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re: Coach Kelly says they aren’t going to buy players.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:25 pm to CottonWasKing
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:25 pm to CottonWasKing
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Do you honestly think they won’t be in BK’s office saying “well you paid him that and I’m better than him so where’s my money?”
Coaches don’t pay players.
They can go out and get donors to pay them through either a collective or directly.
Consider that all coaches are tugging at the purse strings and you can see how it gets complicated.
Baseball team has the chance to land the best pitcher ever known and he’s from Baton Rouge and he’s demanding at least 1mm a year. The football coach needs that for a running back who isn’t even a 5 star…
It gets real complicated.
What I think we’re hearing Kelly say between the lines is that there simply isn’t the amount of money needed to get the top players. It’s a limited pool of money.
Baton Rouge is small market afterall.
Look at what fed ex just dedicated to Memphis. Over 20mil !
We don’t have any company willing to dedicate that kind of money. Not even close.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:38 pm to SlidellCajun
That’s close to the mark. I’d recommend reading a book called “Hot Dog Money”. Story of the insider who worked with law enforcement to get 10 convictions relating to college basketball. The same investigation that Will Wade got caught up in along with Auburn, Arizona, Alabama, Louisville and other programs.
Coaches, middlemen, players family, shoe companies, boosters, and “agents” all after the best HS players. His contention is that NIL will blow up in spectacular fashion and the NCAA is powerless to stop it even if they wanted to. After all, it sorta was their idea when those convictions put their backs against the wall.
Ugly portrayal of college recruiting which is now going public after being behind the scenes for years. And don’t kid yourself - any major college athletic program is involved to some degree. Very little moral high ground here
Coaches, middlemen, players family, shoe companies, boosters, and “agents” all after the best HS players. His contention is that NIL will blow up in spectacular fashion and the NCAA is powerless to stop it even if they wanted to. After all, it sorta was their idea when those convictions put their backs against the wall.
Ugly portrayal of college recruiting which is now going public after being behind the scenes for years. And don’t kid yourself - any major college athletic program is involved to some degree. Very little moral high ground here
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