One side is putting their name on it with concrete figures, while the other is putting out “anonymous sources”. I think I know who I believe in this case.
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NIL era
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I see both sides have commented now. If you have an NIL representative but don’t get this stuff in writing after what we saw from Florida last year it seems your representative sucks at his job. And I do believe somebody promised this player something somewhere on the school side and isn’t delivering.
You feel bad for these kids, but it’s just another case of the grass isn’t always greener. Gotta listen to the right people and not just the people who blow smoke up your a$$
QB Matthew Sluka leaving UNLV over NIL dispute: What we know and what's next
The Rebels and the QB are locked in an NIL dispute that has Sluka leaving Vegas amid a 3-0 start. Here's what we know.
College football has become a nightmare. I miss the good 'ol days where you gave an athlete a full-ride scholarship for school and that was that. 
oldngrizzly
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Do you think that the colleges extremely benefiting financially while giving the players quarter,half or no scholarships was fair ? After all we are a democracy not a socialist country.College football has become a nightmare. I miss the good 'ol days where you gave an athlete a full-ride scholarship for school and that was that.
There are zero partial scholarships in FBS football, right now. Zero.
Right now - they are all full rides and they are worth hundred(s) of thousands of dollars...even at the cheapest state schools.
This may change soon - allowing FBS schools to split them up - like FCS school do.
Of course, FCS schools make pennies in revenue comparatively.
I have no problem with players earning money...I have substantial problems with people who quit mid season.
In 7th grade I volunteered (was forced) to play the trumpet in music. I told my dad I wanted to quit; I hated it. He said, "Nope - finish what you started son. You can elect to not start next year."
It was a good lesson...the proper lesson.
Hope this UNLV dude never plays another snap.
mthoopsfan
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Did the band leader refuse to give you a chair or music?
HelenaHandBasket
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I think soldier is missing the bigger picture.
mthoopsfan
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Would you feel the same way if UNLV refused to give him a scholarship. His NIL promised money was about 5 times more than a fall scholarship.
I have a full view of the big picture.
Don't quit mid season...pretty friggin simple.
Maybe I'm on an island here and quitting on teammates while 3-0 and ranked for the 1st time in who knows how long...is now acceptable to the masses.
That's OK - I'll die on this island alone. I'm OK with that.
And what's that make the coach that promised him the $$ to lure him away from Holy Cross?
There's no winners here, only losers...
oldngrizzly
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Maybe you could try survivor out and see how it goes- just kidding.I see your point and raise you $.I heard that the player was promised $100K and they only gave him $12K.If true, what would you do if you went to work for someone and they offered you a contract of $100K and only paid you $12K.
HelenaHandBasket
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So you would stay in a job and continue working without being paid under the terms agreed just because you don't want to be a quitter, just a fool?
ilovethecats
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This thread is funny. Been following it all day and I still think people are talking about two completely separate issues.
I definitely think Sluka shares some of the blame here for what happened, but I fully support his right to tell the school, its NIL collective, and its boosters to fuck off if they won't pay him what they said they would.This thread is funny. Been following it all day and I still think people are talking about two completely separate issues.
Hopefully a good lesson for him and others in similar positions going forward not to just take what people trying to lure you to their school say at face value.
HelenaHandBasket
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But one wouldn't exist without the other.This thread is funny. Been following it all day and I still think people are talking about two completely separate issues.
ilovethecats
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Just read that one of their running backs just left as well and his wording was similar to the qb.....
UNLV RB Michael Allen announces plan to redshirt, enter transfer portal
Michael Allen announced he plans to take a redshirt and enter the transfer portal after three games with UNLV this season.
Starting to sound like the OC went rogue and promised money he had no right to promise these kids.Just read that one of their running backs just left as well and his wording was similar to the qb.....
UNLV RB Michael Allen announces plan to redshirt, enter transfer portal
Michael Allen announced he plans to take a redshirt and enter the transfer portal after three games with UNLV this season.www.on3.com
Also, part of the response in the ESPN article that laid the situation out mentioned the Nevada NIL law. I hadn't known anything about it, but it does specifically ban "pay for play," and say the kids have to actually get the money for their name, image, and likeness. To add a layer of complication, the coach may legally have actually had to respond the way he did when a kid walks into his office and says "hey, I was told I would get 100k to play here, so I want it or I will leave." In that situation, it sounds like the coach was obligated by state law to say "I cannot pay you to play here, you have to get the money by selling your name, image, and likeness commercially." The coach may also have been in an untenable position here.
I'm not a lawyer, though. We have a few here, and I'm happy to be corrected if I am wrong.
He said it had nothing to do with NIL, it was about opportunities to carry the ball. He had one carry in the last game where the team rushed 50 times.Just read that one of their running backs just left as well and his wording was similar to the qb.....
UNLV RB Michael Allen announces plan to redshirt, enter transfer portal
Michael Allen announced he plans to take a redshirt and enter the transfer portal after three games with UNLV this season.
If you were promised 100k for a job and weeks into you were told that you weren’t going to get it would you quit? Especially if your performance showed other future employers that you are excellent? And if you stay one more week those opportunities are gone? The kid might not be an NFL QB but he has to take advantage of this window of opportunity.
Further, I think the fact that he probably knows he’s not going to be an NFL QB makes it make even more sense. It’s very easy to judge him based on hard-lined personal preferences. It’s quite another to recognize nuance in a situation.
