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BHoppy

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https://www.espn.com/college-footba...a-likely-cancel-spring-game-transfer-concerns

Here you go an article from ESPN and Rhule explain why.

"The word 'tampering' doesn't exist anymore," Rhule said Saturday at his midwinter news conference. "It's just an absolute free open common market. I don't necessarily want to open up to the outside world and have people watch our guys and say, 'He looks like a pretty good player. Let's go get him.'"
 
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Walleye 1

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RedMyMind said:
Spring game is just as unnecessary as seeing this picture

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Please no more Iowa pics. Enough for one day
 
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Mrs.Jeans15 said:
Why don't we have a regional preseason scrimmage in August against another program.

They could televise those things.
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I love this idea. The NFL plays preseason games. Why not?

Annual home-and-home preseason game against Missouri or Oklahoma? Yes please.
 
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I know I’ll catch hell for this but I feel sorry for Matt. I can’t imagine being a HC at a major program and being this insecure. His press conference was cringe.

Not wanting other coaches to see your players because you’re afraid of coaches vetting them, really? That’s like not allow your girlfriend or wife to go out with her friends because you’re affraid of guys trying to talk to her. Grow a pair man. Jeez. It’s embarrassing
 
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Spinner45 said:
I know I’ll catch hell for this but I feel sorry for Matt. I can’t imagine being a HC at a major program and being this insecure. His press conference was cringe.

Not wanting other coaches to see your players because you’re afraid of coaches vetting them, really? That’s like not allow your girlfriend or wife to go out with her friends because you’re affraid of guys trying to talk to her. Grow a pair man. Jeez. It’s embarrassing
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College athletes at the 18-22 age are like hoes
 
inWV

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Rhule’s sentiments are that of nearly every college coach in the country. No one has an interest in advertising their players for the spring portal. And the Wisconsin kid bagging out after signing a deal with the Badgers means all bets are off.
 
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inWV said:
Rhule’s sentiments are that of nearly every college coach in the country. No one has an interest in advertising their players for the spring portal. And the Wisconsin kid bagging out after signing a deal with the Badgers means all bets are off.
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We’ll see

My guess is we’ll be one of very few major schools to tuck tail and cower from tradition re: televised spring games
 
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This is reminiscent of declining a bowl game. What a coward's way out. Awful look for Nebraska's head coach and program.

Can't make excuses for Coach Rhule or the AD here.
 
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SickOfPractice

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Hey! How 'bout we just leave the players names & numbers off their jerseys and other coaches won't know who they are!
😉
 
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1Ramsker3 said:
This is reminiscent of declining a bowl game. What a coward's way out. Awful look for Nebraska's head coach and program.

Can't make excuses for Coach Rhule or the AD here.
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Well, we don't want another team poaching our scrubs do we?
 
Redscarlet

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king_kong_ said:
We’ll see

My guess is we’ll be one of very few major schools to tuck tail and cower from tradition re: televised spring games
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Never said he isn’t scrimmaging and it won’t be on TV it they have something.. Not seeing your tuck tail cower here…

You still in a bad mood that the B1G won a national title in football?
 
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inWV said:
Rhule - televising a spring game is an invitation to tamper from programs nationwide. Pretty sure this sentiment is broadly shared within the college fb coaching community.
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I can't remember the last time someone totally unexpected made an impact statement in the spring game unless it was a walk on making a few nice plays to potentially become a contributor. In that case, outside interest would still be pretty minimal. And we should have already taken care of the guys we expect to perform with their NIL. It's a chicken **** excuse.
 
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Dean Pope said:
Good points. But go 1st team vs. 3rd team for all I care. I'm not looking to evaluate anything. I just want to see it. I want to watch the RBs breaking tackles or that new transfer LB make a great tackle in space.

This is all pretty ridiculous really. The idea that you cannot go live 11 on 11 with a roster of 105 four months ahead of the season. Do they go live? Then sell tickets. Otherwise, say that we're a finesse program that doesn't go live. Or we do go live but fans are not welcome to watch it.
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We do go live but fans are not welcome to watch it for 2000 Alex lol


Holla
 
inWV

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kakdawg said:
We do go live but fans are not welcome to watch it for 2000 Alex lol


Holla
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In the world of NIL and the prospect of losing a depth/rotational kid or starter to tampering, coaches look at their spring game as advertising their players for other teams.
 
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BTF69 said:
If the argument is injuries, well that is just lame. Clearly they don't want anyone to get hurt and the fans don't want that either

But, this has become the 8th home game. It is a great time the weather is usually awesome, the college girls are usually dressed in almost nothing (when I went to UNL they dressed like Kurt Cobain).

It is or it has become an event. It is an event for the fans, for the players, for kids, for the local economy.

The last thing, I think, that you want to do is do anything that slowly starts to change the support from the fans.

When I was at UNL the spring game was not really a big deal and now look at it, it is packed and Lincoln is rocking that day. I just can't see why they would want to lose that.

I think you said it your post but the idea that you can't play a game with 105 players is ****ing nuts.

HS teams do their "soap scrimmage" with way less players.
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I was one who didn't really have a problem with it if they didn't play. That said I'm not in Nebraska and have never seen a spring game live. After reading your response you have kinda brought me around to your way of thinking. Guess I never looked at it that way.


