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(07-21-2021 12:38 PM)ZCat Wrote:  

(07-21-2021 10:22 AM)nachoman91 Wrote:  

(07-20-2021 04:46 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(07-20-2021 03:16 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(07-20-2021 03:07 PM)nachoman91 Wrote:  This the beginning of the end.

Saban to 2023, 2024, 2025, etc recruits:
"Our current QB is making $1M. Sign with us and you'll make the same".

How the heck is UC supposed to compete with that.

Because Bama was recruiting the cream of the crop before.

Agreed. UC never got recruits that Alabama wanted. Even if it's a local kid.

Technically some of our guys have "offers" from schools like Penn State or Auburn, but I always got the feeling that those were more bottom-tier offers "in case our first and second choices fall through." Maybe I'm talking out of my rear end though.

All this has done is given schools like Alabama another path to widen the gap between themselves and teams like UC.

This is BAD BAD BAD for college athletics.

SMU in the late 70's and early 80's went from a bad to great team simply because a couple of Dallas oil tycoons stepped in and bought them the players they needed. This is going to have to be UC's path if they want to succeed long term. I can't see Fickel wanting to stick around after a few years of trying to recruit against teams who are just buying players.

I also wonder about kids losing motivation/ that hunger to be the best, put in the extra time. Of course there are some players will always go above and beyond. But give most 18-year-olds a couple hundred thousand dollars (or more) and chances are they will not turn out to be the same person.

It may hurt AL In someways. Would he be the same quarterback three years from now if he’s living large?

Alabama and Cincinnati are not at the same level and never will be, regardless of NIL. The gap is as wide as it is ever going to get because that gap is an infinite space...this won't make it any bigger.

So you are saying that someone making $1M, and looking at NFL players making $50M-$200M, will have less motivation now. Ok. And someone making $50,000 will just hang them up instead of trying to get to the NFL, which is really what most of that level of kids care about anyways....not playing for Bama/UGA/OSU/etc. Most of the guys making big bucks (of which there will likely be 10 in a year) more often than not have insane insurance policies on them as well...that's like saying someone making $50,000 salary will get lazy even though there are jobs in their field that make $300,000...come on now, isn't that the exact opposite argument most free-market individuals make to why certain salaries and benefits shouldn't be afforded to everyone? I don't agree with that mentality economically, just like I don't here. I could care less if some Guard on Bama's OL gets lazy, just means you blitz the A-gap until someone else proves they should earn that recognition.

I guess we're in the "throw every single argument at a wall" stage of old men yelling at the sky now.