Zeon Chriss

[Sonsissymia]

being pulled by mat, when they were on better terms.

[CajunT]

But the current state of our football program, where we finished 6-6 overall, 3-5 in conference play, and lost the bowl game to Jacksonville State where our defense had to score 3 TDs to keep us from being blown out, is in good condition!

Let’s Geaux, sunshine pumpers!

Pumpers or not, he was offered more NIL than any other current football player in the program and turned it down. He's chasing money my man; the NFL is secondary. It won't be the last time. $$$$$$$$$$

[jaxmc1023]

Pumpers or not, he was offered more NIL than any other current football player in the program and turned it down. He's chasing money my man; the NFL is secondary. It won't be the last time. $$$$$$$$$$

Money + the opportunity to play in front of more than 12k people..

[CajunEXPRESS]

Money is the root of all evil Zeon!!

The love of money.

[ZoomZoom]

Get use to it.

[CajunT]

Money + the opportunity to play in front of more than 12k people..

Wouldn't that be the case at any program in the P5?

[cjr3888]

How does this effect APR? Is the APR even still a thing?

APR is meaningless now, schools could care less. If the NCAA tries to enforce anything, the player sues & a judge will give them what they want. THE NCAA IS USELESS AND CANT ENFORCE ANYTHING ACCORDING TO THE COURTS.

[RaginCajun77]

Money + the opportunity to make more money based on performance..

Fixed it for you. Whether 12, 12,000, or 84,000 show up, all that matters is does the NIL check clear.

[Rainman66]

So here is the news I am getting on this ... Chriss told Des after the season "I’m committed to winning a championship here coach."

As someone mentioned agents/middlemen are shopping kids to programs, in this case unbeknownst to ZC, and then contact them or the family with an offer from a program or two or three. In this case, it appears the offer is too good to pass up. I personally believe it is a bottom-tier P5 program like a Houston or Baylor, although Baylor landed Toledo's QB in the portal.

The speculation I got on the offer was a minimum of $500k. I seriously don't know how someone leaves that on the table. I really like ZC as a QB, but don't think he is a NFL-caliber player.

I am really curious to see where he lands and if he starts next season.

[Jacob81]

If we can’t compete playing the same way other teams with more money do, we need to play a different way. Run an option style offense where you don’t need the greatest athletes or biggest linemen. Then spend the NIL money you do have on defense. As long as we run an offense like we do we will lose our top players to bigger schools. At least this way we only have to try and keep half our players.