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7 minutes ago, kevwun said:

How long until someone tries to pay a player to redshirt before their schools play each other?

Or just feign sickness for one game. Example: would some deranged Ohio State fan with money to burn have been ready to pay J.J. McCarthy 100k to wake up sick on the morning of the Ohio State/Michigan game last year, thus probably insuring that Ohio State makes it into the playoffs?

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12 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Or just feign sickness for one game. Example: would some deranged Ohio State fan with money to burn have been ready to pay J.J. McCarthy 100k to wake up sick on the morning of the Ohio State/Michigan game last year, thus probably insuring that Ohio State makes it into the playoffs?

It would cost a lot more than $100k to get a QB at a school like Michigan who is likely going to be a high draft pick to forgo the game (and take the risk of something getting out).

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2 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

It would cost a lot more than $100k to get a QB at a school like Michigan who is likely going to be a high draft pick to forgo the game (and take the risk of something getting out).

Yeah and it wouldn't be able to fly as a legitimate NIL deal, so it would have to be a bag under the table.  In which case, there's no difference between now and the past 100 years when any booster at one program COULD potentially pay an opponent not to play.

 

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1 hour ago, kevwun said:

How long until someone tries to pay a player to redshirt before their schools play each other?

 

1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Or just feign sickness for one game. Example: would some deranged Ohio State fan with money to burn have been ready to pay J.J. McCarthy 100k to wake up sick on the morning of the Ohio State/Michigan game last year, thus probably insuring that Ohio State makes it into the playoffs?

See below. 

56 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Yeah and it wouldn't be able to fly as a legitimate NIL deal, so it would have to be a bag under the table.  In which case, there's no difference between now and the past 100 years when any booster at one program COULD potentially pay an opponent not to play.

 

NIL contracts are fucking contracts, and they get drawn up and metrics have to be met for payment to be received. I'd hate to see the morons who get slapped with discovery and the contract says "We need you to sit out X game and claim it's becuase you're sick." Or even "X player agreeds to be paid Y dollars by the Collective Representing Opposing School In Week 5 for future services rendered." That would raise some eyebrows. No, it would just be a bag. 

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55 minutes ago, Kwix said:

4th string RB may have been more about playing time than money. 

Not really the 4th string RB.  He's the fourth leading rusher, but the transferring QB is by far the leading rusher and they seem to use three running backs about the same amount:

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But yes, it was clearly about playing time that he thought he was promissed.

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13 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

If that's what happened, you've got to think that a coach of any big time program is going to think twice about offering him a scholarship. Not smart on his part.

He’s the DJU of DTs. Some idiot P4 program is absolutely going to shell out more cash and convince themselves that they can fix him. 

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22 hours ago, Texas Wahoo said:

It would cost a lot more than $100k to get a QB at a school like Michigan who is likely going to be a high draft pick to forgo the game (and take the risk of something getting out).

$3 million would make it tougher for the JJ McCarthys of the world to go pro early. They would still lose the elite of the elites but this probably helps hold onto and attract the mid to late first rounders. 

 

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14 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

$3 million would make it tougher for the JJ McCarthys of the world to go pro early. They would still lose the elite of the elites but this probably helps hold onto and attract the mid to late first rounders. 

 

Portnoy being a Michigan alum makes so much sense. 

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6 minutes ago, Fug said:

Fan, not alum

"After attending Swampscott High School, where one of his classmates was ESPN's Todd McShay,[8] Portnoy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in education. While at Michigan, Portnoy founded thegamblingman.com, a website where he published his sports betting picks."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Portnoy

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12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

"After attending Swampscott High School, where one of his classmates was ESPN's Todd McShay,[8] Portnoy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in education. While at Michigan, Portnoy founded thegamblingman.com, a website where he published his sports betting picks."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Portnoy

Woah, had no idea. My bad

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