re: Alex Leatherwood...How in the world does Bama get guys like this to return?

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As much $$$ as a rookie deal, then they stay

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Yes, because LSU isn't paying players.

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Seems like our players could care less about LSU once they get here

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You guys have invented a phony narrative that if a player gets hurt before being drafted he’ll never make a red cent and this mirror narrative

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no, it is you that is inventing a narrative because i never said no one ever collected just that it doesn't work the way people think which is apparently that if you have insurance then its no loss so no big deal.

Also where did you get $12M for Lattimore? Everything i see on a quick google search says he had a policy for $1.7M and got a $301,000 signing bonus from SF

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This is the important quote

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Lattimore does have an insurance policy worth $1.7 million in the event of a career-ending injury according to Darren Rovell of ESPN (he was eligible in college for insurance that would have paid him up to $5 million).

Lattimore will get back some of the money he could have earned, but he still lost millions.

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But that's my point, they may get some if its a career ender but its not this magic replacement like some make it out to be.

This article is a couple of years old and may have changed but Jaylon Smith for example, got 700K for his loss of value policy. Sounds good right? The total policy was for $7.2M for 4 years if he did not get an NFL offer, he was drafted #34 and was paid $6.5M, so what he collected was the difference, however the policy apparently had a "clawback" if he makes more than $7.2M, which he has, but even if he there wasn't a claw back, if he was drafted in the top 10 he stood to make around $20M so its still much less.

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But a clause in the policy states Smith must pay back that amount if his total compensation exceeds $7.2 million. That could easily happen when and if Smith gets to his second contract.

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Alabama has had 23 underclassmen drafted first three round of the last 4 drafts.

LSU has had 18.

Recruit the #1-2 class over and over again and guess what you always have good players .

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Now do the number of draft eligible players from each team that have returned that would have been a top 3 round pick.

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Alabama has had 8 players that were either 4th years players or JUCOs that played 2 taken in the first 3 rounds (2 first rounders)

LSU has had 9 in the first 3 rounds (2 first rounders)

You just talked out your arse.

We all just pretend Smith and Waddle were first rounders but they came back because they weren’t. Same with Harris.

A) it's a lot easier to go out on top like the LSU guys did. b) Bama usually does have a mass exodus of juniors, the difference is they are almost always predicted 1-2 round picks, not marginal guys like some of LSU's 2020 early entries

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LSU has had 9 in the first 3 rounds (2 first rounders)

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Cool now out of those 9. Name me one that returned as a senior when he was projected to go in the top 3 rounds. If you are so confident then I’ll gladly eat crow once you name them.

Bama literally has 4 on this years team alone; Smith, Leatherwood, Harris and Moses.

LSU hasn’t had 4 seniors of that caliber return in the past 10 years. Like I said please name them.

I am mot counting players that didn’t break out until their senior year either.

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Cool now out of those 9. Name me one that returned as a senior when he was projected to go in the top 3 rounds. If you are so confident then I’ll gladly eat crow once you name them.

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Kristian Fulton
Tre White
Ethan Pocic
Kendall Beckwith (probably hurt himself coming back)

Arguably 4.

Alabama arguably has 4-5 before this year.

Just this last year LSU had a player leave with another year of eligibility left and he went UN-FREAKING-DRAFTED. It’s a huge LSU problem.

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when you oversell the NFL as a benefit, you can't be surprised when they disproportionately leave early

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That’s not the difference maker. The difference is CASH. The only Bama gets first round draft choices, like Leatherwood and Devonta Smith, to stay is to pay them so much money that it’s a breakeven proposition.