Pure college football was gone when they changed the rules to eliminate the power running game. 2002 was a big drop down in quality of college football, but since then it has became nothing but arena ball on a larger field.
@@BlackBoyKingTV Not really. A guy from my hometown went to Georgia Southern to play football and he never was offered by alumni or coaches. My Dad worked with the father of an All-Stae quarterback that went to UNC-Chapel Hill and he was never offered anything but his scholarship.
What other suggestions do you have for the players getting paid for their work ? I like you don't like it, but major money is being generated from it, why are they being left out?
@@ad7711xTrue to a point. I wasn't ever against playing the players. But I did say they would need some sort of salary cap or some sort of way of controlling the amount of money somebody can spend on a single player or on a single team.
@@metpach this is only a problem with players who haven’t earned NIL. High school recruits and obscure transfers. Players like an Arch Manning or Travis Hunter, don’t need money from the school. They earn millions on their own. That’s the essence of what NIL was supposed to be.
@@ad7711x I know that's what it was supposed to do, but any smart person knew that it was going to devolve into pay for play. I honestly think that's what the NCAA wanted. All the football boosters the networks, they wanted the mess.
NIL has ruined college sports. There’s more team jumping now than even the NBA has. It was much better when just the superstar athletes were being paid under the table and we had no idea how much and exactly who was being paid.
90% of these players will never be in the pro league ... this is their only chance to get paid any money .... and the corrupt colleges have been getting rich off of free labor from the players long enough ... paying just the star players ... who are most likely going pro and getting paid again is terrible .... ncaa had many years to fix it ... this is how the college still don't pay any money to the players but still take in millions ...while the players take ALL THE HEALTH RISK.... nia money is advertising money paid by corporations
I think fatherlessness has ruined college sports. These young men largely aren't raised with any ethics or morals. The product of a single mother upbringing.
Nah Jason, I rock with the kid!!! They tried to “bait and switch” him, and he WALKED😀👍🏾. I feel him--he stood on his principles. I applaud him. They said they would give him loot, they didn’t, he left. Good on him!
@@Manofwar7 Right! Has nothing to do with his teammates. Hell, his teammates need to get mad at the program for trying to get over on him. I’m just going by the facts as they were presented. If there’s more to the story, tell me. But from my viewpoint, the kid was a rockstar in leaving.
Ruining college football might be a blessing in disguise. The big money it makes will fall off and no longer fund the bogus curriculum of these universities!
Ruining CFB is a good thing. There are more important things in life than worshiping spandex wearing teenagers and using a game as an excuse to get away from being with your family.
@@JohnnyUtahFBIbeing engulfed in politics/culture war stuff 24/7 is considerably gayer than watching football lol btw most of our families watch with us ya fruity bore
@@JohnnyUtahFBIYou are assuming we all want to be around our crazy family members. I have to do it twice a year and it’s like going to an all clown circus.
UNLV pulled a bait and switch on the wrong kid. 😂 UNLV thought it had leverage . . . until it didn’t. Barry Odom’s negligence in managing his program really screwed over these players.
Finished? What has really changed? People have always gambled and players have always gotten paid. The only difference is that it’s out in the open and legal. The game is the biggest it has ever been.
Dude wasn’t even performing well. Ya they won games buts it’s a team game. I wouldn’t pay him either. Just like when players opt of the bowl games. 🤷🏿♂️
@@neckcutter8852he’s the f’en QB. If you don’t have a QB, you will not win. They might win one or two games. But they are ranked because of him. The defense does not score 30 points a game. I bet the black receivers got their money but the white QB gets sh-it.
If the story doesn’t change, this cannot reflect poorly on the QB at all. This is a HORRIBLE look on UNLV. This will be used against them for YEARS on the recruiting and NIL side.
Oh, like this isn't going on, and will go on everywhere in college football. This is a story because UNLV is ranked and we're finally talking about it.
Quit crying, either pay the guy or let him walk. Everyone wants to control the player, the days of making money off the backs of players are gone! NBA, College football, professional golf, etc.
@malikrahim-ei1vd You sound ridiculous. The practice of paying some damn teenager a hundred large to play in some b.s. college games that no one will remember or care about a year from now is the STUPIDEST idea ever. How about value the chance to get a quality education for free something that others had to pay for and those of us who fell into the student loan trap are still paying for.
NIL didn't ruin college sports. This stuff was going on and fans pretended it wasn't happening. Often times the money went to family members instead of the player; now the player gets the money directly. We are finally breaking the illusion. BTW, how much are coaches making? Five mil? Ten mil? I think you'll see over time the coaches make less and that money going to players.
I agree, coach is making 5 mil and the player is wearing the same pair of clothes 3 days a week and has to bum vehicle rides to events and food.. but 20 million people tune in to watch almost solely that kid play every Saturday.
Why do people have these illusions of this moral compass that all these coaches have like these guys are the second coming of Christ? They controlled the players movements the whole time and now kids have leverage and they’re mad at them ? Yes Alabama, Florida, Michigan. Those guys were giving kids money all the time it was happening in different ways.
At the end of the day, UNLV tried to play the NIL game and realized, they’re UNLV who plays in a group of five conference. The thought of paying a graduate senior from holy cross $100,000 to play one season at UNLV didn’t make much sense economically. They had a good QB and lost him to NIL and a power 5 school that has way more resources than them. Group of 5 schools have to now worry about their best players being poached and there’s nothing they can do about it. So if they recruit a 1 or 2 star player and they develop into a great asset they’re going to leave. And that’s the real crux of the story.
This is on UNLV. Schools have been over promising and underdelivering on NIL. Good for him for standing up against that. Next time get a written contract from the coaches/University.
