I don't know, but does Stoops' salary come from the state/UK or from booster donations? If the latter, he should tell boosters to donate more to NIL than to his salary. Wouldn't that get around the issue.
Last year was a deep freeze game. It was only a two score game due to it was damn near impossible to throw in that weather…truth be told…we’ve not been within three scores each year….this one got out of hand
The articles I have read say coaches can’t give directly no matter where the $/salary comes from. I think there is a better place to bring the NIL up, but if you read the whole comment/statement, it was half taken out of context.
If NIL isn't fixed to provide parity across the board for all student/athletes and this is the attitude of this and all coaches, winning doesn't mean anything. I care more about the well-being of my family than giving hard earned money to college athletes already receiving a free education. Why would anyone even care ... AT ALL? NIL will end college sport as we know it unless parity is established. Ignorant mismanagement of NIL by morons has brought us to this point all while minimizing the value of education.
If I could speak two words to CMS it would be "PONY UP"
Stoops really does tick off every big ten/midwestern coach sterotype there is, doesn't he?
I’m not saying it was a good move, I’m just saying it’s not untrue. There is still no reason for a team like ours to get totally obliterated in every area of the game and not even compete and that’s on him, it’s happens quite a bit under him.
It’s not about transfers, it’s about recruiting. If you think UK has the NIL options Georgia does for incoming players I don’t know what to tell you. We aren’t in the same stratosphere. It’s like us in basketball vs. Georgia.
Why would I care about winning another game? I'm just too concerned about the disparity of NIL and my inability to PONY UP to satisfy some delusional ill-prepared and overpaid coach. I suppose if I we're "handed" $9 million per year it would be a bit easier to play the role as a schmuck dumbass and PONY UP to watch college football players still learning to play the game while being taught to play the game by coaches still learning how to coach. We all live in a lowest common denominator world, I suppose. Stoops PONY UP comment is regrettable and will be remembered as being a Calipari-esque moment.
Well reasoned and I believe to be true for the coaches and administration. Paying money to recruit better players for mediocre coaches doesn't change the fact that the coach is still mediocre. Would poorly coached players who are more talented make a real difference? I don't think so ... certainly not over time. More NIL money will always be the "claimed" limiting factor for bad coaches.
Grumpy....I get Auburn, TN, Texas AM....and Bama as well are buying dudes at a higher level than UGA does. But let's quit pretending UGA is a pure program in terms of paying dudes. The system in place is what it is and forces you to get on the bus or get run over by it. But UGA NIL $$$$ is a part of why they have a stacked roster....it isn't just about you get to play for championships and get to NFL.
I thought Kirby was more classy than to go for it on 4th and goal from the 7 ahead by 31 points when there was only 2 minutes remaining. I guess we were both surprised by the opposing coaches.
Sad that it‘s come to this in “college” football.
They obviously do NIL, and give incentives, but UGA can get players because of their name and program alone
There’s a part of me that hopes this causes it to level out eventually, but it’s probably a long shot. A lot of money being thrown around to players who won’t even sniff getting their teams to the top. Add in the open transfer portal and your investment could hit the road at any point.
Ok, but if it comes directly from boosters in large part vs. the UKAA, then he could tell boosters to give to NIL instead - what I was trying to ask.
Listen you can defend him all you want but most coaches wouldn't go for it in that situation. He would not have went for it was a 7 point game so to go for it in that situation was just being a classless douchbag trying to run up the score IMO. After his comments post game he may have been ticked off over the 2 unsportsmanlike penalties and trying to send a statement but either way it seemed out of character for the class he has shown in the past.
IMO, that's the battle that is/was going on with Mitch. There are only so many donors and so much money to go around and Mitch wants them to give to the athletic department, while Stoops knows those donors need to give to NIL for us to compete into the future.
Again. You don’t have to win bidding wars to have an awesome team at UGA. Other schools must pony up big NIL. Geez man you are making my case.
