UNLV's starting QB has pulled a Jaden Mickey and is leaving his team
due to "unfulfilled representations".
It has begun.
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What is up with the lads these days.
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If you hire mercenaries, then you're expected to pay them
Jaden Mickey isn't in that category. He simply wants to be a starter, and will have his degree when he leaves.
He was a productive contributor, and could have been a starter if it weren't for the strong talent seizing those positions.
With regards to the UNLV QB, he's a mercenary. Mercenaries get paid, and if you don't pay them, then they'll simply walk.
Everyone should have learned from the painful lessons of the Jaden Rashada incident.
The Cliff's Notes:
One of Miami's biggest boosters, a billionaire, offered Rashda 9.5 million to commit to Miami. He accepted.
Billy Napier (U Florida) and some boosters at U. Florida told Rashada that they could pay him 13.5 million for his commit. Rashada flipped his commitment to Florida.
Napier and friends renege on getting Rashada that money. Rashada flips to Arizona State, where he gets brutalized behind that awful offensive line.
Rashada flips to Georgia, and is now suing Napier and friends.
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Pretty big difference between the Rashada situation and these 2.
The Rashada's took care of business in the off season. Kids commit and de-commit all the time, whether promises were broken or not. It is what it is, and has been for a long time.
Quitting on your teammates mid season takes some stones, and not in a good way.
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He did what he thought was right. He gets his ND degree. I wish him well.
Nobody in their right mind would burn a year of eligibility to be a backup.
His mother died. He may want to be closer to home.
It's nobody's business.
Saying he "quit on the team" is uncalled for.
He didn't quit on his ND degree. That's the most important thing.
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It’s the primary challenge in reducing these relationships to matters of contract
Look at FSU - their team of mercenaries was in it last year and this year they suck.
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Individual contracts might run afoul of the anti-non-compete movement.
We may need unionization and work rules to stabilize the sport... like in the NFL.
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This is really an awful practice. I know its allowed but an unintened consequence
Of the no limit transfer rules.
I said it before. Nobody in the NFL can walk away from a contract. You can’t just quit and expect to go elsewhere unless your contract is expiring.
These kids scholarships should not be honored after the term the leave the program. You are either out with an injury o you are part of the team.
If this is allowed, we should never criticize anyone that sits for a bowl game.
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Would certainly be wary of bringing any kid into a program who has a history
of quitting on their teammates when things aren't going their way.
Culture matters.
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Moving to direct pay. Contracts will be required soon. Will be final nail in coffin of…
TakethetrainKnute 35845 posts“College Football” though.
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The crap that has gone on with no transfer rules and NIL has gotten us there. There has to be
Some contracts or stipulations
This stuff is ridiculous.
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