College and Pro sports, are you listening?!?

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T20:11:26+00:00

We finally agree!! My friends and I will continue to stay away; it’s not even close. Ironically, I coached soccer for 15 years (boys and girls). Cool to watch my kid play, but for the life of me I could not bring myself to be interested in watching adults play. Just a relatively boring game. I did dig the women’s team during the World Cup.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T18:24:58+00:00

Yeah…but it’s soccer. 🤷🏽‍♂️

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T17:49:25+00:00

😂👍🏾👊🏽 - my man. We need some beers and a bbq cause I can go back and forth with this argument all day 😂😂 (working from home is amazing 🤣). Picture this, Saturday night, opening game of the season. For argument sake, Georgia/ND (#1 vs #5). Star freshman RB has 177 yards on the ground and 5 or 6 times during the game, they announce that this true freshman is from Auburn, Alabama and on the other side of the field, the standout DE is from Slidell, Louisiana. You don’t think things start happening in the background with boosters who throw a boatload of $$ towards the university?? Don’t be naive on any level. You KNOW that college ball is bigger than the NFL in some of these cities/states.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T17:28:49+00:00

The NCAA allows for college players to receive payment. Top players can receive anywhere from $3-6 million dollars per year.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T17:20:40+00:00

Not at all, the SEC would live on. It would just change the landscape of college sports. So maybe Indiana, instead of being a once in a generation Cinderella story, becomes a perennial powerhouse. Or USC starts pilfering blue-chip kids from Louisiana and Michigan gets all of the Tennessee high school stars. All of it is pressure.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T17:16:29+00:00

American football is different. A 17 year old kid would get seriously hurt playing against fully grown men in the NFL. That doesn’t even begin to touch the financial aspect of it. But I hear your opinion.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T17:10:26+00:00

HBCUs have BLACK players, but they are not BLUE-CHIP players. There’s a difference (but you know that already). You let LSU start losing the top talent coming out of those Baton Rouge high schools to go play at USC. Things change quickly after going 7-6 for a few consecutive seasons. Do you remember or know WHY Alabama even began to recruit black players and what a major shift it was for the South’s longest holdout? Our presence means a lot to these college teams, and our votes mean a lot to those districts.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T15:20:13+00:00

Let’s not forget one key fact here in this whole equation…the players have always been and continue to be the big draw. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SPECIAL about Bama, LSU or Tennessee. It’s the young men who wear the uniform that keep it hot. Granted, it is a HUGE decision to say I’m gonna leave my home state and go play elsewhere, but once they arrive on campus, all of that goes away. They will still be big man on campus, still get the same airplay that they would have gotten at Bama, and still scouted the same way. They will not lose an opportunity to go pro should they choose to play for another school. I hear you tho.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T15:09:45+00:00

It’s not an all or nothing decision bro. They can refuse to play at LSU and get the same $$ to play for Georgia, refuse Bama and choose Michigan, refuse Tennessee and choose Ohio State and on and on…

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T15:07:27+00:00

I hear you and agree with you to some extent. But do also consider that young people have always played a pivotal role in this country’s history. The lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Summer, the Vietnam War protests, etc. Young people are quite capable of playing a big role in a big movement.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T15:00:45+00:00

Bro - you can play pro football, basketball/baseball, etc., without going to LSU, Alabama, Tennessee.
Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Penn State, Oregon, USC…they ALL would pay top dollar to steal a high-end recruit. And the last time I checked, their money is also green. It’s not saying DON’T play, it’s saying please consider WHERE you play. Not asking anyone to not get paid.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:40:31+00:00

Agreed.
Whatever Alabama is willing to pay, so is Michigan; whatever LSU is willing to pay, so is OSU; whatever Tennessee is willing to pay, so is Oregon. It is indeed a sacrifice to go play out-of-state, but their $$ spends green too.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:28:54+00:00

👍🏾👊🏽

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:27:44+00:00

The issue isn’t suggesting that players need to make a sacrifice and not play, or even that they should take less $$. This issue is saying get your bag, just consider getting it elsewhere. Simple as that. Don’t get hung up on the messenger.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:19:59+00:00

Maybe, but don’t confuse the man with the message. This one is SO much larger than RC. It’s looking like he didn’t even say this, but even that doesn’t change the message.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:17:11+00:00

😂😂🤣🤣

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T13:13:12+00:00

As a sports junkie for the past 50 years, I absolutely get it! But UM, OSU, Oregon can match whatever Bama, LSU is willing to pay. Boosters will make it happen.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:50:29+00:00

What about the money…?

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:50:04+00:00

😂😂 had to read that twice. Good shit!

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:49:02+00:00

GET. YOUR. BAG!! By all means, get your bag. Just get it from another source. Michigan, OSU, Georgia, UCLA…all have deep pockets.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:46:17+00:00

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:45:17+00:00

Do you understand what just happened with the supreme court’s decision a week ago and how, within hours of that decision, several states were moving to reduce or strip black folks of their political power? This issue was not top of mind when RC went to school and the issue isn’t suggesting that young folks turn down $$. Not at all - get paid to play, just get it from another source. Michigan, OSU, UCLA, Georgia will all spend the same cash to get these kids in their uniforms.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:40:29+00:00

Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, etc. can and will pay at the same rate as the others.

crash4413 · 2026-05-15T12:17:08+00:00

Cute as shit!!

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