Looks like JIMBO is toast
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Meh. The dam isn’t ready to break yet. The party is just getting started.
aTm got the best class money can buy. But not all those kids can play. Check the portal in a year, and see what happens.
And now Jimbo is really on the hook. What happens when he cannot win the SEC? What happens to the money when the Aggies go 10-2?
When you dance with the devil, you aren’t thinking about when the music ends.
aTm got the best class money can buy. But not all those kids can play. Check the portal in a year, and see what happens.
And now Jimbo is really on the hook. What happens when he cannot win the SEC? What happens to the money when the Aggies go 10-2?
When you dance with the devil, you aren’t thinking about when the music ends.
This could get interesting.
From ESPN:
Fisher didn't stop there, threatening retaliation.
"I'll tell you what, I know how some of those guys recruit, too," he said. "Go dig into that. I know the history, I know the tradition. I know things. Trust me, you don't want to go down that avenue."
In December, Fisher told The Paul Finebaum Show that "There's always been NIL stuff going on, it just wasn't legal."
On Wednesday, he doubled down.
"Some of those guys complaining," Fisher said, "those aren't new NIL deals, they're them old NIL deals, you know what I'm saying? I'll stand by that."
ESPN
I agree with Saban’s comments at the end of the ESPN piece (however genuine they may be - I can’t imagine Bama boosters haven’t “sponsored” his players for years). There should be ample ways for NCAA to regulate NIL within reason. For instance, to avoid it being directly used as a recruiting “sign on bonus,” wouldn’t it be reasonable and easy to say no one can sign an NIL deal until they’ve actually enrolled in school and practiced with the team? When large sums of money are blanket-offered to recruits, that’s not realistic/reasonable compensation. There should be some guideline for that - if you’re giving everyone including the backup punter $20K under some spokesperson deal, nope.
It's questionable if the NCAA or the conferences have the authority to do that under the lawsuit.
Honestly, it's crazy the extent to which Fisher is getting all butthurt about people knowing the truth of how they got a good class. Just elide over it and move on, it's not some insult.
Expectations will be very high, and I think Jimbo knows that. The Aggies went 8-4 after losing to LSU in the final SEC game and then missing their bowl.
A few more seasons like that with that $30M roster, and Jimbo will be toast.
A few more seasons like that with that $30M roster, and Jimbo will be toast.
Expectations are always unrealistically high at mid-tier SEC schools like A&M. Like Burt at Arkansas, guys get brought in to these places and fired after one mediocre year because all the boosters don't understand why they aren't beating Bama all the time and they're going 4-4 in conference instead.
It's not a land of realistic expectations.
This could turn into the Sopransos......kid gets NIL worth a lot of cash....doesnt perform......? Im seeing horse heads in beds..........but the increased pressure on the player to perform and win....the ante has increased across the board....I remember the days walking down Devon Ave in large groups...to Gaurdian Angel Orphanege to watch the Ramblers Club team playing Duquesene.....dogs running across the field...kids on bikes in the end zone.....The cheerleaders throwing cans of beer and Boones Farm wine to the crowd........simpler times....then Nick Rassas embezzled money intedned for bleachers and AD George Ireland put an end to it.....
Texas A&M may be mid-tier SEC but their facilities are like a temple to the gods. That school and alumni base is not fooling around relative to football.
I think I have been to Texas A&M's European facilities.
But the seating at Ryan Field is IMHO superior:
Dang, Loyola, you old!
Yup, I remember some of that stuff... like the Bulls used to practice at Guardian Angel. That was a long time ago. Hard to believe now.
Not as impressive as the amphitheater at Ephesus.I think I have been to Texas A&M's European facilities.
But the seating at Ryan Field is IMHO superior:
OK, you got my curiosity up. The amphitheater at Ephesus in modern day Turkey is certainly stunning with its 24,000 seating capacity and 1,000 standing room with its current day use as a concert venue that has seen the likes of Elton John, Ray Charles, and Diana Ross perform there.
An interesting Biblical connection between the two locales. Paul's sermon on the Unknown God was given from Mars Hill just around the corner from the amphitheater at the Acropolis in Athens and by tradition he also preached at the amphitheater at Ephesus.
This information expresses several deep truths about human nature and human society that remain unalterable by the forces of time.
History can be pretty cool.
I think I have been to Texas A&M's European facilities.
But the seating at Ryan Field is IMHO superior:
But do they serve beer and brisket?
