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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 2, 2021 10:26:23 GMT -5
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thehottag
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Post by thehottag on Dec 2, 2021 10:28:58 GMT -5
"You TOO can sign a 5-year, multi-million dollar contract & get cut in 6 months for budgeting reasons!"
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Dec 2, 2021 10:30:23 GMT -5
Putting aside the Stevenson mess in general (not so much him being in NCAA but…everything else) this is an exceptionally smart thing to do for how they want to work developmental. You have first pick of those talents coming out of college and you can train them from the ground up rather than wait way later on.
Now a lot of this would involve diverting from other stuff they’re doing and taking their time in crafting talent but this part of it makes sense.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2021 10:35:52 GMT -5
Pretty genius. It'll be easier for college athletes to get into the company and WWE will be on their radar more than before. If Gable works well, that'll be even better for them.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 2, 2021 11:20:13 GMT -5
Putting aside the Stevenson mess in general (not so much him being in NCAA but…everything else) this is an exceptionally smart thing to do for how they want to work developmental. You have first pick of those talents coming out of college and you can train them from the ground up rather than wait way later on. Now a lot of this would involve diverting from other stuff they’re doing and taking their time in crafting talent but this part of it makes sense. The vast majority of collegiate athletes have little to no chance of an athletic career post university so this will be a tantalising option for a lot of people. 130 Div 1 college football teams, 32 NFL teams for example. Or college wrestling, if you aren’t an Olympic hopeful (and ask Kurt, that doesn’t necessarily pay the bills) your options post university are basically wrestling coach, MMA or real job. So I definitely see this getting traction with those who want to continue chasing the dream. Plus, like you said, given the direction they’re taking NXT this makes all the sense in the world for WWE.
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 2, 2021 11:40:13 GMT -5
Seems like a smart idea.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Dec 2, 2021 11:44:10 GMT -5
Putting aside the Stevenson mess in general (not so much him being in NCAA but…everything else) this is an exceptionally smart thing to do for how they want to work developmental. You have first pick of those talents coming out of college and you can train them from the ground up rather than wait way later on. Now a lot of this would involve diverting from other stuff they’re doing and taking their time in crafting talent but this part of it makes sense. The vast majority of collegiate athletes have little to no chance of an athletic career post university so this will be a tantalising option for a lot of people. 130 Div 1 college football teams, 32 NFL teams for example. Or college wrestling, if you aren’t an Olympic hopeful (and ask Kurt, that doesn’t necessarily pay the bills) your options post university are basically wrestling coach, MMA or real job. So I definitely see this getting traction with those who want to continue chasing the dream. Plus, like you said, given the direction they’re taking NXT this makes all the sense in the world for WWE. Very much so. Like, the one caveat is that they need to actually stick the landing with it. They can't really do the whole "we'll try you out for 6 months" thing if they want these athletes to make this decision, they need to hone these talents and adapt the system around them or any other potential recruits because the moment you get some bad stories coming from it, you hamper the course of the whole program. If they actually do right by the people they sign and utilize their strengths or help them get the strengths they want them to have, it'll be a big boon for them. EDIT: Like, this stuff is headline news in Variety right now. If this gets messy, they'll be the first people to hear about it I'm sure.
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 2, 2021 12:13:47 GMT -5
It's a good idea for WWE. Gets them a good source of recruits from collegiate athletes and if anything goes wrong, it's easy to pass the blame to the incompetent and corrupt NCAA, who make even WWE at their worst look like saints.
