The volume, Yo, what's up about it? And his Thursday March fourteenth, We're almost at Saint Patty's Day, folks Is Snaps Live.

The volume, Yo, what's up about it? And his Thursday March fourteenth, We're almost at Saint Patty's Day, folks Is Snaps Live.

Sorry I missed you.

Sorry I missed you.

I was pulling a QB one and doing some golf the other day.

I was pulling a QB one and doing some golf the other day.

Very fun. Yeah, it's a good time actually, but.

Very fun. Yeah, it's a good time actually, but.

I'm glad to be back. The road to fifteen Ta continues. Guys, if you're watching on YouTube dot com slash have Volume Snaps, please hit the like buttons up of the channel. Tell your friends about it. I'm taba baby Bear. He's Aaron Murray. And if you're watching on YouTube, then you see our guy in the middle, the Cubeman himself, mister Cole Kublick, host of the number one mid market local morning sports talk radio show, of which me and Hester come in at number nine. We got some ground to make up and old Mac and Cube, but you'll catch them throughout the spring on the UFL coverage. You see him every Saturday on your college football coverage on ESPN. Uh Coley, what's up brother? How are we doing today?

I'm glad to be back. The road to fifteen Ta continues. Guys, if you're watching on YouTube dot com slash have Volume Snaps, please hit the like buttons up of the channel. Tell your friends about it. I'm taba baby Bear. He's Aaron Murray. And if you're watching on YouTube, then you see our guy in the middle, the Cubeman himself, mister Cole Kublick, host of the number one mid market local morning sports talk radio show, of which me and Hester come in at number nine. We got some ground to make up and old Mac and Cube, but you'll catch them throughout the spring on the UFL coverage. You see him every Saturday on your college football coverage on ESPN. Uh Coley, what's up brother? How are we doing today?

You can move to that number one spot when you stop cussing out your listeners on Twitter. That's a number one way to make that happen.

You can move to that number one spot when you stop cussing out your listeners on Twitter. That's a number one way to make that happen.

Otherwise you're never gonna hire me.

Otherwise you're never gonna hire me.

Yeah, it's okay.

Yeah, it's okay.

Listen. I appreciate you.

Listen. I appreciate you.

I appreciate you have the unfiltered style that I think a lot of us have here.

I appreciate you have the unfiltered style that I think a lot of us have here.

It just doesn't always come out here or here. So listen. You know what's funny, we actually live vicariously through you.

It just doesn't always come out here or here. So listen. You know what's funny, we actually live vicariously through you.

No no, no person.

No no, no person.

That's a like this cold call. I listened to the podcast. Cole has a great podcast as well. Tat to put that on there. I listened to it every now and then Cole gets very testy, and I tex him and say, like, Cole, you told me on the show last week you're gonna quit cussing, and then you're.

That's a like this cold call. I listened to the podcast. Cole has a great podcast as well. Tat to put that on there. I listened to it every now and then Cole gets very testy, and I tex him and say, like, Cole, you told me on the show last week you're gonna quit cussing, and then you're.

Dropping that barm like it did good. The t Bob demon comes out every now and then.

Dropping that barm like it did good. The t Bob demon comes out every now and then.

Fuck it.

Fuck it.

Now's mad because she listens to the ponds.

Now's mad because she listens to the ponds.

He's like, my eat so many F poems. I'm like, you're probably right, we don't have to do.

He's like, my eat so many F poems. I'm like, you're probably right, we don't have to do.

My mom was very happy when uh that Senior Bowl video. She thought it was very funny and she she commented on it on Instagram.

My mom was very happy when uh that Senior Bowl video. She thought it was very funny and she she commented on it on Instagram.

And you only said the F word once.

And you only said the F word once.

I mean, look at that's a win.

I mean, look at that's a win.

I want to say, I was really happy when she learned that you were working with me, T Bob, That's what I thought you Relax.

I want to say, I was really happy when she learned that you were working with me, T Bob, That's what I thought you Relax.

Relax by the way, boys, I'm pretty sick today, so it sounds like should I apologize? But no, it's weird. The uh the it's you know how Baine and Batman says, nobody cared who I was till I put on the mask. I literally got no professional opportunity until I started making public dick jokes and saying like nobody cared who I was till I embraced my enter demon and stopped trying to play it so straight. Now, will I go down and Gloria's flames? Only time will tell if you want more like subscribe, share your friends? Uh cool, We got a lot to get to. Today's everybody hanging out to tet jab bo, goat Greg?

Relax by the way, boys, I'm pretty sick today, so it sounds like should I apologize? But no, it's weird. The uh the it's you know how Baine and Batman says, nobody cared who I was till I put on the mask. I literally got no professional opportunity until I started making public dick jokes and saying like nobody cared who I was till I embraced my enter demon and stopped trying to play it so straight. Now, will I go down and Gloria's flames? Only time will tell if you want more like subscribe, share your friends? Uh cool, We got a lot to get to. Today's everybody hanging out to tet jab bo, goat Greg?

What's up, guys.

What's up, guys.

I hope you're all having a great day to day. All right, Nick Sabans, we didn't do a show yesterday, so we're actually a bit late to this one here, right, But Nick Sabans at Capitol Hill, he's speaking with Congress and PG.

I hope you're all having a great day to day. All right, Nick Sabans, we didn't do a show yesterday, so we're actually a bit late to this one here, right, But Nick Sabans at Capitol Hill, he's speaking with Congress and PG.

Let's go ahead and roll.

Let's go ahead and roll.

Sabans comments all the things that I believed in for all these years. Fifty years of coaching no longer exist in college athletics, So it's always about developing players. It was always about helping people maybe more successful in life. My wife even said to me, we'd have all the recruits over on Sunday with their parents for breakfast, and she would always meet with the mothers and talk about how she was going to help and impact their sons and how they would be well taken care of. And she came to me, you know, like right before I retired, and said, why are we doing this? And I said, what do you mean? She said, all they care about is how much you're gonna pay him. They don't care about how you're gonna develop them, which is all what we've always done, So why are we doing this?

Sabans comments all the things that I believed in for all these years. Fifty years of coaching no longer exist in college athletics, So it's always about developing players. It was always about helping people maybe more successful in life. My wife even said to me, we'd have all the recruits over on Sunday with their parents for breakfast, and she would always meet with the mothers and talk about how she was going to help and impact their sons and how they would be well taken care of. And she came to me, you know, like right before I retired, and said, why are we doing this? And I said, what do you mean? She said, all they care about is how much you're gonna pay him. They don't care about how you're gonna develop them, which is all what we've always done, So why are we doing this?

Okay, So obviously those comments you hear something like that, and you know the stories about how much money Nick Saban's made. You know about his twenty million dollars house in Jupiter, you know about the dealerships that he has, And I think the instinct is to yell hypocrite, and there's some legitimacy there, like I get where people are coming from. I don't actually fall on that side of the equation, and it's really just because it's too simple.

