Anyone have actual numbers on how much NIL Ole Miss is handing out?

Ole Miss can only build out of the portal because they can’t recruit high schoolers. Their success in the portal looks splashy and cool but:

1.) It is no way to build a program for long-term success and,

2.) There’s only so much juice you can squeeze out of Joe Everyman before they get sick of seeing you with your hand out, especially if you don’t win

This is probably their only chance at making it into the playoffs for a long time (maybe even ever). A lot of their donors are going even further in debt than they already are.

It’s not as much as this board makes it out to be

I doubt this last for Ole Miss. I think they're just going all in this year because of what they accomplished last year. Same goes for the players commiting to them. They're getting paid well no doubt and have a chance to go play for a potentially good team.

I also don't think this is a recipe for success, at least not long term. Building teams out of the portal isn't ideal for sustaining a winning program.

I think BK is heading towards doing it the right way. Recruit well out of HS, supplement through the portal. I think that sets a program up for much more sustainable success. Probably would have been BK's choice from the beginning, but with the roster he took over, he had to go a little heavy with the transfer portal.

I think Lane is shooting his wad this year with the expectation of being in Gainesville next year. He's just showing Napier up to show the Flarda money guys he can get a roster together. When I read that article where some Flarda alumni and Spurrier himself mentioned there was no excitement around the program, all I could think is yeah if they want some excitement, (at least on Twitter) Joey Freshwater is their guy.

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Why do people keep implying we are so far behind in NIL every time we don't get a particular target?

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Because they are the “instant gratification” crowd that doesn’t have a clue what’s actually going on here. Ole Miss is building for one year, one and done just to say “we won something”. BK and LSU is building for multiple championships over the next few years.

The Portal is basically the modern version of the Juco system. It’s not a way to build a roster long term. We learned that last year with some huge busts. I like our current approach of recruiting HS athletes.

Ole Piss is our true Rival not the aTm or Ar Kansas

They aren’t and didn’t spend anything on high school kids. They poured almost all of the Real Tree money into Nolen and the Gator DE. Dart is probably making middle range NIL money for SEC QBs. They didn’t meet Judkin’sprice.so he split for Ohio State. I don’t see the Rebs pouring Jimbo-type money into NIL?
With the Amos kid, LSU hasn’t even commitably offered and the big dogs in NIL haven’t entered the bidding.

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Ole Piss is our true Rival

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Nope