Apparently Urban is having yet another renaissance and feeling healthy enough and clear enough from the NCAA to coach again.

Urban Meyer lays his cards on the table to @DougLesmerises: "I've been in a fight for 33 years, and now you’re not in that fight," Meyer says. "So how do you fulfill that fight? And I feel that every morning. Every morning."

A lot of the talking heads are saying USC is the frontrunner as the landing spot. With the new pay to play legislation legal in CA, Urban could wreck college football quick, fast, and in a hurry

Not many bigger pieces of sheet around.
Coaching ability is insane though.

I concur. That's what is so concerning about him recruiting with the ability to legally pay players. CA always has to screw things up.

USC is about to hire a real AD instead of a celebrity figurehead, then hire Urban and within five years they'll be in the title game. Within 10 they'll be on probation again.

Mike Leach's take on the CA deal. I wish he'd come back to the SEC

Maybe, but I think this legislation could be the end of the NCAA and possibly college football as we know it. I heard on the radio that a few other states are already drafting similar legislation. Surprisingly SC was one of them. Dabo doesnt want to be usurped

Ever since coke dealer Pete Carroll left USC is missing “that guy” urban is it. Go for it usc.

Urban is a waste of human flesh. Lyinest, sleaziest POS college football has seen since Barry Switzer.

I must be missing something. Just because Cali says it is OK to pay players it is still a violation of NCAA rules isn't it, or do the Cali legislators think they control the NCAA too?

Things will be fine. If he couldn't change the world at the O, he won't change things out West. They are too small minus the Samoans. Plus he's a lying douche. My heart hurts...gimme a break you phucking bum.

Same here, there's no way the ncaa can let them openly pay players & compete with the rest of the country.

Exactly. What is being thrown about, is that if California does this and they start paying players, then the institution will no longer be under the umbrella of the NCAA. That means no NCAA tournament, No Bowl Games, No possible trips to the College World Series. If paying players is more important than than making millions by being in these post season events.......then knock yourself out. You can be California State Champs every year.

Paying players is still against NCAA rules. Just because the state legalized it doesn’t mean that the schools can do it.

College football is now the minor league for the NFL. It left us common fans years ago.

While I agree with this currently, I do think more states will follow suit. When the big money colleges start going this way, I think it's going to be the NCAA that bites the dust. I don't think this pay for play argument is going away any time soon

Meanwhile, it'll cost 600k per semester to send your kid to school

Yep and he should fit right in at USC

Yep. And if the NCAA allows players to get paid for playing an amateur sport then I’m out. Professional sports has become nothing more than reality TV soap operas. Money ruins more than it helps. I paid for ALL of my college education without being offered a free daily buffet, clothing, stipend, free tutors, and all the other perks that come from playing a sport well. I think we have spoiled several generations of athletes because of our love for the game. If colleges follow this semi pro route they’re about to take, then I’m out.

And California has now added Iowa as a state
that they won't visit on public money..
That makes Alabama and Iowa.
How many more will they add?

California is doing this in part to get the NCAA in court, similar to other hot-button societal issues in the last couple of years.

IMO while there are some who believe players should be able to make money off their image and likeness, I suspect the bigger group in Cali believes the NCAA needs to be "held accountable" or broken up, like a monopoly of sorts. To do that they're pushing the issue with this legislation and when the NCAA smacks a team or player for trading photos and gear or signing autographs at Stinky Pete's Fine Suit Emporium in exchange for clothing, Cali will take them into court.

Also, California is just being California.