Okay, So obviously those comments you hear something like that, and you know the stories about how much money Nick Saban's made. You know about his twenty million dollars house in Jupiter, you know about the dealerships that he has, And I think the instinct is to yell hypocrite, and there's some legitimacy there, like I get where people are coming from. I don't actually fall on that side of the equation, and it's really just because it's too simple.

Reasons.

Reasons.

First, Nick's never actually said that it's wrong for players to say, what are you gonna pay me? He's just said that it's not for him, And I don't think that's hard to understand. I mean, he is a guy who lived fifty years of doing it one way, So forgive him if all of a sudden he like doesn't just want to go to this new way. He's like, he's not saying it's wrong, he's just saying, you know what, it's not for me. And I kind of wash my hands of it and I'm out for now.

First, Nick's never actually said that it's wrong for players to say, what are you gonna pay me? He's just said that it's not for him, And I don't think that's hard to understand. I mean, he is a guy who lived fifty years of doing it one way, So forgive him if all of a sudden he like doesn't just want to go to this new way. He's like, he's not saying it's wrong, he's just saying, you know what, it's not for me. And I kind of wash my hands of it and I'm out for now.

What was your reac actually, I think.

What was your reac actually, I think.

First off, I think a couple of things can all be right at the same time here, and we all want to just say it has to be this way and that's.

First off, I think a couple of things can all be right at the same time here, and we all want to just say it has to be this way and that's.

The only way. And unfortunately in.

The only way. And unfortunately in.

College sports, that's our biggest problem is we refuse to meet in the middle. You know, kids want to transfer and go to other schools, and the NCAA says, okay, cool, burger king, have it your way right away, do whatever you want. We can't find a way to do a one time or a two time transfer rule. It's like, hey, if graduates can transfer, why can't I play at seven different schools?

College sports, that's our biggest problem is we refuse to meet in the middle. You know, kids want to transfer and go to other schools, and the NCAA says, okay, cool, burger king, have it your way right away, do whatever you want. We can't find a way to do a one time or a two time transfer rule. It's like, hey, if graduates can transfer, why can't I play at seven different schools?

All right, cool? Have that it go for it. You want an il, Let's open that door a little bit.

All right, cool? Have that it go for it. You want an il, Let's open that door a little bit.

Okay, just come up with a whole entity that collects money and gives it to kids for no reason to come play football there like it's it's coach Saban has said this multiple times, like Bryce Young had a Nissan deal.

Okay, just come up with a whole entity that collects money and gives it to kids for no reason to come play football there like it's it's coach Saban has said this multiple times, like Bryce Young had a Nissan deal.

He also said the other day the most.

He also said the other day the most.

Interesting thing that he said was Bryce Young had a Nissan deal and a BMW deal.

Interesting thing that he said was Bryce Young had a Nissan deal and a BMW deal.

Which how you get that? I want to know, because that is that's.

Which how you get that? I want to know, because that is that's.

Big time when you can have two automobile induities going up against.

Big time when you can have two automobile induities going up against.

Okay, cal see Aaron doesn't get that. That is get like the real local. I think that we know how, we know how testing these guys get deal.

Okay, cal see Aaron doesn't get that. That is get like the real local. I think that we know how, we know how testing these guys get deal.

You may get the automatic Nissan deal through the Heisman.

You may get the automatic Nissan deal through the Heisman.

Oh there's a reason why Joe Burrow's not in the Heisman house, and it's because he is a separate car deal.

Oh there's a reason why Joe Burrow's not in the Heisman house, and it's because he is a separate car deal.

Let's go. He can't get in that thing.

Let's go. He can't get in that thing.

Listen, is somebody who's on a somebody who is on a morning radio show with dueling dealerships that represent the same company. Uh, I know fully how these headaches operate. Okay, and it can get like like T Bob said, it can get ugly in a hurry.

Listen, is somebody who's on a somebody who is on a morning radio show with dueling dealerships that represent the same company. Uh, I know fully how these headaches operate. Okay, and it can get like like T Bob said, it can get ugly in a hurry.

Yeah. Nonetheless, you just stay out of a crypto ara and over there. Okay, this is what the working man has to deal with.

Yeah. Nonetheless, you just stay out of a crypto ara and over there. Okay, this is what the working man has to deal with.

Saman has said that he believes that the what we refer to mostly as nil should be distributed amongst the players.

Saman has said that he believes that the what we refer to mostly as nil should be distributed amongst the players.

So if your collective has what at.

So if your collective has what at.

Eight million dollars, divide that amongst the eighty five they get that per year. And then when you go get your Gatorade deal or your Royal Buick GMC deal, or you get your place at your barbecue joint down the street, that's your nil money. So I think he thought that's what it was going to be, and he was going to be for that, and actually was going to say, hey, let's help create value. So you can go get a rowback deal, and that's gonna be great for everyone, because our recruits are going to see we have companies abcd F and G you're gonna have access to.

Eight million dollars, divide that amongst the eighty five they get that per year. And then when you go get your Gatorade deal or your Royal Buick GMC deal, or you get your place at your barbecue joint down the street, that's your nil money. So I think he thought that's what it was going to be, and he was going to be for that, and actually was going to say, hey, let's help create value. So you can go get a rowback deal, and that's gonna be great for everyone, because our recruits are going to see we have companies abcd F and G you're gonna have access to.

Some of that too.

Some of that too.

That's what the sergeant at Arms or whatever for Ohio State said a couple months ago when he's like, we're not giving one of these high school kids anymore, but we're showing them the deals that our guys have in place. I agree with T Bob, it's just so different than what he came up with. I will never be the guy that sits here and says, look how much coach a made. Players should get that too, or coach can leave? Why can't player leave? Those are two totally different things. Did Saban get twenty million a year or ten million.

That's what the sergeant at Arms or whatever for Ohio State said a couple months ago when he's like, we're not giving one of these high school kids anymore, but we're showing them the deals that our guys have in place. I agree with T Bob, it's just so different than what he came up with. I will never be the guy that sits here and says, look how much coach a made. Players should get that too, or coach can leave? Why can't player leave? Those are two totally different things. Did Saban get twenty million a year or ten million.

Years first year coaching?

Years first year coaching?

No, he's probably ga and just had a free place to stay and got to go eat at the cafeteria.

No, he's probably ga and just had a free place to stay and got to go eat at the cafeteria.

So yeah, it's just very different.

So yeah, it's just very different.

Like the qualifications to be a college football head coach are not the same as being a freshman college football player.

Like the qualifications to be a college football head coach are not the same as being a freshman college football player.

US four all know that we've been through it.

US four all know that we've been through it.

