Am I supposed to shed tears that he is cutting guys? These college guys want to pretend they're valuable with NIL and all that bs but then we are supposed to feel bad that a coach comes in and tells them to kick rocks? They wanted to be paid like they're pros and now he's treating them like it's Pro. I'm rooting for Deion. You all complain this is such big business now, well that's exactly how he's handling it.
It's a fair question if ALL college players want to to get paid via NIL. I doubt that they do.
I'm guessing quite a few (50-60% or higher?) are happy to continue playing the sport they love at a competitive level, even in a backup or practice role, or as a backup, and for scholarship players, the free education is enough for them.
Sure, there are star players that want to get paid.
You played the game. There is an aspect that seems to be missing in Prime's approach- development. How many star players step on the field and are ready to compete at the P5 level?
The other aspect of this is team work and the speed of the game versus high school. There is a learning curve, isn't there?
As I said above, I don't care either way if Prime succeeds or fails. I don't know that much about him, and I don't have strong feelings about him.
But this approach seems like it could fail for a variety of reasons--judging talent before seeing how that talent will play out at the P5 level (unless they are a P5 portal transfer); development; team work; and fitting in with the team culture--which seems it may be Prime's way or the highway?
This will be interesting to watch.
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