Dabo details blatant tampering

[GreasyGopher]

Do these contracts have non-competes in addition to the buyouts?

Sure, you can leave before the end of your contract but you have to pay your buyout and sit out the year…

I’d guess that would deter some of this movement.

 

[50PoundHead]

Players like coaches ought to be able to talk to other programs, transfer at any time for any reason within the confines of their signed contracts or suffer the penalties agreed to within said contract.

I’m now convinced nothing will destroy the college football business. We’re all hopelessly addicted and ratings indicate we will tune in even if there is a 1% chance of the team pulling an Indiana. Acceptance is the first step to recovery.

Prove me wrong

Agree. The college football equivalent of soap operas is upon us and I fully expect Swinney and Golding to settle this in the Octagon. All we'll need is The Real Housewives of Sanford Hall (is Sanford still standing?).

Pro ball is organized and ownership outside of Green Bay is a composed of a bevy of billionaires (is there a standard term for group of billionaires like "herd of cattle," "flock of birds," or 'murder of crows"?) Those guys may hate each other, but there is some semblance of an honor code and at least a grudging adherence to overall governance. College football is much more amorphous and frankly, I don't see the schools--especially the top-tier football programs--being interested in reining things in.

It's only going to get worse. I don't know how many here are aware of the Charles Bediako case as it relates to college basketball. Bediako played two seasons for Alabama, declared for the NBA draft (and went undrafted), and has played the last three years in the G-League. There was a case involving Baylor being allowed to have James Nnaji on their team. Nnaji played professionally in Europe, was drafted by the Detroit Pistons but didn't sign (his draft rights have been traded twice since), but was declared eligible last December. The courts are trying to sort out if European professional basketball equates in terms of college eligibility with American professional basketball. Anyway, this kerfuffle along with the Pavia decision of last year may simply allow players to keep playing at the college level by destroying any notion of elgibility limits.