Greg Byrne calls for Alabama fans to 'fight back'
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Can't do it Greg. Sorry
This actually seems a little desperate, timing was not the best here.
This actually seems a little desperate, timing was not the best here.
Not going to donate to a fund where college kids make more than me. This is out of hand and I am not going to participate.
I'm not donating a dime. The best thing to do is what Tennessee did and add a 20% "athlete fee" to every ticket and go that route. It's the "cleanest", most consistent way to do it. Do it to every sport on campus.
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This should be where Nick earns some of his $500,000 salary. I would hope he's a part of the fundraising.
Can I pick the player I want my donation to go to? Will I get a refund if he transfers? Will his pay be docked if he doesn't perform up to expectations?
Manage your money better, Greg - I'm not giving you one red cent.
- Alabama football revenue (2022): $130.9 million
- Alabama football revenue (2023): $129.3 million
- Alabama athletic department total operating revenue (2023): $199.9 million
- Alabama football revenue (2022): $130.9 million
- Alabama football revenue (2023): $129.3 million
- Alabama athletic department total operating revenue (2023): $199.9 million
I wouldn’t give a dime if I was worth a billion.
I’ll quit watching before I donate money to a university so it can pay athletes pretending to be students.
What a joke.
I’ll quit watching before I donate money to a university so it can pay athletes pretending to be students.
What a joke.
This is a really tough one.
On one hand we have been paying coaches hand over fist , while the players were not getting monetary compensation for their efforts. The schools and NCAA made a good amount of money off of the players. So the system changed due to lawsuits.
I don't fault the players for wanting to get theirs. Times are different and we are never walking this back to the days of under the table deals (SMU/Boz/Cam/Bush/Etc). If I were a player and I had the opportunity to set the next decade of my life up financially, I would be foolish to pass up that opportunity.
It is easy for us on the outside to be upset that things have developed the way they have. The system is terrible. NIL is operating like it is the wild wild west and the structures of the transfer portal are absolutely ridiculous as Rhett Lashlee alluded to earlier this week. When you put it all together you have a system that is completely out of whack. Players would be naive to not take advantage of the system. It isn't their fault it is the way it is.
On the other hand, you can ask, "What happened to loyalty to the school and program?" That is a valid question. But the reality is that most of these programs have not been loyal to the players. They are only loyal as long as the players benefit the program. As a player I would be loyal to my school so long as it did not come at the expense of my future (both on and off the field).
In the end, something has to give structurally in college sports. The structures of the system were never meant for what this has evolved into. So I get your frustration and you have every right to not participate in this system. But I do feel that the frustration should be aimed less at the players and more at the landscape that currently exists.
None of this addresses the AD begging fans for money to pay players.
Pay them whatever you want. Just don't ask me to subsidize it.
That is the system. Call it a collective, call it whatever you want. They are asking in one form or another. Saban talking to boosters about Texas A & M and Jackson State was just another version of the same narrative. These conversations are happening all over the place right now. The system is broken and it needs to be fixed...badly.
Here's the thing.
The genie's out of the bottle and it ain't going back in.
If they try, more lawsuits.
Bed is made. Folks are going to have to lie in it.
I will miss it, but I didn't watch for many years after high school until CNS came along mostly because I didn't have Saturdays free. I will survive. And I always enjoy the game thread interaction here, too.
The genie's out of the bottle and it ain't going back in.
If they try, more lawsuits.
Bed is made. Folks are going to have to lie in it.
I will miss it, but I didn't watch for many years after high school until CNS came along mostly because I didn't have Saturdays free. I will survive. And I always enjoy the game thread interaction here, too.
I had to catch my breath from laughing at the audacity.
100% bro. I have a job that not many can do, it takes experience and in-depth specific knowledge, I make 30 an hour. These guys making more money than i'll make in a decade by getting their free tuition/books/housing/food just to live a dream life, If I donate to make some kids dream come true, it's going to be my kids.
Reminds me of retail stores where the cashier asks if you want to round up to help with this or that cause.
My standard reply is "Why don't you round down? As a consumer....don't I get a break once in a while?"
My standard reply is "Why don't you round down? As a consumer....don't I get a break once in a while?"
And that is all fine.
But I'm not going to participate. If that means CFB (or Alabama FB) dies, fine. I couldn't care less at this point.
Just don't expect me to spend one dime of my own money to fund it.
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