Dolfan in NYC Posted September 23 Posted September 23 "Bron and Goldberg touching tips" when Safe Search is turned on. 5
RIPPA Posted September 23 Posted September 23 This was the weekend I learned that my cousin and Scott Steiner's kid play at the same school 2
RIPPA Posted September 23 Posted September 23 At the moment - Alabama is an underdog at home for the first time since 2007
BobbyWhioux Posted September 23 Posted September 23 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: This was the weekend I learned that my cousin and Scott Steiner's kid play at the same school What are the odds? 2
RIPPA Posted September 23 Posted September 23 Memphis, Tulane, USF and UTSA all came out to say they were staying in the AAC instead of joining the Pac 12 Apparently the biggest issue was the AAC has a $25 million exit fee and the PAC 12 was offering to cover very little of it (because again - the PAC 12 is working on the hopes and dreams of a TV it doesn't have yet) Meanwhile - Air Force pledged to stay with the Mountain West (And apparently UNLV is being offered the same package Air Force got to stay)
RIPPA Posted September 24 Posted September 24 13 hours ago, RIPPA said: (And apparently UNLV is being offered the same package Air Force got to stay) Well this is now totally up in the air as UNLV was gonna commit to the Mountain West but Utah State just accepted the bid to join the PAC 12 and now UNLV is re-examining going there
Brian Fowler Posted September 25 Posted September 25 17 hours ago, RIPPA said: Well this is now totally up in the air as UNLV was gonna commit to the Mountain West but Utah State just accepted the bid to join the PAC 12 and now UNLV is re-examining going there Notably, Utah State's defection means the MWC currently only has 7 football members. So now UNLV could tip the PAC into having enough and push the MWC to the brink. Especially if Air Force now reconsiders the AAC. That would mean seven schools have decided to leave. Nine is enough to formally dissolve the covering and thereby kill the exit and poaching fees (also the PAC-12 is suing over the poaching fee saying they were forced under duress to agree to it and such.)
EVA Posted September 25 Posted September 25 I’m of two minds on this. One, sure, UNLV’s collective, or whoever, entered into a business agreement with him, and I suppose it’s his right to walk away from the deal if they didn’t hold his end up. On the other hand, walking out on your team mid-season, especially when your team is looking like it has a legit shot at getting the 12-seed in the playoff, is nasty work. You would not get an offer to come play QB for my team after that. 3
Mister TV Posted September 25 Posted September 25 15 minutes ago, EVA said: I’m of two minds on this. One, sure, UNLV’s collective, or whoever, entered into a business agreement with him, and I suppose it’s his right to walk away from the deal if they didn’t hold his end up. On the other hand, walking out on your team mid-season, especially when your team is looking like it has a legit shot at getting the 12-seed in the playoff, is nasty work. You would not get an offer to come play QB for my team after that. I don't have an issue with him bailing, I can totally see whoever was supposed to pay this kid trying to stiff him and pulling the "What are you going to do, sit out the rest of the season?" and the kid called them on their bluff.
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 25 Author Posted September 25 56 minutes ago, EVA said: I’m of two minds on this. One, sure, UNLV’s collective, or whoever, entered into a business agreement with him, and I suppose it’s his right to walk away from the deal if they didn’t hold his end up. On the other hand, walking out on your team mid-season, especially when your team is looking like it has a legit shot at getting the 12-seed in the playoff, is nasty work. You would not get an offer to come play QB for my team after that. While, in principle, I agree... Your job as an AD or head football coach is to get your team to succeed by any (legal(-ish)) means necessary. Sluka's absolutely in the right if they've blatantly broken promises to him. If he's as good as advertised, and it looks like he is, then someone is going to get him in their school and give him everything he wants or needs. How many schools out there are treading on past glory and would love nothing more than relevance again? (Florida, Auburn, I'm looking in your direction...)
madl Posted September 25 Posted September 25 8 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: While, in principle, I agree... Your job as an AD or head football coach is to get your team to succeed by any (legal(-ish)) means necessary. Sluka's absolutely in the right if they've blatantly broken promises to him. If he's as good as advertised, and it looks like he is, then someone is going to get him in their school and give him everything he wants or needs. How many schools out there are treading on past glory and would love nothing more than relevance again? (Florida, Auburn, I'm looking in your direction...) Granted, he’s looked far better than you’d expect a qb at UNLV to look, but…. he’s the qb at UNLV. Wanna know how you get to be the qb at UNLV? You don’t impress anyone at Texas, Alabama or any of the other 20 bluebloods enough for them to want you. Yeah, if he was promised more money than he’s getting, he’s entitled to walk out and go elsewhere. But, no matter how you rationalize it, he’s still admitting the money means more than winning and he’s still bailing on his teammates mid-season. I don’t doubt he’ll end up in a good spot somewhere. Hope it’s not at my school. Honestly, my advice is for someone to hold up a photo of Arch Manning and say “get over yourself, dude”. Also, if he did stay and UNLV made the playoff, boosters would be lining up to throw money at him and pro scouts would be lining up behind the boosters. Just saying. He seems to have talent. Money’s going to find him somehow unless he goes out of his way to make it harder.
