I'm sure it's not paid out in one year. A hypothetical $200k nil is probably $200k/number of years of expected participation. I'm sure they have some way to tie nil to a specific schools participation so they don't have to pay nil for an athlete that transfers (although that would be funny).
Do they have any grasp that $225k would be better spent pursuing somebody that has an incredible track record developing upper weight talent?
Calculate the ratio of allowed scholarship football players to rostered players and the same for wrestling and let me know which is lower. I'd say by comparison where all student athletes are equal that wrestling scholarships are woefully low.
We're clearly in the overshoot phase of the change.
NIL contracts tied to participation are explicitly disallowed. Probably would terminate athletes eligibility. Then the student athlete would be left with nothing. Seems like a bad NIL for the student athlete, so I don't see any accepting that kind of risk.
Nice. It appears you just want to argue and not discuss so have a good day.
Some people are questioning the coaching. My friends all love Tom Brands as the head coach and Morningstar as a recruiter. There are many who would scrap Terry for outside blood and Telford for a more accomplished big guy coach. The Real landing worked in giving a spark to fundraising efforts. I think the relationship between Izzy and important funding sources like Fellers made that an easy target. The people in Iowa City are crazy,blind or whatever you want to call them but they are not lazy. They will keep working to put Iowa ahead of PSU without totally grasping Cael plays chess while they play chutes and ladders.
If the sport comes down to a few programs because of lack of teams, the interest will wane further and think NIL deals will wither away as well.
Funny how this "Read the Directions and Warning Labels" is such a big deal now.
Too Soon?
After the breakup with Willie, the guy went full on weirdo. What a strange transformation. Loved him on the First Word.Funny how this "Read the Directions and Warning Labels" is such a big deal now.
So you're saying the NIL marketplace will self regulate along the way until it reaches some equilibrium point around which it might dither?
I'm guessing Cenzo had a few things to tell Basch about Woods' departure that he isn't very happy about.
Unfortunately at the expenses of a sport that many universities have been looking for a scapegoat to be able to cut said sport anyway. Once gone it’s difficult to bring them back.
Because Suriano made his intentions known from the get go that his goals was to go to the highest bidder and everyone had a chance to bid on him maybe?
Fellers can’t even follow a conversation. Guy in the replies makes a clear implied crack about Penn State and he thinks it’s about his beloved Hawks #cornrot
Believe it or not, I think Fellers is complimenting Penn State there because anything less would make him look hypocritical when it comes to using money to succeed. I think he's saying Tom and Terry don't think PSU succeeded because of money alone and realized they needed to step their game up to compete. He's a tool but I don't think Fellers is actually dumb, I think he's a big time Sales Executive actually.
Corby hasn’t been the same since @johnstownsteel and I outed his alter ego
College superstar signs a pro contract worth millions and the does some unthinkable act that throws it away (see NFL player crashes car in Vegas at 157mph). Now I have a dirty feeling that this kind of behavior/actions could start much earlier.
Some of these guys kill me with their... We want your sources but if you give 2 much info that slap ya as well. Apparently "those who know" only communicate via telegraph or carrier pigeons bc they usually jump when when I bring word of mouth/personal conversation information in.
I have to admit I am happy with Tom as Iowa's head coach as well as Morningstar as the chief recruiter.
Hasn’t hit me until now but west2east seems to have disappeared from here.
Maybe he can't navigate to our site since he burnt his eyes with the mat sterilaser? 🤷♂️ Or maybe he's just bitter against PSU now?
I’ll admit, I like Corby. He’s obviously an Iowa fan but I always considered him one of the good ones. Maybe I was wrong. I’m definitely team Willie but still hope he joins us here.
It is no longer student athlete…it is now entrepreneur athlete…might as well move In the direction of no classes required. “Remember when” will be the new catch phrase for college sports, just like it was with the Olympics As they moved to include professional athletes. Not saying that all change is bad, but let’s face it, traditionalism is gone from sports (insert the new DH in MLB National League). 🤑🤑🤑🤑 talks…
In wrestling? I’ll be honest, don’t see that happening anytime soon. Why open yourself up to a lawsuit