At least one side of that, we hadn't been coaching, so we know the qualifications of what it takes. So I just think that he thinks it's mismanaged and it frustrates him. And when he had looks think how close they were to a national championship. Yeah, now they might not have won the championship game if they get in, but they're inside the five with an opportunity to go play for a national title, And next thing you know, he's got half those kids coming into him saying, how much are you gonna pay me?

At least one side of that, we hadn't been coaching, so we know the qualifications of what it takes. So I just think that he thinks it's mismanaged and it frustrates him. And when he had looks think how close they were to a national championship. Yeah, now they might not have won the championship game if they get in, but they're inside the five with an opportunity to go play for a national title, And next thing you know, he's got half those kids coming into him saying, how much are you gonna pay me?

Are you sure I'm gonna play? How much am I gonna play? First string? Second string? Are we gonna rotate? Are we changing our defense? Whatever?

Are you sure I'm gonna play? How much am I gonna play? First string? Second string? Are we gonna rotate? Are we changing our defense? Whatever?

And he's probably there thinking, hold on, like everything is in line to do what we set out to do, Yet you're telling me you're not in. He takes that as you're not in if you're coming in looking for more money or more playing time, he doesn't think you're invested.

And he's probably there thinking, hold on, like everything is in line to do what we set out to do, Yet you're telling me you're not in. He takes that as you're not in if you're coming in looking for more money or more playing time, he doesn't think you're invested.

So I think that's where the majority of his frustration comes from.

So I think that's where the majority of his frustration comes from.

So you obviously are you tabos that you're in the meetings with these coaches week in and week out. If you had to rank of we need to fix this in college football based on you and your conversations, is it more nil focus or is it more transfer portal focus?

So you obviously are you tabos that you're in the meetings with these coaches week in and week out. If you had to rank of we need to fix this in college football based on you and your conversations, is it more nil focus or is it more transfer portal focus?

Like what is the bigger demon of the two.

Like what is the bigger demon of the two.

I think it's still portal because I think I think portal in acts what we reference. Again, it's not really in I L, but we'll keep calling it that. Portal in acts in I L to become a bigger part than what it is or could be, because a lot of a lot of the reasons guys are going into the.

I think it's still portal because I think I think portal in acts what we reference. Again, it's not really in I L, but we'll keep calling it that. Portal in acts in I L to become a bigger part than what it is or could be, because a lot of a lot of the reasons guys are going into the.

Portal is to see what their market value is.

Portal is to see what their market value is.

Yeah, sure, the of them not saying it's wrong to do it, but again, you're allowing guys to enter free agency, not just every year, keep in mind, multiple times a year if they want to. And I know for a fact because I was on one of the games that a young man almost didn't play because he was attempting to renegotiate his NIL deal in the middle of the season, and I've had other people tell me that they had to.

Yeah, sure, the of them not saying it's wrong to do it, but again, you're allowing guys to enter free agency, not just every year, keep in mind, multiple times a year if they want to. And I know for a fact because I was on one of the games that a young man almost didn't play because he was attempting to renegotiate his NIL deal in the middle of the season, and I've had other people tell me that they had to.

I mean, what but but but what do we but why? Why do why do I care?

I mean, what but but but what do we but why? Why do why do I care?

I mean, this is this is just the free mark kid at play here.

I mean, this is this is just the free mark kid at play here.

Like, Yeah, we might have been naive and trying to convince ourselves that NIL was going to be about earned advertising opportunities, but the market has quickly shown that fuck no, we'll pay kids to come play here. I mean, there's nothing more bipartisan on a state political level than deals that makes it easier to pay high school players. It's the most bipartisan coordination I've ever seen, and it's every state. It's Miszoo, it's Louisiana, it's Florida. Like the market is clearly telling you something. And honestly, now now I feel you, like I can also empathize with being a coach in this situation, feeling frustrated, feeling deeply overwhelmed, feeling like the football means lesson ever has because it does.

Like, Yeah, we might have been naive and trying to convince ourselves that NIL was going to be about earned advertising opportunities, but the market has quickly shown that fuck no, we'll pay kids to come play here. I mean, there's nothing more bipartisan on a state political level than deals that makes it easier to pay high school players. It's the most bipartisan coordination I've ever seen, and it's every state. It's Miszoo, it's Louisiana, it's Florida. Like the market is clearly telling you something. And honestly, now now I feel you, like I can also empathize with being a coach in this situation, feeling frustrated, feeling deeply overwhelmed, feeling like the football means lesson ever has because it does.

You're more of a CEO now than anything.

You're more of a CEO now than anything.

So I'm not sling a team tea, Bob, You're not. I mean, this is not a collection of mercenaries like you so trying to build a team, trying and a lot of these things are working against it.

So I'm not sling a team tea, Bob, You're not. I mean, this is not a collection of mercenaries like you so trying to build a team, trying and a lot of these things are working against it.

So oh yes, well no, but but that's what I'm saying. But this is still just a free market at play, and if you want to fix it, you have to break off. You have to collectively bargain, you have to form some sort of union. You have to engage in the exact same thing that the NFL has done, and you have to give them TV revenue. Like you're not going to be able to just take that collective money and say that's what we're gonna pay the players for and we'll keep all the TV money. No, You're going to have to, like if you want to stop the portal. The only way to do that is to form a CBA, which, again, and I'm not a lawyer, I don't know how Like I don't know all the legal ins and outsiers, right, but that that's going to require giving them some of the TV revenue money and then as a union as a group, the players agreeing, okay, you know what, will agree to a one time transfer and a graduate transfer if we get fifty percent of the TV revenue split equally.

So oh yes, well no, but but that's what I'm saying. But this is still just a free market at play, and if you want to fix it, you have to break off. You have to collectively bargain, you have to form some sort of union. You have to engage in the exact same thing that the NFL has done, and you have to give them TV revenue. Like you're not going to be able to just take that collective money and say that's what we're gonna pay the players for and we'll keep all the TV money. No, You're going to have to, like if you want to stop the portal. The only way to do that is to form a CBA, which, again, and I'm not a lawyer, I don't know how Like I don't know all the legal ins and outsiers, right, but that that's going to require giving them some of the TV revenue money and then as a union as a group, the players agreeing, okay, you know what, will agree to a one time transfer and a graduate transfer if we get fifty percent of the TV revenue split equally.

But in my opinion, that doesn't even.

But in my opinion, that doesn't even.

Touch a ail. How do you change payer play If I have a successful business and I want to give a five star recruit a million dollars for two tweets? Like, can't I do that?

Touch a ail. How do you change payer play If I have a successful business and I want to give a five star recruit a million dollars for two tweets? Like, can't I do that?

No matter what?

No matter what?

Yeah, but I would say at least if even if they're getting that TV revenue money.

Yeah, but I would say at least if even if they're getting that TV revenue money.

But at least at that point it's acting as real in IL ye getting something in exchange where a lot of this that we're calling in I L it's just hey, you're here, thanks, you're part of the you're part of the program.

