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13 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

These things seem to follow Freeze. 
 

https://theshadowleague.com/jarquez-exposed-auburn-suspends-multiple-students-after-sex-tape-of-one-of-its-players-leaked-on-social-media/#:~:text=Sex Tape Leaked With Star,was leaked on social media.

Does this qualify under NIL rules??

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If it was for money and higher competition, yes. If it was about post-football life and athletic legacy, no. IF they get on the field and make it to the next level, it will be worth it to them. If they don't, they'll hit the real world like any other athlete... maybe with less support from either alumni base. 

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My guess is it was an obvious decision.

Play football at an at least perceived much higher level with my guess a lot more compensation.

NIL is going to ruin what's left of college football, there is simply no way a AAC or CUSA team is going to be able to keep their best players from teams with more financial support 

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54 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

My guess is it was an obvious decision.

Play football at an at least perceived much higher level with my guess a lot more compensation.

NIL is going to ruin what's left of college football, there is simply no way a AAC or CUSA team is going to be able to keep their best players from teams with more financial support 

When a player can transfer to a school and receive a 100K paycheck in addition to free school and monthly stipend, it is better than 99% of the athletes would receive in their first job out of school. In my opinion, playing time may not the first priority for many of these transfer players with only one season left, especially G5 starters moving up. For the COVID extra year players at P5 schools with a strong NIL program, some are not on the 85 scholarship roles anyway. I personally know players following this path. NIL allows them to expand the roster so to speak through payments directly to the player to pay for expenses. Without a strong NIL program, schools are limited and at a tremendous disadvantage. 

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In the short term, yes, they made the right choice. They will have an opportunity to play for one of the more successful programs in the SEC. They will almost certainly earn more NIL/extra money than they would have at UNT. But, playing at Auburn offer them no extra access to the NFL. And, they will find it harder to see the field among a larger group of talented players. In 10 years, most Auburn fans will probably not even remember their names. 

So in the long term... they probably made very poor choices. At UNT they would have been featured stars with every opportunity to make big time plays for the NFL scouts. And however their professional careers played out, they would have been remembered as UNT greats. In Shorter's case, possibly one of the best to ever play his position at UNT. Playing their entire careers at UNT worked out fine for Joe Greene and Abner Haynes. But, Shorter and Nixon made their choices. Now they have to live with their choice. No player(s) is/are bigger than the program. UNT will be just fine. Go Mean Green!!!

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On 5/24/2023 at 7:02 PM, MeanGreen13 said:

If it was for money and higher competition, yes. If it was about post-football life and athletic legacy, no. IF they get on the field and make it to the next level, it will be worth it to them. If they don't, they'll hit the real world like any other athlete... maybe with less support from either alumni base. 

Very grounded logical assessment.  Too bad it got an eye roll reaction. 

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3 hours ago, untphd said:

Far as I can tell he hasn't found a spot yet.

Yea I don’t think he has. I wonder if in his mind he gained anything from going to Vandy besides just a new experience.

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22 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Yea I don’t think he has. I wonder if in his mind he gained anything from going to Vandy besides just a new experience.

It would be one way to test the waters, bujt it has a high price.

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On 5/24/2023 at 3:54 PM, Wag Tag said:

Yes. They believe that each  of them can compete at the highest level of college football. This NIL raise also doesn’t hurt. Wish Shorter the best!

In addition they can get more "exposure" off the field as well. Just say CHEEZE!

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