Brad Milkey
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8,746 appearances
54 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
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Brad Milkey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The thing is, hundreds of players had already finished their fourth season last year and did what you'd
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normally do.
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They tried to go out and play pro ball.
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If they weren't good enough to get drafted, they would show up to tryouts, they'd try to get on practice squads.
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What other opportunities do you have?
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This rule change meant theoretically, some of them could be eligible again, which has led to this summer, dozens of guys on NFL rosters quitting saying, actually, I'm going back to play college football.
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Question I had was, why would you do that though?
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Like, even NFL practice squad players make $13,000 a week.
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That's not bad.
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Why would you go back to amateur sports?
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Well, think about what's happened in college football over just the last few years.
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This is no longer a world where they're scrimping for scholarship dollars.
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College football players are making tens or even hundreds of thousands in so-called name, image, and likeness deals, often paid for by the
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Schools themselves.
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Plus, there's a chance if you go back, you might get more playing time, you get drafted next year.
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Coaches like Lane Kiffin at LSU have been actively recruiting players from the Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints on the notion that college football this year can make them rich.
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And yet, this is where the legal battle comes in.
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College conferences like the SEC, like the Big Ten, are determined not to allow athletes to hop back and forth like this.
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The SEC issued a rule last week saying they would punish schools who tried this.
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