But at least at that point it's acting as real in IL ye getting something in exchange where a lot of this that we're calling in I L it's just hey, you're here, thanks, you're part of the you're part of the program.

Here's your monthly check. Wait, so are guys are guys not? Like at least I mean at LSU can tell me how many guys you see this and that there are just not a ton of it out there now, and it's it's pretty it's pretty prominent. So that's all I get.

Here's your monthly check. Wait, so are guys are guys not? Like at least I mean at LSU can tell me how many guys you see this and that there are just not a ton of it out there now, and it's it's pretty it's pretty prominent. So that's all I get.

These guys are on salary through the collective.

These guys are on salary through the collective.

That's all it is. You are.

That's all it is. You are.

You are on a set salary that that the money flows through the collective to these players, and they negotiate a deal to the collective.

You are on a set salary that that the money flows through the collective to these players, and they negotiate a deal to the collective.

That's all.

That's all.

Here's the deal.

Here's the deal.

Here's the deal. Here's the deal. I still don't ever understand how you're going to stop that legally, I do.

Here's the deal. Here's the deal. I still don't ever understand how you're going to stop that legally, I do.

You can slow it down a little bit, though, I think that it's it's it's it's it's hype. Right now, we're talking about collectives coming together for fifteen plus million dollar deals at each university.

You can slow it down a little bit, though, I think that it's it's it's it's it's hype. Right now, we're talking about collectives coming together for fifteen plus million dollar deals at each university.

Good fuck it. Pay the kid is saying that.

Good fuck it. Pay the kid is saying that.

Number should go down if I'm probably doing it.

Number should go down if I'm probably doing it.

Don't think I wanted to make five hundred caves college. Do you how much better my life would be right now? I mean, I said, might not have a life right now if you had five hundred K. Say about myself, that's a.

Don't think I wanted to make five hundred caves college. Do you how much better my life would be right now? I mean, I said, might not have a life right now if you had five hundred K. Say about myself, that's a.

Clean bear, that's a blete bear goal.

Clean bear, that's a blete bear goal.

I agree, But it goes back to some of the things you said, T Bob, you have to find guardrails, parameters, fences, borders, whatever you want to call it, and collectively bargaining that would take a big step towards that.

I agree, But it goes back to some of the things you said, T Bob, you have to find guardrails, parameters, fences, borders, whatever you want to call it, and collectively bargaining that would take a big step towards that.

If you weren't able to leave via the portal, a large majority.

If you weren't able to leave via the portal, a large majority.

Of the enticement goes away, and a lot of the enticement comes from Oh, that kid was a two and a half star. He just caught eighty six balls for thirteen hundred yards and ten touchdowns and grew two inches his first year. We would like to have him here. This is what we can give. You had no intentions of leaving, but I've heard multiple stories about kids who quote have to leave, didn't want to. I had a coach inside Georgia Tech Facility tell me Jamior Gibbs was crying when he went to that coaching staff saying I'm going to go play in Alabama. He didn't want to do it, but he wanted. He wanted to chance to win a national title, and the money was that much different.

Of the enticement goes away, and a lot of the enticement comes from Oh, that kid was a two and a half star. He just caught eighty six balls for thirteen hundred yards and ten touchdowns and grew two inches his first year. We would like to have him here. This is what we can give. You had no intentions of leaving, but I've heard multiple stories about kids who quote have to leave, didn't want to. I had a coach inside Georgia Tech Facility tell me Jamior Gibbs was crying when he went to that coaching staff saying I'm going to go play in Alabama. He didn't want to do it, but he wanted. He wanted to chance to win a national title, and the money was that much different.

The American dream, though, you ball out and then get paid more. I mean I said it the other day, Brouh. You doubled my sally. Right now, I'll fucking put on a hound's tooth hat and go work at w jocks a day. You should be able to do that in the middle of one of your shows.

The American dream, though, you ball out and then get paid more. I mean I said it the other day, Brouh. You doubled my sally. Right now, I'll fucking put on a hound's tooth hat and go work at w jocks a day. You should be able to do that in the middle of one of your shows.

Uh, I mean yeah, you're saying saying, you know what, guys, I unfriendly.

Uh, I mean yeah, you're saying saying, you know what, guys, I unfriendly.

I just crushed Hours one and two. I want more money? So Cole so core are you? Are you against?

I just crushed Hours one and two. I want more money? So Cole so core are you? Are you against?

Cause I know a lot of I know a lot of college football fans are like, we don't want to be the NFL. We want to stay away from the NFL. I'm in the feeling of it. It's moving in that direction. In the NFL is a very well run organization, one of the best out there, by far the best when.

Cause I know a lot of I know a lot of college football fans are like, we don't want to be the NFL. We want to stay away from the NFL. I'm in the feeling of it. It's moving in that direction. In the NFL is a very well run organization, one of the best out there, by far the best when.

It comes to sports.

It comes to sports.

Is it really that big of a problem to implement a lot of what they're doing into the college game, to get some of these guardrals in place.

Is it really that big of a problem to implement a lot of what they're doing into the college game, to get some of these guardrals in place.

I think it depends on your definition of problem. Aaron, are you do you just want to see good football? Do you just want to see the best teams play the best teams? Then no, it's probably not a problem at all. If you're like me and you still do believe in a lot of the fabric of college sports. Are the fans and are the fans interest, and the interest is because either geographically they were raised rooting for that team, or their grandparents went to school there and they went to school there, and their parents went to school there, And there's always going to be that rooting interest because you know, you've worn that tiger on the side of your helmet, or you've worn orange and blue your whole life, or you you know, you barked when the ball was kicked off the beginning of the game, like that's what you love and that's what you want to be. And then also, as Mark Drick famously said, and I'll always love this quote, there's enough to go around. So you can go place Southern and you can go play Akron and you can help float their entire athletic budget, which gives tons of opportunities to a ton of kids. I'm I'm pro opportunity. And I think the further we get down this path of employment and unionizing and all that, we're it's gonna be, like people don't realize it's gonna be half the programs are gone.

I think it depends on your definition of problem. Aaron, are you do you just want to see good football? Do you just want to see the best teams play the best teams? Then no, it's probably not a problem at all. If you're like me and you still do believe in a lot of the fabric of college sports. Are the fans and are the fans interest, and the interest is because either geographically they were raised rooting for that team, or their grandparents went to school there and they went to school there, and their parents went to school there, And there's always going to be that rooting interest because you know, you've worn that tiger on the side of your helmet, or you've worn orange and blue your whole life, or you you know, you barked when the ball was kicked off the beginning of the game, like that's what you love and that's what you want to be. And then also, as Mark Drick famously said, and I'll always love this quote, there's enough to go around. So you can go place Southern and you can go play Akron and you can help float their entire athletic budget, which gives tons of opportunities to a ton of kids. I'm I'm pro opportunity. And I think the further we get down this path of employment and unionizing and all that, we're it's gonna be, like people don't realize it's gonna be half the programs are gone.

