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Been saying it that we need a collective….without a collective we won’t be able to truly compete at the highest level.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS
Collective? Please explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by mxpxfr690
How
Can we get a collective going?
First Arkansas dishing out vehicles to softball players, now Oklahoma dishing out big $$$$...The P5 to G5 gap is getting bigger.
UL is doing what it can, especially in NIL deals which is helping against other G5 programs. But eventually you will see a number of P5 programs separate and create another level. That's where college athletics is headed.Quote:
Originally Posted by mxpxfr690
In the meantime the transfer rule needs to return to sitting out 1 year, with a waiver only in the cases of death, or catastrophic illness to an immediate family member.
I can't say this enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS
The P5 to G5 gap will not change.
Say what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
There is a half million in NIL deals waiting to be paid out in the next school year..most sports/athletes are included and there is the jersey deal as well. There is a very informative article posted recently here where Jackie Russo was quoted extensively about Ups NIL Deals....
And just like that former Big 10 SB pitcher of the year goes to Oklahoma for her grad year.
I have to wonder now that things are in the open, are we doing NIL deals at the expense of the programs and Cajun Field?
You guys who think like chicken little concerning NIL...you know the sky is always falling group...do some research for once on what UL is bringing to the table.
Is still will not be enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by fanof71
We need a Mr Life Wallet like the U.
We all ready have the Million Dollar Man.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
That just means there is someone else that Olahoma either isn't getting or doesn't have room for.... and that very goodplayer will go somewhere and create the same scenario.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
A scenario to be repeated over and over, and in the end nothing will have changed.
Uh thats incorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
The only way this becomes worrisome is if they increase roster sizes. Still, then it would mean more work than worry.Quote:
Originally Posted by lifetimecajun
It is a group of business owners/ alumni/ boosters/whoever has deep pockets and they put together NIL deal worth so much money that continues to pay university athletes for their NIL. For Example Texas has a collective In The medical field that is going to pay every offensive lineman 50 -60k a year to go to Texas for football…it is the loop hole around outright paying players to come to your school….the rule states that no boosters can have contact with coaches or recruits and offer them an NIL deal to come play for your school… so what these collectives are doing is making these announcements outside of the university to the media and drawing attention. It is all a shell game and until they enforce the rule it will only get worse. The biggest example of tampering is the WR from Pitt leaving to go to USC for an NIL deal, which is breaking the rules but the NCAA won’t enforce it nor do they have enough evidence to prove it. We all know it is happening and the NCAA to think that this wasn’t going to happen is naive.
We couldn’t compete with Oklahoma before the NIL deal came into place.
You say that, but we were on an upward trajectory to compete over the last 4 years and closed the gap… Now with NIL collective whoever has the money will now be able to buy better and more consistent players, steal from G5 universities in the transfer portal for their developed athletes and truly put separation and widen the GAP. Financially below is a list of who can truly separate themselves with NIL… just an Opinion.
Texas,Oklahoma, Tx A&M, USC, Oregon, Washington, UCLA, Houston, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ok St., Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio St., Penn St., BYU, Notre Dame, Clemson, UVA, Miami, UNC, NC State, Mich St., LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Auburn,SMU, Florida St., UCF. They all have many deep pocketed Alum that can affect change and are willing to get down and dirty in NIL. Again just my Opinion.
Sooo....are these players going to be on School scholarships also?Quote:
Originally Posted by mxpxfr690
Looks to me like we'd be better off forming a two or three hundred team Pro league and just make everyone a Pro....
I assume most will be onQuote:
Originally Posted by olhardhead
Some sort of aide. In fact P5’s (im sure some G5’s as well) are offering spring sport athletes using their 11.7 scholarship money, but paying the balance of what the scholarship does not cover with NIL money. So basically the majority are on a “full ride”. When it boils down to it, instead of every team having “X” amount of walk ons with no aide…some schools could have a roster full of scholarship/paid athletes. That is where the playing field will really no longer be the same
It is already there.Quote:
Originally Posted by lifetimecajun
Forget 71 and #1, beating a pro team was all the more fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView
Better include Arkansas in that group as well. All those Tysons and Waldens have train loads of cash.Quote:
Originally Posted by mxpxfr690