2025-26 Portal Exits

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BCJacket said:
When I was at Tech. One of my buddies was a top CS major. Nice guy. One of those very odd geniuses that would start talking casually about stuff waaaay over everyone else's head. Government conspiracies, niche programming languages, cryptography. Junior year he stopped going to class and started going into the GTRI. Couldn't tell us what he was doing. But a couple years later he had a diploma and a masters degree and a highrise condo... Then around about 2010, few years after we graduate. He quit his job and was 'making video game money' with a bunch of second-hand gaming PCs. Something called 'byte-coins' or something like that. He said it was going to replace dollars. We all made fun of him. It sounded ridiculous. If only I'd listened!!! Last I heard, he bought a bunch of land out west and was living off the grid.

(He actively does not like Football, unfortunately.)
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My buddy told me about Bitcoin when it was at $50. He had $20K worth of it, but sold out at $2500 each. Total would be worth north of $36 million today.
 

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BCJacket said:
When I was at Tech. One of my buddies was a top CS major. Nice guy. One of those very odd geniuses that would start talking casually about stuff waaaay over everyone else's head. Government conspiracies, niche programming languages, cryptography. Junior year he stopped going to class and started going into the GTRI. Couldn't tell us what he was doing. But a couple years later he had a diploma and a masters degree and a highrise condo... Then around about 2010, few years after we graduate. He quit his job and was 'making video game money' with a bunch of second-hand gaming PCs. Something called 'byte-coins' or something like that. He said it was going to replace dollars. We all made fun of him. It sounded ridiculous. If only I'd listened!!! Last I heard, he bought a bunch of land out west and was living off the grid.

(He actively does not like Football, unfortunately.)
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Bitcoin was a great way for young people to ride non-technical hype to get a lot of money to compete with finance bros to further inflate asset prices…. I would love to figure out a new version lol
 
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cpf2001 said:
Bitcoin was a great way for young people to ride non-technical hype to get a lot of money to compete with finance bros to further inflate asset prices…. I would love to figure out a new version lol
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I read about Bitcoin manipulation (look up artificial propping of bitcoin prices) and it scares me to even think about investing in it.

Also, good luck accessing bitcoin (or any crypto) when all h%ll breaks loose. The grid goes down, and bullets/food/clean water become the most valuable commodity.
 

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This system right here to
GT_05 said:
NIL didn’t kill the bagman, it just changed his job description.
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Disagree. The old bagman system was used by around 20 teams. This new bagman is now used by everyone. Hence, it’s no longer a system - it’s THE system. GT will be a huge benefactor in this era which has just started.
 

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GT#1 said:
Cap the amount boosters, and schools can pay players, and set a limit on how many times you can enter the portal.
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We tried that and it resulted in $100 handshakes and Camaros bought by mama. And daddy suddenly got a new job at a local plant.
 
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Mandingo Finkelstein said:
"NCAA to come down hard on LSU and Lane Kiffin for tampering"... ha ha. Like that is going to happen.

Otherwise, I agree with you and wish it could happen. But, it won't. Unfortunately.
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With more information about the whole Demond Williams situation coming out, Kiffin and LSU could be looking at 2 cases of tampering should the NCAA decide to do anything about it. Let's face it, nobody plays by the rules and there is no reason why they should.
 

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SOWEGA Jacket said:
We tried that and it resulted in $100 handshakes and Camaros bought by mama. And daddy suddenly got a new job at a local plant.
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Yep. And, that has been going on at the high school levels for many decades. If you had a 270 pound 16-year old son that worked on a farm and was strong as an ox back in the 50's and 60's, Mom and Dad would not have any problem getting a job somewhere in Valdosta or Lowndes County. I don't know about now, but back then Valdosta HS had 2 school cafeterias. One for the regular students and one for the football team, who ate much much better. Your last sentence reminded me of those days told to me by some residents and alumni of Valdosta HS.
 

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We are in agreement. IF they sign a contract, the contract should be binding. There is NO contract with the schools.

If there is a contract with the NIL group, no one gets to see those contracts because they are private (if there are any contracts). No one knows if there are actual contracts. We assume there probably are, but we don't know. I would very seriously doubt that ANY collective would put in a contract that a particular player has to play for a particular team. Putting that in writing would be Exhibit 1 on getting a school sanctioned for pay-for-play because, at that point, the collective would be considered a booster for that school. There is no way any intelligent entity (not everyone is smart, but...) or school would put the stability of their program in the hands of a player or their agent by putting in writing that the NIL compensation is pay-for-play. These people are way too smart to do something that stupid.

So, once again, NO. These kids are not signing anything that would prove that they are in a pay-for-play arrangement with ANYONE.

Just my opinion.
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Actually, the contract was assigned legally from the NIL Collective to the school.
 

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Looking over the portal it seems as if there are far more exits than signings. Just a brief overview of teams with “more money”

Notre Dame: 15 entries, 0 signed
Tennessee: 22 entries, 2 signed
Florida State: 35 entries, 8 signed
Auburn: 31 entries, 10 signed
Alabama: 19 entries, 5 signed
LSU: 26 entries, 10 signed
Georgia Tech: 16 entries, 6 signed
 
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Eli said:
Looking over the portal it seems as if there are far more exits than signings. Just a brief overview of teams with “more money”

Notre Dame: 15 entries, 0 signed
Tennessee: 22 entries, 2 signed
Florida State: 35 entries, 8 signed
Auburn: 31 entries, 10 signed
Alabama: 19 entries, 5 signed
LSU: 26 entries, 10 signed
Georgia Tech: 16 entries, 6 signed
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It's like I was reading somewhere. With over 7,000 in the portal, just means most of these guys have played their last cfb game but they just don't know it yet.
 

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Eli said:
Looking over the portal it seems as if there are far more exits than signings. Just a brief overview of teams with “more money”

Notre Dame: 15 entries, 0 signed
Tennessee: 22 entries, 2 signed
Florida State: 35 entries, 8 signed
Auburn: 31 entries, 10 signed
Alabama: 19 entries, 5 signed
LSU: 26 entries, 10 signed
Georgia Tech: 16 entries, 6 signed
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Makes some sense though. These programs just signed HS classes a month ago who haven't arrived yet. Plus, I have to make my reservation before staying at the hotel or flying on the plane. Meaning, the entering portal phase is mostly done and now the arriving at some agreement is happening over the next week in earnest.
 
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