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OT: Woj bomb!

I would imagine it is different for every player on why they might go somewhere else. It might not always be for playing time and now with NIL thrown in that is just another factor impacting your decision.

I was not an athlete in college but once I had made my friends in Richmond, I would have never transferred anywhere. You only have 4 years (well 5 for a lot of athletes) in college and then you move onto the real world. The thought of being in 3 or 4 different schools and places during that short period, seems like a chaotic experience to me and never really growing roots or developing deep relationships, not to mention how you would matriculate through a college program academically (but silly me thinking of college as an academic experience). And athletes obviously have to develop bonds with coaches and teammates as well, bonds that should be really deep as well.

Obviously, if you are unhappy with where you are at, than certainly make that change, but a lot of these transfers are to me, just seeing what love you can be shown and if someone is now gonna pay you some more $$$ to go there. I do get the $$$ angle though, it is now a much bigger consideration with NIL and how easy the portal has made transferring. I doubt many of them realize what they may be missing out on by portaling all of the time.
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Spiders Collective-Season Preview-Oct 4

JOC coverage of the upcoming event. Some quotes from Mooney about the opportunity to enhance NIL contributions with events like this. Mooney won't disclose the NIL budget, but JOC says the same "mid-six figures" we've heard before.

Do you approve of the move to the Patriot League?

Former season ticket holder for 22 years here. This included a time when I was in college (not a student at U of R)

Id rather of us move up with JMU and become a doormat in FBS over the move we made to the Patriot League. Sure, its a delusional thought, but IMO not much more delusional to think a move to the PL is going to elevate our program, especially if Nova/WM stay parked in the CAA.

The CAA isn't what it was, I get wanting to leave....that doesn't mean the Patriot League will turn out like we hope.

Sometimes I don't get our fans. I have regularly seen fans blast terrible administrative decisions and swear off supporting the program because of their small potatoes mindset. Then turn around and are completely supportive of this move, to a league we regularly shit on our athletic department for trying to emulate their ethos, then act like their visionaries all of a sudden.

When schools leave a conference willingly, its almost always for better competition and more money, that was not the case here.

Imagine JMU deciding they had enough of the CAA and went to the Patriot instead of the Sun Belt. And I don't want to hear the comparisons about demographics, the fact is we competed with and regularly beat this school who is played their cards perfectly while we have gone backwards the past 8 years.

I don't know what's more concerning for the future of the football program. That half the fan base applauds this move, or that we only had 50 fans vote on this poll.

If you thought we had trouble selling tickets before playing schools like Hampton, WM, Towson coming to town, just wait until Holy Cross invades The Rob.

Call me negative all you want, but its embarrassing to see how little the admin cares about football and until they're called out on it, will continue.

Do you approve of the move to the Patriot League?

If they do the PL will be the Premier East Coast FCS league.
That is a big IF - lets not forget, we are talking about the Patriot league. This is one step below the IVY league, and they are more concerned about academics and reputation than they are being the best FCS football conference. We fit the profile because we are a small liberal arts college, with a strong endowment, and high academic standards. And while some other schools may fit the profile somewhat - I just don't know if the Patriot league is looking to become a premier league for FCS football. They are very similar to the UR mantra - they like to compete. So maybe they have some good teams here and there that can "compete" in the playoffs. But not sure they are looking to become a destination for schools or large amount of transfers coming to FCS.

Oops

I don't remember ever making it past the lobby of Gray Court.
Three of us did first night back to school when new Gray opened. We were on the second floor welcoming the residents back to school out the window. I believe it was Officer B who met us at the exit door leading to a subsequent meeting with Dean Mateer. We were sentenced to a “double secret probation!”
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