WR Isaiah Horton signs papers to enter Portal

[Rocketcitycane06]

Dsmiff clown show continues

What the heck is he doing?

 

[JackOAT]

happy trails to the only skill player that has developed in 3 years under this staph

 

[Big O Cane]

Couldn't have said it any better and kudos to you!

 

[ben]

What the heck is he doing?

TikTok dances

 

[Brains]

All while collecting 8 million dollars and not having to draw up a play or even call a timeout...so exhausting.

If it's one coach that it shouldn't be exhausting for it's ours..he's a **** recruiting coordinator that's what he was brought here to do cause he ain't coaching up a unit

It's exhausting but sign me up. I already have an exhausting job and I won't make 8 million in a decade. All of these coaches should be working full days, every day.

 

[S.CarolinaCane]

dude wasted no time. sent the message off as soon as he put pen to those transfer papers & getting his new spot locked in before compliance can even get their lunch hour.

You do realize that these deals are made often before a player even enters the transfer portal.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Paying players with 1 year deals true Wild West. Am no legal eagle, but 3 year deals (minimum time before someone can go pro) with a buyout clause - paid from one NIL collective to another - a much better solution. Set it up in a way that agents & players can renegotiate the $$s but not the length with the current school if they outperform expectations.

My comment was tongue in cheek - I'm sure you picked up on that. Literally anything would be better than what there is right now. There are no rules or regs; just greed. I mean I get it. I also can't say I would be any different. Zay was probably making mid money and now realizes he has the leverage. Again I get it from his side (or any player looking for a payday).

Thing is, the fans pay. They pay to collectives, they pay higher ticket prices, and they pay emotionally. One of the things that makes sports great is the emotional connection between fans and teams, which generally happens through the players. Ask any 6 or 7 year old kid wearing a glove at an MLB game who his favorite player is and the kid will undoubtedly spit out a name. Same thing with football, hockey, basketball, etc. That concept is evaporating rapidly and it's just sad. What do I tell my kid when he opens his Isaiah Horton jersey on December 25 and Zay just committed to Georgia or Alabama?

@88

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Let em get paid, the portal is the real issue.

Agreed - see my reply to Flips. I'll tag you.
We are on the same page.

 

[MikeyCanez]

He is. I stated this when he was hired so this ain't even a new theory by me.

Mario close the gap with Cam Ward ultimately coming.

But the way the portal is used Manny is ahead of Mario..For every hit Mario would have 3 wtf transfers. Also his back channel game and speed of recruiting is terrible. He treats it like hs recruiting went it ain't...ain't no body tryna build a relationship with u and Smith...show them how much money they can earn, the starting position, the boats n hoes n let's go.

This year they may be better...but the years before we had posters like myself and others on here identifying guys days before we would even offer..so imagine paid coaches. FSU landed guys like verse because norvell was literally the first coach to contact the guy

Yes, if only Mario and the staff were monitoring the message boards so we could help them identify players to go after...

 

[Coach Macho]

I dislike the current state of college football.

 

[Suhrthing]

Lmaooooo. Really? So every freshmen according you is a rising sophomore. So again, if that is EVERYONE, what is special about our guys?

For some odd reason, I thought "RISING SOPHOMORE" was a title given to freshmen who had successful freshmen campaigns and have now raised there status going into there sophomore seasons. Guess I was wrong.

Dude, thats just what a student is called when he's in limbo between academic years. Rising sophomore, junior etc doesn't mean rising star lol.

 

[GrozDozer]

Dude, thats just what a student is called when he's in limbo between academic years. Rising sophomore, junior etc doesn't mean rising star lol.

Yeah. That dude is a ****** and I can’t believe he got that bent out of shape while also being so wrong.

 

[L A M P]

Ultimately, he is replaceable and he fell off bigtime to end the year

Everybody was blaming JG3 for the Syracuse loss despite balling out. I've quietly never spoke on Horton Hears a Hoo's massive untimely drop. Cost us the game.

 

[Atom Atlas]

My comment was tongue in cheek - I'm sure you picked up on that. Literally anything would be better than what there is right now. There are no rules or regs; just greed. I mean I get it. I also can't say I would be any different. Zay was probably making mid money and now realizes he has the leverage. Again I get it from his side (or any player looking for a payday).

Thing is, the fans pay. They pay to collectives, they pay higher ticket prices, and they pay emotionally. One of the things that makes sports great is the emotional connection between fans and teams, which generally happens through the players. Ask any 6 or 7 year old kid wearing a baseball game at an MLB game who his favorite player is and the kid will undoubtedly spit out a name. Same thing with football, hockey, basketball, etc. That concept is evaporating rapidly and it's just sad. What do I tell my kid when he opens his Isaiah Horton jersey on December 25 and Zay just committed to Georgia or Alabama?

@88

You say " Don't rip off the tags, I still have the receipt!!!!".... Then buy some games for Xbox or whichever game system you have and your kid will be fine....

 

[flips]

My comment was tongue in cheek - I'm sure you picked up on that. Literally anything would be better than what there is right now. There are no rules or regs; just greed. I mean I get it. I also can't say I would be any different. Zay was probably making mid money and now realizes he has the leverage. Again I get it from his side (or any player looking for a payday).

Thing is, the fans pay. They pay to collectives, they pay higher ticket prices, and they pay emotionally. One of the things that makes sports great is the emotional connection between fans and teams, which generally happens through the players. Ask any 6 or 7 year old kid wearing a baseball game at an MLB game who his favorite player is and the kid will undoubtedly spit out a name. Same thing with football, hockey, basketball, etc. That concept is evaporating rapidly and it's just sad. What do I tell my kid when he opens his Isaiah Horton jersey on December 25 and Zay just committed to Georgia or Alabama?

@88

Sir, I understood your sarcasm. Was just attempting to leverage your clout as an elite poster to share my deep thoughts. Horton inspiration.

Seriously though, having no salary cap while offering two periods a year that players can leave/threaten to leave obviously isn't sustainable. There needs to be some regulation on the total dollars end, the length of time before a player can leave, or both.

I think two things are true here, which I was trying to get at with my porsts with @Calinative :

1. The current system sucks and is unsustainable, and Horton and his agent are simply rationally exploiting to their benefit (as they should)​

2. Horton would have a lot less leverage had Horton not been the only WR in Mario's first 2 classes who is still here and contributed anything of note and had we recruited and kept a better QB in those first 2 classes than Emory Williams​

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

I dislike the current state of college football.

Yeah, it's awful.

Be careful though, the capitalism bros will come for your head, as if any of us aren't advocating for kids to get paid. I absolutely think they should be. But the current way we're doing all this is really bad.

 

[JayCane20]

I dislike the current state of college football.

Wouldn't be that bad if it was limited to 1 transfer and then a sit out for the 2nd one or something.

Impossible to plan you're roster out.

 

[JBCanes-NC]

6-6 in 2025. Maybe 2026 is the year.

 

[WeBallinBoyz]

Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun

If we had Oregon money, y’all wouldn’t be *****ing. The game is the game.

We were parading bags three years ago during the portal era, in fact we were doing it last year with Killa Cam.

Why is it all of a sudden a terrible thing for college football?

 

[Rickd]

I dislike the current state of college football.

The timing of the transfer portal window is insane. At the very least it should be after bowl games ... maybe concurrent with the February signing period. The entire scenario has become a circus, and not enjoyable for sure.