It's on him and his agent. He got a degree from Holy Cross, yet he wasn't smart even to get it in writing, an email, a text, ect. Duh on the so called "educated" player.
@@canefan17 This comment has become urban myth, and with respect, you only stated it because you read it somewhere else. Here are the facts. A player signs with what entity is handling a schools Nil program. In UNLV's case, that is Blueprint sports. Sluka signed his deal with Blueprint Sports with a performance clause for him to sign with UNLV, and should he decide not to sign, than the NIL deal is null & void. In addition, a player can sign a NIL deal away from any university- example...a player can sign a deal with EA sports even without technically being a part of any program at the time of signing that deal. Shadeuar Sanders signed a deal with Nike even before he signed with Colorado. That urban myth needs to be put to rest.
@@DMAN-o2e I stand corrected. Found this snippet online. Didn’t realize this changed.. “As of February 23, 2024, a federal judge has lifted the NCAA's ban on prospective student-athletes from negotiating name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals before enrolling at a university. This is due to a lawsuit filed by Tennessee and Virginia that claims the NCAA's ban violates anti-trust law and restricts student-athletes' rights. The injunction will remain in place until the lawsuit is resolved.”
I agree with Kim, let’s stop this farce this isn’t amateur play anymore, it’s professional football on college campuses forget the traditions all that is over but at the very least can we get some contracts in here to stop the slew of transfers and money that is so involved it interferes with consistency and players efforts…
Final year of eligibility and no money. Right move to back out and try to run it back next year. Think for yourself guys. He did what any adult needing to make money would do.
TJ just made that all up. He said that he hadn't heard from the head coach. He has no credible evidence that what the player's agent said wasn't true. It is absolutely irresponsible to call this reporting.
Coach JB had someone within the program tell him the kid was paid in full and the agent was trying to strong arm them for more money. There has to be financial receipts , once both sides show their evidence we'll all know which side was lying.
As a UNLV fan, I was first shocked, now fuming. We finally have a program we can be proud of, first ever ranking. #23. But before you can get what was agreed soon, win at home against Fresno State at home. And your stock rises, and funds would disperse accordingly. But because you disgraced everything you worked so hard for. NFL will never consider you now. Especially taking a valuable RB with you. Hope our backups can step up. Take us to #22. Kick rocks, hit the bricks, don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. Finally, our city was ready for the next step. A Championship and a major Bowl Game to play in.Go Rebels!!!😎🤙🏼
You are dead wrong Moe. I have heard of this happening more than just at UNLV. Lots of promising $$$ and then not delivering. I 90% trust that Sluka was getting the shaft because it has happened before. Do you think a QB who was trusted to lead this up and coming program was only offered about $15,000? Are you kidding me? $100,000 sounds fair to me based on the terms and dollars being shelled out today. This is a bad sign for UNLV and they better hope the backup can keep the team headed in the right direction.
He wasnt offered 100k. He a 5th year senior running qb that can’t pass & transferred up from fcs, nobody offering a player of his caliber 100k. He wasn’t even brought into unlv to be a guaranteed starter, 15-20k for the season sounds realistic for how much he worth
@@HermannTheGreat no they dont unlv not even a big time football school they not paying 100k for a 5th year fcs transfer qb that cant even pass the ball. 15k is realistic, yall overestimating nil payments most players not gettin 6 figures
They’re not teammates anymore they’re coworkers. Who wouldn’t leave their job for more money. Sure some people might stay, but there is no loyalty anymore. It’s a business. That’s what this horseshit has become
Barry Odom made 1.8 million$ in 2023 and is expected to make at least 1.75 million$ in 2024. But his starting QB is only worth 3 grand and somehow a school in Las Vegas "just cant come up with the money" he was promised....
Whitlock's shlop is predictable at this point If Sluka was BLACK whitlock would have been cussing him, his mother and his dog to high heavens, SMH. That said pay the kid or let him walk Get your money Sluka
😮You can't blame him. It's the most opportune time to make the most money in his life. He should do what's best for him financially. College football is not like it was in the past.
TJ is full of BS backing his old coach...he had all those schools talking to him and he picked UNLV because they promised him $3k/month thats not even $20/hr come on he already has a degree from Holy Cross he could probably go make $75-100k/yr at a real job. Forcing a kid to sit a year is also BS, do you know how many A$$hole coaches told kids they were going to not play and sit the bench then next year the kid went to another school and the coach wouldn't release him and he had to sit out a year...even though coach wouldn't play him
Steve Kim is correct when it comes to Jerry T. Would NEVER loose a player. I attended UNLV during the early 1970,s, and lived in Vegas most of my life.
Jerry Tarkanian and college sports was a different time and era. UNLV basketball was “it” back then. Players were not going to bounce from UNLV basketball just because when Tark was coaching.
@@jerryrikki9466 - $100k is not life saving. It can buy a little time, but were talking about a college student with no real jib skill or occupation base. It can cover rent, utilities, relocation, car payments, insurance, and other monthly expenses for about 2-3 years, but with no real skills to tap into to start sustaining a lifestyle, the struggle will be real once the money dries up.
@@HermannTheGreat - Investment are netting 5% per year. That $100k is taxed. What's left will have to cover monthly expenses until he lands gainful employment. And with most elite level students-athletes, they take Easy A courses and pursue mostly useless degree in order to maintain their eligibility.
@@Axecarter91 Saban left because he knew Alabama couldn't pay the same as Texas and others, his "leadership" only went so far, and his NBA funneling team couldn't prop them up any longer. It's basically a Calipari but for football.
