30Duck No. 1 Share Posted November 9 REPORT: Michigan's NIL offer for QB Bryce Underwood 'closer' to $10 million WWW.SI.COM The Wolverines are going all-in in their attempt to flip the five-star quarterback... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 2 Share Posted November 9 (edited) This is getting ridiculous. Paying an unproven 17-18 year old $10M to come to your school? Edited November 9 by OregonDucks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanLduck No. 3 Share Posted November 9 Moves like this are not good for anybody. Can't make the NFL too happy either. Remember, MSU was one of the first schools to sign a 10 year 95M coach contract. How'd that work out! What is wrong with this state?!? Brain freeze from the cold north winds? Oey vay! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartm25 No. 4 Share Posted November 9 Brock Purdy makes $800K - $900K a year. Approaching silly town with all this money for unproven high schoolers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author No. 5 Share Posted November 9 On 11/9/2024 at 11:39 AM, cartm25 said: Brock Purdy makes $800K - $900K a year. Not bad for Mr. Irrelevant. He'll be in the 50 M range starting next year. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirklandduck Moderator No. 6 Share Posted November 9 On 11/9/2024 at 11:33 AM, OregonDucks said: This is getting ridiculous. Paying an unproven 17-18 year old $10M to come to your school? It's what happens when a middling team is desperate for a solution at QB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 7 Share Posted November 9 On 11/9/2024 at 2:26 PM, kirklandduck said: It's what happens when a middling team is desperate for a solution at QB. The problem is it might set the market for future top QB recruits. I would be surprised if Oregon’s collectives were willing to spend that much for an unproven high school recruit. Might as well get a proven veteran transfer QB. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 8 Share Posted November 9 Potential will get you fired. Look at Nico and Tennessee. Won't result in a firing, but that guy was not worth the money either. The question now becomes: will proven vet QBs start getting north of $3-4M? I'm not sold on that either quite frankly. I hope character still matters, and that OBD emphatically emphasizes that. Arch Manning was smart. He understood talent is only the beginning. You must grow into being a clutch QB in an elite conference. I believe our collective grasps that simple concept. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittDuck No. 9 Share Posted November 9 So you blow 10M on a QB, how much you gonna pay for an O-Line to keep him upright? How much for WRs & TEs to catch his passes? How much for RB to keep the heat off him? Then you gotta get a Defense, cause everybody knows the “Defenses Win Championships!” At what point does somebody rein this in? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sousa No. 10 Share Posted November 9 Probably $10M is over 4 or 5 years... but still???????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author No. 11 Share Posted November 9 On 11/9/2024 at 3:03 PM, Jon Sousa said: Probably $10M is over 4 or 5 years... but still???????? With $2.5M a year I wouldn't have had to have Ramen for dinner nearly as often. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman60 No. 12 Share Posted November 10 On 11/9/2024 at 3:10 PM, 30Duck said: With $2.5M a year I wouldn't have had to have Ramen for dinner nearly as often. What do you mean? I would have more ramen! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 13 Share Posted November 10 On 11/9/2024 at 12:35 PM, OregonDucks said: Might as well get a proven veteran transfer QB. ^^^ This right here. Why would anyone pay $10M for some HS kid when that will get you a Top 10 proven QB in the portal?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author No. 14 Share Posted November 12 Sources say Underwood has cooled om Michigan, open to offers from other schools, leaning towards LSU. The bidding opens at $10M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 15 Share Posted November 12 (edited) On 11/11/2024 at 9:09 PM, 30Duck said: Sources say Underwood has cooled om Michigan, open to offers from other schools, leaning towards LSU. The bidding opens at $10M LOL. The agent should have a pay-per-view live NIL auction for the kid's services. Edited November 12 by OregonDucks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author No. 16 Share Posted November 12 Oh, the good old days. Used to be a player would get in trouble if he got a job at a car dealership; now the player can buy the dealership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman60 No. 17 Share Posted November 12 A couple questions; would said quarterback be allowed to go into the portal at some time? Would a coach be pressured to play a high paid kid? If they sign a 5 year deal would they have to stay at that school for the whole contract or be allowed to go into the draft? Do they sign sign multi year deals? All these questions and many more will need to be addressed or I see the system becoming more broken then it already is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Ducky No. 18 Share Posted November 12 Only the pros have salary caps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven A Moderator No. 19 Share Posted November 12 On 11/9/2024 at 3:10 PM, 30Duck said: With $2.5M a year I wouldn't have had to have Ramen for dinner nearly as often. Yes, but you could also buy the company. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 20 Share Posted November 12 NIL isn't a salary and can never be capped. LeBron can only make so much in the NBA before running into a salary cap but can make whatever he can get from endorsement deals. NIL is the college equivalent to endorsements and not affiliated with membership on a team . Sure it's implied that NIL relates to playing for a school but there is no legal requirement to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author No. 21 Share Posted November 14 Michigan has gone all in, in hopes of landing five-star signal caller Bryce Underwood. The Belleville product is an LSU commit but that's not stopping the Wolverines from doing all they can to keep him in the state of Michigan for three-to-four more years. First, it was 'Michigan is offering $5 million' to Underwood. Then $5 million turned more into $10 million, but it appears the Wolverines have upped the ante in hopes of swaying Underwood to come to Ann Arbor. According to On3's The Wolverine, Michigan is prepared to offer Underwood a $10.5 million deal over four years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
