College Football Off Topic

[canes21]

Former LSU player's dad received $180,000 from a booster while he was playing there.
I really wonder how much money is being spent in recruiting these days. I know of a guy that gout a couple grand from Idaho 10 years ago. Idaho. IDAHO! I know it isn't always just straight cash. I know some schools take care of it differently like a player's family receiving a much better job opportunity in the area near the school, but I truly just want to know how much money is being spent these days. I'm not naive, I know every school is playing this game, but it is always interesting to see and talk about it when someone is caught.

[TripleCrown9]

It's very lucrative. I bet most 5* recruits get handed a blank check and get asked "what's the number?"

I remember watching the Pony Excess 30 for 30, and Eric Dickerson I believe said he was handed a briefcase full of 100-dollar bills from the University of Texas, and he turned them down because SMU was willing to pay him and buy him a brand new Corvette.

[canes21]

It really is interesting how creative they can get. I know they get a lot more creative than just handing them checks or briefcases of money. Things like bars set up to hold pools of money for players to come and go when they need a few hundred bucks for whatever. Dealerships somehow having these amazing deals for players'/recruits' families. The whole idea that the family including extended family was all able to move down to where their boy plays and all found higher paying jobs within weeks of moving down. It's crazy and I am in awe of it all and only wish Miami tossed around the money like some big dogs do.

ESPN would have you believe that Alabama's A-shaped waterfall or Clemson's huge slide are big recruiting pitches, but anyone with common sense knows what is going on in the recruiting world and you are wasting your energy getting mad at other schools for buying recruits because your team is doing the same thing.

[p_rushing]

The only reason I would ever be open to paying players is to get it out in the open. I think it would kill the current state of the game, but at least this stuff wouldn't happen.

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[nofx94]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

It's very lucrative. I bet most 5* recruits get handed a blank check and get asked "what's the number?" I remember watching the Pony Excess 30 for 30, and Eric Dickerson I believe said he was handed a briefcase full of 100-dollar bills from the University of Texas, and he turned them down because SMU was willing to pay him and buy him a brand new Corvette.

I didn't know that. I knew A&M bought him the Trans Am that one of their boosters smashed up after he switched up. Allegedly. I love how he never admitted to getting money and Craig James said as much in the documentary. I really liked Craig James when I just knew him as Eric Dickerson's backfield mate and not as a politician. If you ever get a chance, the book A Payroll to Meet tells the Pony Excess story from a different perspective; you get to know more about the individual boosters, as well as the coaching staff. More top-down history, I guess, which I usually can't endorse, but I love that story and it's made me empathize with SMU.

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

It really is interesting how creative they can get. I know they get a lot more creative than just handing them checks or briefcases of money. Things like bars set up to hold pools of money for players to come and go when they need a few hundred bucks for whatever. Dealerships somehow having these amazing deals for players'/recruits' families. The whole idea that the family including extended family was all able to move down to where their boy plays and all found higher paying jobs within weeks of moving down. It's crazy and I am in awe of it all and only wish Miami tossed around the money like some big dogs do. ESPN would have you believe that Alabama's A-shaped waterfall or Clemson's huge slide are big recruiting pitches, but anyone with common sense knows what is going on in the recruiting world and you are wasting your energy getting mad at other schools for buying recruits because your team is doing the same thing.

Yea it's wild how ESPN will talk about Tua's whole family moving to Tuscaloosa and his younger brother being a star QB at a high school there, and nobody brings up how expensive it is to relocate. It's like $800 to fly from Honolulu to Vegas. Imagine moving a whole family all the way to the *other* side of the country. Not to visit but to stay. It's absurd how hidden in plain site the whole thing is. Remember in the U 30 for 30 where Uncle Luke responds to the question all sarcastically: "Nah, I never bought nobody shoes or something too eat so they wouldn't go hungry." (Paraphrasing) I loved that. I'm not mad at the money changing hands at all, I just hate the arbitrary way the NCAA deals with punishment.

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

UConn is re-joining the Big East for all sports, and since it no longer exists in football, they could join the MAC, C-USA, or even go back to independent.

I wonder what the worst of these would be. I feel like independent. Feel like CUSA would be the best move.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by nofx94

I didn't know that. I knew A&M bought him the Trans Am that one of their boosters smashed up after he switched up. Allegedly. I love how he never admitted to getting money and Craig James said as much in the documentary. I really liked Craig James when I just knew him as Eric Dickerson's backfield mate and not as a politician. If you ever get a chance, the book A Payroll to Meet tells the Pony Excess story from a different perspective; you get to know more about the individual boosters, as well as the coaching staff. More top-down history, I guess, which I usually can't endorse, but I love that story and it's made me empathize with SMU. Yea it's wild how ESPN will talk about Tua's whole family moving to Tuscaloosa and his younger brother being a star QB at a high school there, and nobody brings up how expensive it is to relocate. It's like $800 to fly from Honolulu to Vegas. Imagine moving a whole family all the way to the *other* side of the country. Not to visit but to stay. It's absurd how hidden in plain site the whole thing is. Remember in the U 30 for 30 where Uncle Luke responds to the question all sarcastically: "Nah, I never bought nobody shoes or something too eat so they wouldn't go hungry." (Paraphrasing) I loved that. I'm not mad at the money changing hands at all, I just hate the arbitrary way the NCAA deals with punishment. I wonder what the worst of these would be. I feel like independent. Feel like CUSA would be the best move.

I stopped liking Craig James when he and his whiny son got Mike Leach fired from Texas Tech.

[nofx94]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

I stopped liking Craig James when he and his whiny son got Mike Leach fired from Texas Tech.

Yea I was thinking that too, but that was a confusing situation to me and I wasn't there so I'm not gonna judge about it. Worked out for Leach

[TripleCrown9]

And Texas Tech hasn't been the same