NIL never should have had anything to do with the university. If you’re a top flight player and a company wants to pay you for advertising (TV, online, billboards, etc) the players should be able to capitalize. But tying money to school attendance just corrupted the sport. If it was not tied to attendance you’d have more parity in the sport b/c guys would go where they get the most playing time.
Exactly! NIL should've been what it was intended to be: athletes able to make money from their NIL. Not schools paying players a salary or any type of income related to playing.
NCAA sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring reality has made this whole situation a mess. If they had not been so resistant to evolution, they could have stayed in control and made a framework for how this should happen. So many obvious guidelines they could've put in place. Put a cap on the coaches' salaries and limit when/how they can leave schools. Then use that same model to justify why restrictions will also be placed on NIL and the transfer portal for the players.
I’m looking at this from the purely economic aspect of this because college football is a multi billion dollar business. If a coach decides a team is not doing enough to “fulfill their commitment” he is free to try out the open market and get whatever money another program is offering. It’s been done over and over again. You have even had coaches straight up lie about staying when asked directly and then sneak off to greener pastures. Watching that play out so many times has changed my perspective on how I view these players getting what they can while they can. I just can’t be mad about it anymore.
100% believe the kid. Jason before you get people on air do your homework. How come UNLV hasn't come out and denied this??? they can't because they never paid him
Couple things here: 1. You can't sign an NIL deal until you're enrolled into the school, per NCAA rules. 2. Collectives are shady by definition. I fully believe they are getting kids to campus, then slow playing them and trying not to pay what was promised to these kids. Also, there could be a breakdown in the relationship between the Collective and Odom. 3. Odom is going to get blown the F out this weekend. Take Fresno and the points!!!
Jason I'm a Headhunter and I wrap my service is up in a contract. Did his agent falter and now crying foul because the fine print wasn't defined clearly ahead of time. This was an agent hope so deal with a candidate, I suspect he didn't have the loose ends tied
There might be a story here that never happened by Sluka leaving, and that UNLV's receiving core leaving after 3 games. UNLV has a star receiver back this year, and quite a few other younger big recruits. Being on the west coast, I watched a couple of their games, and I can fully recall their star receiver's body language when Sluka floated this wounded duck pass that hit the ground yards in front of him, and just the dejection in his body language thinking he'd have to go this whole season with Sluka as his QB, when he himself has aspirations. Sluka obviously was a good runner, but I bet much of the talent on offense is glad he's gone, particularly when UNLV has a young star QB who's is a duel threat, who just hasn't obviously doesn't have experience yet. Maybe we're going to see a Jayden Maiva 2.0.
On the field Sluka was a great quarterback at Holy Cross, took that program from obscurity to being one of the best in all of FCS. He beat Buffalo and came within a play of beating Boston College
11:30 Steve’s right about this. No one cares here about the UNLV football or basketball until they starting winning. It really is a “what have you done for me lately” mentality.
This system is begging to be revamped eventually down the road. I believe it will be allowed to get worse and even hit rock bottom so collegiate programs can make a better case on their behalf when all these issues end up being addressed once again in court.
I had no problems with the NIL initially, but once I found out these players were getting as much as 100k, well, that changed everything. Yon can't give teenagers that kind of money expecting them to make adult decisions. A couple of thousand no problem. The NIL should be no more than 20k a year.
Sadly, we are also seeing this poaching of smaller schools by the bigger blue bloods in NCAA men’s division I hockey as well. I’m a North Dakota fan but I hate to admit it but we along with Minnesota, Boston University, Michigan, ASU, Denver, BC, and many others fill gaps in their lineups by poaching good players from smaller programs like the two Alaska schools, Northern Michigan, Bemidji State, etc. These smaller schools struggle to compete with the bigger programs as it was, now they have to deal with constant roster turnover and losing what talent they have each and every year to one of the blue bloods of college hockey.
Actually, no he wasn't, I watched that game. He had some good runs, but couldn't get the ball to his receivers to save his life. It was UNLV's defense that won that game from what I remember. If I was UNLV's receiving core, and apparently they have a couple of stars from last year, I'd be elated.
They actually had a real shot to challenge Boise this year for the mountain west and maybe the playoff. Not anymore . Question is how long until a kid wants to transfer/ red shirt. Half way through the season or at any point during the season ? What a can of worms . Just think of how many kids are sitting around right now thinking about this instead of team. Could you imagine being a coach right now ha. It's no wonder Saban left .
All this bad press over such a small amount of money. Whoever is representing UNLV in all of this is inept at their job. Edit: TJ Moe's take was so bad I had to edit my comment. None of us need your speculation, dude. You'd only talk like this is you have a bias. Your bias is showing.
TJ, you should not come to a conclusion and accuse someone a liar without having any facts. It was alleged that the promise was made by the assistant coach. BTW, Sluka has every right to protect his own interest to make what he can for his last year of availability by not playing a 4th game this year.
The problem is that Sluka is claiming that the money was promised by the Offensive Coordinator. The schools and their staff are not supposed to be enticing kids with money. Its supposed to be a 3rd party offering the money
With all its faults, I support compensation deals. If not NIL, then some other means of compensation for athletes. Maybe they should get contracts with their school or something. It’s inappropriate to say, “let’s go back to free labor, when things were much simpler” (not a quote)
4:41 - Hasn't heard back from the head coach of UNLV, but "knows him" and then proceeds to paint a negative picture of the QB? So, teh father is lying when he said UNLV kept deferring, 'We don't know. You have to wait.' 'We're going to give him game checks.' That's a bold statement here for not knowing...
The same ppl supporting this qb (and it’s not wrong to) will be the same ones years from now complaining how the games isn’t the same anymore, complaining about how meaningless and less fun it is, mark my words😂 .. there was once a reason at least for me why college football was way more special than the nfl…so yeah, get the deals by all means, but it comes at a price, PUN INTENDED
I agree with Steve kim, been saying this for months now. College football is still trying to hold onto ameraturism., but that died NIL became legal along with other things.
