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Also seeing rumors that he walked into the coach's office and demanded more NIL because he was doing well.  Obviously, no clue if that's true, but curious to see how this unfolds as more info comes out.

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9 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Also seeing rumors that he walked into the coach's office and demanded more NIL because he was doing well.  Obviously, no clue if that's true, but curious to see how this unfolds as more info comes out.

That's a school sponsored leak

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3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Has anyone watched the guy? I’ve seen a little of him. He’s a far better running QB than passing QB. UNLV is winning as much because of their defense as anything. 

Decent G5 running QB. Nothing that screams big NIL payday.

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14 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

That's a school sponsored leak

Maybe.  I'm inclined to wait and a week or so before I decide who I think is the asshole.

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30 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

Should be pretty easy to disprove this claim by the father if Sluka actually did receive NIL payments.

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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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17 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Wow.  Who is "Coach Glove" talking about, at A&M?

Coach Glove is Deon Glover. His son is Tony Grimes. Maybe A&M saw how poorly Tony played in 2023 Spring ball and decided not to pay. He transferred to UNLV in 2024.

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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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17 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Any of y'all see this bullshit?  Zero chance it's true.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if it is. Much like Charlotte has done with UNCC, Sacramento is a rapidly growing city that is happy to spend to be a part of the big leagues. 

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On 9/26/2024 at 9:58 AM, 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. 

 

It makes a lot of sense for Portnoy as he can get serious returns on his NIL spending through publicity and player/program access. His math is certainly different than your average ultra-wealthy alum who won’t get hardly any ROI on that type of deal. 

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4 hours ago, texifornia said:

I wouldn't be surprised if it is. Much like Charlotte has done with UNCC, Sacramento is a rapidly growing city that is happy to spend to be a part of the big leagues. 

My immediate thought when I saw this was that it's insane that it isn't UC Davis going for this type of opportunity and that I'd assume they'd be a much more attractive school to either league

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