re: It was said that HS QBs have been upward to $1m... Is Underwood ....

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Men do yourselves a favor & don’t get emotionally involved in this one. We all know how this is going to end. Lol

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I’m with you on this one.

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My opinion is if a kids demands millions, move on. The type of person that demands that much without ever playing a down is not the type of person who wants to win on a team, they want to win off the field.

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There are two types of recruits these days: those you can buy and those that buy-in. Most of the time, the ones you can buy don't work out so well.

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Do y'all actually believe that LSU does not arrange NIL deals for players? That LSU is the only school that does not "buy" players?

LSU might get outbid on occasion, but that doesn't mean that LSU isn't bidding.

That all sounds great, but you know other schools will offer him an NIL package up front on top of a chance to earn while on campus.

I completely agree with your statement I just wasn’t sure if you meant the player would earn all of his money once he’s on LSU’s campus or at the time of signing through the collective. I believe the way LSU has it structured is set up to work better long term than some of these schools paying money up front for kids who have yet to prove anything in college. Boosters and collectives are already growing weary of paying kids for either not producing or for transferring.

Paying a player to sign isn't what NIL was intended.

Fix it and let these kids earn those $$.

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There are two types of recruits these days: those you can buy and those that buy-in. Most of the time, the ones you can buy don't work out so well.

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Do y'all actually believe that LSU does not arrange NIL deals for players? That LSU is the only school that does not "buy" players?

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Not at all. All these guys are getting paid. The guys that buy in are happy to take a reasonable offer from the school they want to play at because the school is more important than the money. The players you buy are simply looking for the most money (and may even start playing schools against each other to try and squeeze more money out).

The crazy thing is , if you want to keep up with the BIG dogs . You gonna have to Ante up or fall behind .

With how things are going right now, with the conference realignment, there is too much money involved to let teams just fall behind in your conference.

The conferences will have to fix this so that players are getting a fair deal and the schools are chosen because of the merits and not money. Like not allow any upfront money OR cap the upfront money so that it’s affordable for all big conferences.

At that point all teams are equal and the player decides on the school that can make him a money earner by putting him into a position to do so. At that point he can market himself. But this thing about handing 18 year olds millions simply by signing is ridiculous. There is no way that can keep up because these people who have become millionaires and billionaires didn’t do it by just handing out their money or making shitty investments.

These type of people don’t typically risk their money often, IF ever. So this money will eventually have to be generated by either the conference with a cap and or the player once he’s earned it. People that make 300k a year are more likely to fumble away 50% of their pay than a millionaire or billionaire is to lose 1%. Those people typically grow, not spend. So even if it’s happening, it won’t be for long. It might be happening now with shoe deals and things like that but the second that company doesn’t get his money back from the initial investment, that game is over buddy!

We’re talking about a super team if we start landing these guys and they stay. It looks like LSU is working on a team that can’t be caught in the open field as we speak.

I don’t give a damn what anyone says about NIL and LSU, we have one of the smartest coaches in the entire country and he will figure out how to get his roster where it needs to be to win a national title. That’s the only reason he breaths right now. I just hope he keeps that fire or it the temperature goes up after he’s able to take a deep breath. Hopefully he’s thinking dynasty and best teams ever assembled at that point.

LSU can become a monster man! It looks like Brian Kelly knows exactly how to get it done too. I’m really not concerned anymore because the transfer portal can fix or plug most short term holes and at LSU, that’s really been our only issue, aside from coaches not making the best decisions for LSU’s future, which was really Les Miles and I’ll say Ed O after winning it all.

But it’s proven that even an average coach can keep the program up and win a championship every 3-5 years. With a proven coach like Kelly or Saban, the program can be top 5 in the country. Consistency has still yet to be proven but I think that’s coming with Kelly. I have to hand it to him, he knows how to manage a program. Let’s see if he can make that program elite for consecutive years.