PFT: Pete Caroll on college players getting NIL money, "It changes their mentality"

[big dog cowboy]

Scholarships and NIL to avoid student loans. Doesn't sound so bad. So few make it to the NFL I don't think it's a big deal.

 

[calico]

lol. I stopped reading wheb OPentio Ed college football bring about grades.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

people still have values. But if you're looking for values in the nfl you're looking in the wrong place. Enjoy the games and leave it at that

There’s more values in the NFL than every law firm, newsroom, politician’s office, CEO’s office, and hospital in America combined. That’s how far we’ve fallen.

 

[stilltheguru]

There’s more values in the NFL than every law firm, newsroom, politician’s office, CEO’s office, and hospital in America combined. That’s how far we’ve fallen.

Lol I hear you

 

[Jfconrow]

Sorry Pete you can’t dangle a bag of money for 4 years in front of these kids just out of college anymore.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Pretty sure it wasn’t about money before tv deals.

It always was about the money. They robbed these children for years.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

It always was about the money. They robbed these children for years.

Yeah they were robbed right into a free education and preferential treatment after graduation. Cry me a freaking river. Entitlement in this country is out of control and that’s why it will eventually fail.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yeah they were robbed right into a free education and preferential treatment after graduation. Cry me a freaking river. Entitlement in this country is out of control and that’s why it will eventually fail.

A free education that leads you to nothing. College doesn’t prepare for anything. It doesn’t prepare you for the world or even the job field. Their “free education” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Free education….they got free food. Yay. Get all your money kings!

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

100% these kids should be getting paid to put their bodies on the line like this.

No one cares about John Smith when he tears his ACL MCL his sophomore year and can’t afford appropriate health care; thus ruining his future as an athlete

 

[ChronicCowboy]

@TheMarathonContinues

Hey man I wholeheartedly disagree but I appreciate you sharing your opinion.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

The reason society sucks now is because everything is about money. Everything.

Was there a time money wasn’t a factor in society?

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Was there a time money wasn’t a factor in society?

No, but it has taken priority over providing quality experiences. I don’t have a legal argument against paying college athletes. I do have a problem with the consequences which outweigh the institutional gains.

 

[charron]

Maybe it will be easier to avoid the entittled players. So many talented guys fail in the NFL due too poor work ethic and attitudes. Earning big money early may help scouts and coaches expose these guys and avoid them.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Earning big money early may help scouts and coaches expose these guys and avoid them.

+1.........Oh, it will, that's my point.

 

[J817]

A free education that leads you to nothing. College doesn’t prepare for anything. It doesn’t prepare you for the world or even the job field. Their “free education” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Free education….they got free food. Yay. Get all your money kings!

It depends on your major and how high a degree you choose to get. A bioengineering degree is worth more than a sociology degree. An MBA or law degree is worth more than a BA etc… So yea, if you walk out with a liberal arts degree like I did, you better go to law school or get a masters.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I agree 100%.........As stayed in another thread a few weeks ago, at some point, it's going to be all about money, not grades, and not giving 100% on the field. Hell, you thought some of these kids had huge egos. Now imagine drafting one who already has a couple of million in the bank and trying to bring him back down to earth. I'm sure a lot of the kids with strong character will be fine but it's going to destroy a lot of kids. In other words, a lot kids simply don't have the character or maturation on how to handle that kind of money.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...getting-nil-money-it-changes-their-mentality/

Pete Carroll on college players getting NIL money: “It changes their mentality”​

Posted by Mike Florio on April 19, 2023, 8:03 PM EDT

College football remains in the early stages of players getting money for their names, images, and likenesses. Pro football, in turn, remains in the early stages of evaluating players who are cashing in on NIL.

During Wednesday’s pre-draft press conference, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll addressed the changing realities of college football, given NIL and the transfer portal.

“It’s like free agency going on in college football,” Carroll told reporters. “These kids have choices and they’re figuring it out, and here’s a whole young kind of evolution occurring here, and they’re early in it but they’re exposed differently, so we’re seeing guys a little bit differently. We have to continue to adapt as the times change, and that’s what we’ve been doing.”

Carroll was asked to explain how it’s changing their evaluation of incoming players.

Do a quick of Pete Carroll's recruiting tactics at USC

 

[T-RO]

So a Bama player is getting 96-128k in education

Nobody these days is going to university and getting a 96-128k worth of education. But they are getting the bill for it. Universities are more predatorial than tobacco industry.

 

[tunahelper]

Since when is working for money a bad thing?

Nevermind that the universities themselves made it all about the money over the past 20 years.

And sure money empowers people so the condescending tactics college coaches are known for don't work as well. Boo hoo.

Universities far out earn what they give in an education. Not to mention, how much money has gone to the University from tax payers? So how exactly, is the university trading an education for the players services?

 

[moneytalks]

I'm for anything that keeps Alabama from bribing every 5 star recruite in the nation to sign with them. It levels the playing field. The Texas Longhorns have the richest boosters in the nation and I fully support every penny they spend bringing the top recruits here.

Just curious but what you're saying is you're all for UT bribing every 5 star recruit? How does that level the playing field? If that isn't what you meant why mention the wealth of their boosters? Hypocrite much?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Just curious but what you're saying is you're all for UT bribing every 5 star recruit? How does that level the playing field? If that isn't what you meant why mention the wealth of their boosters? Hypocrite much?

When I am new around a place I like to call out people as hypocrites too. . .