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Charlotte 49er Football šŸˆ
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Paying players makes sense. I believe in doing good work for good pay. I was paid as a graduate student because my project was funded through a private company. If a private company (broadcaster) wants to pay a school for labor, then the students doing the labor deserve a cut of the pay. It happened to me, they deserve it too.

If the question is a matter of the amount they are getting paid, itā€™s proportional to the money put into the system. Athletes are paid a lot of money in this country because of the broadcasters that fund the sports.

1661

I have said this since day 1, the players should have to pick one, full ride or NIL. No reason for them to double dip. The students and their parents lose under current structure.

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1662

*Strength of Schedule (ESPN):

  1. USF
  2. Tulane
  3. UTSA
  4. UAB
  5. Army
  6. Temple
  7. ECU
  8. FAU
  9. Tulsa
  10. Charlotte
  11. UNT
  12. Rice
  13. Memphis
  14. Navy*
1663

Well, thats not what you said.

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1664

We have an all-time record of 51-105 and 38-84 in FBS. 1 season at .500 or above. Canā€™t get much closer to the basement than that.

1665

No arguments from me about how good/bad we have beenā€¦ā€¦just that we have NOT been ā€œin the basementā€ for the entire decade (ie; we have not finished LAST/in the basement every year)ā€¦..in fact, I think if you look at each season, we havenā€™t actually finished last in our conference more than maybe 2-3 times.

1666

In a 2-story building, weā€™ve been on the 1st floor for our whole programā€™s history.

1667

Yes, agreedā€”-we have been in the ā€œlower 50 %ā€ of our conference for our entire history.

1668

We are so bad we are arguing how bad we have been.

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1669

We were 121st in ESPNā€™s FBS rankings last year. We were terrible. Just like every year before thatā€™s not 2019

1670

Thats fineā€”if you want to put ANY stock in an ESPN ranking. I know we ended up 5-7 last year against a pretty solid schedule.

1671

It is kinda funny to argue about being terrible lol. I got curious about the strength of our opponents last year, as I have attempted to block past seasons from my memory. Opponents finished the season with an average record of 7-6. We beat 1 team with a winning record (ECU) and 4 teams with losing records, including Gardner Webb in a Trexler Ivey-led 4th quarter comeback. ECU was 8-5, GW and Rice both 4-8 and FAU & UAB 3-9 (a combined 22-39). Every team we lost to had a winning record except Chapel Hill at 6-7.

This season so far, our opponents are averaging 4-3 including Monmouth and USF at 6-1. Weā€™ve lost to 3 teams with losing records (Army, Rice, Chapel Hill).

Maybe weā€™re just cursed.

1672

This.

1673

I curse us all the time

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1674

https://x.com/Hunter_Bailey45/status/1981087968954896439?t=8u4C_el0HlbGYIbHiqkQpQ&s=19

1675

MeanJoeGreen has calmed down so much and has been changing his profile pic that I truly do not recognize him anymore

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1676

Sanchez is gone. Mike Hill is gone. The Panthers and Steelers are winning. Larry returns to Charlotte Sunday. Itā€™s great being smarter and better looking than your detractors, which is even better when your guys are winning.

1677

Yes, Charlotte needs to increase NIL but Hunter seems overly focused on NIL as the singular issue why we are so bad. Other systematic issues have led the program down this path.

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1678

App does not have a higher NIL and probably not Temple and Rice which blew us out

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1679

clt is the old man yelling at the clouds here. NIL is not sustainable

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