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Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:03 am
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:03 am
Would you be ok with your school paying 10.5 million for a player that has never played one down of college football?
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Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:07 am to geauxcoco
Makes me think of Florida State, spent $12m on NIL for this season. What a ROI. 
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:13 am to geauxcoco
Your school doesn't pay players, boosters do.
This post was edited on 11/22/24 at 11:14 am
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:14 am to geauxcoco
I really believe if the lockeroom culture was right he would have gone with our offer instead regardless. However, we better get used to this. That's the nature of NIL and the biggest programs will pay up if they think the talent is good enough at a position if need.
If he results in a national championship for Michigan and plays like Cam or Burrow then I'd say he's easily worth 10 mil. It depends how much you believe in the player. I've watched a lot of future and think he's going to be a household name soon.
If he results in a national championship for Michigan and plays like Cam or Burrow then I'd say he's easily worth 10 mil. It depends how much you believe in the player. I've watched a lot of future and think he's going to be a household name soon.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:14 am to Buster83
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Your school doesn't pay players, boosters do.
You're talking to t-shirts.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:14 am to geauxcoco
Not just no, but frick no.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:15 am to geauxcoco
While it seems like an astronomical amount to your average person, it doesn’t cause a dent in the pocket for the folks paying this kind of money.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:33 am to BigOrangeLoyalist
I hear you, but that could backfire big time. I still like our class and say let’s take that $6 mill and fill needs that can help us improve more in the short term. Have to start thinking like NFL teams now.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:36 am to geauxcoco
Hell no. They need to show the promise on the field first to get money like that.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:36 am to geauxcoco
I think it sucks for you fans. Bad for all but about 10-12 major Universities that have the money to do this any given year. The entire system is a mess.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:42 am to geauxcoco
The only way I'm signing a HS kid to that type of money is to have a lot of clauses in the contract that protect my investment. No way I'm just handing the kid a guaranteed $10 million.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:43 am to Buster83
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Your school doesn't pay players, boosters do.
Always makes me laugh when LSU is referred to as poor for things like this.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:47 am to geauxcoco
I think there's a greater potential that money causes a locker room problem at Michigan than the kid becomes a superstar.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:55 am to Tridentds
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I think it sucks for you fans. Bad for all but about 10-12 major Universities that have the money to do this any given year. The entire system is a mess.
If the reports are accurate, LSU offered him $1.5 million a year over 4 years, for a total of $6 million. He would have been the highest paid player on the team before ever setting foot on campus. Michigan came in at the 11th hour and doubled our offer compliments of Larry Ellison. At some point you have to draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough. I doubt anything this kid ever does will be good enough to satisfy Michigan fans, but he will be well compensated.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 11:58 am to geauxcoco
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Would you be ok with your school paying 10.5 million for a player that has never played one down of college football?
This is a poor person's mentality, a few millionaires, or a billionaire booster can pay the NIL for that one player and use it as a tax write off.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 12:03 pm to geauxcoco
So I prefer a game where coaching matters the most. I also would rather see relatively equal starting points and I want every school to have a puncher's chance to having a big year.
If I were the dictator of college football, I would make every player an employee of the school with benefits and transparent salaries. There would be a maximum salary cap. No signing bonuses or other off-the-table inducements for a player to sign. Violations would be punished swiftly and harshly.
I would probably enforce some type of coaching salary parity too. Perhaps the top paid coach in a conference could make no more than 300% of the lowest paid coach.
Just spitballing.
If I were the dictator of college football, I would make every player an employee of the school with benefits and transparent salaries. There would be a maximum salary cap. No signing bonuses or other off-the-table inducements for a player to sign. Violations would be punished swiftly and harshly.
I would probably enforce some type of coaching salary parity too. Perhaps the top paid coach in a conference could make no more than 300% of the lowest paid coach.
Just spitballing.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 12:09 pm to geauxcoco
Why the frick would I care? Ain't my money.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 12:14 pm to geauxcoco
Anyone being honest will say no. We're still going to troll you about anyway.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 12:17 pm to geauxcoco
It's egregiously reckless.
Posted on 11/22/24 at 12:44 pm to geauxcoco
I don't understand what the ROI is for boosters to give millions every year and for the foreseeable future. Unlike an NFL owner who gets money back from ticket sales/merch/TV deals, a booster gets nothing back except bragging rights. How long is that sustainable? The price will only go up each year without intervention of some kind. There are NFL players that don't make 4 million a year.
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