Jalen Catalon to Missouri
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He was so much fun to watch this year
For me what was fun to watch was how hard he hit. He is going to be hard to replace.
Here is what he did for us: Totaled 96 tackles, 31 solo and five for loss. He also hawked five interceptions for a total of 95 yards
We are a farm system and he played his way up. Good for him (since I didn’t have to read a thesis on why he made the decision).
Interesting decision, thought he would declare for the draft given his age and successful season.
Bit of a gamble now given his age (he’ll be 25 by the next draft) and injury risk. Hope he got a big bag and has a successful season at Mizzou.
Bit of a gamble now given his age (he’ll be 25 by the next draft) and injury risk. Hope he got a big bag and has a successful season at Mizzou.
I think that many kids will take the guaranteed money of college for an extra year over risking it by declaring for the NFL draft. The NCAA is even considering a 5th year of eligibility (to go along with JC players getting however many extra years.. I think it’s equal to however many years they play in JC, but could be wrong).
Look at the QB who went from Oregon State to Florida State (DJ O??). He likely won’t make it in the league but got a bundle of money to play at Florida State. It’s absurd that college is more lucrative for many players now.
Look at the QB who went from Oregon State to Florida State (DJ O??). He likely won’t make it in the league but got a bundle of money to play at Florida State. It’s absurd that college is more lucrative for many players now.
The money is totally out of control, and at some point this will slow down and people will start using a little more common sense. Even on this site it is now common to see comments like "pay them the money" or "pay them whatever they want", etc.. Sooner or later this will need to end and is likely going to end up multiple times involving the legal system and even governmental regulation before everything settles down.
Isn't it the legal system that got us into this. It's why we have NIL.
It did, and it will continue. There are now some student groups that are looking at legal options to force the universities to stop charging student fees for the athletic department. In my opinion it isn't legal to charge the students who pay for an education to subsidize the athletic departments. I expect this to turn int a massive class action lawsuit that the universities are going to lose big time and has the potential to cost them billions. Forcing students to pay additional fees while allowing athletes of programs that do not even make money to get rich off the backs of the students who pay for an education is just another reason why more and more students are either not going to college at all or are going on-line instead of brick and mortar schools.
Student athletic fees (henceforth called athletics fees) are mandatory fees assessed primarily to full-time undergraduate students which are used to support intercollegiate athletics.
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It will slow down, but without a Billionaire we won't get near a fair share.
If you were in a position to support UNLV with a significant sum of money, would you be inclined to spend for Nil? Lets say you had $5m burning a hole in your pocket. Would you rather throw it at a few kids to make 2025 our year, or put it towards something permanent on campus? I'd rather put that money towards something more permanent on campus personally.
I'd have a hard time justifying spending that money on something that's going to be gone with the wind in the next season. Even if I were to spread it out to $1m a year over 5 years to get a couple of transfers; what would I get for my money? If they perform poorly, its money I've already spent and can't get back. If they perform well, I'm suddenly in a deficit where I have to spend more to get them back. Great for the athletes, but for our level of multiple hundred thousandaire boosters this isn't sustainable.
In this case, I love Catalon and he might be worth the dollars. But that's a lot of dollars to risk for someone who has a history of injury.
I'd have a hard time justifying spending that money on something that's going to be gone with the wind in the next season. Even if I were to spread it out to $1m a year over 5 years to get a couple of transfers; what would I get for my money? If they perform poorly, its money I've already spent and can't get back. If they perform well, I'm suddenly in a deficit where I have to spend more to get them back. Great for the athletes, but for our level of multiple hundred thousandaire boosters this isn't sustainable.
In this case, I love Catalon and he might be worth the dollars. But that's a lot of dollars to risk for someone who has a history of injury.
I’d give to the school for facilities/infrastructure, not NIL. For football, not basketball. I need evidence of trying to become better for me to donate.
I’d give it to the Rebel Girls with the stipulation that they get rid of the “newest additions” to the dance group.
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There is a guy in our section who used to yell “BOO NO COMPANY!”. I laugh every time.
This is exactly why I think this NIL thing may calm down a bit. With schools profit sharing now.
This investment is so fleeting. I can't see this being sustainable.aure having a basic NIL find every year, sure cost of business. But keeping in the pockets for a single player for a single year? Yeesh. Even with a NIL fund, if it isn't doing much in the grand scheme of things, who will be super happy about that?
The revenue sharing was with the P5 schools. And, it isn't mandatory for those schools to pay the maximum amount which I believe is around $20 million per school. The thing is that those P4 schools that don't do the full amount will be at a competitive disadvantage with the other P4 schools. That is why I was very surprised when we hired Mullen there was talk that we were going to commit to revenue sharing. It's not required but gives us a competitive advantage over the many G5 schools that don't.
So, in regards to NIL I don't see any calming down especially in the G5. I don't see it slowing down in the P4 either. Some of those big schools will probably have more NIL money than they will have revenue sharing. It's out of control.
I wonder how they are going to do revenue sharing when most universities force the students to subsidize athletics, and very few school make a profit in athletics. Now they are going to take part of the revenue out and give it to the athletes. So are they go to get more tax money or raise fees on the students to cover the lost revenue?
The students would revolt. It could be that UNLV will have to sell more season tickets to all sports or worse that they will have to increase the price of seating. No more $2 beer nights. Concessions will probably add a surcharge to everything you buy. Parking for athletic events charged for every sport.
What I would like to see is my donation go towards revenue sharing and have that donation be tax deductible unlike giving to NIL
I would love to hear from Harper what they are planning to do with this revenue sharing idea.
I am not talking only UNLV, and they have revolted by walking away by the thousands lately at UNLV and by the millions nationwide. There is not doubt these fees will continue to increase, and in many cases the athletic fee for students is over $1000 year, and what I think is funny is that many of those in favor of the fees say this is only a small increase in what they are paying while lining the pockets of athletes. Both of my sons started at UNLV and both left and are doing online degrees instead. No fees and work at your own pace!
Talking about athletic fees is only part of the problem. Most schools have professors that only teach a few hours a week and layers of admin staff that jack up costs more than athletics. Why not go after that also?
