And now apparently the number 2 kid in the class decommited from fsu to play for Deion
The Deion Sanders thread
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Not a believer in money ball, I see.
I’m not optimistic our pooled money would compete with the booster and corporate money elsewhere for a top-5 qb
No idea what you are talking about with money ball, as I never said I believe in anything or not in that post. Just pointing out how a small school just bucked the whole "blue bloods will get every big recruit now" line of thought, and MAYBE it happens to us at some point.
We shall see what happens won't we? Because fun fact, none of us really know. That includes you almighty one. Although you definitely like to act like you know everything around here.
This kid just went to Jackson State for a reported $1.5 million. We do have enough big boosters that SHOULD (key word) they want to pool money to throw at an elite recruit they absolutely could. Might be enough to land one, might not.
What's more sleazy about this than other NIL deals? Aside from you not liking Barstool.
Yeah bro, great content. That's what we're looking for. Dave Portnoy directing college football.
If you ever thought they were actually about "sports journalism" then you simply missed the point. Now I undestand Barstool isn't for everyone, but they have always been okay with that fact.
Barstool has never been about sports journalism. Good lord, the public is clueless when it comes to media.
NIL is a freaking farce, but it's our new reality. Whether it's Portnoy, booster, etc. there are going to be people running the show that are likely NOT the people any of us fans want running the show for the long term health of college football.
I'm going to laugh when these companies get 0 return after dropping 7 figures on an unproven 18 year old.
This thread is a great example of why this **** suuuuuucccks. It's bad for the sport. Call me a boomer, I don't care. This is going to turn off a lot of fans.
I keep seeing return thrown about but define what you mean by return.
If I was a rich donor the return I am looking for is getting the best players here. If I did that I'd be happy because I am giving the coaching staff the best players to work with.
Having it all intertwined with alumni and tax payers who had a large part in building these brands creates a messy situation.
For years people have been saying “pay them what they are worth”. Most of them only have marketing value because of the name on the jersey. It’s only about 20 of them a year where it’s the other way around.
They’re already getting returns. Guarantee this is driving traffic to barstool today
I checked out a few FSU message boards but the story didn’t lower my IQ into becoming a barstool fan.
That’s me though, I’m sure you’re right about that in general. Whether it’s worth a few million, time will tell, but certainly it created buzz.
And that number may even be high considering what some of the NIL deals are being reported as. Good post here out of you.
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Yep. So long as Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly can jump to a new school and start coaching immediately, you're going to have a hard sell trying to say that players shouldn't be able to have similar freedom.
This is what happens when the pendulum swings. Blame the NCAA and the member schools. Their greed and obstinance did this.
Someone could try to argue that it’s disruptive to education but it seems non athlete students switch schools or stop before graduation at least as frequently.
If they can just have the pre covid transfer rules it would bring the instability down a lot, probably no way to ever make them more strict. The transfers still get to be on scholarship while sitting out which helps argument quite a bit.
