Jefferson NOT gone.

CyValley2

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Players come and players go, I’d dip for 3 mil too.

Yeah. The thing for me my first reaction is that what about your character, your principles?

Then, my next thought, it's just sports. In the long run you're not a traitor to your country. It's just sports.

I'm still working through it for myself.
 

daniel22

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I hope you're wrong, too. And I also may be done with college basketball if true.
If true, I’m right there with you. No use cheering for a team when other teams come in and poach your players once they know they are top end talent
 
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Anyone here saying "he's not loyal!" is completely full of ****. If someone came offering to triple your pay and set you up for LIFE you aren't just blowing them off.

Loyalty goes two ways. If the market says someone is worth $2.5M and you aren't even paying them $1M you're just a ****** employer.
 

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Hope it's wrong but if it's true then what's the point in being a fan? No other sport on the planet operates this way. Just make them employees already and get them on contract. Why don't we want them to be employees exactly? Everything's already fckd up beyond recognition might as well go all the way.

Let's be honest, we are all in this for the long haul. We wouldn't be wasting our time on this stupid board if it wasn't worth it being a fan.

If Jefferson leaves, it'll suck. But we have a good coach and plenty of good returning players and we've sat through worse. I'll be in my seats in Hilton cheering my heart out and trying to contribute as much as I can.
 

isuno1fan

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I don't know what I would do in that position. I don't. It depends on what you believe in, your virtues - whatever you believe them to be. What is important to you while you live only for a moment on a 4-1/2 billion year old planet.

Really, this proves I don't know myself well enough. If I probe deep, I don't think I'd like what I unearthed.
Kid has been here for 1 year. There’s little loyalty for only 1 year. Move on if true.
 

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If true, I’m right there with you. No use cheering for a team when other teams come in and poach your players once they know they are top end talent

Then why post on here?
 

CyValley2

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What sucks is I’m sure freed up money could’ve gone to cluff. The timing is atrocious. Poaching is the worst part of NIL and won’t stop until the ncaa puts serious infractions for teams caught doing so.

Yeah, NCAA. As if it's a separate entity that can decide such issues. The power NCAA members will say, go f--k yourself.
 

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If true, I’m right there with you. No use cheering for a team when other teams come in and poach your players once they know they are top end talent
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Anyone here saying "he's not loyal!" is completely full of ****. If someone came offering to triple your pay and set you up for LIFE you aren't just blowing them off.

Loyalty goes two ways.
We also got him from St. Mary's. "Where's the loyalty "
 
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cymac2408

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Nothing to link, I heard it from a person close to the program. As I said, I hope it’s wrong but where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And yes, he did say he was 100% coming back to ISU after our loss, but money can change that in a big hurry!!
Than his idea of 100% is different than mine. His 100% is Rob Jones free throw percentage and mine is 100 for 100.
 

Cymark86

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Get used to it. ISU can't compete financially with the B10 and SEC. The pillaging we do of the lower level is going to happen to us too.
This. Collective is doing all it can, but just plugging holes and water is coming in way to fast to plug them all. I don’t think schools paying players directly will help either. It’s the have alots and the rest of us.
 

Cymark86

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I don't know what I would do in that position. I don't. It depends on what you believe in, your virtues - whatever you believe them to be. What is important to you while you live only for a moment on a 4-1/2 billion year old planet.

Really, this proves I don't know myself well enough. If I probe deep, I don't think I'd like what I unearthed.
Put yourself in the position of a parent that has no long term ties to Iowa State. You’d tell your kid to take the $$ and don’t look back.
 

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This is terrible news. I hope it doesn't turn from one guy leaving to 3 more guys leaving...
 
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Anyone here saying "he's not loyal!" is completely full of ****. If someone came offering to triple your pay and set you up for LIFE you aren't just blowing them off.

Loyalty goes two ways. If the market says someone is worth $2.5M and you aren't even paying them $1M you're just a ****** employer.

Yeah, I hate the new pay for play world, but its 100% just a job at this point. And there isn't a damn person in here who wouldn't jump for any job that offered to multiply their pay like that.
 

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