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Nehru Jacket

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CBS sideline reporter Jenny Dell reported that Alabama staffers told her that Jahmyr Gibbs was available to come back in the second half of Saturday’s game. Gibbs sat on the sidelines for the remainder of the game and did not return.
 
Nehru Jacket said:
CBS sideline reporter Jenny Dell reported that Alabama staffers told her that Jahmyr Gibbs was available to come back in the second half of Saturday’s game. Gibbs sat on the sidelines for the remainder of the game and did not return.
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For years college players having been bailing at the end of the year for the NFL Draft once their team no longer has any championship possibilities. Business decisions. After all, it's about the cash money, homey!
 
1982Jacket said:
For years college players having been bailing at the end of the year for the NFL Draft once their team no longer has any championship possibilities. Business decisions. After all, it's about the cash money, homey!
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This is something new for Alabama as they have always been in the hunt. I have a feeling Saban might decide he is ready to retire.
 
McClellan replaced Gibbs and was having much better success in the game. Simply Saban letting the hot hand ride.
 
Nehru Jacket said:
CBS sideline reporter Jenny Dell reported that Alabama staffers told her that Jahmyr Gibbs was available to come back in the second half of Saturday’s game. Gibbs sat on the sidelines for the remainder of the game and did not return.
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:worthless:



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GaTech'06 said:
McClellan replaced Gibbs and was having much better success in the game. Simply Saban letting the hot hand ride.
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Also injury reports from the sideline are not very reliable, and tend to trend in one direction: not playing. There's a reason you don't usually get concrete information on injuries until well after the game.

We'll know more before next game. Alabama has more than enough talent, and Saban is more than enough of a hard-ass, that if Gibbs tries to pull anything he will simply be off the team or buried down the depth chart.
 
Nehru Jacket said:
This is something new for Alabama as they have always been in the hunt. I have a feeling Saban might decide he is ready to retire.
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It's a different manifestation, anyway.

Bama players checked out of the 2009 Sugar Bowl against Utah after losing to Florida in the SEC Championship . . . and lost to Utah by two TDs.

Arguably the same thing happened in 2014 Sugar Bowl after losing to Auburn on The Kick Six and thereby missing the SEC Championship Game.
 
Todays college football is just not what weve grown used to watching, NIL is no bueno for kids thinking they are something they arent.
 
1982Jacket said:
It's a different manifestation, anyway.

Bama players checked out of the 2009 Sugar Bowl against Utah after losing to Florida in the SEC Championship . . . and lost to Utah by two TDs.

Arguably the same thing happened in 2014 Sugar Bowl after losing to Auburn on The Kick Six and thereby missing the SEC Championship Game.
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NIL is way less of a factor than people like to say in terms of how players act, in my opinion. Relatively few players have big NIL deals, and as you point out there have always been instances of players and even entire teams quitting.

Even for those who do have NIL deals, it's a tenuous connection at best -- they're going to care less about playing football now that they can make money playing football? They're going to quit more easily now that they have a source of income dependent on people paying them to play?

The much, much bigger deal is the free transfer. It used to be that once you were at a school, it took a huge sacrifice to switch programs, a sacrifice that impeded your career and took a precious year of eligibility away. So most players weren't willing to do that, and had to make the best of things where they were. Almost no one was willing to risk a starting job or even a shot at one to sit out a year and transfer.

With the free transfer, it makes a lot more sense to shut it down midseason knowing that you can go into a more favorable situation immediately. It also gives an out to players who don't want to put in the work if the team isn't doing well, or cause trouble in the locker room, etc. -- a coach is very limited in what he can do when the player can just leave at the end of the season with no repercussions.
 
mookie43 said:
That's illegal.
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Is there really anything that is illegal in the eyes of the NCAA when it comes to cold hard cash? Performance based incentives for college football players has been taking place for quite some time.
BTW…Nevin Shapiro just wanted to give a shout out.
 
Vespidie said:
Is there really anything that is illegal in the eyes of the NCAA when it comes to cold hard cash? Performance based incentives for college football players has been taking place for quite some time.
BTW…Nevin Shapiro just wanted to give a shout out.
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Refresh my memory. Did the U receive penalties for Shapiro? Thanks for making my point.

NIL contracts can include no performance incentives as they are for the player's NIL, not their performance.
 
Vespidie said:
Is there really anything that is illegal in the eyes of the NCAA when it comes to cold hard cash? Performance based incentives for college football players has been taking place for quite some time.
BTW…Nevin Shapiro just wanted to give a shout out.
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Yes, a lot. The NCAA didn't even want non-performance based NIL.
 
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