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 25 Author Posted September 25 Huh... the reporting is (and obviously sourcing on this will matter) either: 1) After the first couple of games, Sluka and his family hired an agent. Then tried to re-negotiate his deal with UNLV because "his value had increased." When they got to an impasse, he walked. OR 2) UNLV agreed to give him $100k minimum for the year. To date, they'd only paid $3,000 and were not going to pay any more. So, this story is about to get a lot more fun. EDIT -- I'll just note... reading that first part as weasel worded as possible. The school is not denying his claim.
Brian Fowler Posted September 25 Posted September 25 I have no idea what Matt Sluka's financial situation is right, but Arch Manning is from a family full of millionaires and could afford to take very little in NIL deals, sit on the bench, etc in a way a lot of players across the country would have a much harder time doing.
EVA Posted September 25 Posted September 25 The more info that comes out about this, the more it looks like Sluka and his representatives were kind of incompetent. Didn’t get the 100k offer in writing and then tried to get it after the fact by approaching the university in the absolute wrong way. I agree with Bud Elliot’s take that it probably says a lot about how little the coaching staff valued Sluka’s contribution to the 3-0 start that they wouldn’t dig up a measly $85k of pocket change to keep him happy. 1
Tabe Posted September 26 Posted September 26 He's a quarterback with a 43% completion rate. I feel like UNLV can probably replace that. 1
Mister TV Posted September 26 Posted September 26 1 minute ago, EVA said: Slouching Toward The Super Conference So are they going to play Risk or arm wrestle to decide who gets the better ACC teams from Virginia and North Carolina?
Mister TV Posted September 26 Posted September 26 1 minute ago, RIPPA said: Virginia has no good teams I should have said schools, the B1G and SEC want UVA and UNC, when it comes to VT and NC State not so much.
Pete Posted September 26 Posted September 26 On 9/24/2024 at 8:28 AM, RIPPA said: Well this is now totally up in the air as UNLV was gonna commit to the Mountain West but Utah State just accepted the bid to join the PAC 12 and now UNLV is re-examining going there On 9/25/2024 at 2:06 AM, Brian Fowler said: Notably, Utah State's defection means the MWC currently only has 7 football members. So now UNLV could tip the PAC into having enough and push the MWC to the brink. Especially if Air Force now reconsiders the AAC. That would mean seven schools have decided to leave. Nine is enough to formally dissolve the covering and thereby kill the exit and poaching fees (also the PAC-12 is suing over the poaching fee saying they were forced under duress to agree to it and such.) Clearly UNLV and AFA didn't want to be outliers in a conference of teams with "State" in their name. Study it out, people.
EVA Posted September 27 Posted September 27 The PAC-12/MW expansion business this week has been sad to watch. They’re both just flailing around to fill spots and are ultimately going to end up in worse situations than if they had just merged like everybody said they should to begin with. 1
Chaos Posted September 27 Posted September 27 The SEC Injury reports are still odd to see this season. With that said, Oklahoma ruled out 5 of their receivers for Saturday, which is not good for a starting freshman QB.
RIPPA Posted September 27 Posted September 27 24 minutes ago, EVA said: The PAC-12/MW expansion business this week has been sad to watch. They’re both just flailing around to fill spots and are ultimately going to end up in worse situations than if they had just merged like everybody said they should to begin with. With that in mind... The Mountain West is targeting Texas State as an all sports member Additionally they are considering Northern Illinois as a football only member Also the deal that UNLV and Air Force got to stay is they are each getting 24.5% of all the money the conference collects in exit fees from the teams leaving for the Pac 12 The BEST part is UNLV flat out said they are using the additional money they are getting to prepare for an eventual move to a Power Four conference
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 27 Author Posted September 27 And SPEAKING of Nevada-Las Vegas... It's now being reported that one of the casino magnates out there, tried to pay the remainder of the money to Sluka to get him to stay. UNLV turned down/blocked the request.
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