Acceptance is the answer to all your problems today…

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- 04/22/2025 at 4:33 PM #243239
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  AlohaUte
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  Hi Ute friends, I know we all are frustrated with NIL and the Transfer Portal. It sucks losing Williams and maybe others. In my experience, once I accepted this all as the way things are and just shrug my shoulders both when players enter the portal from Utah and player join us via the portal from other programs, my serenity increased.
  
  Yes, I’m far less invested in college sports than I used to be, I even less excited about Utah football than previous seasons. But it is what it is. Just food for thought. Not trying to criticize any of you or hate on you, just sharing my experience and that accepting it for what it is works for me.
- 04/22/2025 at 4:49 PM #243246
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  Tednab
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  Peaks and valleys .. it won’t stay like this forever. The pendulum will swing back and forth.
  - 04/22/2025 at 5:52 PM #243258
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    Utah#1
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    and I believe it will swing in Utah’s favor! For now it sucks and TDS will reap what they sow!
    
    call me crazy but I think there is validity to the rumors that Utah will be moving to the Big10. While I haven’t believed it for sometime, Whitt has alluded to it several times making no bones about it. And a reputable journalist reported about it this past weekend that his connections with some Big10 admin informed him that Utah would be a great fit for the conference and that they are a lock to join. Not long after he posted that on X he was bombarded by Utah haters who questioned him and made him retract his statement and immediately posted another statement that said Utah is not a lock. Regardless, I’d like to believe its a formality at this point, and that they are just waiting for the right time to report it in the media. Again, this may not be believable but this gained traction over the past months and those media outlets entertaining the idea making it know leads me to believe there is much validity to the rumors. Only time will tell
    - 04/22/2025 at 5:55 PM #243260
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      Central Coast Ute
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      You’re crazy
- 04/22/2025 at 5:16 PM #243256
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  Kellso
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  I somewhat agree. But, if things don’t change in the next couple of years, I will be out. One good thing has come from NIL, TDS has shown their true colors. It’s not a good look.
- 04/22/2025 at 5:26 PM #243257
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  I just don’t know if Utah has the horses to compete in this landscape. They thrived as a program because they were very good at finding undervalued talent and turning it into something strong. But with NIL, once those players blow up, the teams with the financial resources come calling and honestly, it’s hard to to begrudge a player for taking a guaranteed paycheck, especially when it’s maybe double what Utah can offer.
  
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- 04/22/2025 at 5:55 PM #243259
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  Central Coast Ute
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  Agreed on all points. I force myself to care at this point. Not sure how much longer that will last.
  - 04/22/2025 at 6:26 PM #243261
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    Tednab
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    Utah needs to figure it out. Football is good money and worth investing in, but if you’re putting out a @$&$ product people will stop attending the game and investing the time and money into it. They invested in whit , they better start funding the rest of the team
    - 04/22/2025 at 8:32 PM #243271
      
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      Utah has to figure out how to grease up their donors like BYU is doing because it seems we have plenty of successful alumni but they don’t seem too interested in wanting to help fund NIL deals?
- 04/22/2025 at 6:59 PM #243264
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  belli1976
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  Agreed Aloha.
  
  The only thing that matters is if you have billionaire alumni that loves sports.
  
  OSU beavers has Jensen Huang who has 3 times the net worth of Uncle Phil.
  
  Utah doesn’t have the sport loving billionaires. Even if we get into the B10 we will not be relevant.
  - 04/22/2025 at 10:02 PM #243274
    
    AlohaUte
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    Is that true about Oregon State?! Crazy.
    
    And yeah, Utah is in some trouble if NIL doesn’t get regulated soon. BYU seems to have a the benefactors they need, but I don’t know that Utah does. Regardless, I’m trying to just be chill with it and enjoy Utah football. I’ll love my Utes, watch them, and cheer for them regardless of whether they are playing in the B1G, Big-12, Pac, or MWC.
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