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For those unsure, tampering involves contacting a player who is not in the portal to lure him into the portal. It isn’t negotiating with a player who is already in the portal. Apparently, it is against NCAA rules, but the NCAA isn’t going to bother policing it because they have lost their power. It also appears that there are coaches speaking out about it here: https://247sports.com/article/uconn-football-coach-jim-mora-threatens-teams-for-tampering-breaking-transfer-portal-rules-243097413/.

In my opinion, the coaches who are vocally opposing this like Mora are the ones who aren’t doing it (why would you publicly complain if you could get caught too?). If you’re getting poached due to tampering and saying nothing, that indicates to me that you’re doing it too so you keep your mouth shut about it. Logically, this means Utah is doing it and UConn isn’t. If Utah isn’t doing it, they should absolutely be putting BYU on blast and anyone else who is tampering with their signed players. I kinda love what Mora is saying.

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Yet another sign the college football apocalypse is upon us. With Ward’s decision yesterday, it was abundantly clear what his priorities were. The below order of his priorities are not an accusation, it is a statement of fact based on his choice.

1. Gain an individual record.
2. Preserve health for draft.
3. Help team win game (this is assumed, as it is possible he didn’t care about winning at all, but we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt)

This is where we’re at and it will continue to get worse. Until these kids get under contracts, the next thing that will become common are players tapping out mid-season once their team is no longer in contention for any type of championship or playoff spot. It’s already happened, but it will become more common.

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All this for a guy who has already been with us for a year and was good enough to produce one catch for four yards against Southern Utah.

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I think this is more about a player agreeing to a certain number of $, making a commitment, and the coaches moving on to the next task. All the while, the player is fielding more offers and gets a better one. I think the U is in a place where if you agree to a deal, they won’t negotiate with you further. They feel your word is your bond and if they were to renegotiate two weeks later, it opens the floodgates to every player on the roster renegotiating theirs. They’re trusting that players will live up to their commitment they literally just made, and if they don’t, the U says the origianl offer is the offer, wishes you luck, and moves on.

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It’s over. I’ve been as optimistic a fan as there is over the years. The Power conference roster we’ve built over the last 15 years is being reduced to a G5 roster piece by piece. Wake me when all the dust settles and we’re either in or out of the club. If we’re out, so am I. If we’re in, I’ll be a slightly more than casual fan that will lean more to the NFL. If you have two pro leagues to watch, I’m going to lean towards the one that has a better on-field product, and in this case, it’s not even close. College football as we knew it is totally dead and is never coming back. Greed usually ruins everything nice in the end.

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I’ll add getting back a healthy K. Johnson and T. Fotu getting his JC year back would be very helpful as well.

[UteBaron89]

It seems evident that the players in the Rose camp were correct. LOL

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Were you Uncle and UtelemaHarrington on UteZone? lol.

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Mine is Mr. Greazie Slicktalkerson.

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I ditched my season tickets last year after 20 years and didn’t regret it at all.

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