much more about our arrogant asshole of an AD, and his brushing off the asshole convention the NCAA put together to investigate, than it was the actual crimes.
NCAA is a joke. Kids should get some sort of minimum payment for playing. Don't seriously have time to work (and they are heavily restricted on how much that can work even if they did have time) with the demands of practice and school. They need to be able to have some semblance of a life. (This leaves out the time to eat. If you are a top level athlete like these guys you need to spend a good amount of time every day eating just to balance the weights, exercise, etc...)
Free school is very valuable and I do not think they should be getting big money....just enough to cover as if they were working a student job at the same time so they have some money to not feel totally broke ass.

lolobugg

F Me In The Brain said:

lolobugg said:

ponytd said:

lolobugg said:

bflynn1 said:

Wobbie said:

bflynn1 said:

Go Hogs!!

is it just me, or does ole miss have the preppiest, old white money student base of all time?

Haha I think that's an accurate assessment

Rob,
How do you think they got all those great recruiting classes?? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Everyone in the SEC knows that they were paying their players.

Every major college program is paying their players. Not just the SEC

I wouldn't go that far without proof.

I tend to agree with him. Not saying the school is paying, though....I think the boosters get in that shit and find ways to give these kids (or their families) money.
Obviously I am biased but that is one of the reasons why it was such a sham that USC got the ridiculous penalties it did. It was much more about our arrogant asshole of an AD, and his brushing off the asshole convention the NCAA put together to investigate, than it was the actual crimes.
NCAA is a joke. Kids should get some sort of minimum payment for playing. Don't seriously have time to work (and they are heavily restricted on how much that can work even if they did have time) with the demands of practice and school. They need to be able to have some semblance of a life. (This leaves out the time to eat. If you are a top level athlete like these guys you need to spend a good amount of time every day eating just to balance the weights, exercise, etc...)
Free school is very valuable and I do not think they should be getting big money....just enough to cover as if they were working a student job at the same time so they have some money to not feel totally broke ass.

F'Me i agree that boosters are the problem. However, i believe that Freeze was complicit in the fact that he not only knew about this but probably encouraged it. no way they were going to get those athletes to go to Ole Miss. anyone who thinks differently is out of their fucking mind.

Jason P

ponytd said:

lolobugg said:

bflynn1 said:

Wobbie said:

bflynn1 said:

Go Hogs!!

is it just me, or does ole miss have the preppiest, old white money student base of all time?

Haha I think that's an accurate assessment

Rob,
How do you think they got all those great recruiting classes?? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Everyone in the SEC knows that they were paying their players.

Every major college program is paying their players. Not just the SEC

You haven't seen Purdue play I take it.

bflynn1

Yeah some of these teams just need to save the money if they're paying players haha

lolobugg

bflynn1 said:

Yeah some of these teams just need to save the money if they're paying players haha

better bet to play the lotto.

Cliffy6745

Every single college pays players in some ways.

I played college soccer and had a work study that I had to show up to for 15 minutes a week (if even show up after the first few weeks) and got paid for like 5 hours. Every single college does that kind of stuff.

F Me In The Brain

Cliffy6745 said:

Every single college pays players in some ways.

I played college soccer and had a work study that I had to show up to for 15 minutes a week (if even show up after the first few weeks) and got paid for like 5 hours. Every single college does that kind of stuff.

Glad to hear that. I know others might cry about it but when I went to USC there were many people I knew who played sports.
The amount of practice time, study table, food table, games, travel to games, meetings, fucking cheerleaders....hardly left any time for work or inverted beer bongs. Know some who loved it and some who didn't and just used it as a way to get their degree.
Knew a few others who couldn't organize and failed out. (Which is saying something, because those "study tables" had lots of tests and tutors floating to try and make it as easy as they could for those guys.)
Swimming, Water Polo, Track, Football, Volleyball, Tennis...all the same deal, although some more demanding than others. (I think Soccer was still a club sport at that time, I knew a few girls that played and think it wasn't an official sport there yet at that point.)
Glad that they paid out for kids. The University makes enough off from Football (or Basketball at some schools) that they should be able to pay for the rest of the sports to do not make (or lose) money.

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Every single college pays players in some ways.

I played college soccer and had a work study that I had to show up to for 15 minutes a week (if even show up after the first few weeks) and got paid for like 5 hours. Every single college does that kind of stuff.

