Official Mario Stands on BIDNESS!

[D_G87]

coaches can talk tough all they want but players hold leverage now. They’re going to have to deal with it. A lecture and a stern warning ain’t going to prevent kids from leaving if the price is right. I mean, if Jeremiah Smith walked into Day’s office and said another mil or I walk, who has the power?

Jeremiah Smith is the best player in college football not some overrated 5star QB wanting more money after a mid *** season you just had

 

[Empirical Cane]

I will remind everyone the male brain is typically not fully formed and matured until about 26 years of age.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Jeremiah Smith is the best player in college football not some overrated 5star QB wanting more money after a mid *** season you just had

We'll see.

 

[AlexCane]

Brother I'm not saying you were wrong. Your point is valid. I just don't agree with JS being an example because he's the exception.

Mario has already made his stance clear on the subject. "If they wanna play holdout, they might as well get out."

And quite honestly brother, if CB transferred, then the Miami AD and Boosters would take it on the chin -- not Mario. He would not be accountable in this scenario because the decision is above his head.

I see what your saying but I think fans have had enough and would side with Mario on this issue. You find another QB or roll with who you have. You let one guy renegotiate and everybody will follow. Its already out of control.

I don't disagree with either one of you.

But you know there is a contingency of fans (that will grow in population as Ls pile up) that will still blame the HC, even if the player is the one truly to blame. The arguments will be (1) you should have recruited better QBs so that you have capable backups; (2) you shouldn't have recruited or signed the kid if he had questionable character; and (3) the coach should go to the NIL team/collective and figure out a solution.

 

[AlexCane]

Jeremiah Smith is the best player in college football not some overrated 5star QB wanting more money after a mid *** season you just had

But that's not the point. It's a bad move by the kid and reflects poorly on him, but the reality is he's likely better than their backup. So, yeah, maybe he's overrated and overpaid already but he's still likely the difference between UT winning 2-3 games.

 

[GOCANES05]

coaches can talk tough all they want but players hold leverage now. They’re going to have to deal with it. A lecture and a stern warning ain’t going to prevent kids from leaving if the price is right. I mean, if Jeremiah Smith walked into Day’s office and said another mil or I walk, who has the power?

It’s an auction , not a sport highest bidder wins .

I laugh when I hear TEAM in sports TEAM has nothing to do with winning anymore.

You pay you win not the better team the highest payroll .

 

[L A M P]

coaches can talk tough all they want but players hold leverage now. They’re going to have to deal with it. A lecture and a stern warning ain’t going to prevent kids from leaving if the price is right. I mean, if Jeremiah Smith walked into Day’s office and said another mil or I walk, who has the power?

Jeremiah Smith is a bad example for this because he's truly the exception.

But when you have a mid-producing Nico IamaBytch doing the same -- no.

Fairly certain this is what happened with Isaiah Horton. He was like yo let me double up on my bag and we were like yo, no.

Some can do it. Some can not.

 

[TemplarCane]

Sure. But how is Carson Beck any different? What if Beck walks into Mario’s office tomorrow, throws his feet up on the desk and says “You can’t roll into the season with Emory. Give me a few more or I’m out.” Mario can talk tough but when your job is player acquisition and retention, losing a QB that is the difference between a 10 win season and a 6 win season and now your livelihood as a HC is at issue, you sing a different tune.

I don’t blame Heupel. He’s right. And it ain’t fair. But I imagine UT is worse off now. So who really wins and loses here. Think about it. Someone is going to pay Nico.

Valid, but would be a bad look for Beck to the NFL, especially for a QB coming off an injury.

Hypothetically speaking.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Interesting commentary thus far. I haven't seen anyone comment so much about the timing of Nico pulling this. I was led to believe he pulled the sitting out practice/spring game at the 11th hour....after he took all the first team reps for the entirety of the Spring. Shameless? Shrewd? Scummy? Call it what you'd like, but imagine if/when this happens on August 30th.

 

[AlexCane]

Valid, but would be a bad look for Beck to the NFL, especially for a QB coming off an injury.

Hypothetically speaking.

I wasn't speculating about Beck, more to prove the point that the players have all the leverage and the coaches have little leverage. Ask Wisconsin how trying to be tough guys played out!

 

[Angry Ibis]

I wasn't speculating about Beck, more to prove the point that the players have all the leverage and the coaches have little leverage. Ask Wisconsin how trying to be tough guys played out!

The NFL won’t give a **** about Beck strong arming Mario, if he balled out at the next stop. If he sucks, they’ll use it as an extra excuse, but it’ll come down to on the field production.

 

[AlexCane]

The NFL won’t give a **** about Beck strong arming Mario, if he balled out at the next stop. If he sucks, they’ll use it as an extra excuse, but it’ll come down to on the field production.

I agree. That's why I think players have all the leverage. Coaches can lecture to the players that it'll cause NFL scouts to question their "character" but we all know if you produce, "character" is secondary.

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

While players have leverage, if schools and coaches wanted to protect themselves from this 11th hour blackmail, they should organize and blacklist said players that pull this bs. Won’t happen but that would nip this is in the butt.

 

[SinisterCane]

College football made BILLIONS off players before the NIL..........but now players are the problem?

 

[AlexCane]

While players have leverage, if schools and coaches wanted to protect themselves from this 11th hour blackmail, they should organize and blacklist said players that pull this bs. Won’t happen but that would nip this is in the butt.

I don't know much about these NIL deals, but all this will be resolved if there were actual contracts like the NFL. My limited understanding is that these NIL deals are renewable each year which lends itself to this wild wild west atmosphere.