Can we call the NIL experiment a failure and end it? I used to love College Football. I am starting to take a strong interest in NCAA Div III games. Playing for the love of the game.
It's too late to end it lol. And guess what..once those D3 teams start making money and getting more fans. Those players will start wanting money as well. It's hard to feel bad for these college teams when the coaches are making multiple millions
This issue "NIL" with no structure will continue because of the wild, wild west of NIL having no structure. Putting this all on the player is a joke....we all know coaches are making promise.
Long goes the days where these college students are broke... eating a can of soup in the dorm room while these companies are making millions of dollars off of them.
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Sluka needs to fire his agent, he shouldn't have moved without a written contract.
Facts!! That’s the question that I want answered
true
apparently you can't sign a contract until you're enrolled in the school
@@nainoacullen3027 that should change damn
True but I think he can sue the university
This is what happens when you introduce $ to teenagers..
NIL is the beginning of the end of Pure College football
Pure college football was gone when they changed the rules to eliminate the power running game. 2002 was a big drop down in quality of college football, but since then it has became nothing but arena ball on a larger field.
He graduted from Holy Cross and still did not get written contract...LMAO.
Theyve always been getting paid genius.
@@BlackBoyKingTV Not really. A guy from my hometown went to Georgia Southern to play football and he never was offered by alumni or coaches. My Dad worked with the father of an All-Stae quarterback that went to UNC-Chapel Hill and he was never offered anything but his scholarship.
There’s d2 & d3
Let the destruction of college football begin. NIL was a terrible idea.
It's past the beginning. When half of a team lays out of their bowl game, it is doomed to fail.
What other suggestions do you have for the players getting paid for their work ? I like you don't like it, but major money is being generated from it, why are they being left out?
@@peterfrank1572they are not going yo answer that.. 😆
@@peterfrank1572 Pay them a base salary by their grade level, red shirt freshman - senior year.
@@dmunz7015
And then tuition would be a taxed benefit of employment.
Keep NIL, eliminate the endless transfers. You get one transfer, that's it.
And a salary cap
@@socalgolf9978
For coaches and ADs?
Just fugedaboudit. It was supposed to be recreational for students!!
Absolutely, maybe 2 if you’re a 5th year guy
Need contracts like the pros.
NIL has ruined the NCAA. I miss the days when they paid athletes under the table! These new kids are soft and entitled. It makes me sick!
NIL didn’t ruin it. Billion dollar TV deals did.
Nobody cares what entitled people like you think
@@ad7711xTrue to a point.
I wasn't ever against playing the players. But I did say they would need some sort of salary cap or some sort of way of controlling the amount of money somebody can spend on a single player or on a single team.
@@metpach this is only a problem with players who haven’t earned NIL. High school recruits and obscure transfers. Players like an Arch Manning or Travis Hunter, don’t need money from the school. They earn millions on their own. That’s the essence of what NIL was supposed to be.
@@ad7711x I know that's what it was supposed to do, but any smart person knew that it was going to devolve into pay for play. I honestly think that's what the NCAA wanted. All the football boosters the networks, they wanted the mess.
Yall wanted to be paid like mercenaries, yall are gonna get treated like mercenaries.
They were always mercinaries dummy
Isn't the issue that he wants to be treated like a mercenary and the schoool won't do it?
Mercenaries make great money.
You misunderstand what mercenaries do. Mercenaries are soldiers FOR HIRE! as in job as in MONEY. GET PAID. Clearly they didn't show him the money.
@@plforeal4392I'm afraid he is overestimating his own value.
Yeah and you PAY mercenaries
NIL has ruined college sports. There’s more team jumping now than even the NBA has. It was much better when just the superstar athletes were being paid under the table and we had no idea how much and exactly who was being paid.
Sad when the NFL players have more loyalty than college football players
90% of these players will never be in the pro league ... this is their only chance to get paid any money .... and the corrupt colleges have been getting rich off of free labor from the players long enough ... paying just the star players ... who are most likely going pro and getting paid again is terrible .... ncaa had many years to fix it ... this is how the college still don't pay any money to the players but still take in millions ...while the players take ALL THE HEALTH RISK.... nia money is advertising money paid by corporations
I think fatherlessness has ruined college sports. These young men largely aren't raised with any ethics or morals. The product of a single mother upbringing.
That's not NIL, that's the portal
@@ThreadAndCircuses1 they hit the portal for more NIL money. Look at that bum big man from Mich who went to Kansas for more money as an example.
Nah Jason, I rock with the kid!!! They tried to “bait and switch” him, and he WALKED😀👍🏾. I feel him--he stood on his principles. I applaud him. They said they would give him loot, they didn’t, he left. Good on him!
Agreed. "Bait and Switch".... thinking what's he gonna do???? I'll show you!
@@Manofwar7 Right! Has nothing to do with his teammates. Hell, his teammates need to get mad at the program for trying to get over on him. I’m just going by the facts as they were presented. If there’s more to the story, tell me. But from my viewpoint, the kid was a rockstar in leaving.
@@trevorjohnson4240 Funny thing, some of his teammates have made statements that they're glad he's gone...Jackson Woodard, their star LB for one.
NIL flaws are being exposed. It’s not personal. It’s business. It’s hilarious that it’s happening in Sin City 🤣
A lot of deep pockets here, we’re missing a piece of this story.
Ruining college football might be a blessing in disguise. The big money it makes will fall off and no longer fund the bogus curriculum of these universities!