And I don't know if people don't want to.

And I don't know if people don't want to.

Believe that or they think that's that's not real, but it is and it's going to happen, and that's what I don't want to see happen. You start getting down this path that people talking about, well, I don't even care if they go to school, just make them employees. What are we doing at that point? That's not college football anymore.

Believe that or they think that's that's not real, but it is and it's going to happen, and that's what I don't want to see happen. You start getting down this path that people talking about, well, I don't even care if they go to school, just make them employees. What are we doing at that point? That's not college football anymore.

So there is a portion way down the road errand that starts to scare me.

So there is a portion way down the road errand that starts to scare me.

And I think when you start talking about kids not even going to school but playing football somewhere, I do think that's when we listen. We've heard a lot of people threat and I'm not gonna watch that anymore. We can go back to the NFL a couple of years ago, and I mean I said it on the radio. The things that you would have to do to myself and my family to actually make me stop watching professional football I can't even share on these airwaves. And I'd still probably sneak and go watch it somehow. But I think that's when you would begin to really start to step into a dangerous area of people saying, you know what, I'm not into that anymore.

And I think when you start talking about kids not even going to school but playing football somewhere, I do think that's when we listen. We've heard a lot of people threat and I'm not gonna watch that anymore. We can go back to the NFL a couple of years ago, and I mean I said it on the radio. The things that you would have to do to myself and my family to actually make me stop watching professional football I can't even share on these airwaves. And I'd still probably sneak and go watch it somehow. But I think that's when you would begin to really start to step into a dangerous area of people saying, you know what, I'm not into that anymore.

Cause let's be real, even if even if the product's great, even if the games are better, more competitive.

Cause let's be real, even if even if the product's great, even if the games are better, more competitive.

Like us, that's for us, right, We're football forgot.

Like us, that's for us, right, We're football forgot.

And that's there because right now, accidentally, college football has entered into the NFL calendar where every single day, what.

And that's there because right now, accidentally, college football has entered into the NFL calendar where every single day, what.

Are we gonna do with the playoff? This kid's in the portal. This kid might go in the portal.

Are we gonna do with the playoff? This kid's in the portal. This kid might go in the portal.

Hayes Foster's got a fucking graphic for a kid that's considering going into the portal. He might not even be in there. Every single day, we have things to talk about, realignment, how much is gonna cause Florida State to get out? You know what kind of money is now going to be entering into the college football space.

Hayes Foster's got a fucking graphic for a kid that's considering going into the portal. He might not even be in there. Every single day, we have things to talk about, realignment, how much is gonna cause Florida State to get out? You know what kind of money is now going to be entering into the college football space.

It is.

It is.

It's it's actually a better model than the NFL completely on accident, because we have so much to talk about every single day. So, yes, the popularity is spiking right now, so I think it can continue down that path.

It's it's actually a better model than the NFL completely on accident, because we have so much to talk about every single day. So, yes, the popularity is spiking right now, so I think it can continue down that path.

I doubt it, probably not.

I doubt it, probably not.

And then at what point in time is the middle of this sport that we love so much it's gonna get fed up and say, no, it's not worth two million dollars a year. We'll find something else and make our own playoff and go play somewhere else, And then what happens to it all?

And then at what point in time is the middle of this sport that we love so much it's gonna get fed up and say, no, it's not worth two million dollars a year. We'll find something else and make our own playoff and go play somewhere else, And then what happens to it all?

Then?

Then?

I don't know, but I just I know that rooting for the underdog, people rooting for their schools, geographic prominence, conference relatability. Those are things that have been important to college football forever, and we're getting further and further away from it. Are some parts of it cooler, like I love the fact that Texas and Oklahoma are coming to the SEC. He's gonna make it incredible. But also that's probably gonna kill another conference. We just killed a conference had a ton of history, had national championships, had NFL players. We literally killed it, like we stabbed it and want to bleed to death. So we're going down the path of doing that to even more conferences now.

I don't know, but I just I know that rooting for the underdog, people rooting for their schools, geographic prominence, conference relatability. Those are things that have been important to college football forever, and we're getting further and further away from it. Are some parts of it cooler, like I love the fact that Texas and Oklahoma are coming to the SEC. He's gonna make it incredible. But also that's probably gonna kill another conference. We just killed a conference had a ton of history, had national championships, had NFL players. We literally killed it, like we stabbed it and want to bleed to death. So we're going down the path of doing that to even more conferences now.

But here's the problem is that what really killed it, Like market trends killed it. Right, All of this is just like us naturally choosing whatever we want to say. This is us. This is natural selection through our eyeballs, through our wallets that we are making.

But here's the problem is that what really killed it, Like market trends killed it. Right, All of this is just like us naturally choosing whatever we want to say. This is us. This is natural selection through our eyeballs, through our wallets that we are making.

This all happen.

This all happen.

It's like that graphic that was making the rounds a few weeks ago about the viewership numbers. What was it like, well over fifty percent of viewership I think comes from like the top eighteen schools, thirteen schools something like that, and we're talking about massive viewership numbers, but already that's hyper concentrated. And I'm with you, Like, we sit here every Saturday and I put like eight games on these screens and I watch all of the college football that I can for like twelve hours straight, and so I love it. I love all the different levels of it, but at the highest level it the see let me tell you why people. Let me tell you why people talk about ratings. Okay, this is why people obsess about ratings. It's not for you.

It's like that graphic that was making the rounds a few weeks ago about the viewership numbers. What was it like, well over fifty percent of viewership I think comes from like the top eighteen schools, thirteen schools something like that, and we're talking about massive viewership numbers, but already that's hyper concentrated. And I'm with you, Like, we sit here every Saturday and I put like eight games on these screens and I watch all of the college football that I can for like twelve hours straight, and so I love it. I love all the different levels of it, but at the highest level it the see let me tell you why people. Let me tell you why people talk about ratings. Okay, this is why people obsess about ratings. It's not for you.

It's not for Aaron, it's not for me. It's not for macelroy, it's not for Hester, it's not for Stinscom. It's not for those, it's not for us. Ratings are important for the people who may or may not watch something. That's why the Taylor Swift situation with the super Bowl was so intriguing, because whether that was a twenty million, fifty million, one hundred million person bump, a lot of those people were not going to watch that game, which I still't understand what people are watching if they're not watching the super Bowl. But there are those people out there, and if that can pull an extra fifteen thirty million people in, that's a huge deal.

