Re: I think Dabo will leave soon...

JohnstoneD626® · 2022-12-05T22:52:51.591Z

He has said before that he would leave when college sports become professional. We are there. With the portal and NIL, in some ways, it is worse. At least in professional sports, players are contractual bound for a period of time. Now in college, they can play a different place each year. And with NIL, many kids will just be about the money. Finally, the tampering that is now either ok or impossible to control, will change the landscape entirely. Say what you want about Dabo, but standing by his convictions and beliefs is pretty constant! I would not be surprised by a departure in the not too distant future.

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What if ALL players were on a 1-year TP contract?

Dec 6, 2022, 12:51 AM

On the surface, I know this will sound crazy, i.e., your going to propose “punishing” 80% non-TP because of the 20% TP players?

The 4-year scholarship contract is already extinct.

It may not be punishment, but an invaluable education in business and management.

I think we can see the schools have no leverage anymore in managing their rosters.

They already have to manage a yearly, mandatory turnover in their rosters due to eligibility limits (will the eligibility limits be next? Maybe).

So, instead of the uncertainty of who is going to enter the TP, agree that EVERYONE goes into the TP to RENEW their annual contracts with the team that they want to play for. The university provides tuition for NON-Nil players and a 10% tuition discount for Nil players with contracts greater than or equal to $250K/year. Multi-year contracts would be problematic, so stick with a 1-year contract.

All players would necessarily have to secure agents, as Nil players already have, so there would be commissions that would have to be accounted for.

The business lessons and life lessons that demand performance and value from the yearly negotiations are of enormous value to EVERY player (Nil & NON-Nil).

Look, it seems that this situation is already here for 20% of the players, with just about everything to lose for schools trying to manage a roster. Move the other 80% into the TP, and do what NFL teams have to do every year in managing their rosters, except for the multi-year contracts.

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I think Dabo will leave soon...

I don't think Dabo would go to the NFL unless there was an