re: Drake Maye supposedly offered $5M by a few schools to portal

Posted by Choupique19

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:05 pm to WestCoastAg

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should be thanking us for even allowing them to attend our schools

How much were they paying to go to school? How much were they paying for housing? How much are they paying for food/nutrition? How much were they paying for the professional speed and strength training they received daily?

Posted by Starchild

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:06 pm to The Egg

This is unpossible.

I was led to believe that Will Wade is the only major college coach to use means of questionable integrity to recruit.

Posted by Choupique19

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:11 pm to Starchild

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I was led to believe that Will Wade is the only major college coach to use means of questionable integrity to recruit.

They said Will Wade paid $200,000 to a kid who grew up 15 minutes from campus to attend LSU. What was the offer from Kentucky that Wade had to match or top? If a Will Wade was the only coach in college basketball doing this he would have never lost out on a recruit, right?

Posted by Ed Osteen

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:17 pm to DiamondDog

Ole Miss does not have 5 million to throw at a player

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I don't see GA and AL paying that.

But you do for ole miss and Florida?

Posted by 3PieceSpicy

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:21 pm to The Egg

This dude isn’t even really that good

College athletics is cooked

2019 LSU were the last true champions

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Posted by LSU fan 246

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:24 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Schools are paying...maybe the first two months of the NIL deal and then companies are backing out.

This is working no different than old bag money promises that evaporate once the guy has been on a campus and playing.

Transfer portal says hello.

You stop paying, well in on the next train out

Posted by Saint Alfonzo

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:28 pm to The Egg

Why would a college football player not take that kind of money?

Posted by RLDSC FAN

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:30 pm to 3PieceSpicy

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This dude isn’t even really that good

Projected #1 pick in 2024

Posted by tigeroarz1

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:33 pm to RLDSC FAN

For some reason I think one team is Notre Dame.

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:35 pm to Saint Alfonzo

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Why would a college football player not take that kind of money?

Because he's the likely No. 1 or No. 2 player drafted next year and his family are generations of UNC graduates, including his brothers (one is on the basketball team now).

A prominent alumni, especially an NFL QB, can make way more over his career due to his relationship to his state and prominent boosters. Why would he trash that over $5 million?

I bet Peyton Manning has made $50 million or more, due to his relationship with Tennessee.

Some of you people are way to short-sighted.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:37 pm to Choupique19

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But, but, these kids just need some change in their pockets to take a date to the movies. They can’t even afford McDonald’s on the weekends.

This is more about suppressing their ability to get endorsement money

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:38 pm to Choupique19

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How much were they paying to go to school? How much were they paying for housing? How much are they paying for food/nutrition? How much were they paying for the professional speed and strength training they received daily?

This has nothing to do with that.

Posted by Choupique19

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:41 pm to SlowFlowPro

Exactly.

Only fools thought there opening up the opportunity for college athletes to make a few bucks off of their “name, image, and likeness” wouldn’t immediately turn into a free for all that becomes buying players and recruits.

“But that was already happening.” So why was there a need to open up Pandora’s box?

Politicians made this happen. Those people ruin everything they touch.

This post was edited on 12/20/22 at 5:43 pm

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:42 pm to SlowFlowPro

College football is long gone as we once knew it….. this is really a sad day for an old school guy like me. It’s bad enough that we have almost 40 bowls each year but when a 5-7 Rice team gets in one it makes the regular season moot except for about 15 programs.

Posted by 0

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:42 pm to The Egg

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“I heard $5 million,” Narduzzi said. “I heard two schools [for] $5 million [each].

“I know the schools. I can’t tell you, but I know the schools too.”

So name the fricking schools and bring evidence with you.

Posted by Broski

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Posted on 12/20/22 at 5:44 pm to Choupique19

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Only fools thought there opening up the opportunity for college athletes to make a few bucks off of their “name, image, and likeness” wouldn’t immediately turn into a free for all that becomes buying players and recruits.

Were you under the impression that it wasn't a free for all before?

The only difference is that people are putting a name to the money now and the kids don't get penalized for getting caught accepting it.

Like you're insane if you think Gordon is only just now bankrolling LSU players.