It's not for Aaron, it's not for me. It's not for macelroy, it's not for Hester, it's not for Stinscom. It's not for those, it's not for us. Ratings are important for the people who may or may not watch something. That's why the Taylor Swift situation with the super Bowl was so intriguing, because whether that was a twenty million, fifty million, one hundred million person bump, a lot of those people were not going to watch that game, which I still't understand what people are watching if they're not watching the super Bowl. But there are those people out there, and if that can pull an extra fifteen thirty million people in, that's a huge deal.

It's not us. It's never going to affect us.

It's not us. It's never going to affect us.

We're watching matchin on Tuesday night against two teams that are sub five hundred. We don't care. We will watch it. That where ratings are important. Are people who honestly in their brain have the capabilities to say, I'm not watching Michigan Ohio State this year because I really don't care that much about it.

We're watching matchin on Tuesday night against two teams that are sub five hundred. We don't care. We will watch it. That where ratings are important. Are people who honestly in their brain have the capabilities to say, I'm not watching Michigan Ohio State this year because I really don't care that much about it.

That's why that's important.

That's why that's important.

And that's also why it's spiking right now because we're talking about it more than we ever have now. That might not all be positive conversations in certain people's eyes, but we are spiking because of that. Are you going to continue to get these spikes year in, year out, and are you going to continue to get the people on the fence actually watching this much college football?

And that's also why it's spiking right now because we're talking about it more than we ever have now. That might not all be positive conversations in certain people's eyes, but we are spiking because of that. Are you going to continue to get these spikes year in, year out, and are you going to continue to get the people on the fence actually watching this much college football?

I don't know the answer. I mean, I think the games are good. I think they will I mean they'll watch the big brands, right It's why you look at the highest rated games from every weekend, and it's the ones that evolve the biggest schools. Nobody's watching LSU Southern, which, as you said, fun Southern, and it's I I feel ruthless and cold hearted, but like.

I don't know the answer. I mean, I think the games are good. I think they will I mean they'll watch the big brands, right It's why you look at the highest rated games from every weekend, and it's the ones that evolve the biggest schools. Nobody's watching LSU Southern, which, as you said, fun Southern, and it's I I feel ruthless and cold hearted, but like.

Bro kind of disagree because it took us like two and a half hours to get back to a hotel three miles away after that game.

Bro kind of disagree because it took us like two and a half hours to get back to a hotel three miles away after that game.

Oh No, Southern was like lu Southern at the game was lit. I mean, that's the bad Rooge classics.

Oh No, Southern was like lu Southern at the game was lit. I mean, that's the bad Rooge classics.

That's fun, but.

That's fun, but.

It's just it's just uh. I again, I think because like you said, like rating, do you know who else cares about ratings? The people who sell the advertising, right because they make more money. And so why why are we joining together these brands at the big tim the sc to drive up ratings some more advertising every toy gets paid more of players gotta get paid out of it. So uh, I feel like we sit here and we him and we haul, but we are We're basically just dealing with the title wave. We're dealing with a natural a natural force that is beyond our control in a lot of ways.

It's just it's just uh. I again, I think because like you said, like rating, do you know who else cares about ratings? The people who sell the advertising, right because they make more money. And so why why are we joining together these brands at the big tim the sc to drive up ratings some more advertising every toy gets paid more of players gotta get paid out of it. So uh, I feel like we sit here and we him and we haul, but we are We're basically just dealing with the title wave. We're dealing with a natural a natural force that is beyond our control in a lot of ways.

So I want to ask this que I know, cotta leave in a couple minutes. Last one for me.

So I want to ask this que I know, cotta leave in a couple minutes. Last one for me.

You've used the word peaking, and like this may be the top of the mountain for college football, Like are we truly there? Because I listen to other shows too, and like there's a lot of people in different opinions like you listen to Joel Cladding and it feels like we're at the dawna of the golden age of college football, as he always starts his podcast saying that.

You've used the word peaking, and like this may be the top of the mountain for college football, Like are we truly there? Because I listen to other shows too, and like there's a lot of people in different opinions like you listen to Joel Cladding and it feels like we're at the dawna of the golden age of college football, as he always starts his podcast saying that.

Like, are we at the dawn of the golden age?

Like, are we at the dawn of the golden age?

Or are we at the beginning of maybe not the complete crumble, but you know, some some possibly dark times for all this change going on, I.

Or are we at the beginning of maybe not the complete crumble, but you know, some some possibly dark times for all this change going on, I.

Think there, like you said number one, Aaron, there we are headed down a path to where we're going to get such good football and such mammoth brands facing off the helmet. Games that will get over the next few years are going to be immaculate. So it's not just going to go away because of that. And then there's also people like us that are still going to be there. Like I said, with the NFL, it doesn't matter what you do to it. We're watching Auburn Georgia, we were watching LSU Florida. We just are because we love it and we want to see what it's going to be and how it's going to go.

Think there, like you said number one, Aaron, there we are headed down a path to where we're going to get such good football and such mammoth brands facing off the helmet. Games that will get over the next few years are going to be immaculate. So it's not just going to go away because of that. And then there's also people like us that are still going to be there. Like I said, with the NFL, it doesn't matter what you do to it. We're watching Auburn Georgia, we were watching LSU Florida. We just are because we love it and we want to see what it's going to be and how it's going to go.

I don't know.

I don't know.

And the reason that I say that is because there has been so much change in such a the fact that in let's look the just quickly look at the playoff. We have not played a regular season game in a season that entails a twelve team playoff. Yeah, we have already seen seven different proposals for a fourteen team playoff. Like, that's where we are as far as change evolution, U turns, directions, detours, exit rams like we have no idea. There is no GPS for where we are in college football right now. The thing was getting there to be rotating like it was.

And the reason that I say that is because there has been so much change in such a the fact that in let's look the just quickly look at the playoff. We have not played a regular season game in a season that entails a twelve team playoff. Yeah, we have already seen seven different proposals for a fourteen team playoff. Like, that's where we are as far as change evolution, U turns, directions, detours, exit rams like we have no idea. There is no GPS for where we are in college football right now. The thing was getting there to be rotating like it was.

That's it.

That's it.

What's the solution? A dynamic seismic breakaway change. The only way you're going to get the leadership that everybody is looking for is when the event will breakaway happens right like it's gonna be the only there's just too many cooks in the kids you right now, everybody's trying to grab a piece, and there's no uh, there's no singular voice.

What's the solution? A dynamic seismic breakaway change. The only way you're going to get the leadership that everybody is looking for is when the event will breakaway happens right like it's gonna be the only there's just too many cooks in the kids you right now, everybody's trying to grab a piece, and there's no uh, there's no singular voice.

Kind of not right.

Kind of not right.

Here's the thing, T Bob. I'm sorry to interrupt to you.

Here's the thing, T Bob. I'm sorry to interrupt to you.

