University of Tenn QB may bolt because of 'contract negotiations'

[hogjowlsjohnny]

I think that's true to some extent, but pales in comparison to the level it's at now which is completely out of control. When you have powerhouse programs spending in excess of 22 million dollars on a roster to win a National Championship...it's a problem. When you have celebrity boosters paying millions of dollars to swing star recruits to their favorite programs...it's a problem. When a kid wake up one morning, decide he doesn't like the taste of the cornflakes in the team cafeteria and can just transfer right then and there...it's a problem. How would you like to be a program like, of let's say Virgina, and you spend the time and resources developing a player only to see that player succeed and leave the next year because an Ohio State booster just gave him 3 million dollars to transfer to their program and you can't compete financially? Everybody is a Ledouche James gun for hire

Problem=Reality, unfortunately. I would like to see some form of compensation to the team losing the player to the team gaining that player. I don't know how that could work but we are talking professional sports, not college as we knew it. It's a feeder league for the NFL. Why even have them go to school?

[JustInTime]

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[supafreak84]

I'm all for stricter restrictions on how freely kids can transfer. On the flip side if coaches, their staff and AD's don't like the taste of the team cafeteria cornflakes they shouldn't be able to bail on these kids as quickly as they do. 

Fans piss and moan about loyalty but don't seem to want to hold the actual adults in the situation as accountable as they hold the kids. The adults who are a main reason the kids choose the school.

As for Ledouche. 22 years in the league, has played for a grand total of 3 teams. Lol, yep, poster child for hired gun. I don't care much for the NBA, but "the decision" was 15 years ago. For the love of God get over it. He wasn't the first or last.

I agree, coaches should be held accountable but many times they have buyout clauses in their contracts that well compensate the University losing the coach. There's zero compensation or anything of the like when it comes to the transfer portal. 

As far as Ledouche goes, he's always been a gun for hire. When people bring up the goat conversation the mic dropper is Jordan would have never left the Bulls to play for the Celtics or Pistons because the chips were down in Chicago. James bailed on the Cavs to join the Heat and their stacked roster, then left Miami to return to Cleveland when their roster was rebuilt to his standards, then once again bailed on the Cavs after Kyrie was traded to join the Lakers. His whole career has been about him getting his way and playing on star studded rosters. But different conversations for a different thread

[StickierBuns]

Tennessee coach Josh Heupel addresses QB Nico Iamaleava's departure: 'No one is bigger than the program'

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...e-program/