Why Matthew Golden was the Right Pick

[Bretsky]

I would agree the Giants probably offered the same, and I'd have taken it. But hopefully Golden is a Greg Jennings like star and we made the right call

[Fritz]

I would agree the Giants probably offered the same, and I'd have taken it. But hopefully Golden is a Greg Jennings like star and we made the right call

You never know - it would be tempting but clearly Guter liked Golden better than what would’ve been available. You don’t want another Kevin King/Vince Biegel instead of TJ Watt situation.

[Bretsky]

You never know - it would be tempting but clearly Guter liked Golden better than what would’ve been available. You don’t want another Kevin King/Vince Biegel instead of TJ Watt situation.

That only happens when I feel bent over when our GM passed on Badgers................T BUCKLEY over TROY VINCENT .........ROBERT FERGUSON OVER CHRIS CHAMBERS....etc ))

[run pMc]

Fickell is taking care of that for you bretsky

[Bretsky]

Fickell is taking care of that for you bretsky

That hurt I don't think Fickell is as bad as many think. The whole scope of college football has changed and it's terrible for Wisconsin. Christ damaged the program with poor recruiting the last two years (keep in mind these were his recruits as seniors) and hated NIL.

I think it's going to be a learning process for Fickell. His first year he had one of our top recruiting classes ever and one year later they all left because they didn't play and tye ones that showed the most promise got more money elsewhere.

THey are all one year free agents and Wisconsin doens't have the money to offer.

It's like we are the Milwaukee Brewers, but worse because nobody had more than a one year contract.

[run pMc]

Yeah NIL and the transfer portal has turned CFB into a convoluted mess IMO. I don't even watch it anymore, especially now that the Badgers are a mid team. I'm not a Fickell fan, but i do hope he turns it around.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Yeah NIL and the transfer portal has turned CFB into a convoluted mess IMO. I don't even watch it anymore, especially now that the Badgers are a mid team. I'm not a Fickell fan, but i do hope he turns it around.

You enjoy watching universities exploit young uns for millions, perhaps billions, in exchange for the rights of aforementioned uns to earn a worthless a piece of paper?

Wisconsin needs to pony up for them hotshot young uns, especially a hotshot QB. It rakes in plenty of frogskins. And perhaps rich wankers, err, alumni like ole Fosco could donate more frogskins to the program.

[sharpe1027]

You enjoy watching universities exploit young uns for millions, perhaps billions, in exchange for the rights of aforementioned uns to earn a worthless a piece of paper?

Wisconsin needs to pony up for them hotshot young uns, especially a hotshot QB. It rakes in plenty of frogskins. And perhaps rich wankers, err, alumni like ole Fosco could donate more frogskins to the program.

Yeah, the athletes deserve the lions share of compensation, but the current situation is a fucking mess.

[Bretsky]

Yeah NIL and the transfer portal has turned CFB into a convoluted mess IMO. I don't even watch it anymore, especially now that the Badgers are a mid team. I'm not a Fickell fan, but i do hope he turns it around.

I was a 100% sure we needed a change from Chryst. I would have been happy with Leonard. I was even happier with Fickell. Now, I don't know any more to be honest

[Bretsky]

Yeah, the athletes deserve the lions share of compensation, but the current situation is a fucking mess.

THIS

[bobblehead]

Yeah, the athletes deserve the lions share of compensation, but the current situation is a fucking mess.

Disagree slightly. I would say they deserve a large share, but putting together the system isn't pikers work. Those that invested and built the system deserve a lot of the compensation in my book. The problem is that the builders insisted the athletes get NOTHING and like it. As usual the side with the power couldn't help abusing it....now the players have the power and they are abusing it.

edit: It goes along the lines of what I say every time the players insist they deserve an ever increasing share of the pie. They are free to start their own league and get all the revenue...but they don't, because they lack that skill set. They deserve a nice cut, but NOT the lions share. Just my 2 cents worth. Of course the opposite is true as well. The owners can say FU and lock the players out. The biggest problem is the courts got too involved and decided that each team is a business and not the entirety of the NFL which forced a collective bargaining agreement in order to hold a draft and not turn the NFL into an absolutely unwatchable product.

[Bretsky]

Disagree slightly. I would say they deserve a large share, but putting together the system isn't pikers work. Those that invested and built the system deserve a lot of the compensation in my book. The problem is that the builders insisted the athletes get NOTHING and like it. As usual the side with the power couldn't help abusing it....now the players have the power and they are abusing it.

edit: It goes along the lines of what I say every time the players insist they deserve an ever increasing share of the pie. They are free to start their own league and get all the revenue...but they don't, because they lack that skill set. They deserve a nice cut, but NOT the lions share. Just my 2 cents worth. Of course the opposite is true as well. The owners can say FU and lock the players out. The biggest problem is the courts got too involved and decided that each team is a business and not the entirety of the NFL which forced a collective bargaining agreement in order to hold a draft and not turn the NFL into an absolutely unwatchable product.

I know they deserve something, DAMMIT, aren't the majority of kids getting scholarships for a free eduction ???? My kids would take that in a second. I have a daughter who is brilliant...pre med....fighting to get all these individual small scholarship to get out of college after med school with loans under $100,000.

And the shit system is set up so all these athletes are set up on one-year commitments. And they can sign a contract, and BAIL on their school 3 DAYS LATER when another school come s in and breaks every rule (that's not enforced) and signs a player already under contract. And when the NCAA fails to support the contract, they player just switches schools to Miami (WHAT A F'CK BAG PIECE OF SHIT THAT GUY IS) and the NCAA looks the other way

Double Dammit; most of these kids don't make the NBA, or NFL. And now the NCAA's incompetence has led to a completely broken system. Now they just go to the highest bidder, each year.

And the schools that have the most money win. GAME OVER COLLEGE SPORTS

[sharpe1027]

Disagree slightly. I would say they deserve a large share, but putting together the system isn't pikers work. Those that invested and built the system deserve a lot of the compensation in my book. The problem is that the builders insisted the athletes get NOTHING and like it. As usual the side with the power couldn't help abusing it....now the players have the power and they are abusing it.

edit: It goes along the lines of what I say every time the players insist they deserve an ever increasing share of the pie. They are free to start their own league and get all the revenue...but they don't, because they lack that skill set. They deserve a nice cut, but NOT the lions share. Just my 2 cents worth. Of course the opposite is true as well. The owners can say FU and lock the players out. The biggest problem is the courts got too involved and decided that each team is a business and not the entirety of the NFL which forced a collective bargaining agreement in order to hold a draft and not turn the NFL into an absolutely unwatchable product.

The money is mostly coming in the form of advertising rights to the players rather than as a salary from NCAA or the colleges. That should go to the players, IMO.

[texaspackerbacker]

Yeah, all this NIL crap may be annoying on some level, but college sports is gonna continue on in an entertaining way. And while the Badgers may not be the biggest beneficiaries, they certainly will be way above average.

[Bretsky]

Yeah, all this NIL crap may be annoying on some level, but college sports is gonna continue on in an entertaining way. And while the Badgers may not be the biggest beneficiaries, they certainly will be way above average.

They are above average because of the conference they play in.

But among Big Ten Schools, I think UW is on the low end of $$ they have to pay players to come