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re: Jefferson Iowa State
Posted on 4/6/25 at 9:49 am to Lester Earl
Posted on 4/6/25 at 9:49 am to Lester Earl
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Negotiating $3mil just for 1 yr of a decent college basketball player is kinda nuts.
Not really. He's much more valuable as a great player on a college basketball roster for one year than he'd be in the NBA as a late first round rookie. It makes sense that he'd get paid more.
This post was edited on 4/6/25 at 9:53 am
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Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:00 am to AkronTiger
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He's much more valuable as a great player on a college basketball roster for one year than he'd be in the NBA as a late first round rookie. I
The point isn’t that he isn’t valuable. It’s that he would make more than most nba rookies despite not ever being as good as them.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:11 am to Lester Earl
Thank you Mr.Sunshine!!!
Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:22 am to Lester Earl
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The point isn’t that he isn’t valuable. It’s that he would make more than most nba rookies despite not ever being as good as them.
It's definitely an interesting shift with NIL, similar to college baseball. Compared to the NBA, a player at his talent level and experience is way more scarce in college with more teams fighting for him, with impact and exposure far exceeding an NBA rookie. Alot of talented players that aren't good enough to get into the lottery may be better off staying in college even if it means pushing back that lucrative second contract by a year.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:58 am to tigersham
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there were murmurs on a Kentucky board a few days ago that LSU and another program were trying to get Otega Oweh to enter the portal.
How does this work? I thought it was a rules violation to contact players not in the portal?
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:07 am to cymark
3 million is absolutely bonkers numbers if true. I've seen some crazy numbers in football too. These guys are getting paid more than 1st round pick money. Not sustainable in the slightest in college sports. They need to salary cap it now or it's only going to favor the top 5 universities with money eventually.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:32 am to friendlyobservation
The thought by some is revenue sharing is coming, so this is the last year of the heavy need for nil, so teams are over spending. The thought is it will reign in about when they can pay with revenue sharing and supplements nil. Will that really happen, I doubt it.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:46 am to mgdtiger
Yeah, all that's going to do is up the bargaining. So the rich will get richer. If everyone is on an even playing field with revenue sharing how do you make yourself more attractive? Side money the NIL efforts so additional money. Again, only favoring the richest university.
You can't stop endorsements and that will be the main factor for many since revenue sharing money will be similar.
You can't stop endorsements and that will be the main factor for many since revenue sharing money will be similar.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:51 am to friendlyobservation
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They need to salary cap it now
How do you propose that happens?
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:56 am to friendlyobservation
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These guys are getting paid more than 1st round pick money.
If you can pay players, this makes sense. Again, an elite college player is more valuable than a back end first rounder in the NFL or especially NBA.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 12:11 pm to Alt26
I'm not sure they can legally cap everything tbh like endorsements. I think that's where you have problems so there will always be loopholes. It's pretty much professional sports right now. Universities without bigger media markets are going to have to figure out how to get their athletes endorsed nationally to compete on endorsement deals. Shouldn't be hard for LSU they have world class athletes.
I think LSU is done with the front court anyway so the Jefferson stuff doesn't have legs I believe.
I think LSU is done with the front court anyway so the Jefferson stuff doesn't have legs I believe.
This post was edited on 4/6/25 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 4/6/25 at 12:54 pm to friendlyobservation
I hope not, because Jefferson would be a game changer. I would take Jefferson over any other transfer, even Dedan.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:11 pm to friendlyobservation
Tend to agree. If they get him even after sutton, then lookout
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:11 pm to SEC Doctor
Most of the people on this site are idiots. They actually think McMahon had the talent to compete in the SEC and when he doesn’t it’s because he sucks. Then when the school finally decides to get serious and give him the money to get better players they say it’s stupid because he’ll be fired anyway. If he gets Jefferson most of you will look like the idiots you are.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:30 pm to josh336
Hard to imagine they're pursuing Jefferson hard after all the signings+what's coming back. Would be nice though.
I can't see them telling guys to come off the bench with what they have because that's what would happen if they signed Jefferson.
I can't see them telling guys to come off the bench with what they have because that's what would happen if they signed Jefferson.
This post was edited on 4/6/25 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:34 pm to friendlyobservation
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I can't see them telling guys to come off the bench with what they have because that's what would happen if they signed Jefferson.
If you were going to be fired and have to move your family etc etc etc would you pass on taking a player that could put you over the top because of some hurt feelings?
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:38 pm to mcspufftiger7
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Most of the people on this site are idiots. They actually think McMahon had the talent to compete in the SEC and when he doesn’t it’s because he sucks. Then when the school finally decides to get serious and give him the money to get better players they say it’s stupid because he’ll be fired anyway. If he gets Jefferson most of you will look like the idiots you are.
Your entire post history is defending McMohan and calling people idiots for saying he’s not a good coach. Please give some detail on why he is actually a great coach and everyone is wrong. Be specific, because most of the board just don’t understand basketball.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 1:38 pm to Adam Banks
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If you were going to be fired and have to move your family etc etc etc would you pass on taking a player that could put you over the top because of some hurt feelings?
That's not it. You'd have to sell one of them on coming off the bench when there's a 100% chance he has comparable offers that come with a starting role.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 2:45 pm to Tigerfan14
I have defended McMahon situation more than I’ve defended McMahon personally. He’s not a great coach yet but he’s not a bad coach either. Wade was the same way. Wade was a good coach but he was a great recruiter. His offense constantly broke down but he had superior athletes that could take their man of the dribble. It’s why he was accused of street ball but it worked. But even he had trouble inbounding the ball under the goal. It was a running joke.
McMahon was competitive against some of the best teams in the country this year with less experienced talent. Just a fact. Beat sweet 16 team. Lost by2 and 12 to another and played 2 final four teams close till the end of both games. And yet got blown out by other teams like GA, Mixzou, and s couple of others. The mark of a less talented inexperienced team. I’ll judge him this year now that he’s finally gotten the opportunity to compete in the NIL arena. And the year he won 31 games he didn’t even have Morant but the idiots on here don’t even know that. And if he gets Jefferson the expectations will be increased and rightly so. But to sit here and do nothing but criticize portal signings or better yet have the dumbest of the dumb tell me mid major stars can’t make it in the SEC is ridiculous.
McMahon was competitive against some of the best teams in the country this year with less experienced talent. Just a fact. Beat sweet 16 team. Lost by2 and 12 to another and played 2 final four teams close till the end of both games. And yet got blown out by other teams like GA, Mixzou, and s couple of others. The mark of a less talented inexperienced team. I’ll judge him this year now that he’s finally gotten the opportunity to compete in the NIL arena. And the year he won 31 games he didn’t even have Morant but the idiots on here don’t even know that. And if he gets Jefferson the expectations will be increased and rightly so. But to sit here and do nothing but criticize portal signings or better yet have the dumbest of the dumb tell me mid major stars can’t make it in the SEC is ridiculous.
Posted on 4/6/25 at 2:53 pm to LSUChamps03
It’s the new norm/loophole now that players have agents and what not. Contact the agent and have them relay the info to the player. That’s the main reason many players now are entering the portal with a no contact designation. Either they know exactly where they’re going or their agents have done most of the ground work for them and have already cut the list to a few options.
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