scholarships are not a 4 year commitment, they are renewed yearly. both sides have to agree. neither side is "committed" to 4 years. coaches can send you packing, and you as a player have the right to leave.

and players commit to coaches more than schools.

Scholarships are technically one year deals, but no coach in their right mind is going to cancel it if they want to land other big time talent. Even Saban doesn't do that because he knows it's not good for business. Sadly, recruits now hold all the power to a certain extent. Recruits are no longer committing to a school and even the coaches, but to NIL deals. Even though he will never admit, Fisher knows he doesn't have the No. 1 recruiting class in the country this year if he doesn't have the lucrative NIL deals in place.

Of those coaches who are coaching again, how many of them were accused of 8 LEVEL 1 VIOLATIONS AND TELLING THEIR SUPERIORS AND THE NCAA TO GO SCREW THEMSELVES? I'm not saying other programs are not dirty because they are, but that's not the point. The point is WW, instead of at least meeting with university officials, basically said F-You to everybody! Had he met with university officials, he may still be coaching and LSU might have went to bat for him. He did it to himself! What AD at any major D1 college is going to hire a coach that was caught up in an FBI investigation offering money to land a player, prompted an NCAA investigation and was found to have committed 8 level 1 violations and basically told both his superiors and the NCAA to F themselves? It's also worth noting he also took a $250,000 pay cut to keep his job and not once during this entire time did WW show any type of remorse for his actions. There is not an AD at any prestigious university in the country that's going to risk their career on hiring a guy with a track record like that. He may be a high school, junior college or Div. II coach again one day, but his dream of coaching at another big time D1 program is gone. He's a cancer and sadly it's because of his own doing that he finds himself where he is!

coaches "process" players all the time for superior players.

they have been accused of much worse scandals than merely paying players. they have sexual assaults, prostutes, academic fraud, all manner of dirty business. paying players is nothing. we should have circled the wagons and kept wade.

again, all thee coaches coach again. even rick pitino, who is coaching today at iona.

thats not sad its great. they are the ones who actually do the work.

Processing a player is not pulling his scholarship. They may tell a player that he might want to consider moving on is not the same as pulling a scholly! No coach does that because coaches know players/parents hear what's is going in the program and it would immediately make a lot of players/parents eliminate them from consideration.

Once again, can you name one D1 coach that has been accused of EIGHT LEVEL 1 VIOLATIONS, was caught in an FBI investigation, prompted an NCAA investigation and told his bosses and the NCAA to screw themselves and returned to a big time D1 program? Your coach Pitino to Iona statement proves my point. Where the hell is Iona and do you consider that a major D1 job? I put Iona on the same level as AAU basketball!

Athletes are doing the work, but are getting world class training, health care, educational opportunities, exposure, and are celebrities.

They also benefit greatly from the NCAA, SEC, and LSU brands. Making this all about the players hurts the brands that boost their exposure; gotta be careful not to kill the golden goose.

It feels like one of WW’s greatest attributes was a dgaf attitude and paying players directly (no middle-man). You’re getting closer to my point.

Also, the sky is blue (for the inevitable point-by-point rebuttal; actually, you only rebut the shit where it isn’t obvious you are 100% wrong).

i dont know what your point is and dont care much. its probably a silly point that is unsupported by evidence.

its not pulling anything, its simply not renewing. like i said schorlaships are for one year and are generally but not always renewed. when better players come along, coaches generally help the worse players find destinations that fit them. there is no 4 year commitment from either side. and their shouldnt be. kids should be free to go to school wherever they want.

yes which is why its fine they get part of the billions the NCAA gets from the tournament.

i dont know what you are talking about. if you disagree with what i said, say so, and i will patiently explain why you are wrong. be specific.

the fbi was not investigating wade and he was not convicted or even accused of a crime.

again, he paid players. thats all. everyone does it.

you wierdos act like his getting caught makes the "crime" worse. it doesnt. its not a crime, everyone does it and you know it. especially your friend kermit davis.

let me see if you can even answer a simple question, or maybe you will just blow a fuse and start saying lets go brandon for no reason.

do you know that kermit davis has a history of cheating? yes? no? lets go brandon babbling?