After sorting through my emails, I checked the calendar to make sure summer hadn’t come and gone and September was right around the corner.
All my literary contributors wrote about football this week. What does that tell us?
It tells us that college football has more seasons than ever, and that those seasons often overlap.
The regular season lasts from late August to the end of November. The postseason stretches from early December to late January. Spring practice takes up March and April. Preseason practice runs from late July to late August.
And the NIL business lasts all year long.
Glenn writes: Nico’s dad did quite a number on him. Left a successful program and good QB coach for a floundering program and less money.
There is a saying amongst stock market investors that “pigs get slaughtered.” This is what greed does for you. Forfeited in excess of 2 mil for what he has now.
Too bad for Nico, but his dad got what he deserved. Collectives and schools are going to have to put buyouts in all these NIL arrangements.
My response: I wonder what Nico will give his dad for Father’s Day next month. Maybe he can find a piggy bank at an antique store.
Vols Mark writes: In the modern NIL-fueled college football world, a quarterback isn’t a legacy — he’s a fungible biological unit. When one transfers out for a higher bidder, it’s not betrayal; it’s economics. Coaches/Fans need to stop agonizing over lost loyalty and start thinking like logistics managers: replace the departing unit with another of equal or greater efficiency.
It’s not about who left. It’s about how fast you can swap out the part and keep the machine running.
Kudos to Coach Heupel. He gets it. No panic, no pleading. Just reload and move forward.
In this new era, it’s not sentiment that wins championships. It’s adaptation.
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