Hummm, the article says it is a poll of 17 stakeholders across college football (think coaches, NIL collectives, general managers, agents, and administration members). How accurate can that be?

Surprising List Of Biggest NIL Spenders In College Football

All deals over $600 were supposed to be revealed by the terms of the House so-called settlement. Many schools that supported the settlement are, for various reasons, not disclosing the terms of the deal.

The only winner in this settlement? The defense attorneys, who I am certain charged a robust hourly fee, but their lucre pales in light of the $750 million awarded to the plaintiffs' attorneys. These newly wealthy lawyers are already whining about deals outside of 'market value' being set aside.

How long before the nouveau riche round up a group of new plaintiffs and file another suit against the NCAA, and all those following the terms of the settlement for price fixing? You can't have too many private jets, right?

If the folks who pay the bills, the fanatics, the fans, had standing, the NCAA would have been put out of business long ago.

Without reporting, the estimate of the teams paying the most for players is a WAG, except perhaps for Texas Tech, which can't stop boasting about the $55 million payroll. (And the $1 million per annum for a softball pitcher from Stanford.) When the onion is peeled back, agents touting their deal-making prowess appear to be exaggerating the per annum payments. Shocking.

Oregon and Georgia lost an OL recruit to Miami because they dropped out of the bidding. Georgia did nothing to try to retain the services of $4 million QB Carson Beck, who has all of the skills other than leadership. Knowing when to fold up is prudent.

At the SEC media days, Kirby Smart asked at what dollar amount a player is satisfied. Is a player making $200,000.00, using Kirby's example, hungry for wins? Is he willing to put in the extra work required to win championships? Are young men playing for the love of the game or just the money?

With a largely unregulated right to transfer, what is more important today, recruiting, the portal, or paying your best players to stick around for another season, like Michigan in 2023 and Ohio State last season?

Many 4* and 5* players will not play up to their ranking out of high school. I'm waiting for one of Dan's 5 stars to show up and ball out in game one of his year one. Dak?

You know the value of experienced players on your roster, and portal rankings are based in part on how a player performed in college. And the retained players and the experienced players are not interested in obnoxious (IMO) 'It's all about Me!' chest pounding.

I have yet to see an NFL free agent go on (un)social media to let the fans of his new team and the sporting world at large know just how great he is.

Thanks for the post. I'm reasonably certain player agents know the teams with the deepest pockets. 🤑

The $6 million Man? $4 million guaranteed to a guy who was recently injured?

Soaring to Glory

Carson Beck NIL update makes his $4 million Miami deal lo...

Fall camp is right around the corner and the expectation is that Carson Beck is going to be fully ready to rock for the Miami football team. He's coming off his

1 hour ago, Jon Joseph said:

Are young men playing for the love of the game or just the money?

Two things can be equally true at the same time.

If there is pro potential, then both.

I'm sure some are getting while the getting is good.

Also, will this cut down on the insurance policies team buy for players, now that the player can afford their own?

2 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

Is he willing to put in the extra work required to win championships? Are young men playing for the love of the game or just the money?

Sadly, I think the "lifelong fan" recruit is in the past. Just recently one of them picked a different school. That's fine, but why did the softball pitcher transfer to Texas Tech from Stanford? A million reasons come to mind. As long as the transfer portal exists, loyalty has never been more fleeting, it's "Show Me the Money" now.