I agree with what you're saying, but when you say it, you almost make it sound like we have to go down this path for the leadership, when let's be real, we're going down this path because of the greed. We're not going down this path to find better leadership. We're going down this path because people want more and the administrators, like we make fun of some of these athletes, like gimme, gimme, gimme more and more and more, like cost of attendance won enough and I l onn't enough. Now we want this and we want that, and we don't want to practice in full pads. The administrators are just as bad with this right now.

I agree with what you're saying, but when you say it, you almost make it sound like we have to go down this path for the leadership, when let's be real, we're going down this path because of the greed. We're not going down this path to find better leadership. We're going down this path because people want more and the administrators, like we make fun of some of these athletes, like gimme, gimme, gimme more and more and more, like cost of attendance won enough and I l onn't enough. Now we want this and we want that, and we don't want to practice in full pads. The administrators are just as bad with this right now.

And what is the end of the road.

And what is the end of the road.

I don't know the answer to that question either, Like when do we just exhale and say this is college football that might not be in our lifetimes.

I don't know the answer to that question either, Like when do we just exhale and say this is college football that might not be in our lifetimes.

I have no idea what that's going to look like.

I have no idea what that's going to look like.

But let's also not pretend like we're heading down the path that we all know we're going down, so we can find good leadership now going down that path because this revenue wheel, let's just ruptly say a billion dollars right now, gives about twenty eighteen percent of that away to Notre Dame and sixty four other teams. And people will say, well, man, eighteen percent, thirteen percent, that's really not that much. Well, thirteen percent of a billions a freaking lot, a whole lot, and they're just gonna keep squeezing it and they're gonna squeeze it and squeeze it and squeeze it until it's zero. And those other teams say, guys, we don't have a choice. And then is it gonna be a you know, it's about leadership and lack of who's coming in for those guys.

But let's also not pretend like we're heading down the path that we all know we're going down, so we can find good leadership now going down that path because this revenue wheel, let's just ruptly say a billion dollars right now, gives about twenty eighteen percent of that away to Notre Dame and sixty four other teams. And people will say, well, man, eighteen percent, thirteen percent, that's really not that much. Well, thirteen percent of a billions a freaking lot, a whole lot, and they're just gonna keep squeezing it and they're gonna squeeze it and squeeze it and squeeze it until it's zero. And those other teams say, guys, we don't have a choice. And then is it gonna be a you know, it's about leadership and lack of who's coming in for those guys.

It's gonna be a Mark Comman.

It's gonna be a Mark Comman.

It's gonna be Jeff Bezos, Like, who's gonna come in and say we can help you do this and we think you can actually make money on it.

It's gonna be Jeff Bezos, Like, who's gonna come in and say we can help you do this and we think you can actually make money on it.

And it's gonna have some sustainability and you guys know.

And it's gonna have some sustainability and you guys know.

Like I do, it'll be watchable. I mean, Liberty BOYC, James Madison, whatever.

Like I do, it'll be watchable. I mean, Liberty BOYC, James Madison, whatever.

Like it's what it's Troy. It's more than watchable.

Like it's what it's Troy. It's more than watchable.

It's just they have to get it to a place where it's realistic for long term sustainability, and I don't know what that is. My whole point was, let's not pretend like we're walking down this path of baby NFL, so we can have a better leader.

It's just they have to get it to a place where it's realistic for long term sustainability, and I don't know what that is. My whole point was, let's not pretend like we're walking down this path of baby NFL, so we can have a better leader.

No wanderings on that path because we want more of our own money. So I want to be clear about what I was saying as well, I agree right, that's the natural and movable force that we're dealing with. I just think that since money is the driving force when people invest, what do they want? They want a very clear set of rules to understand how their investment's going to play out. Right, Like Louisiana has a Swiss cheese tax code that is full of hundreds of tax breaks, but no businesses want to be here because nobody can fucking make heads or tails of it. It's all over the place, like if you had less tax breaks. So maybe I'm not going to say, but it's clear and I understand exactly what I'm getting into. That drives more investment. Right, So it's like money's the driving force. Money wants to have clear rules with how to operate, which means and naturally leads towards the more singular leadership aspect of it. So again, I don't think that's the original motivation. I think it's a byproduct of money being the motivation. Yeah, I mean, I think you're right. I think you're accurate, And I don't know where the end is.

No wanderings on that path because we want more of our own money. So I want to be clear about what I was saying as well, I agree right, that's the natural and movable force that we're dealing with. I just think that since money is the driving force when people invest, what do they want? They want a very clear set of rules to understand how their investment's going to play out. Right, Like Louisiana has a Swiss cheese tax code that is full of hundreds of tax breaks, but no businesses want to be here because nobody can fucking make heads or tails of it. It's all over the place, like if you had less tax breaks. So maybe I'm not going to say, but it's clear and I understand exactly what I'm getting into. That drives more investment. Right, So it's like money's the driving force. Money wants to have clear rules with how to operate, which means and naturally leads towards the more singular leadership aspect of it. So again, I don't think that's the original motivation. I think it's a byproduct of money being the motivation. Yeah, I mean, I think you're right. I think you're accurate, And I don't know where the end is.

I don't know what we need to get to to make it all happen, but it sounds like it's gonna happen faster than a lot of us believe.

I don't know what we need to get to to make it all happen, but it sounds like it's gonna happen faster than a lot of us believe.

I mean, yeah, like you said, do the rate of change out of control?

I mean, yeah, like you said, do the rate of change out of control?

Cole. Thank you so much, man, this is super fun. I know you're very busy. We're coming for you on that Bared sports media list, dude. So today we're you guys are going for fifteen thousand subscribers. I'm going for ten on Cube show. So come on subscribe to Q, Come on, subscribe to Q.

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He just wants me to get fifteen side chug a beer on the show, So that's what that's what we're going for right now.

He just wants me to get fifteen side chug a beer on the show, So that's what that's what we're going for right now.

Also, me and me and Hester were talking about this morning and if we got in like a two v two fight. They said that me and you would, like one of us would have to die to quit. But that has should be able to take out, you know, Greg pretty quickly, and then you're gonna be dealing with two v one and that's gonna get a little hairy.

Also, me and me and Hester were talking about this morning and if we got in like a two v two fight. They said that me and you would, like one of us would have to die to quit. But that has should be able to take out, you know, Greg pretty quickly, and then you're gonna be dealing with two v one and that's gonna get a little hairy.

I know he's a quarterback, but I think Greg would be a little bit more difficult deal with.

I know he's a quarterback, but I think Greg would be a little bit more difficult deal with.

And a lot of people believe you.

And a lot of people believe you.

Were talking about that og fullback, one of the greatest fullbacks of all time here.

Were talking about that og fullback, one of the greatest fullbacks of all time here.

Oh really, I'm not picking.

Oh really, I'm not picking.

I'm not picking Greg, just saying a little more difficult to deal with than some people they believe.

I'm not picking Greg, just saying a little more difficult to deal with than some people they believe.

