Escalting Money spend in College Football

[RamblinRed]

Highest-paid player in college football history? Transfer QB Darian Mensah's Duke deal is sign of times

$5 million budgets become $15 million and $10 million become $25 million in a market rife with NIL inflation

www.cbssports.com

Article on why NIL payments are exploding this winter and why they are likely to flatten or drop going forward.

 

[awbuzz]

Not sustainable for sure

 

[GTHomer]

I can admit that I am in favor of student athletes getting a 'piece of the action' given the amount of money involved to watch them play a game. I am no worried that we may all be in for a rude awakening as this money train will eventually dry up. What will we have left with respect to college sports when that happens?

 

[gtrower]

Supposedly Duke is making their transfer QB the highest paid player in the country with $8M over 2 years. The number is seemingly being confirmed by media sources. Which is crazy for a few reasons.

- Duke has never really shown a commitment to football before. From their school, donors, or fans.

- The guy they got (Mensah) from Tulane looks like a decent prospect, but not a lock to be a star in a bigger conference.

- Murphy just had a huge year for them and left for conference-less Oregon State. In no world would he have turned that deal down. So they like this guy more than Murphy?

- They probably could have gotten Mensah for a quarter of that deal. Or another way to look at it is they probably could pull any QB from any team in the country with that deal. Arch Manning is a Blue Devil by dinner tonight if offered that deal. Or even another way to look at it is you could probably build the best defense in the conference spreading that money around DL/LB/DB in the portal.

Just strange times we’re living in that Duke might have the biggest NIL budget in the conference (and still doesn’t have a great team).

 

[jgtengineer]

Its going to basically lead to the same thign as the NFL.

Highest paid to lowest
QB -25 percent of NIL budget here
OT 20 percent here
CB/S 10 percent here
EDGE 10 percent here (but bigger numbers)
LB/InteriorOL/DL 15 Percent
TE 5
WR 5
HB 4
Specialists 1

5 percent for Practice squad

On top of that what you are likely to see is a breakdown based on starting/not.

Bonus structures will be needed with performance incentives to hit.

Running QBS will die off. Everything will be entirely about locking in a 3 year starter.

We are going to see the difference of an "on first contract/second contract" for players at the end of their sophmore year.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

There are far too many people that are throwing their money around at these players. It seems like they want to be known as their school's benefactor or team owner. Maybe there are a lot independently wealthy people funding these collectives such that money being spent on marginal players can go on indefinitely, but I doubt it. At some point, these people are going to run out of money despite the facade that they are big time spenders. I foresee a lot of players getting in trouble for not paying their taxes and I see a lot of football fans spending their children's college tuition on players who will be waiting tables in a few years.

 

[southernhive]

This is just the beginning. A lot of schools, alumni would love to buy a championship. 4 million is pocket change.

I don't see this madness ending until there are rules changes.

 

[Jerry the Jacket]

I think a lot of our fans underestimate Tech's ability to compete in this financial battle. As long as there are no guidelines or regulations on how much you can pay players, schools will continue to find ways to buy who they think they need to be successful. I think Singleton is a perfect example of this. Auburn wanted a top-notch receiver and felt like he was best for their current situation so they made him an offer he could not refuse. Tech, for whatever reason, choose not to participate in the bidding war.

There are enough wealthy alumni who are willing to open their bank accounts to help their alma mater win on the football field. That is true at Tech just as it is true at most every other school. I think there is a year or two window where these athletes have the chance to really win the lottery, before someone puts rules and regulations in place that limit the pay for play situation. So now is the time to strike while the opportunity presents itself. I think you will see a lot of movement among the higher rated talent in college football this year and next year
Eventually, some ruling body will seize control of this and set some limits. Until then, it's going to be every man for himself, pretty much.

Go Jackets!

 

[grandpa jacket]

Highest-paid player in college football history? Transfer QB Darian Mensah's Duke deal is sign of times

$5 million budgets become $15 million and $10 million become $25 million in a market rife with NIL inflation

www.cbssports.com

Article on why NIL payments are exploding this winter and why they are likely to flatten or drop going forward.

If this continues kiss college football goodbye

 

[yeti92]

Supposedly Duke is making their transfer QB the highest paid player in the country with $8M over 2 years. The number is seemingly being confirmed by media sources. Which is crazy for a few reasons.

- Duke has never really shown a commitment to football before. From their school, donors, or fans.

- The guy they got (Mensah) from Tulane looks like a decent prospect, but not a lock to be a star in a bigger conference.

- Murphy just had a huge year for them and left for conference-less Oregon State. In no world would he have turned that deal down. So they like this guy more than Murphy?

- They probably could have gotten Mensah for a quarter of that deal. Or another way to look at it is they probably could pull any QB from any team in the country with that deal. Arch Manning is a Blue Devil by dinner tonight if offered that deal. Or even another way to look at it is you could probably build the best defense in the conference spreading that money around DL/LB/DB in the portal.

Just strange times we’re living in that Duke might have the biggest NIL budget in the conference (and still doesn’t have a great team).

I give that number about a 1% chance of being accurate.

