"They offered him 1 Million to Transfer" THIS is what we are fighting

[BlackSailsDawg]

Utah AD Mark Harlan: "We had a player who was offered, I believe, about a million dollars to pull him over to another team by a collective. I called that AD and had a discussion, right? And he's frustrated. Everybody's frustrated. Because this was a friend. It was a friendly call. It was just to say, listen, it happened. My colleague was-- embarrassed is not the right word, but he was frustrated."


They gone on to talk about BC WR that was offered 600K by a collective to transfer.


https://sports.yahoo.com/utah-ad-say...210355200.html


Now let's be honest, we don't have that kind of money. We don't have those collectives. And we will get raided at some point. Ark, say what you want how they were this or that, but that have the money! From Tyson to Waltons to Jerry and more. They have the mega dollars.

I remember reading our writers say it won't change anything in the pecking order and it will be the same. No it won't be.

[RezDog7]

Utah AD Mark Harlan: "We had a player who was offered, I believe, about a million dollars to pull him over to another team by a collective. I called that AD and had a discussion, right? And he's frustrated. Everybody's frustrated. Because this was a friend. It was a friendly call. It was just to say, listen, it happened. My colleague was-- embarrassed is not the right word, but he was frustrated."


They gone on to talk about BC WR that was offered 600K by a collective to transfer.


https://sports.yahoo.com/utah-ad-say...210355200.html


Now let's be honest, we don't have that kind of money. We don't have those collectives. And we will get raided at some point. Ark, say what you want how they were this or that, but that have the money! From Tyson to Waltons to Jerry and more. They have the mega dollars.

I remember reading our writers say it won't change anything in the pecking order and it will be the same. No it won't be.

From what I've read on this board, we don't have a player that can start for another SEC team, so we good.

[Cooterpoot]

I'm really not concerned right now.

[DownwardDawg]

Weather the storm. This isn't sustainable by any means and it shows a lack of leadership in college football that we're in this position. It'll all change in a few years.

[Maverick91]

Weather the storm. This isn't sustainable by any means and it shows a lack of leadership in college football that we're in this position. It'll all change in a few years.

Agreed! I know the NCAA is trash but they have to be working on correcting the Wild West that they currently allowed.

[BlackSailsDawg]

Weather the storm. This isn't sustainable by any means and it shows a lack of leadership in college football that we're in this position. It'll all change in a few years.

At what cost to our standing?

I believe the best way to navigate it is to be steady in staff and hit the portal hard.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Weather the storm. This isn't sustainable by any means and it shows a lack of leadership in college football that we're in this position. It'll all change in a few years.

Correct. As of right now I think we are the poorest smallest budget team in the league or damn close to it. If this doesn’t change Leach and anybody else you can get to come here is going to fail, some worse than others.
Prior to nil you could overcome that like Mullen did and leach probably would have, I don’t think you can do it now the way it is.

[Matt3467]

I don't get the faith some have in the NCAA to fix this. Most didn't have faith in them before this mess so why now? I don't see this being rolled back. Not only are players being bought openly now but being able to play right away after transferring was a mistake.

[Catfish]

The only way to help schools like us is to limit the number of times players can transfer.

[WhiskeyPirate]

The only way to help schools like us is to limit the number of times players can transfer.

That would help but minimally. To get the kids in the first place, before a transfer you are still going to need nil money....which we don’t have.

[PikeDawg15]

Correct. As of right now I think we are the poorest smallest budget team in the league or damn close to it. If this doesn’t change Leach and anybody else you can get to come here is going to fail, some worse than others.
Prior to nil you could overcome that like Mullen did and leach probably would have, I don’t think you can do it now the way it is.

Im not advocating for this .

BUT if the problem is talent and we get to a point where we are sure it wont work.

Call Deion Sanders.

[gtowndawg]

Weather the storm. This isn't sustainable by any means and it shows a lack of leadership in college football that we're in this position. It'll all change in a few years.

I tend to agree with this BUT I have joined the NIL in the meantime to be safe. It's not much money but I'm switching by Bulldog Club dollars to NIL for now.

[Johnson85]

The only way to help schools like us is to limit the number of times players can transfer.

That won't help us unless we successfully lure people here with their last transfer.

If anything, we'd probably benefit more from somebody that transferred to a blue blood and couldn't cut it and wants to transfer for immediate playing time. Won't help us against the blue bloods but would at least give us an additional edge over G5 schools.

[msu15]

Im not advocating for this .

BUT if the problem is talent and we get to a point where we are sure it wont work.

Call Deion Sanders.

Co-signed

[HancockCountyDog]

I understand that overall it is a huge problem for us.

Another problem is rushing the ball 7 times against Kentucky.

One has nothing to do with the other.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Im not advocating for this .

BUT if the problem is talent and we get to a point where we are sure it wont work.

Call Deion Sanders.

That might get some talent in the south East, but it may not if this is all nil cash dependent. Deion isn’t going to have any more money than any coach we can hire without boosters. Long term trend is doormat with middle of the pack every 3-4 years if you have someone that can coach them up. Old standard was middle of the pack and really good year every 4 years.

Worst case scenario is someone who can’t coach them up with subpar talent.

Honestly some of the posts I see on the other boards are delusional. They haven’t even conceived of what is going on.

[BlackSailsDawg]

Im not advocating for this .

BUT if the problem is talent and we get to a point where we are sure it wont work.

Call Deion Sanders.

Sanders got the #1 recruit in the USA and it was due to MONEY!

[BlackSailsDawg]

That won't help us unless we successfully lure people here with their last transfer.

If anything, we'd probably benefit more from somebody that transferred to a blue blood and couldn't cut it and wants to transfer for immediate playing time. Won't help us against the blue bloods but would at least give us an additional edge over G5 schools.

Yep like Banks and Greene.

[BlackSailsDawg]

I understand that overall it is a huge problem for us.

Another problem is rushing the ball 7 times against Kentucky.

One has nothing to do with the other.

You are right. In addition to those problems, it would help if your 2 starting RBs don't go down to injury along with the starting center that forces a reshuffle in the OL. Think that might have played a part?

[BulldogBear]

They can start by reducing football schollies by 12-15 and giving them to other sports. You'd be surprised how far that would go to produce parity, NIL be damned.