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Remember when @Lawpoke was ragging on the Democrats’ approval ratings?


I’m guessing most Republicans will still hold their party in high esteem over their cuts to spending and immigration crackdowns so their approval rating won’t be as low as the Dems who are fighting internally right now about not being forceful enough in their opposition to Trump…. But the cracks in the Republican facade are showing (at least in terms of political opinion)

The hundred dollar question is why did he resign?

Poindexter just signed an unrestricted free agent contract with Phoenix

I also have a problem with coaches salaries but at least they have contracts. Players have no contracts to bind them to the school and can leave at will without consequence. The NCAA has been neutered and university Presidents have refused to stand up to the whole mess. There is no focus on academics for the athletes (do they even measure progress to graduation anymore?), salaries of coaches relative to other university or state employee (for public schools) is obscene, TV has driven conference alignment that has teams traveling cross country multiple times per month, it is all out of control.

TU1NNJ said:

From Nick Saban:

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Same 2 questions Saban asked Alabama when he left LSU. What assurances do I have as a coach and what are you going to pay me?

Hiring an agent who contacts schools on your behalf who enter into preliminary discussions before you go into the portal isn’t tampering. It’s smart.

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TulsaRulzOSUdrools said:

Kirby Smart discussed these crazy Zoom calls arranged by agents/players' representatives in groups. I would love for someone to record it.

At the same time, I still can't get past these the coaches bitching and getting paid 10-15 million. Now you've got assistants clearing 2-3 million and even weight-lifting guys clearing 500-1,000,000. Sorry, dudes. Jerry Schmidt clears 700k in Norman and Rob Glass clears 1.1 million.

The whole thing is gross, considering these are supposed to be academic institutions, not professional sports teams. It is all very, very, very weird.

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According to the interwebs, Venables gets paid $8.5m per year, the average teacher salary in OK is $53k (Venables = 160 teachers) and Union has 156 high school teachers so Venables is more valuable to the state than the entire Union high school.

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TU_BLA said:

Like Iameleava at Tennessee contacting coaches to see what his NIL money would be if he decided to enter the portal? Good on Dan Lanning from Oregon for letting Heupel know...it's also a a CYA move by Lanning. And with that he probably subverted Iameleava's efforts to go underground and find a higher paying gig. Some desperate team will take him and pay him now but I bet it's not a top 10 school and it certainly won't be an SEC school (conference forbids intra- conference transfers...now if other conferences would install that rule as well).

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Kirby Smart discussed these crazy Zoom calls arranged by agents/players' representatives in groups. I would love for someone to record it.

At the same time, I still can't get past these the coaches bitching and getting paid 10-15 million. Now you've got assistants clearing 2-3 million and even weight-lifting guys clearing 500-1,000,000. Sorry, dudes. Jerry Schmidt clears 700k in Norman and Rob Glass clears 1.1 million.

The whole thing is gross, considering these are supposed to be academic institutions, not professional sports teams. It is all very, very, very weird.

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I assume Hadley and Sydni Means have a close relationship from Sydni’s two years coaching her. I bet they were the very first ones to reach out, so no surprise it went so fast. Good for Hadley!

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Gmoney4WW said:

No!

You pay less money because it is less tariffs. Nobody has the amount of tariffs new or old that Trump is attempting to charge to so many countries. You have trouble seeing the big picture. You also have trouble seeing the small picture as well.

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The outcome for the frogs in hot water is not a good one for the frogs.. Weird metaphor to use.

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