Charlie Batch offering $1 million to Caleb Williams to play at EMU

Dude, how does Charlie Batch have that much money still?
 
7samurai13 said:
Dude, how does Charlie Batch have that much money still?
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He doesn’t need it because it won’t happen. PR stunt. Williams will get 1mm regardless of where he goes.
 
TigerBait1971 said:
I'm not really digging this new college football thing.
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Why? Keeps it all out in the open now. It’s been going on since Charlie Trippi came to UGA in the early 40’s, but now you don’t have to worry about scholarship losses and sanctions for getting caught
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Why? Keeps it all out in the open now. It’s been going on since Charlie Trippi came to UGA in the early 40’s, but now you don’t have to worry about scholarship losses and sanctions for getting caught
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Maybe I like sausage but don't want to see it made. I dunno?
 
TigerBait1971 said:
Maybe I like sausage but don't want to see it made. I dunno?
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I kinda miss the cheating aspect because getting away with cheating is awesome and worthy of respect, but I do like the security of not having to worry about bowl bans or anything like that
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Why? Keeps it all out in the open now. It’s been going on since Charlie Trippi came to UGA in the early 40’s, but now you don’t have to worry about scholarship losses and sanctions for getting caught
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There is a HUGE difference between practice and scale. Yes, players have always been getting something under the table. It was happening when I was at OU but the benefits were along the lines of getting about $400 in cash from the sale of extra Texas tickets that one of the assistant coaches took care of on behalf of the players. (The ticket sales went into a pool and every player received the same amount of money; it made no difference if you were an All-American or a scrub.)

Practice: It's always been there in one form or another although the amounts, types of payoffs, etc. took different forms.
Scale: The value of the payoffs became scandalous when players started getting things like new cars and their families started getting six-figure benefits. Now it's light years beyond that.

This isn't even close to what used to happen. 1. The amounts are dramatically higher. 2. It's become an open bidding process where teams can actually buy players on the open market. 2. The disparity between what different players will be getting paid is far wider than what it was before. Add it all up and anyone who claims it's just more of the same as always is not being realistic.

There is a big difference between stealing a kiss one time at a Christmas party and hosing someone on a regular basis while paying for her apartment and a car to go along with the jewelry you've been giving to her.
 
Goldbug said:
There is a HUGE difference between practice and scale. Yes, players have always been getting something under the table. It was happening when I was at OU but the benefits were along the lines of getting about $400 in cash from the sale of extra Texas tickets that one of the assistant coaches took care of on behalf of the players. (The ticket sales went into a pool and every player received the same amount of money; it made no difference if you were an All-American or a scrub.)

Practice: It's always been there in one form or another although the amounts, types of payoffs, etc. took different forms.
Scale: The value of the payoffs became scandalous when players started getting things like new cars and their families started getting six-figure benefits. Now it's light years beyond that.

This isn't even close to what used to happen. 1. The amounts are dramatically higher. 2. It's become an open bidding process where teams can actually buy players on the open market. 2. The disparity between what different players will be getting paid is far wider than what it was before. Add it all up and anyone who claims it's just more of the same as always is not being realistic.

There is a big difference between stealing a kiss one time at a Christmas party and hosing someone on a regular basis while paying for her apartment and a car to go along with the jewelry you've been giving to her.
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Meh. I know for a fact that Nakobe Dean and George Pickens were paid very handsomely to come to UGA.

But I will never have any issue with anyone getting theirs. If there’s a market and someone is willing to pay, good for them.

The programs that adapt the fastest will be the top programs going forward. The ones that don’t adapt will struggle. Survival of the fittest
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Meh. I know for a fact that Nakobe Dean and George Pickens were paid very handsomely to come to UGA.

But I will never have any issue with anyone getting theirs. If there’s a market and someone is willing to pay, good for them.

The programs that adapt the fastest will be the top programs going forward. The ones that don’t adapt will struggle. Survival of the fittest
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this is why UGA must replace Kirby Smart w/ Hugh Freeze
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
What Freeze did at Ole Miss wouldn’t even turn a head today. Give that man a real job
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if Freeze was the coach at a traditionally strong program, he would get a parade for what he did

but since he was the coach at Ole Miss, he got cut down by the college football mafia

that was a dark day for the sport
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Meh. I know for a fact that Nakobe Dean and George Pickens were paid very handsomely to come to UGA.

But I will never have any issue with anyone getting theirs. If there’s a market and someone is willing to pay, good for them.

The programs that adapt the fastest will be the top programs going forward. The ones that don’t adapt will struggle. Survival of the fittest
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OU's already made it clear they will not try to buy Caleb Williams to play football. Of course he will get some generous NIL money if he does stay at Oklahoma (as he should) but they are not going to buy him outright at a cost of millions. Won't happen under Joe Castiglione and Brent Venables is good with it. We'll just find another way to tear things down and rebuild with a higher ceiling. I'm all in favor of that approach. Want me to chip in for some cars? OK, I'll think about it. Want me to chip in to create some million-dollar pools to go keep/buy players on the open market? Nah.....I'll just give my money to the general scholarship fund where real students can get some benefit. Maybe OU will be proved right in the long run.......or maybe another school that is willing to go all out buying players will be proved right. My bet is the schools willing to pay millions for players are not going to get a very good return on their investment.
 
I'm just wondering how sustainable this is, at least at this scale. Companies obviously get monetary gains back by using athletes for advertising but these shell organizations used to funnel money into recruits are one way streets.
 
Charlie Batch must make a lot doing Steelers pre-season games/radio post-game.
 
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