Sooners QB Caleb Williams...

[coachcap]

Announces that he's entering transfer portal. How crazy is that? After he beats out Spencer Rattler.

 

[scotty0330]

Defensive coach replaces an offensive guru. Not a complete shock. Will be surprised if he picks anything other than an offensive minded head coach

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I have a hunch he'll end up in sunny southern California

 

[huskymedic]

Announces that he's entering transfer portal. How crazy is that? After he beats out Spencer Rattler.

Show us the money boosters..

 

[Hogoff]

I have a hunch he'll end up in sunny southern California

One Oklahoma QB ends up at USC East and the other at USC West.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

In an increasingly corporate, even more compensated setting than a year ago, Williams considering transferring's not so different than employee X departing after an original hiring manager Y departs for a new opportunity. If not Southern Cal, Williams may have found some reasons to join the SEC sooner, sees some other cash-rich environment inspiring transfer interest, e.g., Oregon, or crazy enough likes Austin more than Norman.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

He would be a fool if he didn't explore options and kick a few tires. That said, I suspect someone or a group of someones connected to OU are going to give him a million reasons to stay.

 

[giddyup]

Worst thing that ever happened to amateur sports. Every school needs their own corporate ownership group .. I mean advertising partners. No more corruption because corruption is now the virtue.

 

[Rosebud70]

I hear uconn is number one in his crystal ball

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Ha Who]

Greed is good

 

[UConnJim]

Williams committed to Lincoln Riley’s ability to develop QBs to get to the NFL. Riley is now gone so it is in Williams best interest to consider other options including rejoining Riley at USC as he wants to play in the NFL.

 

[UCFBfan]

Show us the money boosters..

I've never seen/heard of anything like this tweet....it's basically saying that we'll make sure we get this kid enough NIL that he won't wanna leave OU. When a kid enters the portal that's usually it. This is a whole new level.

Are we soon going to be seeing ESPN specials for these kids like Lebron's "The Decision". They'll make an announcement on live TV while getting paid for their appearance.

 

[Patman]

I mean, what'd you guys think would happen

 

[AD DB Burner]

Worst thing that ever happened to amateur sports. Every school needs their own corporate ownership group .. I mean advertising partners. No more corruption because corruption is now the virtue.

Amateur sports are what you see at your local high school or recreational parks in town. There’s been nothing amateur about high level college sports for quiet some time.

 

[Nostical]

ICYDK, Caleb Williams's #1 receiver in High School (Gonzaga --Wash DC) was UConn's Aaron Turner.

Aaron Turner is a freshman wide receiver at UConn who played three years of high school football with Williams at Gonzaga. After Oklahoma's unlikely comeback victory over Texas in the Red River shootout, Turner had this to say about his former QB.
Turner: Personally, I wasn’t surprised. He’s always been preparing himself for moments like that. The way he just took over the game is the same as when I was on the same team as him.

 

[uconnbill]

All this is payments above the board instead backroom payments.

Why couldn't a UConn grad own Google, Yahoo or GE

 

[FfldCntyFan]

All this is payments above the board instead backroom payments.

Why couldn't a UConn grad own Google, Yahoo or GE

In a few years any one of us could own GE.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Worst thing that ever happened to amateur sports. Every school needs their own corporate ownership group .. I mean advertising partners. No more corruption because corruption is now the virtue.

Oh you mean like college sports has always been, but hasn't been shared with the people actually making the money, the athletes?

 

[uconnfan68]

Worst thing that ever happened to amateur sports. Every school needs their own corporate ownership group .. I mean advertising partners. No more corruption because corruption is now the virtue.

Can’t wait for non-compete clauses.

 

[giddyup]

Amateur sports are what you see at your local high school or recreational parks in town. There’s been nothing amateur about high level college sports for quiet some time.

Repeating what is doesn’t invalidate the basic fact that they were and are amateurs, that without big brand University names on their backs they would be making nothing and playing in the equivalent of a backwater farm league for peanuts. The rule should be no money period other than a small living stipend for all players. Otherwise, go try out for your local semi pro team. The insanity has to stop before it destroys the game.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Williams committed to Lincoln Riley’s ability to develop QBs to get to the NFL. Riley is now gone so it is in Williams best interest to consider other options including rejoining Riley at USC as he wants to play in the NFL.

There’s this guy Jim Mora, he might be a coach to play for if you’re interested in playing football in the NFL.

 

[BlueMAB]

Repeating what is doesn’t invalidate the basic fact that they were and are amateurs, that without big brand University names on their backs they would be making nothing and playing in the equivalent of a backwater farm league for peanuts. The rule should be no money period other than a small living stipend for all players. Otherwise, go try out for your local semi pro team. The insanity has to stop before it destroys the game.

Without the players, "big brand University" wouldn't have a product to put on the field. The coaches wouldn't have anyone to coach, the sponsors wouldn't have anyone to sponsor, and the networks wouldn't have the sport(s) to broadcast. NIL was long overdue.

Don't like it, stick to watching high school sports.

 

[AD DB Burner]

Repeating what is doesn’t invalidate the basic fact that they were and are amateurs, that without big brand University names on their backs they would be making nothing and playing in the equivalent of a backwater farm league for peanuts. The rule should be no money period other than a small living stipend for all players. Otherwise, go try out for your local semi pro team. The insanity has to stop before it destroys the game.

It is 2022, stop looking at things like we are still in the 1960s, just because the NCAA still defines student-athletes as amateurs. The money star players generate for their universities is through the roof. It was long past time that players get to profit off all of their hard work beyond just free education. For every Caleb Williams, there are thousands of kids who will never see a dime beyond the scholarship and stipends they currently receive. The only insanity that needs to stop is people getting upset because a kid has a chance to make money while playing a college sport, especially so in football where a playing career could be ended due to injury at any moment long before they can cash in on any pro money.

Also, last I checked, there is no minor league system for football and there never will be while the NFL has one for free with college football.

 

[freescooter]

Without the players, "big brand University" wouldn't have a product to put on the field. The coaches wouldn't have anyone to coach, the sponsors wouldn't have anyone to sponsor, and the networks wouldn't have the sport(s) to broadcast. NIL was long overdue.

Don't like it, stick to watching high school sports.

And big brand name universities would be perfectly fine. They would continue doing what their main misssions are, educating students and carrying out research on a huge variety of things from anthropology to zoology. You might be shocked to know that most of the top national universities don’t play big time football. In basketball most are at best mid-majors. Many, MIT, UCHIGAGO, Carnegie-Mellon, Tufts, are D3. So seems to me the outcome is pretty one sided if the schools decided to eliminate teams and big time athletics. As to “all the money” the schools get, the Uniersity of Michigan’s annual general fund budget is over $2 billion. UConn’s is 1.6 billion. UConn has another $1.4 billion for other university affiliated entities like The Medical facilities and I would bet Michigan has at least that much in other budgets. Really athletics are couch cushion money For a major university.