re: Can LSU compete in a money war

I think the NIL situation among others is why we hired Kelly instead of a younger, less experienced coach. With many of the very highly ranked players getting big NIL money before they have actually proved themselves, we had to have a very experienced coach that is going to hold these players accountable and not just play them because a large booster has paid them allot of money.

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now they can disguise these amounts given by big money boosters as tax-deductable dontations to a nonprofit

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No they can't. NIL money has to be paid directly to the athlete.

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To make matters worse, now they can disguise these amounts given by big money boosters as tax-deductable dontations to a nonprofit. So now we have big money tech and oil alumni that can use this as a tax writeoff on top of everything elss.

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The money for NIL does not come from the school or any foundation associated with the school. The money is directly from the corporation to the players for a service. So it is not a donation and it is not tax deductible.

When I say “school” I include the booster network. Only the NCAA is stupid or oblivious enough to think the schools aren’t directing these payments

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I don’t think they were being paid the amount players are getting now. Do you really think that?

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At the top no but I would bet that 90 percent of the players are getting roughly what they already were.

aTm has 33 billion in endowments
Lsu has 500 million in endowments

Look who has the number one recruiting class the first year NIL hits... its not an accident.

If the endowment money can be funneled to local advertisers we will struggle to compete.

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LSU consistently has one of the 4 or 5 highest paid coaches in football The highest allotment of salary given to assistants One of the highest grossing college football teams in America So yes. Stop with this shite already

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This!!!

if we can pay O 17M To chase Hos we can pay players

Considering the top boosters, I suspect every top-half Power-5 school has enough money among boosters and alumni (not always the same people) to compete evenly in NIL deals.

It comes down to willpower.

Right now, it looks like A&M is dominant, but only because their boosters were more organized and more willing to spend money right now. Is that going to continue? I'm not so sure.

Consider Bo Nix. Right as NIL started, he signed a deal with Milo's Tea. In the six months since then, living in Montgomery, I've seen exactly 0 ads where Nix is hawking sweet tea. Nothing. Now, he's headed to Oregon, not exactly the hotbed for southern sweet tea.

From an economic stand-point, the money Nix got was wasted by Milo's. Sure, they got some props for supporting the QB at a school very important to their market. But, their money never generated advertisements and didn't ensure their spokesman stayed at that same school.

Somewhere along the line, the businessmen involved will figure out the ROI for NIL won't be as great as they originally thought, and the amount of money on the table will stabilize to a "what are we willing to pay" level. Sure, you will still see some natural players, like sporting goods stores like Tiger Mania or Bama Fever-Tiger Pride ponying out dollars, because having players doing signing sessions at their stores improves their bottom line. But, you're not likely to see the ridiculous deals we see now in recruiting.

More likely is that businesses will provide a relatively small amount during recruiting, and then when a player separates himself, the deals will roll in.

Well, that's my prediction anyway.

GEAUX TIGERS

We were paying a trash coach eight million dollars a year.
Respectfully, we were paying too much for (trash) coaching no matter how you look at it.