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So,............................................we're supposed to believe that all of a sudden Texas A&M is the place to be for every 5 star out there because of College Station, because it's so lovely in the fall, or because all of these players had a premonition that A&M would start dominating college football or because all of a sudden they've got the hottest women on the planet on campus or because Fisher is the greatest coach since Bear Bryant and his record at Florida State is so attractive to petulant, narcissistic 18 year old's that they just have to go to school there and get prepared to go to the NFL.
Nothing to do with their wealthy boosters and NIL. Nah
And, Fisher just had no clue of anything that the boosters were doing during the recruitment period.
Something just not adding up here folks.
It's the BBQ. LOL
Seriously, though....Something occurred to me last night. It makes sense now, why Jimbo went postal on Saban.
Saban didn't mention the $30 mil price tag. Others did that for him, beginning with "Sliced Bread" in February.
Imagine if you were a highly recruited 5-star athlete that signed with A&M this year...... You get on campus and meet half of the other 23 4&5-star guys that came out of the Top 100. The rest will join the team for Summer OTA's and conditioning, after Graduating HS. You were approached with a $200,000 NIL deal and you're happy about it. You and the other guys start talking and comparing notes on various promises and deals. Most are fairly satisfied with where they stand.....Then it hits! News of $30 Mil used to buy the signing class. You know you were in the Top 10 of the Class and you only got $200,000. Everybody else "said" they got similar deals. Uh-oh...where did all the money go? Who got the most money? Which of my teammates is lying about what they got? Am I the only one that got suckered? Coach won't talk talk to me about it. He says he doesn't have anything to do with NIL deals and can't discuss it. $29.8 MIL went somewhere and it wasn't to sign me. I'm getting rooked. F__k the Aggies, if that's all they think of me...I want out.
That is going through the mind of every player on that team and discontent is contagious. The rookies and the veterans are all quietly questioning their decision to go to, or stay in, College Station. They're bitter 'cause they didn't get their fair share.
It doesn't matter if there actually was $30 MIL or not. If the players believe there was, then the effect is the same. Perception is 9/10ths of reality.
This has Jimbo scared shitless. Team morale and chemistry, headed in the wrong direction, is a very, very difficult thing to turn around. It could cost him the team and several transfers before everything is said and done.
I understand now, why he was so adamant and defensive. It's already begun. The team is going to tear itself apart from within over greed and distrust. I've seen it before and it ain't pretty. That little show he put on, was for the benefit of the players, especially the ones that haven't arrived yet. He's trying to convince them that $30 MIL didn't exist. The guys that aren't on campus yet, are probably asking questions and wondering why they aren't getting big bucks, like the internet, media and Fans say they are.
"SHOW ME THE MONEY" is going through a lot of young Aggie minds right now, like a runaway train. Jimbo is doing everything he can to stop it...while Saban is pouring on the coals. LMAO
Coach Prime Sanders and his #1 recruit are trying to do the same thing. They can't have 98% of the team thinking 2% got a $1 MIL deal. It would destroy team chemistry. I'm willing to bet, there aren't many players, playing for Jackson St. getting NIL deals. And, Sanders remarking that he doesn't get paid $1 MIL doesn't mean a darned thing. He would coach that team for free...he doesn't need the money.
Denying that these deals exist or that the money is on the table,, is falling on deaf ears. I think that horse is out of the barn. They might as well go ahead and admit it and at least preserve "trust", cause once that goes...game over.
That was 100% meant for public consumption. Frankly Saban doesn't care if it was taken as a call for more booster money at UA, more regulation federally, or to sow discord at A&M. He simply sees an issue and wants it corrected one way or another (be it by regulation or boosters).