Ruining CFB is a good thing. There are more important things in life than worshiping spandex wearing teenagers and using a game as an excuse to get away from being with your family.
@@JohnnyUtahFBIbeing engulfed in politics/culture war stuff 24/7 is considerably gayer than watching football lol btw most of our families watch with us ya fruity bore
Let's hope!
Lol
@@JohnnyUtahFBIYou are assuming we all want to be around our crazy family members. I have to do it twice a year and it’s like going to an all clown circus.
Guy felt he got shafted. His decision to walk away was his to make.
Shafted? Did he know diddy😂
@@Unknown-rb3ip I think it was a "verbal offer" from an assistant coach. Nothing was signed.
@@Craggermoorhe made the commitment under false pretenses
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Verbal contract is also enforceable.
@winstonsyme5899 depends who made the promise. An assistant coach doesn't legally represent the university.
UNLV pulled a bait and switch on the wrong kid. 😂 UNLV thought it had leverage . . . until it didn’t. Barry Odom’s negligence in managing his program really screwed over these players.
UNLV should have paid what he was owed. That’s on the school.
Don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions . The whole story hasn’t yet come out my friend
It wasn't a contract - it was an estimated projection given by one guy who wasn't even the decision maker.
College football is FINISHED. Between gambling and the NIL, its integrity is ruined.
Sad that it ended up like this
Integrity. Agree!
Finished? What has really changed? People have always gambled and players have always gotten paid. The only difference is that it’s out in the open and legal. The game is the biggest it has ever been.
It's going to turn into a crap league like the National Felons League. Wait till the far left wokesters start running it.
Pay the man & he’ll play simple as that !!
They should pay him exactly what's in the contract .. 3 years in college and he didn't get it in writing, with an agent to boot.
Dude wasn’t even performing well. Ya they won games buts it’s a team game. I wouldn’t pay him either. Just like when players opt of the bowl games. 🤷🏿♂️
@@neckcutter8852he’s the f’en QB. If you don’t have a QB, you will not win. They might win one or two games. But they are ranked because of him. The defense does not score 30 points a game. I bet the black receivers got their money but the white QB gets sh-it.
@neckcutter8852 Bowl game point is right on!
If the story doesn’t change, this cannot reflect poorly on the QB at all. This is a HORRIBLE look on UNLV. This will be used against them for YEARS on the recruiting and NIL side.
Oh, like this isn't going on, and will go on everywhere in college football. This is a story because UNLV is ranked and we're finally talking about it.
That was his only bargaining chip and he used it.
Good for him.
If u promised him the money. pay him
Quit crying, either pay the guy or let him walk. Everyone wants to control the player, the days of making money off the backs of players are gone! NBA, College football, professional golf, etc.
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Good. That’s how it should be
@@winstonsyme5899there should be some level of loyalty
@@winstonsyme5899 So, if they have a bad game can you fire them, yank the schollie and all the NIL money?
@malikrahim-ei1vd You sound ridiculous. The practice of paying some damn teenager a hundred large to play in some b.s. college games that no one will remember or care about a year from now is the STUPIDEST idea ever. How about value the chance to get a quality education for free something that others had to pay for and those of us who fell into the student loan trap are still paying for.
Talking to some former Runnin' Rebels (1990) and they said the NIL would have been a pay-cut for them😇
The vegas bookies paid better.
Like you know any.
NIL didn't ruin college sports. This stuff was going on and fans pretended it wasn't happening. Often times the money went to family members instead of the player; now the player gets the money directly. We are finally breaking the illusion. BTW, how much are coaches making? Five mil? Ten mil? I think you'll see over time the coaches make less and that money going to players.
I agree, coach is making 5 mil and the player is wearing the same pair of clothes 3 days a week and has to bum vehicle rides to events and food.. but 20 million people tune in to watch almost solely that kid play every Saturday.
The portal ruined it, coaches don't have to develop players anymore, they can easily replace them
Why do people have these illusions of this moral compass that all these coaches have like these guys are the second coming of Christ? They controlled the players movements the whole time and now kids have leverage and they’re mad at them ? Yes Alabama, Florida, Michigan. Those guys were giving kids money all the time it was happening in different ways.
At the end of the day, UNLV tried to play the NIL game and realized, they’re UNLV who plays in a group of five conference. The thought of paying a graduate senior from holy cross $100,000 to play one season at UNLV didn’t make much sense economically. They had a good QB and lost him to NIL and a power 5 school that has way more resources than them. Group of 5 schools have to now worry about their best players being poached and there’s nothing they can do about it. So if they recruit a 1 or 2 star player and they develop into a great asset they’re going to leave. And that’s the real crux of the story.
Steve is absolutely right. It's a professional sport now. There should be a salary cap and multi-year contracts.
The check bounced and so did he.
Hahahaha yup
That back-up QB stopped payment on the check.
This is on UNLV. Schools have been over promising and underdelivering on NIL.
Good for him for standing up against that. Next time get a written contract from the coaches/University.
It's on him and his agent. He got a degree from Holy Cross, yet he wasn't smart even to get it in writing, an email, a text, ect. Duh on the so called "educated" player.
@@DMAN-o2e you can’t get any of that shit in writing because it’s technically not supposed to be happening until the player has signed w the school.
@@canefan17 This comment has become urban myth, and with respect, you only stated it because you read it somewhere else.
Here are the facts. A player signs with what entity is handling a schools Nil program. In UNLV's case, that is Blueprint sports. Sluka signed his deal with Blueprint Sports with a performance clause for him to sign with UNLV, and should he decide not to sign, than the NIL deal is null & void. In addition, a player can sign a NIL deal away from any university- example...a player can sign a deal with EA sports even without technically being a part of any program at the time of signing that deal. Shadeuar Sanders signed a deal with Nike even before he signed with Colorado.
