Kirk Herbstreit
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 Jun
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And then we got to 2020 and COVID and everything kind of changed and realignment. And then we've kind of gotten into this world now where players are able to leave whenever they want to leave. We have NIL, obviously, that is a huge part of this. But if you even follow the NFL model, the players have restrictions. You can't be on the Bears and just say, oh, to hell with this season.
I'm going to the Lions. You have a contract. You have to follow the contract. The NFL has very stringent rules. This is what we do as a team. This is what you're allowed to do. This is what the players can do. So this whole idea of the players in college just doing whatever the hell they want to do isn't the right thing. Like my kids, I had four sons.
If my kids at 12 years old said, dad, I'm taking the car. See, I'm going to a party. At 12, I'd be like, What are you talking about? You can't do that. The world we live in today in college football, it's kind of like, screw you, take the keys. And the coach is kind of like, well, okay, he's going to take the keys. What am I supposed to do? You have zero power.
And, you know, it's cool to be that player and have fun, but it's not cool for you in the long term for your growth and where you're trying to go as a human. It might be fun for that three- and five-year window, But as far as like, what is great about this sport is what the hard shit you got to go through the shit you think is annoying. And why do I have to go through it?
It molds you and changes you into becoming a better person down the road, whether it's as an employee or as a husband or a father, whatever it is, you got to go through some tough shit. You can't just like, this isn't fun anymore. I'm not playing. I'm out. Like, it just can't be that way. If you want to do that. I feel like coaches who leave. They get a new job.
They should have to finish the thing out before they go to their new job. Players, you should have to finish this thing out until you go to your new job. I think these players at this point, they need to sign contracts. I think we need a CBA. form some kind of players union. I think we need to somehow create that. The other thing is we're very it's almost like silo. Greg Sankey is in an SEC silo.
You know, the Big Ten's in a silo. We need to somehow create more of a national view of the sport. We're still governing the sport in the 80s. And the sport is in 2024. It's more of a national sport. So we need a national view on how we govern the sport. So we somehow need to get that national view to partner with the players union, create a CBA. where you're held accountable.
Okay, we're going to agree on NIL. Here are the rules we're going to agree on for NIL. Both sides agree. Here's the deal with portal, transfer portal. Both sides agree. And whatever they ultimately come up with, it's a contract and we sign and then we obey the contract on both sides. I think that's where it's gotten. How we get there, I have no idea.
But players just kind of coming and going and zero accountability to their team That's not healthy at all, and it really takes away from what this sport is about, which is the team trying to win games. That's what this is all about.
It's supposed to be a big thing in April. I think something's going down in April. Hopefully by next year there's a new – A new set of circumstances. Hopefully that'll be the case.
Yeah, I've kind of stayed out of that world a little bit. I haven't seen a whole lot of reaction intentionally just because I know 80% of the people are thrilled. 20% are going to be jackasses. So I just decided it's one thing to take shots at me. But if you take a shot at my kid and you want to get in a fight, it's not hard for me to want to do that. So I just try to ignore that.
that stuff the best that I can and just kind of stay focused on the positive. What an opportunity for him. You know, this is a kid that grew up a lifelong Ohio State fan of all my kids. Like he's the guy that cried when they lose games. Like he's an Ohio State junkie. Ohio State did not really pursue him to the point of offering him a scholarship.
And they were close to, they're like, listen, man, this new rule, that's the big thing with this new world that you talked about. Right now, you can have 85 on scholarship, but 125 are in the program. Well, the new world that you're referring to, this rev share, football is going to be affected. It's going to go down to 105. So you can only have 105 guys on your team.
Now, you can put 105 on scholarship, but a lot of these guys are not. They're just kind of in a wait-and-see approach. So guys like my son, Chase, who was kind of like that last, fighting for those last couple spots for a scholarship or potentially a PWO, which would be a preferred walk-on. He's kind of in that area where he's fighting.
Most of those guys, big schools like Michigan, Ohio State, and Notre Dame, the schools that he was looking at the most, they're almost, hey, why don't you go to the MAAC? We're going to bring in this portal guy who we know a little bit more about. And they're really not into developing young players and investing and hoping that they become a great player. So Che got a huge opportunity to do this.
Jerome Moore and his staff believe that I think they've seen his competitive spirit, his fire and what he did on the field this year to give him this opportunity. And You know, it's very different for our family because our family behind the scenes is scarlet and gray our whole lives.
You know, Big Cat, it'd be like you having a son that he's Wisconsin born and bred, brainwashed, and all of a sudden he goes to Michigan.
You know, it is quite a thrill. Obviously, we're beyond ecstatic for him. I went to senior day for my other son who had a heart situation. He was part of... the senior class of the Ohio State players. So it was a family-only event this past Sunday. And I went in there really nervous to wonder how the Ohio State coaches, because none of them texted me, hey, congratulations on Chase.
I didn't hear anything from anybody. So I was a little bit, should I go? Should I not go? And I went because I needed to be there for my other son. It was a very cool event, by the way. Each position coach would have his guys come up, say something about each guy. And then that guy had to grab the mic and speak in front of all of his teammates and
close to the media and the fans and uh it was very emotional to watch some of these guys Trevion Henderson Emeka buka like like they've been through some stuff you know not only lost it to Michigan but just personal stuff so it was very heartfelt uh day to be there to watch that but uh you know I talked to Chip Kelly afterwards talked to Ryan Day afterwards nobody said anything it was like
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