I think HCMR is looking at it based on injuries (they happen in practice as well). But MAINLY the fact that he doesn't want other teams basically seeing his kids. If we are being real about it spring games have now become "auditions" for other teams to scope and then go after your players. To that I can understand him.

There has to be some middle ground o would think.


Holla
 
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kakdawg said:
I was one who didn't really have a problem with it if they didn't play. That said I'm not in Nebraska and have never seen a spring game live. After reading your response you have kinda brought me around to your way of thinking. Guess I never looked at it that way.


I think HCMR is looking at it based on injuries (they happen in practice as well). But MAINLY the fact that he doesn't want other teams basically seeing his kids. If we are being real about it spring games have now become "auditions" for other teams to scope and then go after your players. To that I can understand him.

There has to be some middle ground o would think.


Holla
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I think as long as it’s OK for a kid to walk out on one school and then just enroll in another (NIL dough pre-negotiated under the table), it’s kind of checkmate on a spring game with lots of plays from scrimmage.
 
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If we get better and compete for a spot in the playoffs I couldn’t care less about the spring game. If we continue to suck and barely make it into ****** lower tier bowls than I have a big problem with it. That’s how it works Rhule. You win most people will be fine with this, if you don’t it’s another reason you should be fired.
 
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V-Doub said:
If we get better and compete for a spot in the playoffs I couldn’t care less about the spring game. If we continue to suck and barely make it into ****** lower tier bowls than I have a big problem with it. That’s how it works Rhule. You win most people will be fine with this, if you don’t it’s another reason you should be fired.
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That's spot on. If Rhule wins big, he can do about whatever he wants I guess. At this point, optimism is high. We are winning the off season. Unfortunately, about every other team is as well and it all gets decided on the field. I like the comment that was said earlier. There's a crowd. It's like a dress rehearsal. Kick that field goal into a sea of red fans. Catch that pass with thousands watching.
 
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Looks like Texas and a few other schools are now considering canceling their spring games as well.
 
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HUSKERFAN66

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Ok so somebody brought up $. How much do we get paid for televised spring game? Would this be a total cancelation or just not televised
 
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Lots of things they can do to eliminate injuries and exposure to other teams tampering, yet still be entertaining enough for the fans to make it an event. Hell, bring in the volleyball team and make it a coed intramural style flag football game, sprinkle in some autograph access for kids and a concert. Our fans would still fill the place up.
 
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huskerfan66 said:
Ok so somebody brought up $. How much do we get paid for televised spring game? Would this be a total cancelation or just not televised
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I don't think we would get paid anything to be televised on BTN/Network since it would still fall under the contract rights for "Nebraska Athletics." To my knowledge it doesn't matter how many games/events you play, you will still be paid the same flat rate annually (which is spread evenly throughout the B1G).

The admission used to be $10 for the spring game, if that is still the same then you would be looking at a max of 870k (would most likely be 600k) + concessions, however it does cost money to "run" the spring game so that isn't all profit and I also believe kids get in free (which is a significant portion of the crowd). In other words, when we are looking at 20-30 million for the roster management alone... the spring game contributes very little. Every little helps but when you have to make counter offers due to exposure, you are probably at pretty big loss.

Its not worth risking your roster depth to have a spring game. Anyone crying about not having a meaningless spring game should at least have 10 million to their name and be fully willing to support our players with counter offers.
 
Redscarlet

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The landscape of college football has changed if you want to blame it on something blame in on the portal is the reason why spring games are going away..

Unless they change the rules when you can and when you can’t enter the portal there will no longer be any spring games.
 
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king_kong_

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scarletred said:
The landscape of college football has changed if you want to blame it on something blame in on the portal is the reason why spring games are going away..

Unless they change the rules when you can and when you can’t enter the portal there will no longer be any spring games.
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I blame it on our powers that be being incredibly soft
 
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king_kong_

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scarletred said:
Wake up other programs have canceled.
Texass
USC

There will be plenty of competition during scrimmage’s during the spring..
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when texas was taking control of the big 12 we applauded our ability to stand up to them

now we use them as validation for our own soft ***** decisions

sad.
 
Redscarlet

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king_kong_ said:
when texas was taking control of the big 12 we applauded our ability to stand up to them

now we use them as validation for our own soft ***** decisions

sad.
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Which has to do with what?

Another narrative switch by you as usual.
 
Redscarlet

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king_kong_ said:
the fact texas cancelled their spring game should make us want to hold an even bigger one

not use it as validation like meek cowards
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Maybe it’s time for you to move on and be a fan of a team who’s going to have a spring game since that is so important to you..

Most likely you don’t go anyway or never have.
 
inWV

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scarletred said:
The landscape of college football has changed if you want to blame it on something blame in on the portal is the reason why spring games are going away..

Unless they change the rules when you can and when you can’t enter the portal there will no longer be any spring games.
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In order to get back to a spring game, I think there would have to either be date certain that kids being supported above cost of attendance have to commit to remaining on the roster for the coming season. Any move would come with a one-year loss of eligibility. I would think you would want a 55-65 players to commit. I don't think that is going to happen.
 
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