re: Apparently LSU MBB paid north of 2 mill for Dedan Thomas

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It was in an SI article. I’m sure you can do your own research & come up with something

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Interesting that you could copy and paste the quote but not the link


Here is the link


This is sourced by shea and is focused on LSU thus can be assumed that these are numbers fed from our AD

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assumed that these are numbers fed from our AD

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Assumed that they are accurate unless you have other sources. Link?

This is what I need to see from CMM to count next year a success:

1. Sign at least 2 more from the portal that are on the level of Dedan (preferably a SG & a 38-42% 3 point shooter)

2. Have an OOC schedule with some meat in it. Give me at least 3 non-conference games against tournament teams and win a couple.

3. At least .500 in conference

4. Win a freaking SEC tournament game

5. Make the tournament & hopefully win at least 1 game

If we can go 21-10 (9-9) or something similar & win a post season game, then I’ll say we’ve had a successful season.

Short of that will be disappointing.

What would Cenac cost?

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the end result is it costs $6M, $7M, $8M+ just to slide in on the bubble then it would probably be a better investment to give those funds to a different HC rather than pay a ton just to hopefully make the NCAA Tournament.

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What coach would come here if you’re NOT spending that much on the roster?

If true, not only does Woodward give ridiculous coaching contracts, but he authorizes ridiculous NIL deals. It's insane to think that guy is worth $2 million. But again, it's April Fool's Day.

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$6-6.5 mil is the base for a good competitive team in the SEC according to someone who is involved in this that I know. And no I really don't care if you believe me or not. LSU spent just under $2.0 mil so if you can't understand the difference in talent from $2.0 mil to $6 mil then you don't understand much. They probably spent around $1.3 mil for Thomas. Imagine if they only had $2.0 mil budget. It's amazing how math challenged a lot of you are on here. So that is why I was impressed, at times, with LSU ability to hang with those $6-$8 mil programs for most of the game. Yet there were times they got blown out. Pretty consistent with a young inexperienced under funded team. So instead of all the posturing and ridiculous comments about how no one will come play for Mcmahon or how the NIL numbers aren't true how about waiting to see exactly who they bring in this year with a much higher NIL budget and if Mcmahon is able to take that talent to another level. If he doesn't he's gone. If he does turn it around then how can you not support him. This ain't life or death. It's basketball.

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Everyone knows someone who is in the know about NIL. Yet no one seems to know anything about NIL.

Ahead of last season (which means during the recruiting cycle) Arkansas was viewed as the program with the most, or near the most NIL funds

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According to a new poll conducted anonymously of over 100 Division I men's basketball coaches by Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish of CBS, over 73% of ballots had Arkansas on the ballot when asked the question, "Which three programs do you believe have the best NIL situation?"

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So what does one of the best NIL situations equal?

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When Wess Moore, the sports director of Fox 16 in Little Rock, first reported Arkansas was on the verge of hiring John Calipari, it sent shockwaves through college basketball on the eve of its biggest event.

Calipari, the most well-known coach in the game, was leaving Kentucky and the nation's most basketball-obsessed fanbase for Arkansas? Really?!

But as soon the details started emerging about his reasoning, it all started to make sense. A key part of the deal was Arkansas boosters committing big money in name, image and likeness (NIL) resources – upwards of $5 million annually – to get Calipari the best team money could buy. Coupled with growing frustration among the Kentucky fanbase that he was unwilling to change, that helped Calipari make the big leap from Lexington to Fayetteville.

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The estimated top 5 for last year was $2.5M - $5.0M. From the SEC only Arkansas and Kentucky were on that list.

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That same article goes on to say "For college basketball teams to compete at the highest level, around $1.5 million to $3 million in NIL funds is generally needed annually.

Another commentator opined the median Power 5 collective payroll was approximately $750,000.

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The median Power 5 collective NIL payroll for this season was approximately $750,000, according to Jason Belzer, the CEO of Student Athlete NIL, and he expects that number to double to $1.5 million for next year. Belzer's SANIL company works with the collectives for a wide range of basketball programs, from more prominent schools like Syracuse and Notre Dame to basketball-only powerhouses like Creighton to smaller schools such as Duquesne and Austin Peay.

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Yet somehow this fairytale has ballooned to most of the SEC spending $6M - $8M against which poor ole Matt had just enough money to compete for 15-20 minutes before the gas tank was empty?

By the time we get to July the tale will be 14 of the 16 SEC teams spent $25M - $30M this past season, while LSU was reduced to having Cam Carter and Mike Williams standing on the corner of Burbank and Bluebonnet in their uniforms with buckets asking drivers for money to buy uniforms

The Admiral took that receipt

Is this just for one year also lol? Wow yall have MM making stupid decisions glad he wasted 2 million dollars of lsu NIl money to be bottom feeders once again in the sec . I wonder if we have any money left over to get a respectable big man