NIL money is getting insane

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Ohio State Is Reportedly Getting Outbid On Recruits By As Much As A Million Dollars

College football is big business and big business is about big paydays. Now that players are in on the action the landscape of football is beginning to shift. And like an old man cutting the cord and ...

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[ImRonBurgandy?]

I think there's a couple of ways to play this.

1. Pay the recruits and hope they work out (extremely dicey as a lot football recruits don't pan out for a variety of reasons)

2. Pick these guys up in the portal for free after they've been recruited over.

 

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Ohio State Is Reportedly Getting Outbid On Recruits By As Much As A Million Dollars

College football is big business and big business is about big paydays. Now that players are in on the action the landscape of football is beginning to shift. And like an old man cutting the cord and ...

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This has gone insane way faster than I imagined. I wish people would stop contributing to this absurdity.

 

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I think there's a couple of ways to play this.

1. Pay the recruits and hope they work out (extremely dicey as a lot football recruits don't pan out for a variety of reasons)

2. Pick these guys up in the portal for free after they've been recruited over.

I think we need a GM/VP of College Personnel, who does nothing but scout and indirectly recruit college players.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

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College football is big business and big business is about big paydays. Now that players are in on the action the landscape of football is beginning to shift. And like an old man cutting the cord and ...

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We can thank the great think tank at the NCAA for this mess.

We can say all we want about the Boilermaker Alliance, but we are not going, or want to try, to be able to compete in the NIL market.

 

[purduepat1969]

I think we need a GM/VP of College Personnel, who does nothing but scout and indirectly recruit college players.

Not sure if Nate Dennison is leaving with the Brohm mafia. If so, they need to replace him and maybe even elevate that position.

 

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This has gone insane way faster than I imagined. I wish people would stop contributing to this absurdity.

I feel so bad for Ohio $tate and their fans.

 

[BoilerFan#35]

Fun fact from 2005-2014 there were 23 five-star QB's. Two ended up pro bowlers. Jameis Winston and Stafford (one time each). This money will not keep up. Even recently the only five-star QBs that have panned out are Trevor Lawrence and possibly Justin Fields and Bryce Young.

 

[krf3632]

Imagine paying a kid a million dollars and all you get out of it is a mid-tier bowl game and he leaves early for the NFL. How many boosters are going to keep playing that game?

 

[Purduemoe]

I don’t think this type of NIL is sustainable. I think we need to keep focusing on a sustainable collective model, and understand we will lose some recruits and transfers to higher paying teams.

 

[Tommaker]

Imagine paying a kid a million dollars and all you get out of it is a mid-tier bowl game and he leaves early for the NFL. How many boosters are going to keep playing that game?

Surprisingly, a lot.

 

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Fun fact from 2005-2014 there were 23 five-star QB's. Two ended up pro bowlers. Jameis Winston and Stafford (one time each). This money will not keep up. Even recently the only five-star QBs that have panned out are Trevor Lawrence and possibly Justin Fields and Bryce Young.

As I’ve said for a long time, I’m more concerned with big money schools poaching our returning starters (like Holstege) than I am with losing high school recruits.

The smart schools will be spending their resources on proven players.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

Imagine paying a kid a million dollars and all you get out of it is a mid-tier bowl game and he leaves early for the NFL. How many boosters are going to keep playing that game?

For teams like OSU and Alabama, that is not going to stop it. It has been happening for years now. Now, it is just considered to be legal.

 

[purduedavie]

This has gone insane way faster than I imagined. I wish people would stop contributing to this absurdity.

Good luck with that… this is capitalism at its finest, let the players earn away, if people want to give away their money let them. In the end it’s going to be just like it has been for years, the Alabama’s, OSU’s, Michigan’s, and a few others will compete for titles, that’s why I enjoy college hoops more, different teams actually have chances to win titles.

 

[rezzerfly]

Imagine paying a kid a million dollars and all you get out of it is a mid-tier bowl game and he leaves early for the NFL. How many boosters are going to keep playing that game?

Those kids are going to playoff contender schools

 

[SKYDOG]

I feel so bad for Ohio $tate and their fans.

I don’t give two 💩💩 about Ohio State or their fans. I’m concerned about the total landscape of college sports.

 

[Wolegib]

I lived in Georgia the past two years! The people there are not the brightest! They don’t really care about getting an education or being financially frugal. All they care about is football!

What happens when this player doesn’t even start? Or when Alabama reclaims its spot on top and Georgia heads out to a secondary bowl?

