Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz says college players, thru NIL, are making more money than his brother-in-law, who is a pediatrician. “He saves lives.”
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 30, 2023
Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz says college players, thru NIL, are making more money than his brother-in-law, who is a pediatrician. “He saves lives.”
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 30, 2023
Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.
He should have phrased it differently, but the framing by Dellenger is poor journalism. He cut Eli off mid-sentence to farm that bait and eliminate the context of the rest of the comment.bear2be2 said:Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.
Full context of question and answer. I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been! https://t.co/orKO46NpQs pic.twitter.com/JvjZgSSYdi
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) May 30, 2023
The quote is much more palatable in full context. Thanks for sharing.parch said:He should have phrased it differently, but the framing by Dellenger is poor journalism. He cut Eli off mid-sentence to farm that bait and eliminate the context of the rest of the comment.bear2be2 said:Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.Full context of question and answer. I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been! https://t.co/orKO46NpQs pic.twitter.com/JvjZgSSYdi
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) May 30, 2023
It's more palatable, but the crux is the same. Players making six figures is ludicrous/problematic, but there's nothing at all wrong with (thoroughly mediocre) coaches making eight figures.guadalupeoso said:The quote is much more palatable in full context. Thanks for sharing.parch said:He should have phrased it differently, but the framing by Dellenger is poor journalism. He cut Eli off mid-sentence to farm that bait and eliminate the context of the rest of the comment.bear2be2 said:Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.Full context of question and answer. I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been! https://t.co/orKO46NpQs pic.twitter.com/JvjZgSSYdi
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) May 30, 2023
bear2be2 said:It's more palatable, but the crux is the same. Players making six figures is ludicrous/problematic, but there's nothing at all wrong with (thoroughly mediocre) coaches making eight figures.guadalupeoso said:The quote is much more palatable in full context. Thanks for sharing.parch said:He should have phrased it differently, but the framing by Dellenger is poor journalism. He cut Eli off mid-sentence to farm that bait and eliminate the context of the rest of the comment.bear2be2 said:Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.Full context of question and answer. I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been! https://t.co/orKO46NpQs pic.twitter.com/JvjZgSSYdi
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) May 30, 2023
Nothing in the added context changes that basic belief ... which is itself the problem.
It's insanely tone deaf for coaches to bring up player compensation as a concern while making millions of dollars to coach a child's game. The players didn't make college football a billion dollar industry. The universities did by selling their souls to TV networks, advertisers and boosters. The coaches have no problem whatsoever profiting from that but balk or feign concern over issues they helped create when players want to do the same.
In looking at the full quote, I don't think Eli has any issue with players receiving the amount of compensation that they are receiving. I think his issue is that we are giving them that compensation without any guardrails in place and without them having the life experience (like his brother in law) to handle that kind of money. The issue is how do we allow them to be compensated like employees but still protect them as student athletes/teenagers. That's how I take it at least.bear2be2 said:It's more palatable, but the crux is the same. Players making six figures is ludicrous/problematic, but there's nothing at all wrong with (thoroughly mediocre) coaches making eight figures.guadalupeoso said:The quote is much more palatable in full context. Thanks for sharing.parch said:He should have phrased it differently, but the framing by Dellenger is poor journalism. He cut Eli off mid-sentence to farm that bait and eliminate the context of the rest of the comment.bear2be2 said:Yeah, this is a really tone deaf statement. Like idiotically so.guadalupeoso said:
I'm proud of Eli for volunteering to make less than his brother in law. That should free up a lot of funds for the athletic department.Full context of question and answer. I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been! https://t.co/orKO46NpQs pic.twitter.com/JvjZgSSYdi
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) May 30, 2023
Nothing in the added context changes that basic belief ... which is itself the problem.
It's insanely tone deaf for coaches to bring up player compensation as a concern while making millions of dollars to coach a child's game. The players didn't make college football a billion dollar industry. The universities did by selling their souls to TV networks, advertisers and boosters. The coaches have no problem whatsoever profiting from that but balk or feign concern over issues they helped create when players want to do the same.