How long before a team or a position group threatens to walk out before a playoff game, a Top Ten matchup, or the national championship?
Starting QB walks out on team after three games over NIL money. Rumor is he got a better offer to play elsewhere.
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The rumor is also that they verbally agreed to pay him $100k then didn't pay him a dime.
This is why the NCAA wants NIL money to come from the conferences.
One thing to note, should have had a better agent.
I'm feeling rather curmudgeonly this AM after reading and hearing about this. Lots of head shaking at the keyboard today. Certainly enough blame and greed to go around between the player, coach, school, and NCAA. This takes the "college" right out of "college sports", and you're left with "sports" based on a verbal business agreement that the involved parties can't recall or enforce as a contract. In the words of Dana Carvey's character Church Lady....."isn't that convenient".
In some cases, college sports is an absolute farce that doesn't have anything to do with learning, higher education and any form of academics. No longer is top college sports something you did because you enjoyed it or it was a way to get some funding to help with your college education. Is this current "free for all" sustainable? Not a chance.
JMO
The information provided was not accurate as per the Miami Herald.
As per ESPN, it was a verbal agreement between the player and an assistant coach. The HC claimed that he never approved the offer so it was invalid. UNLV would have been in violation of the law if they paid him without contract or approval. The player had been paid 3,000 for another gig he did when he came to the program. A lot of finger pointing.
Yes, it's been a wild ride. You have coaches trying to keep their jobs and players thinking they are actually worth much more than they actually are. This happened at Florida a few years ago. That's why they need to take the decision away from bosters and collectives.
A lesson learned.
I have always believed that athletes deserved a piece of the pie because of their sacrifice of usage of their NLI. They just have to figure out once and for all how you can achieve a system that is legit.
JMO
Don’t take the UNLV story as the absolute. Think big picture. NILs may destroy college sports. Division 1 got divided up between majors and mids. Now majors are going to get divided again between haves and have nots. The first big losers were Oregon State and Washington State. There will be plenty more.
I'm just wondering how the UNLV HC thought he had gotten this wonderful transfer QB for $3000? I don't believe for a second that he didn't know what had been promised - unless he had specifically told the assistant coach, "don't tell me what you're promising from the collective, because I'm not supposed to know."
The 3000 was for an event run by the collective. It was in summer and paid. Didn't have to do with football.
As I said, lots of finger pointing. Just an example that if you don't know how it works, you better do your homework first.
Me myself and I have ruined all sports these days. No more playing for the name on the front, just the one on the back. And I am not sure that is a bad thing either. If I were to die, my company would have my position posted before I was even in the ground.
Same goes for sports I guess.
Let me clarify, I do not like the idea kids playing for the name on the back versus the one on the front. It seems like that is becoming more and more normal these days though. Hopefully I am wrong about that and that it just appears that way due to media.
UNLV said that giving the QB the money he was orally promised would be "pay to play" which isn't allowed. As though all those collectives doling out money are actually doing it to create "public service announcements." The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
I don't understand how he would not be on the hook for tuition if he's refusing to play.
How can you receive a football scholarship and not play football?
@PABaseball posted:I don't understand how he would not be on the hook for tuition if he's refusing to play.
How can you receive a football scholarship and not play football?
It’s unusual but not impossible. A baseball teammate of mine was on a football scholarship
@PABaseball posted:I don't understand how he would not be on the hook for tuition if he's refusing to play.
How can you receive a football scholarship and not play football?
Didn't he take a RS year? He may still be entitled to his scholarship. It's a sticky situation so they may have compromised.
Everything in this situation is pretty strange.
@TPM posted:Didn't he take a RS year? He may still be entitled to his scholarship. It's a sticky situation so they may have compromised.
Everything in this situation is pretty strange.
He did and I guess this is where it gets hairy because redshirting is a staff decision.
"You're our starting QB"
"No I'm not"
We can call it what we want but he did quit. He may be perfectly justified too, but the school is waiving tuition - the expectation is that he will play football. No?
I've always wondered how the players who opt out of bowl games have gotten away with it, but opting out of a season is next level.
Surely if he got scholarship money, he must have signed an agreement?
Maybe he only got NIL money - or thought he was going to get it.
It's impossible that the HC didn't know what had been promised to his QB.
It's a lesson to everyone that NIL money (or the promise of it) with no contract has all kinds of dangers, to both sides.
He quit the team, took a redshirt year, still at UNLV.
There is probably a lot more to the story than reported.