 

[roadkill]

Highest-paid player in college football history? Transfer QB Darian Mensah's Duke deal is sign of times

$5 million budgets become $15 million and $10 million become $25 million in a market rife with NIL inflation

www.cbssports.com

Article on why NIL payments are exploding this winter and why they are likely to flatten or drop going forward.

Good article that explains the surge in $$ recently. The cap could go into effect as early as June.
"They're looking to do as much as they can to deplete those budgets between January and June so those dollars won't count towards the cap," said Opendorse President of Collegiate Operations, Blake Lawrence, whose NIL platform works with 100-plus Division I schools.

 

[George P. Burdell]

I think a lot of our fans underestimate Tech's ability to compete in this financial battle.

I agree. I think there is much more $ for GT athletics available than before. Before NIL, I'm sure GT had bagmen but I think there were many donors who did not want take part in that.
With NIL, it's no longer shady and those donors will now open their wallets. Also more importantly, having someone like Cabrera at the helm who supports athletics.

 

[gtrower]

I give that number about a 1% chance of being accurate.

You could be right. But it’s being reported by CBS so not just some rando looking for clout.

 

[southernhive]

I agree. I think there is much more $ for GT athletics available than before. Before NIL, I'm sure GT had bagmen but I think there were many donors who did not want take part in that.
With NIL, it's no longer shady and those donors will now open their wallets. Also more importantly, having someone like Cabrera at the helm who supports athletics.

Several problems I see with GT keeping up with the spend on athletes. Most universities have more students in general and graduate them at a higher rate, historically. GT students move away from ATL and many times move out of the country. Most GT students care very little about sports. Although NIL is "paying for the Atheletes", this is just a mirage. The athletes we pay still have to take and pass the same classes.

I don't see how GT can compete with ND, USC, Michigan, OSU, Alabama, etc...

 

[Buzztheirazz]

- The guy they got (Mensah) from Tulane looks like a decent prospect, but not a lock to be a star in a bigger conference.

watched him in their bowl game and he looked terrible. I figured it would bring down whoever was going to take him. Granted it’s one game but he looked really bad. Missing everything even with plenty of time.

 

[stinger78]

Its going to basically lead to the same thign as the NFL.

Highest paid to lowest
QB -25 percent of NIL budget here
OT 20 percent here
CB/S 10 percent here
EDGE 10 percent here (but bigger numbers)
LB/InteriorOL/DL 15 Percent
TE 5
WR 5
HB 4
Specialists 1

5 percent for Practice squad

On top of that what you are likely to see is a breakdown based on starting/not.

Bonus structures will be needed with performance incentives to hit.

Running QBS will die off. Everything will be entirely about locking in a 3 year starter.

We are going to see the difference of an "on first contract/second contract" for players at the end of their sophmore year.

Oboy! Another pro league! How fun!

More Andy of Mayberry reruns ahead.

 

[MWBATL]

watched him in their bowl game and he looked terrible. I figured it would bring down whoever was going to take him. Granted it’s one game but he looked really bad. Missing everything even with plenty of time.

Are you talking about Tulane’s QB? I don’t think he played in their bowl game. iiuc, Tulane had to play their backup QB, who didn’t look very good at all.

 

[MWBATL]

If the numbers in this thread have ANY truth in them, this explains why Singleton went this year. The offers were likely double what theuy were last year, and his ‘agent’. (I am assuming he has one) may have been whispering that this year is an anomaly and that the money won’t be as high next year.

 

[George P. Burdell]

Several problems I see with GT keeping up with the spend on athletes. Most universities have more students in general and graduate them at a higher rate, historically. GT students move away from ATL and many times move out of the country. Most GT students care very little about sports. Although NIL is "paying for the Atheletes", this is just a mirage. The athletes we pay still have to take and pass the same classes.

I don't see how GT can compete with ND, USC, Michigan, OSU, Alabama, etc...

The current model isn't sustainable. It's basically the wild west right now. But I'm sure changes will be coming to both NIL and the portal. There are already talks of caps for next year and pretty much everybody agrees something needs to be done about the portal during bowl games.

If most GT students don't care, why are they selling out the student allotment at BDS? Sure alot of GT alumni don't stay in the ATL; still doesn't mean they can't be fans. That is why they are looking to both reduce capacity at BDS and upgrade the experience. Also, don't forget that GT undergrad enrollment has more than doubled in the last 20 years. If you count grad students, we have more total students than UGA. Sure most of them aren't sports fans, but I'm sure some of them become. That all adds up year after year.

GT's endowment is close to double or more than UGA, Bama, Clemson etc. We have plenty of alumni with deep pockets, just have to convince them to give to the athletics. I'm willing to bet on average, GT alumni have more disposable cash than alot of fanbases given our majority of STEM degrees.

 

[stinger78]

If the numbers in this thread have ANY truth in them, this explains why Singleton went this year. The offers were likely double what theuy were last year, and his ‘agent’. (I am assuming he has one) may have been whispering that this year is an anomaly and that the money won’t be as high next year.

I am not confident anyone really knows.