Post by bulkey on Sept 22, 2023 8:41:45 GMT -5
We've discussed whether WCBB coaches "encourage" players to leave. Here's proof positive that it happens, at least in football.
this from today's Bloomberg, a long and fascinating article about Deion Sander's success at Colorado. The article goes on to detail how Sanders's own media stardom has attracted portal players, who want to bootstrap on his celebrity into their own NIL fortunes. This tells me that Kim has also found a way to take advantage of her vulgar craziness.
After leading the Tigers to a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference titles and a combined record of 27-6, Sanders left for the Colorado job, signing a five-year, $29.5 million contract. In his first meeting with the Buffaloes players he’d inherited, he delivered a blunt message. “There’s going to be change,” he told the stunned-looking group sitting glumly before him in a small auditorium. “I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in that portal.”
The moment was shocking not only for what Sanders said, essentially telling a bunch of undergraduates that they were about to be laid off from their unpaid jobs as football players, but because it was public, captured on a smartphone by Sanders’ eldest son, Deion Jr., who can be heard at one point snickering behind the camera. The younger Deion posted the video to his YouTube channel, Well Off Media, where it’s since racked up 4.5 million views. Sanders seemed to be announcing, not only to the players slumped in front of him but to the world, that this is how college football works now: It’s a ruthless business, and everything is part of the show.
When the spring transfer portal opened, almost 50 Buffaloes, roughly half the roster, took Coach Prime’s advice and jumped in, according to ESPN. Only 10 scholarship players from the last season remained.
this from today's Bloomberg, a long and fascinating article about Deion Sander's success at Colorado. The article goes on to detail how Sanders's own media stardom has attracted portal players, who want to bootstrap on his celebrity into their own NIL fortunes. This tells me that Kim has also found a way to take advantage of her vulgar craziness.
After leading the Tigers to a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference titles and a combined record of 27-6, Sanders left for the Colorado job, signing a five-year, $29.5 million contract. In his first meeting with the Buffaloes players he’d inherited, he delivered a blunt message. “There’s going to be change,” he told the stunned-looking group sitting glumly before him in a small auditorium. “I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in that portal.”
The moment was shocking not only for what Sanders said, essentially telling a bunch of undergraduates that they were about to be laid off from their unpaid jobs as football players, but because it was public, captured on a smartphone by Sanders’ eldest son, Deion Jr., who can be heard at one point snickering behind the camera. The younger Deion posted the video to his YouTube channel, Well Off Media, where it’s since racked up 4.5 million views. Sanders seemed to be announcing, not only to the players slumped in front of him but to the world, that this is how college football works now: It’s a ruthless business, and everything is part of the show.
When the spring transfer portal opened, almost 50 Buffaloes, roughly half the roster, took Coach Prime’s advice and jumped in, according to ESPN. Only 10 scholarship players from the last season remained.