All right, so much, man, we've already kept you extra log. You have a great day. My friend appreciated.

All right, so much, man, we've already kept you extra log. You have a great day. My friend appreciated.

Guys, we'll see it and you can fall him on everything. Act Cole Kubrick. Uh, he's the best fulk Cube show on YouTube. Goat like and subscribe. Boys. Again, I thought that was gonna be more about saving. But I mean, the saving thing I think is kind of cut dry, and I feel like we're all kind of in.

Guys, we'll see it and you can fall him on everything. Act Cole Kubrick. Uh, he's the best fulk Cube show on YouTube. Goat like and subscribe. Boys. Again, I thought that was gonna be more about saving. But I mean, the saving thing I think is kind of cut dry, and I feel like we're all kind of in.

The same days.

The same days.

The thing, I mean, it leads to no I know.

The thing, I mean, it leads to no I know.

But what I'm saying is like nobody. It's like again, my reaction was not saving's a hypocrite, and I understand that side of the equation, like Levantar was on that. I mean, here you've made when he you know, you made one hundred million dollars off this this labor that you never to pay and then suddenly when the labor gets empowered and says I want mind, you're out. But again, Saban never said it was wrong, which avoids hypocrisy in my opinion, and all he said he never did he ever.

But what I'm saying is like nobody. It's like again, my reaction was not saving's a hypocrite, and I understand that side of the equation, like Levantar was on that. I mean, here you've made when he you know, you made one hundred million dollars off this this labor that you never to pay and then suddenly when the labor gets empowered and says I want mind, you're out. But again, Saban never said it was wrong, which avoids hypocrisy in my opinion, and all he said he never did he ever.

Say, like the way in which it's done for he just completely said, I'm I'm I'm out of this.

Say, like the way in which it's done for he just completely said, I'm I'm I'm out of this.

No, he just said he has just said it was not the original intention.

No, he just said he has just said it was not the original intention.

Yeah, and he has said multiple times though he has pressed with I'm not saying it's wrong, but this is how it is, and it's not for me how it is. And so that's why I like, if he was out there saying this is morally and abhorrently just incre well, that went out of a problem with him right now, I got, I got, I got, I got no.

Yeah, and he has said multiple times though he has pressed with I'm not saying it's wrong, but this is how it is, and it's not for me how it is. And so that's why I like, if he was out there saying this is morally and abhorrently just incre well, that went out of a problem with him right now, I got, I got, I got, I got no.

Listen, we've seen multiple coaches in a variety of sports kind of just say that, like I don't this isn't worth it for me. And how we've seen head coaches move to being an offensive coordinator because of different a variety of changes in the college football landscape. Like it's just it's a lot and and and for a guy like he said, it's been doing for fifty years, you know, it's harder teaching old dog new tricks.

Listen, we've seen multiple coaches in a variety of sports kind of just say that, like I don't this isn't worth it for me. And how we've seen head coaches move to being an offensive coordinator because of different a variety of changes in the college football landscape. Like it's just it's a lot and and and for a guy like he said, it's been doing for fifty years, you know, it's harder teaching old dog new tricks.

And we said that million times in the show.

And we said that million times in the show.

Nick has been one of the best at actually adapting to anil to the transfer. He's he's dabbled in both, and I think he's been really successful in it, but doesn't mean you enjoyed. It doesn't mean you want to continue down that path. And for him, it just was not saying it was too much. But oh he's seventy two years old. That's a lot to freaking deal with.

Nick has been one of the best at actually adapting to anil to the transfer. He's he's dabbled in both, and I think he's been really successful in it, but doesn't mean you enjoyed. It doesn't mean you want to continue down that path. And for him, it just was not saying it was too much. But oh he's seventy two years old. That's a lot to freaking deal with.

Yeah, PG says, pain Players always been around the entire career. Wait here, he said, I don't think it's typ of critical. I think the energy is I'm taking my ball and going home. I mean there's definitely some of that pain Players has been around his entire career. Now that he's not the best at it and people compete with him, he wants out. I mean, if if I I I don't like, I'm not going to argue against that. If that's how you feel.

Yeah, PG says, pain Players always been around the entire career. Wait here, he said, I don't think it's typ of critical. I think the energy is I'm taking my ball and going home. I mean there's definitely some of that pain Players has been around his entire career. Now that he's not the best at it and people compete with him, he wants out. I mean, if if I I I don't like, I'm not going to argue against that. If that's how you feel.

I think coaches are fed up with with having to sit down with the person that runs the collective and saying this kid came to me and wants to renegotiate their contract.

I think coaches are fed up with with having to sit down with the person that runs the collective and saying this kid came to me and wants to renegotiate their contract.

Yeah he's going to hit the transfer portal.

Yeah he's going to hit the transfer portal.

Yeah, but what does he do that The NFL, as the set rules, you signed a contract for three years.

Yeah, but what does he do that The NFL, as the set rules, you signed a contract for three years.

But AFL I know, which is why not? I mean, stop thinking about it and make it happy, Like the market is the market. You can't change it just because you're unhappy or you think it's unfair.

But AFL I know, which is why not? I mean, stop thinking about it and make it happy, Like the market is the market. You can't change it just because you're unhappy or you think it's unfair.

You can't change it. We're changing everything. Why can't you change it.

You can't change it. We're changing everything. Why can't you change it.

I'm saying these coaches can't like I mean, then well okay, well then well then get it, get it done. But I'm saying in the short term, continually saying, this is not what nil was intended for. Uh, it just goes it just goes nowhere.

I'm saying these coaches can't like I mean, then well okay, well then well then get it, get it done. But I'm saying in the short term, continually saying, this is not what nil was intended for. Uh, it just goes it just goes nowhere.

No, it does because it continues these conversations right now that hopefully lead to a change.

No, it does because it continues these conversations right now that hopefully lead to a change.

You can't just sit back and be quiet. You gotta wish your opinions.

You can't just sit back and be quiet. You gotta wish your opinions.

And the Kirby Smarts, the Nick Savings of the world have the biggest microphone.

And the Kirby Smarts, the Nick Savings of the world have the biggest microphone.

It comes to changing college football.

It comes to changing college football.

If Kirby's not happy and Nick's not happy, and Jim Harball is leaving to go to the NFL, there are people that are making a lot of money that are setting I've said this many times already too. The people that we need to worry about are not the players, but the coaches, because the coaches are the brands of these universities. If the coaches aren't happy and the coaches are leading, that is bad business.

If Kirby's not happy and Nick's not happy, and Jim Harball is leaving to go to the NFL, there are people that are making a lot of money that are setting I've said this many times already too. The people that we need to worry about are not the players, but the coaches, because the coaches are the brands of these universities. If the coaches aren't happy and the coaches are leading, that is bad business.

Where are they going to go who else? Who else is gonna pass a million dollars the NFL?