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KrAzY3 said:
As a side note, I saw someone claim that Nebraska was the second highest bidder for Terrance Green and that money would have made him the second highest paid player on the team.

So, not sure if Alabama had to pay a premium for a late addition or not, but certainly not a budget buy. This also illustrates something else, that there are layers here. Alabama is not by any means poor, they just don't have a billionaire booster. Their athletic department made 70 million more than Nebraska's the last year I see the numbers for though.

There are some schools that are flailing in this new era because the money really isn't there for them.

Slowpoke provided a screenshot earlier, but here's the updated rankings overall (transfer+portal, Alabama moved up one spot to fourth):
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2026 Overall Football Team Rankings

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.
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It looks kind of like you'd expect. The top 15 are all the sorts of programs you'd expect to be there. But then there's Clemson at 24, and the once mighty Nebraska at 71. Not all programs are well prepared to deal with the new realities.
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but; athletic department revenues can't be used to pay players; i.e. for NIL contracts
 
Cruiser said:
but; athletic department revenues can't be used to pay players; i.e. for NIL contracts
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Unless I am really misunderstanding something, they can now. The house settlement allows for 20 million from the school with the rest going through a clearing house (though some like Texas Tech seem to be refusing to use it). Last I checked they were clearing 94% of the deals for the record. Also the scholarship limit is increased by 20, further allowing wealthy schools to use their funds.

Since schools can now pay players directly, it kind of unleashes their funds more as things that would previously be completely forbidden are not now (you can't go after a school just for paying a player). They now operate in the grey area that is NIL contracts. For instance let's say a booster decided he wanted a facility for a particular non-revenue sport (using an example of another facility funded in large part with booster money). Normally he might just donate the money directly to the athletic department.

Now though, someone like Byrne can do is say alright we will build the facility you want, using athletic department funds, but we need you to donate X amount to the NIL collective. This, as dubious as it sounds would be perfectly within the rules as they now are being implemented (I'm not sure that the school would want to put that in writing explicitly but a handshake agreement would suffice). The school can start to use their resources to get more funds into the NIL, and this also by the way skirts any Title IX requirements at the same time.
 
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BamaInBham said:
Not an idiot, just understandably impatient. Everyone is learning how this staff operates. We did not know for sure, especially after the unsatisfactory results from last year. But it appears that they are very disciplined in refraining from violating their own evaluations in regard to pay. Nevertheless, though it doesn’t look like it will be frequent, they are willing go after a high-priced player like with Coleman.

If they sign Green that will be a terrific haul on both lines without anyone breaking the bank. It would be nice to add a proven, starting caliber RB, some lesser WRs for depth and practice and a dream would be a proven SEC starting LT, though they have multiple promising candidates. Also, Arion Carter.
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Brother, you’ve got a better handle on this than I do. RTR
 
It seems like we have been slow playing this process. We didn’t really get caught up in the sweepstakes for the big names that were going to demand high price tags, and instead bided our time for the initial insanity to subside. Then we came in and replaced the talent we lost with equal or greater value with guys that aren’t going to demand a premium.

I wish we were a Dodger, but I’ll take being a Brave. I think the staff has executed this process well.
 
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bamamc1 said:
I’m to the point, let’s just get players that want to play for Alabama.
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I don’t disagree but in the same breath doesn’t that assume that “ want to play for Alabama “ would mean that they may have had better offers but just wanted to play for the Tide? While that may happen, I would suspect that it’s a minority of cases in these days and times.
 
bamamc1 said:
I’m to the point, let’s just get players that want to play for Alabama.
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That’s the problem and one of the big shifts in the sport. There is a very small number of players that fit that description and want to play for school X. They are pros totally now and play for money only. It is now Just like the NFL, but without the guard rails and rules that make the league function properly. The old days of a player being loyal to the school is over.

If I was a college coach I would be working to get to the NFL as soon as possible. Now you have to recruit your entire roster over every year. The wolf is constantly at the door to tear your roster apart and there is nothing you can do about it. This is especially true of the smaller schools and power 4 non blue blood schools, but even the big time programs are just raiding each other.
 
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AWRTR said:
That’s the problem and one of the big shifts in the sport. There is a very small number of players that fit that description and want to play for school X. They are pros totally now and play for money only. It is now Just like the NFL, but without the guard rails and rules that make the league function properly. The old days of a player being loyal to the school is over.

If I was a college coach I would be working to get to the NFL as soon as possible. Now you have to recruit your entire roster over every year. The wolf is constantly at the door to tear your roster apart and there is nothing you can do about it. This is especially true of the smaller schools and power 4 non blue blood schools, but even the big time programs are just raiding each other.
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Nail on the head AW. I am not opposed to the players getting compensation or transfers in theory. The problem is that the NCAA has had knee jerk reactions to these court rulings and right now we have total chaos and apparently no enforcement of what little rules there are. Add to that the absolute stupidity of the time frames they have put on these portal windows and opening up windows for coaching changes even if there is a window opening soon anyway. Some simple common sense rules that can be upheld in the courts are going to be needed, along with some sort of federal regulation to prevent state legislatures & courts from throwing it back into chaos again. I still have hope, but something has to change in the next couple of years or I fear that we will begin to see the decline of CFB and a move towards fans supporting a more stable product (NFL)
 
Snuffy Smith said:
Nail on the head AW. I am not opposed to the players getting compensation or transfers in theory. The problem is that the NCAA has had knee jerk reactions to these court rulings and right now we have total chaos and apparently no enforcement of what little rules there are. Add to that the absolute stupidity of the time frames they have put on these portal windows and opening up windows for coaching changes even if there is a window opening soon anyway. Some simple common sense rules that can be upheld in the courts are going to be needed, along with some sort of federal regulation to prevent state legislatures & courts from throwing it back into chaos again. I still have hope, but something has to change in the next couple of years or I fear that we will begin to see the decline of CFB and a move towards fans supporting a more stable product (NFL)
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CFB has become the NFL without the structure.

I am now a fan of Australian Rules Football again. Used to watch it back in college when ESPN was airing it to fill up programming slots.
 
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