2 college basketball teams are out-spending the field in men’s transfer portal, and the numbers are wild

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Last week, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported that 10 schools had NIL budgets of about $10 million to throw around on the recruiting trail. That number might have been about 20 percent too low for two big spenders.

The BYU Cougars and Kentucky Wildcats are each pushing $12 million with their roster budgets, according to insider Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68. Goodman speculates that BYU and Kentucky could have the most expensive rosters in the country for the 2025-2026 season, and both have been making major noise in the transfer portal lately.
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Aside from Kentucky and BYU, these schools reportedly have $10 million to spend on their men’s basketball roster next year: Duke, Arkansas, Louisville, Texas Tech, Indiana, St. John’s, Michigan, and North Carolina.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-ba...ege-basketball-most-money-nil-transfer-portal
 



The common factor between BYU and Kentucky? Mark Pope is also Mormon (and coached at BYU). Those substantial LDS dollars are flowing freely to support their own in college basketball.
 

Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
Imagine if the Gophs had 10 mill like Hoosiers and Wolverines.
 


golf said:
Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
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Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
 

bga1 said:
Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
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I wonder how the recruitment process goes. Recruits are no doubt mostly interested in the money. Do coaches lead with that to save time or is money talked about later in the process? Is haggling involved?

Agree with you that likely to get crazy. How much will the next Cooper Flagg be offered?

Good luck to mid and small schools. That's why I like the idea of a large school bracket and a small/mid bracket. Cross-match when 8 schools left in each for the sweet sixteen.

Pretty sad that such a great American sports extravaganza like the Big Dance is put on the ropes like this. A cap makes all the sense in the world.
 

golf said:
Every year the deck will be re-shuffled to benefit the haves. Have-nots wait for the leftovers.
Imagine if the Gophs had 10 mill like Hoosiers and Wolverines.
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Money is not a magic fix. Nobody in the last 25 years spends more money than the Yankees and Dodgers. They each have two titles in the last 25 years. Lately the Mets have spent wild amounts of money and come up empty as well.
In basketball it is coaching in combination with at least some money.
I think the Gophers have a chance to compete. It oftens take some luck...best players stay healthy...some two star turns into the league MVP....something.
 

bga1 said:
Right now, big donors are drunk on the idea that they can buy hometown U a title with their cash. It's a new toy. I wonder how long they will continue to do this at this level. I hope at some point some sort of cap goes into place or the goose that laid the golden egg will get destroyed.
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Sky Carp crap on everything, eventually, and make a royal mess.
 




howeda7 said:
If Kentucky is trailing at half time, could they just pay the best player on the opposing team $100K or so to transfer/sit out the 2nd half?
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I sense a potential lawsuit on the horizon.

The pimps (agents) see a lot of scratch in their futures with their new, shiny athletic prostitutes. 'Ders gold in 'dem 'der hills!!
 

Speaking of agents for these college players...it supposedly is not uncommon for the agent to get 20% of the money. Pro contracts it is often 2-3%.
 




60's Guy said:
Money is not a magic fix. Nobody in the last 25 years spends more money than the Yankees and Dodgers. They each have two titles in the last 25 years. Lately the Mets have spent wild amounts of money and come up empty as well.
In basketball it is coaching in combination with at least some money.
I think the Gophers have a chance to compete. It oftens take some luck...best players stay healthy...some two star turns into the league MVP....something.
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I think if every player was a free agent every year then the Mets/Dodgers would win more.

By signing long term contracts teams can actually hold on to players as they develop. And bad big money contracts hamstring them for years.

Now it feels like the moment a mid major guy sees success, they bolt. Kyan Evans got poached by UNC even though he was third fiddle this year. He developed and had a good NCAA game then cashed in. CSU (or Minnesota/Niko) doesn’t get to reap those rewards this year when he would have been the main guy for them.

Imagine if Johan Santana left the Twins in 2003 after breaking out, and won his Cy Youngs with the Mets instead of going there in 2008.
 

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