Calipari on the transfer portal
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The visible sense of entitlement which is manifesting itself in a lack of effort and quitting in the middle of games is already a big problem when your entire team is mercenary and can leave at any time. I keep bringing up the Clemson/Penn State bowl game a couple of days ago where it could not have been clearer that neither team cared at all about the game. I think these athletes forget that they are entertainers, and are getting paid to entertain. And I also think that a 20 year old suddenly getting $100,000+ a year is going to have trouble adjusting and dealing with the implications of that.
Years ago I read a story that tracked SEC football players over an 20 year period and it was not pretty. I can’t find it, but I’ll keep digging. This was when cars were the perk. Even if a kid gets $500,000 but spends money on cars and clothes, they will be in trouble in ten years
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Completely agree with Cal. Fix the transfers and you fix college sports. Well that and not letting professionals in college sports.
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How many of Cal's players have earned degrees? How many of Cal's players did he take to Arkansas when he left Kentucky? Before the rules changed how many of UNC bb players got degrees of any value?
Kids change schools for academic reasons. Professors and Coaches change schools for financial reasons. Are there restrictions? If not then why should players have a separate standard? I can't see the courts supporting this.
I agree with nelson. This is entertainment. I read reviews before going to a restaurant. If I go to a restaurant and am not satisfied I let management know. If I feel management is receptive to my complaints I might give them a second chance. But I'm the one in control with how I deal with good or bad entertainment.
If the sports entertainment product goes bad enough that I'm no longer entertained I'll move on. I'll certainly be bummed having to give up a sport that I've followed since the late 50's. But I'm not going to support a hypocritical ...hole whose only intention to lobby for a change is that he no longer has a monopoly on controlling player payoffs and will be exposed for the fraud he is.
Kids change schools for academic reasons. Professors and Coaches change schools for financial reasons. Are there restrictions? If not then why should players have a separate standard? I can't see the courts supporting this.
I agree with nelson. This is entertainment. I read reviews before going to a restaurant. If I go to a restaurant and am not satisfied I let management know. If I feel management is receptive to my complaints I might give them a second chance. But I'm the one in control with how I deal with good or bad entertainment.
If the sports entertainment product goes bad enough that I'm no longer entertained I'll move on. I'll certainly be bummed having to give up a sport that I've followed since the late 50's. But I'm not going to support a hypocritical ...hole whose only intention to lobby for a change is that he no longer has a monopoly on controlling player payoffs and will be exposed for the fraud he is.
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Most of us want to see college basketball survive and thrive instead of disappearing.
It's fine you don't care if college basketball disappears but you're in the minority of college basketball fans.
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I couldn’t watch more than 30 seconds of this garbage. Is he REALLY saying he’s concerned about college bb players graduating?? Or having some kind of loyalty to their school after spending one year there??? Could there BE any bigger case of the pot calling the kettle black???
All that is wrong w college basketball was holding the microphone in his hand in that piece. I really can’t believe he’s still kicking, never mind thriving, in college bb today.
All that is wrong w college basketball was holding the microphone in his hand in that piece. I really can’t believe he’s still kicking, never mind thriving, in college bb today.
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Typical of you. Making it sound as if I don’t care. I want to see it survive as well.
The difference between us is you insist the players conform to your needs and don’t give a rats as about their preference or needs. You were the biggest hypocrite in the football forum regarding Bell and Fagnano.
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It’s a joke. I’m just waiting to see how many people in this forum avoid calling him out.
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Typical of you.
Show me where I was a hypocrite regarding Fagnano and Bell. You better have receipts.
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Cal is worried about mental health. Izzo worried about PT for some kid who may get benched if he recruits a better player. Lol! my @**. What a bunch of b.s. These dudes are grasping for whatever they can come up with.
The one comment Cal made that illustrates he doesn't really understand two of the main points to all these changes. Which are ability to transfer and ability to earn money.
Calipari: what do you think they transfer for? someone help me.
Someone in crowd: money (i think that's what they said, it's tough to hear)
Calipari: that's it
Calipari's solution is one transfer only without penalty. I assume the penalty is the old penalty. Sitting a year. Or something similar. But the ability to transfer and ability to make money is basically the entire purpose of these changes. But Calipari's tone suggests he thinks his solution is a minor modification to the new system/rules. Like he discovered a solution to a loophole the NCAA and everyone else missed. In reality he's suggesting a change that completely contradicts the point of these changes. Nice work Cal. You get it.
The one comment Cal made that illustrates he doesn't really understand two of the main points to all these changes. Which are ability to transfer and ability to earn money.
Calipari: what do you think they transfer for? someone help me.
Someone in crowd: money (i think that's what they said, it's tough to hear)
Calipari: that's it
Calipari's solution is one transfer only without penalty. I assume the penalty is the old penalty. Sitting a year. Or something similar. But the ability to transfer and ability to make money is basically the entire purpose of these changes. But Calipari's tone suggests he thinks his solution is a minor modification to the new system/rules. Like he discovered a solution to a loophole the NCAA and everyone else missed. In reality he's suggesting a change that completely contradicts the point of these changes. Nice work Cal. You get it.
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Basically, he is acknowledging the fact that unlimited transfers and NIL have, essentially created free agency in college sports. The number of times you can transfer without having to sit out is probably the best practical fix out there. Raining in NIL would be enormously helpful, but is unlikely due to court cases.
Calipari is still a slime ball, but in this particular instance, he's right.
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In the Fagnano going to the Shrine bowl thread you made this dig:
Couldn't be there for his teammates but he'll be at this one for himself.
I would have respected you if you wrote couldn't have been there for superjohn. But you made yourself noble by making it about his teammates. You're every bit as selfish as he was. However he had more on the line than you - his potential future career. For you it's a loss of entertainment.
In the Fagnano and Bell sitting out thread you wrote several posts putting them in a bad light:
They're also paid handsomely and they're quitting on their teammates and the fans before the job is complete. Just because that's what some players do now it doesn't make it right.
Both Fagnano and Bell were great for UConn football but let's not pretend UConn wasn't great for them too. Play your final game and finish what you started.
They did a lot for a dead program. The way you wrote this and subsequent messages in that thread you minimize their impact for our program. They had a lot riding for their future. They had agents who had to canvas the NFL and learn what they had to do for their futures best interest. Again you minimize what is important for them and maximize the importance for your need.
They want to get paid like professionals and they do get paid like professionals but they don't want everything that goes along with being a professional. Now perfectly healthy players who get paid a lot of money are sitting out the biggest game of the season just because.
Just because they want to have a professional career in the NFL and just because they might have wanted to make you happy but had their own priorities and didn't!
An exhibition game? It's a bowl game, it's what UConn plays all season for the opportunity/privilege to play in. I care about the game, the players who are going to play care about the game, our fans care about the game, the school cares about the game. They aren't hurt, that's the whole point. Players used to play through severe injuries, some still play through pain/injury. Fagnano, Bell, and many other players who are going to sit out games aren't injured or hurt, they're perfectly healthy.
And do you know for a fact that they don't care about the game, or the program or their teammates or the fans.
You write great op ed pieces. You know how to put sound bites together to win you points of view. You know how to rally and instigate a popular point of view. I give you a lot of credit for your capabilities. But calling out these kids for being selfish when your primary motivation is for your selfish entertainment need I consider that hypocritical.
And when I write this:
I'll certainly be bummed having to give up a sport that I've followed since the late 50's.
And you respond with this:
It's fine you don't care if college basketball disappears
you expose who you really are. That's what I meant when I wrote "typical of you. Making it sound like I don't care."