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DAMAGE done to Daniels’ actual NIL far exceeds any gain he’d get from the c & d letter

Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:07 pm
Posted by TigerFan244
Member since Jan 2012
3270 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:07 pm
I have a tough time believing he actually had much to do with this. This has his mom written all over it. But the irony is that based on all the blowback he’s done far more damage to his nil than anything he THOUGHT he stood to gain from sending that letter. Whoever is advising (or not advising) the Daniels camp got this one completely wrong. How could they not see that this would be nothing more than a HORRIBLE look and major distraction?
Posted by bgtiger
SOLA
Member since Dec 2004
12370 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:14 pm to
~ $25,000 - $50,000 a year if LSU stops selling his jersies and liscensed merchandise.

You can downvote numbers all you want, but his NFL NIL won't be affected much, and what I posted is about as much money as he'll make per year from LSU merch. A $140 jersey nets him $3.92 per.
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 9:32 pm
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
59007 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:16 pm to
Blake tried to tell his camp last week. Think he's tight with JDs brother.
Posted by Dlab2013
Pineville, Luzianna
Member since Jun 2013
9618 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:17 pm to
In 2023 Laterence Welch DB also wore #5.
Posted by Shooter
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
9804 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:24 pm to
This definitely blew up in their faces! He let them destroy everything he built in one day! We'll see a 30for30 on this one day!
This post was edited on 8/13/26 at 9:26 pm
Posted by DaBike
Member since Jan 2008
10797 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:27 pm to
JD and LSU should separate. Both will be very successful with or without each other. LSU can take his image down in the QB room, and he can move on and never mention LSU again when talking about his Heisman, but everyone knows where he played when he got it, and all the highlights show him in an LSU uniform. Maybe they should never show his Heisman highlights since it was at LSU?

Just move on and let him be. He will be fine, and LSU will be fine.
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 7:00 am
Posted by stuntman
Florida
Member since Jan 2013
11423 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:27 pm to
He hasn't put out a statement saying this was a dumb move and that his "team" let him down.

He gets 100% of the heat.
Posted by sportsaddit68
Hammond
Member since Sep 2008
6664 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 9:31 pm to
shite. Just dump him. LSU and Joey Belle has no connection to each other anymore even with his success here. I know it's baseball and not football. Tell him the Heisman stays here though. He can go get beat up in Washington for a few years and then decide if he made the right decision
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
39101 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:12 pm to
If he makes the playoffs, no one in the DC market will care
Posted by spacecitydude
HTX
Member since Nov 2021
538 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:17 pm to
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I have a tough time believing he actually had much to do with this.


Doesn't matter. He's a grown man, he's one of the most elite athletes in the most athletic sports league in the world, and he's a public figure worth 8 figures. Even if he didn't even know it was happening (which I'm sure he did), he needs to own it 100%.

That's the part that's most telling to me, he hasn't owned it or denied it, just a lame IG post.
Posted by iluvdatiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2004
43095 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:21 pm to
Do you think he has made more money off of LSU jerseys or NFL jerseys?
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39711 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 10:28 pm to
This is so out of nowhere and random and out of character. I’m weirdly more pissed off than I probably should be. Feels like a betrayal out of nowhere.
Posted by bgtiger
SOLA
Member since Dec 2004
12370 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 1:03 pm to
The research i did states that a Heisman winning former college player at peak might sell a little over 10,000 jerseys a year of his college jersey.

Jayden Daniels earned an estimated $39,200 to $56,000 total from his LSU jersey sales over the last two years. (Ai)


It's NFL by a large margin.
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
14017 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 1:16 pm to
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If he makes the playoffs


True. However, if he doesn't, fans there will say that he was preoccupied with all the wrong things instead of winning. They will also point out that despite his personal success at lsu, he never won anything of note here either
Posted by Purple N Gold Savage
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2018
155 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 1:17 pm to
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This is so out of nowhere and random and out of character.

It's actually very on brand if you've paid attention! There was a reason that the players at ASU had that video of them cleaning out his locker when he transferred out of there. Pretty sure it had to do with the me me me entitlement shite we're seeing here. Honestly we're just fortunate it didn't rear it's head while he was playing here that we know of. But there was alot of talk about him & his family/reps (mom) causing issues at ASU before he got here.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
26266 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 2:08 pm to
Really at this point, his NIL is so damaged that there’s little value in it. Just ignore him and move on. Let this be a lesson to other athletes out there - don’t let your mother run your marketing.
Posted by ShermanTxTiger
Broussard, La
Member since Oct 2007
11460 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 2:26 pm to
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JD and LSU should separate.


This is a divorce. Pure and simple. Its over for LSU Qb 2022-2023. He has pissed away his legacy at LSU. I sure hope he feels vindicated now.

I dont see how he can come back from this absent firing his mother and her lawyers and coming to an LSU game sporting a DJ Pickett name.

I am sad. LSU qb 2022-2023 was my favorite all time player.
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
23865 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:06 pm to
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Tell him the Heisman stays here though.


The one on display belongs to the school. One goes to the player and one to the school.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
80023 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:12 pm to
The amount of Daniel produces LSU sells and profits from is minimal. He knows that and so do we. We also probably would have given him a taste of jersey sales or Fanatics would have since they’re the ones who sell all our merch.

The issue we all have is that he thinks his NIL extends to showing highlights of him and using his season to promote the program wich is not something LSU actually produces a tangible profit in and isn’t actually NIL.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
90405 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 4:15 pm to
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DAMAGE done to Daniels’ actual NIL far exceeds any gain he’d get from the c & d letter


My Dad gave me some very sage advice years ago: never allow your emotions to override your wallet.
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