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 2, 2021 12:14:40 GMT -5
The vast majority of collegiate athletes have little to no chance of an athletic career post university so this will be a tantalising option for a lot of people. 130 Div 1 college football teams, 32 NFL teams for example. Or college wrestling, if you aren’t an Olympic hopeful (and ask Kurt, that doesn’t necessarily pay the bills) your options post university are basically wrestling coach, MMA or real job. So I definitely see this getting traction with those who want to continue chasing the dream. Plus, like you said, given the direction they’re taking NXT this makes all the sense in the world for WWE. Very much so. Like, the one caveat is that they need to actually stick the landing with it. They can't really do the whole "we'll try you out for 6 months" thing if they want these athletes to make this decision, they need to hone these talents and adapt the system around them or any other potential recruits because the moment you get some bad stories coming from it, you hamper the course of the whole program. If they actually do right by the people they sign and utilize their strengths or help them get the strengths they want them to have, it'll be a big boon for them. EDIT: Like, this stuff is headline news in Variety right now. If this gets messy, they'll be the first people to hear about it I'm sure. Good idea on paper, but with their past record of developmental and current rumblings on releases it makes me wary how this will go through, like what kind of restrictions will happen when someone decides to leave, etc.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Dec 2, 2021 12:19:53 GMT -5
Very much so. Like, the one caveat is that they need to actually stick the landing with it. They can't really do the whole "we'll try you out for 6 months" thing if they want these athletes to make this decision, they need to hone these talents and adapt the system around them or any other potential recruits because the moment you get some bad stories coming from it, you hamper the course of the whole program. If they actually do right by the people they sign and utilize their strengths or help them get the strengths they want them to have, it'll be a big boon for them. EDIT: Like, this stuff is headline news in Variety right now. If this gets messy, they'll be the first people to hear about it I'm sure. Good idea on paper, but with their past record of developmental and current rumblings on releases it makes me wary how this will go through, like what kind of restrictions will happen when someone decides to leave, etc. Oh same, there needs to be things ironed out and trust and goodwill built and I feel this is slightly different on a PR end, not much different than building a good school sports program and recruiting people. If your rep isn’t good, these athletes will try their hand at something else because the risk isn’t worth it.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Dec 2, 2021 13:07:12 GMT -5
This will be like Tough Enough where they dump a bunch of money into it and it basically creates three or four nobodies making the whole thing a tremendous waste.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2021 13:08:15 GMT -5
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Dec 2, 2021 13:32:27 GMT -5
Next in Line...to be unemployed for "budget reasons" in a month or 2 (I know the joke's been made but I wanted to make one also.)
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Dec 2, 2021 14:00:55 GMT -5
It's a great idea for the WWE. I'm also really happy there are other big companies beyond WWE, because it allows stuff like this to be possible. It allows WWE to focus on the lanes they actually want, instead of trying to be everything for everyone and failing.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 2, 2021 14:14:58 GMT -5
Remember when they created a similar program to recruit former footballers? Look at the huge list of stars they've built as a result like... er... Yeah. This is a Pr move that'll get them positive press attention for a few weeks, they'll sign a few guys then cut 95% of them when no-one cares any more and go back to signing second and third gen talent because a senile Vince remembers their dad.
Enjoy signing with big dreams, buying your first car only to be abruptly cut and given 90 days to work out what to do with the rest of your lives, kids.
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Post by Perd on Dec 2, 2021 14:34:14 GMT -5
NIL because of Gable?
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Post by Legion on Dec 2, 2021 14:48:02 GMT -5
Very much so. Like, the one caveat is that they need to actually stick the landing with it. They can't really do the whole "we'll try you out for 6 months" thing if they want these athletes to make this decision, they need to hone these talents and adapt the system around them or any other potential recruits because the moment you get some bad stories coming from it, you hamper the course of the whole program. If they actually do right by the people they sign and utilize their strengths or help them get the strengths they want them to have, it'll be a big boon for them. EDIT: Like, this stuff is headline news in Variety right now. If this gets messy, they'll be the first people to hear about it I'm sure. Good idea on paper, but with their past record of developmental and current rumblings on releases it makes me wary how this will go through, like what kind of restrictions will happen when someone decides to leave, etc. But these athlete's will be used to it. To get as high as they have, they will have had years of much more brutal cuts than anything WWE does. If anything, this will probably see larger numbers of developmental cuts as WWE hires people, tests them, cuts them - just like other sports.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 2, 2021 14:48:24 GMT -5
NIL because of Gable? NILBOG Don’t drink the milk DON’T DRINK THE MILK! Trainers talking to the new NCAA recruits:
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 2, 2021 15:13:11 GMT -5
Good idea on paper, but with their past record of developmental and current rumblings on releases it makes me wary how this will go through, like what kind of restrictions will happen when someone decides to leave, etc. But these athlete's will be used to it. To get as high as they have, they will have had years of much more brutal cuts than anything WWE does. If anything, this will probably see larger numbers of developmental cuts as WWE hires people, tests them, cuts them - just like other sports. And since it's "student athletes," they aren't even allowed to pay them. Though maybe the NCAA will actually allow for some sort of financial compensation because WWE isn't an actual sports league. And the NCAA can't exploit them in a billion dollar racket for unpaid labor like they can for basketball and football.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 2, 2021 17:35:03 GMT -5
Super smart idea.
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