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With one massive other difference.

When players had to sit out a year after transferring, you didn't see anything close to the current volume of annual roster raiding. College football could have survived the portal with no NIL. Or it could have survived NIL with no portal. The current bubble is completely unsustainable and when it ends, a lot of irreparable damage will have been done to the sport. One could argue it already has.
Posted: 01/28/2026 at 06:06 PM ET
(In response to this post by 2hhoop3)

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It’s a good thing we are teaching the yutes that contracts are
fordham • 01/27/26 04:02 PM ET
Integrity and self-servitude are mutually exclusive, only one value...
133182Hokie • 01/28/26 04:51 PM ET
Contracts aren't worthless. Neither are they unbreakable.
Beerman • 01/28/26 12:54 PM ET
Its time they leared.**
jdkhokie • 01/28/26 11:32 AM ET
Roflmao***
sacramento hokie • 01/29/26 11:05 AM ET
Yes...we need more teachers like Lane Kiffin..... **
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 08:35 AM ET
Lane was at the end of his contract and never signed
fordham • 01/28/26 08:46 AM ET
Says here he was under contract through 2030.
reestuart • 01/28/26 09:35 AM ET
Don't let facts get in the way of bad faith posters. :)**
NokieHokie • 01/28/26 10:21 AM ET
So lane had a buyout which was paid. As I understand it Mensa did
fordham • 01/28/26 10:29 AM ET
We don't know what was in his "contract". There were probably no guarantees
reestuart • 01/28/26 10:52 AM ET
That's completely not what you claimed the "facts" were in that post. Don't
NokieHokie • 01/28/26 10:33 AM ET
You got me. Oh darn. My day is ruined **
fordham • 01/28/26 10:55 AM ET
Except it’s not the same situation. I was wrong
fordham • 01/28/26 10:54 AM ET
You are wrong... a lot. But at least you admitted it, this time. :)**
NokieHokie • 01/28/26 11:01 AM ET
Key is tight contracts AND follow the process
1947Sunbowl • 01/27/26 04:44 PM ET
Exactly - college football is now a business, and that's why I quit caring.**
MP4VT2004 • 01/28/26 10:13 AM ET
Yet you're here posting on a message board dedicated to the something you
BG Hokie • 01/28/26 10:19 AM ET
Because part of me naively hopes it will return to "the way it used to be".
MP4VT2004 • 01/28/26 10:27 AM ET
The differences now......
2hhoop3 • 01/28/26 01:00 PM ET
With one massive other difference. ◄
Gobbler Guru • 01/28/26 06:06 PM ET
Which year, exactly?
Beerman • 01/28/26 12:51 PM ET
Does getting paid more than 90% of VT career working stiff equate to...
EDGEMAN • 01/27/26 07:53 PM ET
Funny no one complains about Bezos Musk or the other multi billionaire
1947Sunbowl • 01/27/26 10:46 PM ET
The names you mention built thriving businesses
fordham • 01/28/26 08:41 AM ET
what a take; this is the epitome of what is wrong with late stage capitalis
hokie4life2 • 01/28/26 12:00 PM ET
Sorry, I not symphathetic to Musk and Bezos, their capital they lose nothin**
1947Sunbowl • 01/28/26 11:35 AM ET
Not sure of your argument.
EDGEMAN • 01/28/26 06:51 AM ET
I'd say there are no safeguards with NIL contracts either way. The school
reestuart • 01/27/26 04:29 PM ET
Correct. **
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 08:35 AM ET
All the responses are valid. But this stupidity is not sustainable. Anybody
fordham • 01/27/26 08:56 PM ET
Schools created this mess with their refusal to treat athletes as employees
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 08:37 AM ET
Problem. Make them employees. Are all students employees? Are all
fordham • 01/28/26 08:44 AM ET
I spent a year teaching at a D1 school and had to pay tuition for a class
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 09:35 AM ET
The issue remains you can’t just pay football plsyers
fordham • 01/28/26 10:31 AM ET
Yes you can pay athletes. Coaching salaries need to be reduced.
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 11:01 AM ET
The college athletics model......
2hhoop3 • 01/28/26 11:15 AM ET
Nailed it there**
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 11:24 AM ET
That's not remotely true. Schools have way more money than they let on.
reestuart • 01/28/26 10:54 AM ET
Yes and no...
DurhamHokie • 01/28/26 12:08 PM ET
I'm talking about the athletic departments and should have included that.
reestuart • 01/28/26 12:21 PM ET
Somewhat related to your.....
2hhoop3 • 01/28/26 08:55 AM ET
Agree...
DurhamHokie • 01/28/26 12:12 PM ET
Just as an aside, the Virginia law re: NIL specifically says athletes
saret • 01/28/26 10:15 AM ET
Good point and .....
2hhoop3 • 01/28/26 10:46 AM ET
I knew you were aware. I probably should have posted it under
saret • 01/28/26 10:52 AM ET
It's all good.....
2hhoop3 • 01/28/26 11:00 AM ET
Tell that to the schools. They don’t want to fix it. **
reestuart • 01/27/26 10:00 PM ET
I think there is an industry of attorneys and agents ready for this.**
JACHokies • 01/27/26 04:37 PM ET
It's no different than Super PACs and lobbyists... **
AirborneHokie96 • 01/28/26 08:38 AM ET