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Tiger Spirit [9961]
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Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:10 PM
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“College” football? Quickly becoming something I don’t care for. Not against players making some $$ from local endorsements or limited transferring, but my gosh.
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Orange Phenom [14675]
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Absolutely I am. If I want to watch professional
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:19 PM
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football I can tune into the NFL on Sundays. At least they have some rules and restrictions in place when it comes to buying players.
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Oculus Spirit [42282]
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Im mainly getting fed up with insane tv contracts that benefit
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:26 PM
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Large corporations, cable/satellite companies, conference and university purses all on the backs and Acls of young men who don’t know any better and will almost all be bankrupt within 5 years of the time they stop playing football whether professional or amateur
Added: what’s funny we all thought nil and portal would break college football and while I don’t enjoy the repercussions either I think the realignments have caused more harm than either and much faster too
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TigerNet Elite [69946]
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No, you are not the only one.
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:31 PM
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This may be my last year of buying season tickets.
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Ring of Honor [22739]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:42 PM
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Nice post and 100% with you. College football used to have an innocence and a purity to it that made it very endearing. It is one of the reasons why I loved it and watched way more of it than the NFL. Now, it is nothing more than a business and a minor league of professional football.
All of the conference allegiances are being broken apart and the brands are becoming meaningless. The NCAA should be tarred and feathered for abdicating responsibility to conference ADs and media empires. They ruined one of the best franchises in sports.
Clemson is fortunate to have had our run when we did; a time when programs were run the right way, and playing for pride, for your school, and for your fans, was the only reward needed.
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Standout [341]
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Orange Phenom [14675]
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Re: College football has never been pure
Sep 20, 2023, 6:36 PM
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Yes. And I assume you remember our new conference member, SMU, got its football program SHUT DOWN and has never recovered from it.
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Orange Phenom [14675]
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Point being, while there was cheating there was also threat
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Sep 20, 2023, 6:38 PM
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of severe consequences.
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Ring of Honor [22739]
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Re: Point being, while there was cheating there was also threat
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Sep 20, 2023, 7:56 PM
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Exactly, there will always be some who test the limits but most programs were run pretty cleanly, pre-portal and NIL. NCAA had actually done a pretty good job of enforcement and cleaning up from the SMU days.
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Standout [341]
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40-50 years ago everybody was cheating copying Bear Bryants tactics***
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Sep 20, 2023, 9:00 PM
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Ring of Honor [22739]
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Re: 40-50 years ago everybody was cheating copying Bear Bryants tactics***
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Sep 21, 2023, 12:11 AM
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Yes, that was my era as well and even Clemson had a probationary period. However, my comments were more about this century.
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Standout [341]
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Not if you were a blue blood program
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Sep 20, 2023, 8:59 PM
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Most of the harshest punishments handed down have been to non blue blood programs. Only blue blood program that has received harsh punishment has been the USC Trojans.
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Hall of Famer [8363]
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Re: College football has never been pure
Sep 21, 2023, 12:21 AM
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There is cheating in everything, everywhere. The problem is that the NCAA couldn’t control it, so instead of enforcing it they made it legal.
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National Champion [7190]
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Clemson Conqueror [11369]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
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Sep 20, 2023, 5:43 PM
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Nope, this has been as good of a first 3 weeks as I can remember…. Minus the good guys losing the opener 😡
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Rival Killer [2726]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
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Sep 20, 2023, 6:16 PM
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Definitely not as interested as I used to be, only watch the Tigers now.
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National Champion [7416]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
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Sep 20, 2023, 7:58 PM
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I hope that I will never harbor ill will against our Tigers but some of these programs are headed for disaster and it’s difficult to come to terms with. The PROTAL Buffaloes are fun to watch but they are a sign of things to come.
As Frost would say, nothing gold can stay
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National Champion [7198]
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The long and often commercial are about to make me turn it
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Sep 20, 2023, 8:54 PM
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off
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National Champion [7190]
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Re: The long and often commercial are about to make me turn it
Sep 25, 2023, 10:46 AM
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Yep. "Shortening the game" has done nothing but keep the game the same length and replace playing time with commercial time.
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Clemson Icon [27767]
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I suppose my returning to work was a blessing
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Sep 21, 2023, 6:05 AM
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in disguise, as I don't have a lot of time to obsess over my favorite sport.
I don't like the developments in college football, believing the money is ruining it, and I have posted repeatedly about my disgust with the NIL and new transfer rules horsemanure. The costs to attend games have spiraled out of control. All of that has made me wonder if the Ivies didn't have it right all along with their refusal to allow bowl or CFP participation.
Yet, it is what it is and will regress into what it shouldn't be. At 76, I prefer to defer to my younger friends to determine what product they will see over the next 20-30 years, willing to abide their decisions, For the time being, I will anticipate our games, hope for success, carry on like a wild child during games, then resume my other activities without obsession.
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Paw Master [17949]
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Re: I suppose my returning to work was a blessing
Sep 25, 2023, 9:52 AM
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There is one TNet participant that you cannot convince that YOU will not obsess over the results of a Clemson Tiger football game!!
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Athletic Dir [874]
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I'm there too, I am certainly nowhere near as interested as I used to be. Lot of people I talk to tend to agree with me.
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Orange Blooded [3230]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
Sep 21, 2023, 6:48 AM
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I am not sold that I will always enjoy it. I am keeping an open mind though.
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All-TigerNet [12666]
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Yep, it's just not the
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Sep 21, 2023, 10:40 PM
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Same.
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Rival Killer [2964]
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Come game day.....
Sep 22, 2023, 1:16 AM
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There's a lot being said and written about NIL and the portal. My take is about 50% is real and the rest just folks trying to make money off folks making money.
Come game day, though, those topics are irrelevant. It's still as exciting as it ever was and will be. I guarantee you I won't be thinking about NIL or the portal or television contracts or whatever while the Tigs are taking down FSU.
GO TIGERS!!!!!
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CU Medallion [20804]
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I dont feel or see much of a difference other than
Sep 25, 2023, 10:30 AM
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Other than it is becoming (for some teams) more like the one and done in college basketball. Can’t follow the highly recruited freshman as he slowly ascends the depth charts and root for him to make his mark. Now those highly rated kids who don’t find immediate success leave the fold.
Yes, we root for the team. But that team is comprised of players we often feel like or the ant to know.
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Athletic Dir [1165]
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Re: Anyone else about to reach their limit with the new
Sep 25, 2023, 10:51 AM
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And college coaches making 8 digit salaries per year
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