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Any of us could enter an NIL contract.  Nobody is interested in me for obvious reasons.  College players once could not do this and remain "amateurs"  Now, they can, like any of us, and some companies will want to feature them so long as they are "famous".

There is a gaping hole here obviously.  At least it makes Bag Men irrelevant.

The Area 51 fellows claim I'm boring, but they do seem to respond to my posts fairly often.  I've been labeled a "whateverist", which has some truth to it.

The Area 51 fellows claim I'm boring, but they do seem to respond to my posts fairly often.  I've been labeled a "whateverist", which has some truth to it.

I've never been they say there are seances,Ouija Boards,Witch Doctors,deep state operatives,Db Cooper,Jimmy Hoffa,Elvis,Hunter Biden,Poker playing Yeti's,Eggnog drinkers,Egg Board lobbyists and Orange Afro What evers over there.NOPE

2 more notable ones, each a sad situation, on opposite ends of the spectrum:

Former Florida QB and current ASU player Emory Jones enters portal....wasn't good enough to keep his job in Gainesville, was replaced 7 games into the season in Tempe....going to run off somewhere else now.  I just find it sad when these kids bounce around so much.  Stick with it someplace.  The only way I see this is a plus is if he goes someplace smaller (football-wise) and just plays for the love of the game.  If he transfers to some upper-half P5 program just to struggle again....what's the point?
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Coastal Carolina QB and face of the program Grayson McCall enters portal.  I hate this.  To just about all of us, there IS no Coastal Carolina without McCall, and now he's trying out the Jeffersons theme song (Movin' on Up).  Why not just remain a legend at CC? 
He'll likely go somewhere 'bigger' and do good/not great, but why?  To show off for the NFL?  This isn't 1985, exposure isn't a problem, even at CC. 
This one just kind of stinks for the program.

Jones I could see as sad, but I also don’t know the backroom politics. His coach very well might not want him. And then, what are you gonna do? (you’re also right, he should’ve gone G5 off the bat and tried to put up numbers instead of insisting he was P5 good)

McCall is a more interesting one to me. I live a little bit closer to that school and have more interest in small school football, so obviously I am aware more of that program’s history and situation. In truth, if he stays, he sets himself up for a far more disappointing fall.

They couldn’t keep his coach, and then Instead of continuity, they made a bit of a croney hire. So his choices were: 1. Stay and try to raise up a Tim Beck offense (which likely won’t be a great fit)). 2. Find out if he is power five good (and, for better or worse, leverage the financial value he currently has before not making the NFL)

This way, he’s at worst still a legend who gave four years to a small program and lifted it up. At best he’s something more. I’ve been told again and again how a team like his is basically playing in a high school league, why wouldn’t a person want more?

only 32 teams out of 130 have a player in the portal?
shoot, that's not so bad
over half of the Big Ten w/8 teams

My SENSE is most of these guys, say 70%, won't be getting PT.  They will "trade down" in hopes of playing.   Another 20% doesn't like the situation, but could catch on at another P5 program and half of those might start.  Maybe a tenth are good players who would start most places.