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Good points. Isn’t there an independent source that sets player values based on position and past performance? If I have 5 employees doing the same job and one makes double the other 4 that creates issues.

Utah pays market value. They have a policy of not overpaying and it not because they don’t have it. Utah’s NIL fund is in the top half of the Big12.

BYU on the other hand will way over pay to get players especially if they come from Utah.

Over paying players creates discord between players and between players and coaches and boosters.

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Go after LJ Martin and even if you don’t get him they will have to pay up to keep him. Good point steel. As my dad would “give them a taste of their own medicine”

Yeah, if this isn’t resolved in some meaningful way soon then I’m gonna bail. I’m quickly losing interest in college sports.

Why not go after their guys?! They want to play dirty- let’s out dirty them. Go after their biggest playmaker? Or raise the prices on their nil donors.

Yeah, we are firmly middle of the pack. I think the only question is whether we are bottom middle or middle-middle. We clearly don’t have the horses to be at the top of the conference even if RM was at the helm. I honestly think we could be top middle if Craig was a good coach. We could be in the mix with Baylor and West Virginia with the right…[Read more]

You can just stick to professional sports. I’m leaning in that direction myself.

good chance this is my last year of college sports, NIL has ruined it. time to find new hobbies!

Now they’re saying ohios budget was more like 30 million, but your point still stands.

From a Snowden standpoint, I think Utah has to match to set a precedent that this won’t keep happening. Only thing that worries me there is if the match causes discord in the locker room with NIL discrepancies (again).

Who else will they come after when spring semester ends? I doubt it will be just Snowden.

Thanks kindor. I think the tds finally got tired of playing second fiddle. They want to feel relevant again. They can bend the rules and buy their way in to success. As I spend more and more time at the Huntsman cancer hospital I realize how grateful I am that our big boosters (Huntsman and Eccles)spent their fortunes to help all of society and…[Read more]

This is dumb.

First, the PAC 12 dissolves for money and we have to join the same conference as TSPP.

Second, we all drink the Koolaid, then go on to have two of the most painful years I can remember, filled with injuries and inexcusable coaching.

Third, we have a football landscape where just when you get to know and like a player, he is…[Read more]

Is this story really true About Snowden?

If this is true, and Utah doesn’t come close to significantly matching the BYU offer, then I don’t really see a pathway for Snowden to stay with the Utes. No one in their right mind turns down a job in the same geographical location paying double the wages UNLESS they have sincere philosophical differences with their prospective future employer.…[Read more]

Wow. It’s a damn shame we can’t pass

Here’s why the extra money to go to BYU isn’t as obvious a choice as you might think

Last 20 years of Utah DBs (i.e. Snowden’s lifetime)

• Eric Weddle, 2nd Round Pick, 14 years, 5x All-Pro, 6x Pro Bowl, 115 AV
• Sean Smith, 2nd Round Pick, 9 years, 47 AV
• Brice McCain, 6th Round Pick, 9 years, 21 AV
• Robert Johnson, 5th Round Pick, 2 years, 2…

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Here’s why the extra money to go to BYU isn’t as obvious a choice as you might think

Last 20 years of Utah DBs (i.e. Snowden’s lifetime)

• Eric Weddle, 2nd Round Pick, 14 years, 5x All-Pro, 6x Pro Bowl, 115 AV
• Sean Smith, 2nd Round Pick, 9 years, 47 AV
• Brice McCain, 6th Round Pick, 9 years, 21 AV
• Robert Johnson, 5th Round Pick, 2 years, 2…

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If this is public knowledge why isn’t there any recourse if it’s tampering?

This is the reality of the current environment. Utah will flounder if we can’t compete on NIL. BYU appears to have the advantage because they’ve got a few billionaires allegedly backing them. I won’t hate on em for it. I hate the game, but can’t blame them for taking advantage of it.

This is the reality of the current environment. Utah will flounder if we can’t compete on NIL. BYU appears to have the advantage because they’ve got a few billionaires allegedly backing them. I won’t hate on em for it. I hate the game, but can’t blame them for taking advantage of it.