Oh well. It was only $1.8 million. I am curious as to how he will write it off. Will he say it was a business/ marketing expense? A donation to the University as a non profit organization? Treat the player as a religious charity? After all, football is a religion in Georgia! If you win the Heisman, you don’t need an education or degree! You are a God to the people of Georgia!

 

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That's why we should just make it like pro league. Have players signing contracts and list terms where the money won't be paid (e.g. if they opt out of games just because they deem it meaningless). We'll need salary cap too. Or maybe just have aO$U, Bama, Georgia and maybe 2 or 3 more schools who want to participate in arms race in one league, and everyone else on another. Those teams can play round robin and call themselves a champion.

 

[johnboiler123]

Fun fact from 2005-2014 there were 23 five-star QB's. Two ended up pro bowlers. Jameis Winston and Stafford (one time each). This money will not keep up. Even recently the only five-star QBs that have panned out are Trevor Lawrence and possibly Justin Fields and Bryce Young.

But how did they do in college? I don't think college boosters particularly care if they become pro bowlers or not.

 

[Thecycle27]

The NCAA fought NIL to the bitter end it was shoved down their throat and now they are chocking on it. The universities are at fault. They could of built a sustainable market place but because they failed to even consider it here we are.

It is impossible to manage. The good news for Big Ten and SEC is players will become employees sooner than later. What that means who knows but both conferences are built to handle it because of their TV dollars.

It is still shifting.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

I feel so bad for Ohio $tate and their fans.

 

[Wolegib]

I’m afraid of what is about to happen and what will happen to players who do not live up to their benefactors expectations! Will the benefactors blackmail the coach and AD? And have coach be forced to start his player? Will the benefactor take it out on the player if his team doesn’t win and he bet a fortune on them? Rather than paying kids money, this has more of the makings of professional gamblers trying to guarantee the outcomes of games and control of teams!

I can just see the movie “the Natural “ becoming reality. In the book, he lost.

 

[BoilerFan#35]

But how did they do in college? I don't think college boosters particularly care if they become pro bowlers or not.

Jameis, Lawrence, and Tebow the only ones to win a title I believe. Your point doesn't go too far in that point. They all were blue blood school QBs too.

 

[Wolegib]

Who was the QB who was kicked out of Florida for academic cheating, but found his way back and won a Heisman as the QB at Auburn?

Auburn has no ethics, but they do have good football players

 

[Palmbeachhoosier]

Who was the QB who was kicked out of Florida for academic cheating, but found his way back and won a Heisman as the QB at Auburn?

Auburn has no ethics, but they do have good football players

Cam Newton and he was thrown out for stealing laptops.

 

[Wolegib]

Cam Newton and he was thrown out for stealing laptops.

I thought he also cheated on tests. He only studied at auburn for basically 1 semester. He won his Heisman and then prepared for his draft

 

[PaBoiler78]

I lived in Georgia the past two years! The people there are not the brightest! They don’t really care about getting an education or being financially frugal. All they care about is football!

What happens when this player doesn’t even start? Or when Alabama reclaims its spot on top and Georgia heads out to a secondary bowl?

Oh well. It was only $1.8 million. I am curious as to how he will write it off. Will he say it was a business/ marketing expense? A donation to the University as a non profit organization? Treat the player as a religious charity? After all, football is a religion in Georgia! If you win the Heisman, you don’t need an education or degree! You are a God to the people of Georgia!

like Herschel

 

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Is this about money, the coach? Doesn’t make much sense.

 

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Is this about money, the coach? Doesn’t make much sense.

Probably the $ame reason Holstege went to UCLA.

 

[Wolegib]

This is kind of unbelievable. Deen has already spent 5 years at Purdue. He has a degree. Does this mean he’d rather take NIL money than take money from the NFL?

 

[PaBoiler78]

This is kind of unbelievable. Deen has already spent 5 years at Purdue. He has a degree. Does this mean he’d rather take NIL money than take money from the NFL?

I'm not sure he's a NFL talent

 

[SLoopBoiler]

Isn't the practice of NIL against the entire theory of EQUITY in NCAA Football? Shouldn't Ohio State have to give some of their money to schools with less NIL, considering it is a salary cap like tool?

 

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Isn't the practice of NIL against the entire theory of EQUITY in NCAA Football? Shouldn't Ohio State have to give some of their money to schools with less NIL, considering it is a salary cap like tool?

Who said it was a “salary cap like tool”?