That urban myth needs to be put to rest.
@@DMAN-o2e I stand corrected. Found this snippet online. Didn’t realize this changed..
“As of February 23, 2024, a federal judge has lifted the NCAA's ban on prospective student-athletes from negotiating name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals before enrolling at a university. This is due to a lawsuit filed by Tennessee and Virginia that claims the NCAA's ban violates anti-trust law and restricts student-athletes' rights. The injunction will remain in place until the lawsuit is resolved.”
@@canefan17 Thanx for the reply.
I agree with Kim, let’s stop this farce this isn’t amateur play anymore, it’s professional football on college campuses forget the traditions all that is over but at the very least can we get some contracts in here to stop the slew of transfers and money that is so involved it interferes with consistency and players efforts…
Final year of eligibility and no money. Right move to back out and try to run it back next year. Think for yourself guys. He did what any adult needing to make money would do.
Yeah nobody’s working for free, let’s use our brains here.
@@AyeKay220 He's not working for free. Dude got a full ride plus all the other perks. Dude basically got 150K+ right there.
Glad to know all these guys work for free.
TJ just made that all up. He said that he hadn't heard from the head coach. He has no credible evidence that what the player's agent said wasn't true. It is absolutely irresponsible to call this reporting.
Coach JB had someone within the program tell him the kid was paid in full and the agent was trying to strong arm them for more money. There has to be financial receipts , once both sides show their evidence we'll all know which side was lying.
Name the person within the program. He said that he had not heard back from the head coach.
As a UNLV fan, I was first shocked, now fuming. We finally have a program we can be proud of, first ever ranking. #23. But before you can get what was agreed soon, win at home against Fresno State at home. And your stock rises, and funds would disperse accordingly. But because you disgraced everything you worked so hard for. NFL will never consider you now. Especially taking a valuable RB with you. Hope our backups can step up. Take us to #22. Kick rocks, hit the bricks, don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. Finally, our city was ready for the next step. A Championship and a major Bowl Game to play in.Go Rebels!!!😎🤙🏼
Don't hate the player.
Being from Vegas this hurts my heart.. been getting our ass kicked for 50 years … our best season is happening and he leaves …..
Yeah this sucks. The guy isn’t a good qb but is a very good athlete hopefully the next man up can keep the team going
Also the UNLV running back, Michael Allen, who transferred from NC State last year announced today he's going to enter the portal too.....
Does that have anything to do with the story? Seems like 1000's of players enter the portal now.
America is not a country, it's a business! It is what it is!
Do you feel bad about that?
The man has a family to feed and the school promised him. I am not mad at him.
How do you know he was promised? Please don't ever sit on a jury.
No written contract, no money. Words and intent these days, mean nothing. It's apparently ok to lie, gaslight, and cheat these days.
Democrats all day...😈
You are dead wrong Moe. I have heard of this happening more than just at UNLV. Lots of promising $$$ and then not delivering. I 90% trust that Sluka was getting the shaft because it has happened before. Do you think a QB who was trusted to lead this up and coming program was only offered about $15,000? Are you kidding me? $100,000 sounds fair to me based on the terms and dollars being shelled out today. This is a bad sign for UNLV and they better hope the backup can keep the team headed in the right direction.
He wasnt offered 100k. He a 5th year senior running qb that can’t pass & transferred up from fcs, nobody offering a player of his caliber 100k. He wasn’t even brought into unlv to be a guaranteed starter, 15-20k for the season sounds realistic for how much he worth
@@1Eashawty Nope, they'd pay six figures to have a solid backup in case of any major issue, he was an insurance policy and they didn't want to pay.
@@HermannTheGreat no they dont unlv not even a big time football school they not paying 100k for a 5th year fcs transfer qb that cant even pass the ball. 15k is realistic, yall overestimating nil payments most players not gettin 6 figures
@@1Eashawtyyou don’t know what you’re talking about
@@vagus2147 yes I do
They’re not teammates anymore they’re coworkers. Who wouldn’t leave their job for more money. Sure some people might stay, but there is no loyalty anymore. It’s a business. That’s what this horseshit has become
What about the coaches, Coaches can still leave a program & mislead the kids.. GTFOH
Barry Odom made 1.8 million$ in 2023 and is expected to make at least 1.75 million$ in 2024. But his starting QB is only worth 3 grand and somehow a school in Las Vegas "just cant come up with the money" he was promised....
I remember the “college is better they play cause they love the game” schtick. Look at you now.
Whitlock's shlop is predictable at this point If Sluka was BLACK whitlock would have been cussing him, his mother and his dog to high heavens, SMH. That said pay the kid or let him walk Get your money Sluka
They did let him walk and have moved on already. What's the prob?
As a Syracuse fan, I'm okay with this 😅. They play UNLV next week.
Now it will be harder for UNLV to get talent.. knowing they are shady af.
You mean this isn't going on everywhere? We're just talking about it now because UNLV is ranked. Duh.
😮You can't blame him. It's the most opportune time to make the most money in his life. He should do what's best for him financially. College football is not like it was in the past.
Correct. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
You mean his degree from Holy Cross is useless?
good don't pay him this whole shit makes me sick has ruined college sports
Would you keep going to work if your boss did not pay you?
You're sick over this situation? Hope you're not paying attention to pac12 realignment drama
Liked it better when the programs made billions and the athletes were slaves?
So the coaches and universities can make millions but not the field hands?
