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4Q Basket Case said:
So Nebraska is getting Kyle McCord AND Dylan Raiola? I wouldn’t think anybody would spend that much money, much less Nebraksa.

Regarding Kyle McCord being told he wouldn’t be the starter next year: that strains credulity.

If Ryan Day really did that, he pulled a stupid move. And I don’t think Ryan Day is anywhere close to stupid.

Maybe he told McCord that he’d have to compete for the job just like players compete for all 24 positions. I don’t know. But I find it hard to believe that Day would make such a statement in today’s world of NIL and the transfer portal.
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I assume that McCord is supposed to be a one and done at Nebraska. Which allows you to redshirt the freshman
 
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B1GTide said:
He and his father both said that he would have to compete for the job. They wanted to be assured that he would be the starter next year. Day just told them the truth.
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"well son, I know competition at a high level like OSU is really hard on you. Why don't you head on over to Nebraska and grab that million dollars"
 
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B1GTide said:
He and his father both said that he would have to compete for the job. They wanted to be assured that he would be the starter next year. Day just told them the truth.
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You simply can’t guarantee a starting slot to anyone. It’s a perfect way to destroy a locker room.

I might have told them that Kyle would be the starter on Day 1 of spring practice. But who starts the first game at all 24 spots will be the result of competition, also at all 24 spots, over the intervening 6 months.

If Kyle (or more likely the dad) can’t live with that, there’s the door.

I know nothing about what really happened. But from the outside looking in, this looks awfully like the doings of a helicopter dad.

Late Add: I have a friend who says that when a helicopter parent gets upset, they flip over and become a lawnmower….chopping down and chewing up everything in their path.
 
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There have always been the “entitled”, those whose egos were over-inflated as youngsters and who expect to be named the starter the moment they set foot on campus.

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If the NCAA loses its ability to regulate transfers, why should it further exist?
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If there was a legitimate reason for its existence up until now, and the power to regulate transfers is removed by law, then to me, that opens the door to the maelstrom that will follow. Transferring four or five times in a college career buys you what, an honorary degree in transportation???
 
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There have always been the “entitled”, those whose egos were over-inflated as youngsters and who expect to be named the starter the moment they set foot on campus.


If there was a legitimate reason for its existence up until now, and the power to regulate transfers is removed by law, then to me, that opens the door to the maelstrom that will follow. Transferring four or five times in a college career buys you what, an honorary degree in transportation???
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From an enforcement standpoint, court decisions have made the NCAA wholly irrelevant.

It is now an event planning organization — puts on the NCAA Basketball Tournament and championship tournaments of one sort or another for lower-division football and a bunch of other “Olympic” sports. That’s it.

Which is why I’ve been saying for some time that the only solution I see is a collegiate analogue to the NFL Players’ Association, with the contract negotiated with the Presidents.

The union / management contract would come under the auspices of the NLRB and bring uniformity to NIL, rules around tenure on a team before moving elsewhere, and a bunch of other stuff. Also backed by subpoena power and the full weight of a federal enforcement agency.

Trust me….you don’t want to be on the business end of a hacked-off federal regulator. Would go a long way toward reining in out of control boosters.

No, I don’t like the government being involved. I’d prefer to go back to the per-O’Bannon days, only with a just, competent, consistent and unbiased NCAA riding herd on the rules. But Pollyanna wishes won’t change the reality of the situation, and that idea is dead as a trilobite.

If there’s a better solution out there, I’m all ears.
 
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crimsonaudio said:
There have been rumors around this kid since his HS days that he's not a great addition to a locker room. Only rumors, but if they are correct it would make sense that Bama hasn't pursued him.

Then again he may well end up in Tuscaloosa - Saban has taken chances on guys with a history of behavioral issues before.
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I think Ute wants him
 
CB4 said:
Yeah but Tommy Bowden was the Head Coach that recruited Harper, signed him and promised him “the first carry of the season” against Alabama in 2008, not Dabo Swinney.
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Yeah I wasn't contradicting you, rather clarifying what seemed to have been a confusing point.
 
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