Well his is beginning to expand to HS now too.
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Itâs been expanding. Here in NC NIL for high schoolers has been a thing for 2 or 3 years. I remember hearing the same about other states, just not which ones off the top of my head.
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Looking at Dybansta (highest rated freshman in college basketball) who went from Massachusetts to California then Utah during his âhigh schoolâ years. Have to wonder what kind of incentive he had to move all around the country.
Remember when Lebron James was not allowed to play in his high schoolâs state tournament because someone bought him a jacket?
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Iâm not sure that route takes a rocket surgeon or brain scientist to figure out. The only question is where are the funds coming from.
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There was an article saying the school in St George was paying Dybansta something like $800,000 to play there. I think that school is getting funding from wealthy zoob fans so I would expect a lot more top players to play there.
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Hey now, I went to Skyline class of 75.
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Bray, Byrd, Buchanan and Andrews who have shown anything are the only offensive players with three years remaining. Andrews coming off a season ending knee injury - no way. Lomu has 2 years.
Bennee, John Henry Daly, Jonah Leâaea, Vakalahi - 2 years; Pupu, Kaufusi are the only guys with 3 years remaining.
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I could not agree more. It is simply insane. But it may be that the money people who are responsible for making NILhappen, and keeping it going, donât care about college football nearly as much as they care about their own selfish interests.
And once again, the adults in the room are doing nothing about it.
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For every team that is worse off there is another team that is better off. Take the state of Utah- our program is clearly in a worse position while the Zoobs are thrilled.
So any âsolutionâ that requires consensus and legislation is going to have as much opposition as support. That is why the adults in the room are doing nothing about it.
We can hope for a better set of rules but Iâm not going to hold my breath waiting for it.
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I think NIL will last but most college sports will not.
Also the sick mafia marriage with âlegalâ sports betting that has utterly marred any trust in the outcomes of sports.
Gambling on sports is larger financially than the sports themselves. So what do people think is going to happen? Rhetorical.
Sell the naming rights and lease the stadiums and get this professional sports insanity out of the student fees and classroom world.
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Related to NIL, another P4 coach is getting his Bobby Bonilla Day.
Brian Kelly of LSU.
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Ah, poor guy. Howâs he supposed to live off $59 million?
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Yeah, it has to be tough.
That said, these paydays are going to get unsustainable fast.
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Imagine the state University paying a former coach this while nearly 20% of the population relies on SNAP/EBT to get through life.
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It disgusts me!
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Louisiana ainât the only state with that issue, but the point is taken. These salaries and buyouts are beyond the pale. Those lead to another pet peeve, the disparity in pay between CEOs(coaches) and the rank and file employees. Not to mention the golden parachutes for the failing folks at the top. Anyway, thatâs a rant for another day and forum.
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This is a clip from The Athleticâs CFB NewsletterâŚ
Q: Does LSU athletic director Scott Woodward have some sort of a thing for paying out gigantic buyouts? If LSU ends up paying Kelly the full $53 million, itâll be the second-biggest buyout ever, behind only Jimbo Fisherâs legendary $77 million from Texas A&M. The same AD hired both of those coaches to those contracts.
College footballâs buyouts thing has become the new most embarrassing thing about this sport, taking the place of a century-plus of compensating players with store credit. Normal people look at you, a college football fan, as if youâre a pervert for condoning a sport donating all this money toward failure. Hey man, I didnât write these contracts.
âIf LSU and Brian Kelly agree to even half of his owed buyout, FBS schools will have committed to spend more than $140 million on 10 fired coaches,â wrote Yahooâs Ross Dellenger. âThis is believed to be the most in the history of college athletics, topping 2023 ($132M). It is still October.â
The idea of allowing Woodward, the poster boy of these humiliating buyouts, anywhere near another football coach hiring seems berserk to me. Heâs gonna end up owing Louisianaâs most precious treasure, the No Limit Records gold tank, to Bobby Bowdenâs estate.
Some advice from Seth Emerson: âGoogle may be as useful to you as a search firm.â Stop splashing for the sake of a splash.
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Oh, you know the state I am in has a HIGH % of dependants on social programs. They also vote like they all are large land owners looking for a tax break. Itâs weird arguing politics with people (in real life) who make less than the tax break I get.
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Iâve noticed this part of NC (east of, but west of OBX) has an extremely high proportion of folks with very few tax breaks. Lots of them using SNAP/EBT, and very few of them with a HS diploma or equivalent. So, yeah, I avoid talking tax policy or politics with them too. Iâll get off the soap box before I get angry.
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Same kind of people with money who say climate change ainât real as the ocean swallows their elevated home?
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