It’s my opinion, so yes.
With everything UL had back next year, a coach leaves this late in his career for basically the same salary but on the promises that he’ll have NIL to give players?
He built his version of the program with little to none. Why jump now to start from scratch? He was doing extremely well without buying payers. He could have waited and bought players in the SEC or ACC if that opportunity opened and continued to enjoy success in Lafayette.
I suspect we will find out that over the last couple of years there were players he recruited that he was unable to bring home because of lack of NIL which could have made the difference between the success here and a potential WCWS appearance and that he may have found out there were a couple he managed to get here thst he was fixing to lose for the same reason.
There are people who prefer Lubbock to Lafayette. Texas to Louisiana. Watching your football team play in front of 50k+ every game, instead of 5k etc
In today's world, the prevailing attitude seems to be "i don't owe my school/team/boss/etc a damn thing -- they don't own me"
I'm speaking more to the players that leave for greener pastures. We always respond with "good luck getting no playing time!" But to many of these people, riding the bench for Alabama is still better than playing in front of empty stadiums against nobody schools at UL
What happens when an NIL deal responsibilities conflicts with class time?
What happens if a beer company wants to give an NIL deal to a player under 21?
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