Are you going to stick to never booing players? Do you really care about the GPA of the team? Will you be less tolerant of lackadaisical players not showing up? Will you reduce your financial support?
Or maybe, you will hand out some money, for real marketing or on the fly for autographs? Will you follow certain players just to build their followers on social media?
For me, this is a very different game now. Our team has a lot less to do with getting an education at South Carolina and more to do with what the athlete can maximize for themselves.
I don't begrudge these kids getting paid for their image. I do hate to see the end of "the old college try." And, as some of the gleam wears off of this and we develop the team haves and have nots, teams will become transient groups of the rich and disgruntled. Follow the money.
We may as well pay all of them and make them minor league pros.
Or maybe, you will hand out some money, for real marketing or on the fly for autographs? Will you follow certain players just to build their followers on social media?
For me, this is a very different game now. Our team has a lot less to do with getting an education at South Carolina and more to do with what the athlete can maximize for themselves.
I don't begrudge these kids getting paid for their image. I do hate to see the end of "the old college try." And, as some of the gleam wears off of this and we develop the team haves and have nots, teams will become transient groups of the rich and disgruntled. Follow the money.
We may as well pay all of them and make them minor league pros.