TJ is full of BS backing his old coach...he had all those schools talking to him and he picked UNLV because they promised him $3k/month thats not even $20/hr come on he already has a degree from Holy Cross he could probably go make $75-100k/yr at a real job. Forcing a kid to sit a year is also BS, do you know how many A$$hole coaches told kids they were going to not play and sit the bench then next year the kid went to another school and the coach wouldn't release him and he had to sit out a year...even though coach wouldn't play him
Exactly.
Steve Kim is correct when it comes to Jerry T. Would NEVER loose a player. I attended UNLV during the early 1970,s, and lived in Vegas most of my life.
Jerry Tarkanian and college sports was a different time and era. UNLV basketball was “it” back then. Players were not going to bounce from UNLV basketball just because when Tark was coaching.
So a guy who has no shot at the nfl shouldn't go after the most money possible?
They're talking as if $100,000 isn't life changing money
@@jerryrikki9466 They're clueless because they have lots of money. 100k at 20 years old means paid bills and an investment that could be 500k by 30.
I could live off that 100k, I don't spend much, and learning how to invest.
@@jerryrikki9466 -
$100k is not life saving. It can buy a little time, but were talking about a college student with no real jib skill or occupation base. It can cover rent, utilities, relocation, car payments, insurance, and other monthly expenses for about 2-3 years, but with no real skills to tap into to start sustaining a lifestyle, the struggle will be real once the money dries up.
@@HermannTheGreat -
Investment are netting 5% per year. That $100k is taxed. What's left will have to cover monthly expenses until he lands gainful employment. And with most elite level students-athletes, they take Easy A courses and pursue mostly useless degree in order to maintain their eligibility.
Should have listened to Nick Saban a long time ago.
When he quit because he couldn’t lie to players anymore?
@@Axecarter91 Saban left because he knew Alabama couldn't pay the same as Texas and others, his "leadership" only went so far, and his NBA funneling team couldn't prop them up any longer. It's basically a Calipari but for football.
@@HermannTheGreatthe dude quit because he's 73 years old.
Sluka is a good runner but average passer at best. He'll regret his decision in the long run.
NIL never should have had anything to do with the university. If you’re a top flight player and a company wants to pay you for advertising (TV, online, billboards, etc) the players should be able to capitalize. But tying money to school attendance just corrupted the sport. If it was not tied to attendance you’d have more parity in the sport b/c guys would go where they get the most playing time.
Exactly! NIL should've been what it was intended to be: athletes able to make money from their NIL. Not schools paying players a salary or any type of income related to playing.
Jason, Coach Schuedel would have said good bye , I played for Paul at CSU 1970-72. Boy has football changed
NCAA sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring reality has made this whole situation a mess.
If they had not been so resistant to evolution, they could have stayed in control and made a framework for how this should happen.
So many obvious guidelines they could've put in place.
Put a cap on the coaches' salaries and limit when/how they can leave schools.
Then use that same model to justify why restrictions will also be placed on NIL and the transfer portal for the players.
I'm surprised UNLV let this get out of hand. Why not confidentially settle this privately with a two-year 100k contract?
I’m looking at this from the purely economic aspect of this because college football is a multi billion dollar business. If a coach decides a team is not doing enough to “fulfill their commitment” he is free to try out the open market and get whatever money another program is offering. It’s been done over and over again. You have even had coaches straight up lie about staying when asked directly and then sneak off to greener pastures. Watching that play out so many times has changed my perspective on how I view these players getting what they can while they can. I just can’t be mad about it anymore.
IT'S INSANE THAT THE COACHES COULDNT REACH OUT TO LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD & FIND 100K FOR THIS GUY...
100% believe the kid. Jason before you get people on air do your homework. How come UNLV hasn't come out and denied this??? they can't because they never paid him
Couple things here:
1. You can't sign an NIL deal until you're enrolled into the school, per NCAA rules.
2. Collectives are shady by definition. I fully believe they are getting kids to campus, then slow playing them and trying not to pay what was promised to these kids. Also, there could be a breakdown in the relationship between the Collective and Odom.
3. Odom is going to get blown the F out this weekend. Take Fresno and the points!!!
Jason I'm a Headhunter and I wrap my service is up in a contract.
Did his agent falter and now crying foul because the fine print wasn't defined clearly ahead of time. This was an agent hope so deal with a candidate, I suspect he didn't have the loose ends tied
There might be a story here that never happened by Sluka leaving, and that UNLV's receiving core leaving after 3 games. UNLV has a star receiver back this year, and quite a few other younger big recruits. Being on the west coast, I watched a couple of their games, and I can fully recall their star receiver's body language when Sluka floated this wounded duck pass that hit the ground yards in front of him, and just the dejection in his body language thinking he'd have to go this whole season with Sluka as his QB, when he himself has aspirations. Sluka obviously was a good runner, but I bet much of the talent on offense is glad he's gone, particularly when UNLV has a young star QB who's is a duel threat, who just hasn't obviously doesn't have experience yet. Maybe we're going to see a Jayden Maiva 2.0.
UNLV has an invite to join the rebuilt Pac-8. They should do it.
Oh no that costs too much fuck them
BS UNLV is reneging on their contract
The only people who know the truth are the player and UNLV.
He's smart they offer to pay him a certain amount then switched up. I'm out ✌🏾
"...you (UNLV QB) are turning your back on your teammates....and walking away from a 3-0 start ...."
Agreed !!!
On the field Sluka was a great quarterback at Holy Cross, took that program from obscurity to being one of the best in all of FCS. He beat Buffalo and came within a play of beating Boston College
Great segment, guys! 🎉
11:30 Steve’s right about this. No one cares here about the UNLV football or basketball until they starting winning. It really is a “what have you done for me lately” mentality.