Glad to hear that. I know others might cry about it but when I went to USC there were many people I knew who played sports.
The amount of practice time, study table, food table, games, travel to games, meetings, fucking cheerleaders....hardly left any time for work or inverted beer bongs. Know some who loved it and some who didn't and just used it as a way to get their degree.
Knew a few others who couldn't organize and failed out. (Which is saying something, because those "study tables" had lots of tests and tutors floating to try and make it as easy as they could for those guys.)
Swimming, Water Polo, Track, Football, Volleyball, Tennis...all the same deal, although some more demanding than others. (I think Soccer was still a club sport at that time, I knew a few girls that played and think it wasn't an official sport there yet at that point.)
Glad that they paid out for kids. The University makes enough off from Football (or Basketball at some schools) that they should be able to pay for the rest of the sports to do not make (or lose) money.

Yes, it is not easy. My first year was a disaster. Like struggled to get a 2.0. Once I figured out how to manage it, with help from the team/athletic department, it got a lot better and I was never below or really close to 3.0 after, but it is rough in the beginning. I missed classes on a weekly basis for games. It is not easy for kids to make that up without a ton of discipline. By the end, I didn't really care about soccer and just used it for my scholarship.

It is difficult for smaller schools, but whether through BS work studies or a stipend, players should be getting some sort of money. I figured out how to work in the offseason, but it is very difficult. 8 hours of practice a week, which is often in the evenings when you'd be working plus you are expected to maintain the shape you are in. So think 4 2 hour practices a week plus you are expected to be in the gym and running on a regular basis.

Yes, I got pretty much a free education and that certainly counts for a ton, but for people who don't have help from parents or come from poor places, there is absolutely no way for these kids to get money.

tweedyfanjen

Ask Cam Newton if players are paid.

Wobbie

lolobugg said:

F Me In The Brain said:

lolobugg said:

ponytd said:

lolobugg said:

bflynn1 said:

Wobbie said:

bflynn1 said:

Go Hogs!!

is it just me, or does ole miss have the preppiest, old white money student base of all time?

Haha I think that's an accurate assessment

Rob,
How do you think they got all those great recruiting classes?? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Everyone in the SEC knows that they were paying their players.

Every major college program is paying their players. Not just the SEC

I wouldn't go that far without proof.

I tend to agree with him. Not saying the school is paying, though....I think the boosters get in that shit and find ways to give these kids (or their families) money.
Obviously I am biased but that is one of the reasons why it was such a sham that USC got the ridiculous penalties it did. It was much more about our arrogant asshole of an AD, and his brushing off the asshole convention the NCAA put together to investigate, than it was the actual crimes.
NCAA is a joke. Kids should get some sort of minimum payment for playing. Don't seriously have time to work (and they are heavily restricted on how much that can work even if they did have time) with the demands of practice and school. They need to be able to have some semblance of a life. (This leaves out the time to eat. If you are a top level athlete like these guys you need to spend a good amount of time every day eating just to balance the weights, exercise, etc...)
Free school is very valuable and I do not think they should be getting big money....just enough to cover as if they were working a student job at the same time so they have some money to not feel totally broke ass.

F'Me i agree that boosters are the problem. However, no way are you going to get these great athletes to go to that backwater burg of tuscaloosa otherwise. anyone who thinks differently is out of their fucking mind.

fixed.

Wobbie

marquee matchup of the day:

ohio vs kent state.

available on espn3.

Wobbie

it pains me to admit....but there's ala-fucking-bama and then everyone else in college football

and jim kelly's nephew sucks.

Cliffy6745

Holy fuck!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. My grandfather would enjoy this one

eeriepadave

Cliffy6745 said:

Holy fuck!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. My grandfather would enjoy this one

impressive win for Penn State

Could vault them into the top 25 i would think.

Empty Glass

WE ARE...

Jason P

Pains me to be happy for a university with a history of child rapists to beat a university of shit heads ...

Jason P

there is no justification of cheating.

tweedyfanjen

Wobbie said:

it pains me to admit....but there's ala-fucking-bama and then everyone else in college football

and jim kelly's nephew sucks.

you don't like ole Swag Kelly? Yeah, guy's a douchebag.

Wobbie

Wobbie said:

it pains me to admit....but there's ala-fucking-bama and then everyone else in college football
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like I said.....bama just keeps rolling, while OSU loses and pretenders like arkansas get boatraced.

death, taxes and nick saban