I just know if this was someone on Colorado the media would’ve had wall to wall coverage with Paul Finbaum giving monologues every hour 😂
Why
Lots of players have transferred from Colorado
@@MWTA312the media wants them to fail and a player on their team holding out for more money on NIL would fit ESPN narrative.
This system is begging to be revamped eventually down the road. I believe it will be allowed to get worse and even hit rock bottom so collegiate programs can make a better case on their behalf when all these issues end up being addressed once again in court.
I had no problems with the NIL initially, but once I found out these players were getting as much as 100k, well, that changed everything. Yon can't give teenagers that kind of money expecting them to make adult decisions. A couple of thousand no problem. The NIL should be no more than 20k a year.
Last time UNLV was 3-0 was 40 years ago. They will miss Sluka more than he would them.
Nobody is going to miss Sluka. You won't even remember his name 6 months from now.
Sadly, we are also seeing this poaching of smaller schools by the bigger blue bloods in NCAA men’s division I hockey as well. I’m a North Dakota fan but I hate to admit it but we along with Minnesota, Boston University, Michigan, ASU, Denver, BC, and many others fill gaps in their lineups by poaching good players from smaller programs like the two Alaska schools, Northern Michigan, Bemidji State, etc. These smaller schools struggle to compete with the bigger programs as it was, now they have to deal with constant roster turnover and losing what talent they have each and every year to one of the blue bloods of college hockey.
Dude was playing like a beast against Kansas, good for him.
Actually, no he wasn't, I watched that game. He had some good runs, but couldn't get the ball to his receivers to save his life. It was UNLV's defense that won that game from what I remember. If I was UNLV's receiving core, and apparently they have a couple of stars from last year, I'd be elated.
They actually had a real shot to challenge Boise this year for the mountain west and maybe the playoff. Not anymore . Question is how long until a kid wants to transfer/ red shirt. Half way through the season or at any point during the season ? What a can of worms . Just think of how many kids are sitting around right now thinking about this instead of team. Could you imagine being a coach right now ha. It's no wonder Saban left .
All this bad press over such a small amount of money. Whoever is representing UNLV in all of this is inept at their job. Edit: TJ Moe's take was so bad I had to edit my comment. None of us need your speculation, dude. You'd only talk like this is you have a bias. Your bias is showing.
Small amount of money? $100k is standard for group of 5 starting QBs
Your bias is showing also. Like you actually think you know the whole story. Duh.
Smart move by the young man. Ask the coach if that was promised plus its only $100k for the starting QB thats a low price.
History will remember Michigan as the final champion of college football.
😂The cheating Michigan who's coach ran away to the NFL to avoid punishment?
Wow INTERESTING OPINION
College football died decades ago. Have you been under a rock for the last 20 or so years 😂
2019 was the last season of college football. Each year since the level of play has gone down because of team jumping. It's only going to get worse.
@@dang75790Decades?
This is a simple case of “Don’t make promises you can’t keep”
TJ, you should not come to a conclusion and accuse someone a liar without having any facts. It was alleged that the promise was made by the assistant coach. BTW, Sluka has every right to protect his own interest to make what he can for his last year of availability by not playing a 4th game this year.
UNLV blown out this saturday
Whitlock is right that they should implement some soccer style transfer rules where you have to pay their previous teams a fee for development.
That makes zero sense
Just read another UNLV player did the same thing.
Sluka 2023 passing stats 21 of 48! 43.8% completion rate.
Bye, Felicia.
The problem is that Sluka is claiming that the money was promised by the Offensive Coordinator. The schools and their staff are not supposed to be enticing kids with money. Its supposed to be a 3rd party offering the money
Defending the university!!! Blah
First time CFB has felt open. People claiming NIL ruined the sport are the same fans who only watch one team a week
With all its faults, I support compensation deals. If not NIL, then some other means of compensation for athletes. Maybe they should get contracts with their school or something. It’s inappropriate to say, “let’s go back to free labor, when things were much simpler” (not a quote)
4:41 - Hasn't heard back from the head coach of UNLV, but "knows him" and then proceeds to paint a negative picture of the QB? So, teh father is lying when he said UNLV kept deferring, 'We don't know. You have to wait.' 'We're going to give him game checks.'
That's a bold statement here for not knowing...
If he hasn’t talked to the coach how does he have an ENTIRE scenario played out?
The same ppl supporting this qb (and it’s not wrong to) will be the same ones years from now complaining how the games isn’t the same anymore, complaining about how meaningless and less fun it is, mark my words😂 .. there was once a reason at least for me why college football was way more special than the nfl…so yeah, get the deals by all means, but it comes at a price, PUN INTENDED
I agree with Steve kim, been saying this for months now. College football is still trying to hold onto ameraturism., but that died NIL became legal along with other things.
Can we call the NIL experiment a failure and end it? I used to love College Football. I am starting to take a strong interest in NCAA Div III games. Playing for the love of the game.
It's too late to end it lol. And guess what..once those D3 teams start making money and getting more fans. Those players will start wanting money as well. It's hard to feel bad for these college teams when the coaches are making multiple millions
lol UNLV's boosters should be ashamed of themselves, 100k is a drop in the bucket for a 3-0 quarterback.
This issue "NIL" with no structure will continue because of the wild, wild west of NIL having no structure.
Putting this all on the player is a joke....we all know coaches are making promise.
12:00 great point by Jason
That boy was slippery. I watched one of his games this year. Unlv upset I think
Long goes the days where these college students are broke... eating a can of soup in the dorm room while these companies are making millions of dollars off of them.
Yep, and the grift continues on the taxpayers dime by all.
College Football is a Semi-Pro League. Let’s start drawing up some contracts.
Csn we just appreciate that both liberal and conservative people are on the kid's side.
They should definitely be paid. There just needs to be oversight.