5 star tackle commits to TTU for 5mil over 3 years

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I remembered the 5* OT that GT payed over 2 mil for in the last class. Funny enough we’re also developing somewhat of a recruiting rivalry with them as of late.

Either way Petty early enrolled and is slotted at LT. He’s obviously a true freshman and GT is expected to have an above average OL but some of the sources on depth charts don’t think he’s being considered for playing time at all. Ourlads, which I tend to think does a good job, has him at 3rd string.

There’s less heralded underclassmen and transfers that will start ahead of him or are at least challenging for a spot. He could very well end up being an all conference/American type guy and get drafted high but right now that’s a lot of money for someone just to sit on the bench.

I think this will end up the first example we can study from these huge HS recruit deals. Or more specifically on HS OL which often need several years to develop as oppose to other skill positions.
 

Interesting discussion on this deal and unfortunately this is probably the direction we are headed where guys will be signing multi year deals out of high school in order to keep them at one school.

Feels like a losing proposition for the school and a great deal for the hot shot prospect. So many guys just don't pan out but teams will probably be forced to offer deals like this and will just have to hope their evaluation was correct.

Of course, this will also push some teams even farther from high school recruits and more towards transfers. If you are going to spend money on a guy a transfer has at least shown what they can do at the college level, unlike the HS guy who hasn't proven they can cut it at the next level.
 

Great Plains Gopher said:
Ridiculous. Most schools can't afford the inflation coming in payments and will either drop football or move into a new version of the NCAA that is legally protected in some way from player payments. It will all go back to the Supreme Court eventually. Meanwhile the NCAA should reinstate the one-year sitting out for transfer - that would reduce the anarchy. What a mess!
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I would have preferred the NFL start a minor league - pop the whole NCAA bubble. I don't think this situation is at all sustainable.
 

I dislike the direction of college football is headed as much as anyone but I think the discussions of people wondering where the money is coming from are a product of people not understanding how lucrative college football really is.

In terms of revenue, it's in the same ballpark as the NBA and MLB (~$10-12 billion annually). Even if it had 1/2 the revenue of those leagues. The NCAA operates as a *cough *cough non-profit (boon for tax purposes and the owner doesn't take 52% of profit off top), there isn't a minor league, there aren't guaranteed contracts and the players make considerably less money.

There is a ton of money to go around.
 

RodentRampage said:
I would have preferred the NFL start a minor league - pop the whole NCAA bubble. I don't think this situation is at all sustainable.
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The only problem is, there is zero motivation for the NFL to fund that. If they fund a minor league during the fall/winter, they are competing with themselves. If they fund it in the spring, will the players really be able to participate in the fall with no offseason?

NFL Europe was their last endeavor at anything like that.

Plus, would you really want Koi packing it up after one year here and heading to a minor league team to prepare for the NFL?
 


I agree with and like the three posts that precede mine. College football is already a ready-made minor league for the NFL and the NFL owners know that. The situation is almost like minor league baseball in the 1950s when there were over 200 teams and many of them weren't aligned with a major league franchise. The result is that the NFL is really in an ideal position in that they don't have to invest in their informal minor league system.

The portal, revenue sharing, and NIL complicate that a bit because you basically have a lenient free agency system in place for college players. There are attempts being made to bring that under control, but--and I will defer to lawyer Bob on this for his expertise--I don't think those attempts will ultimately stand up in court.

And Bob is absolutely on the mark when it comes to how much money there is in college football. I'm old and have watched the sports industrial complex and accompanying jockocracy expand dramatically and the marketing of the product along with more media exposure and legalized gambling.
 

The current college system is ideal for the NFL. No investment nor responsibility for the minor league and its new wild west of rules (or lack thereof). This college wild west gives NFL scouts another important datapoint for player character/values.
 

Panthadad2 said:
This college wild west gives NFL scouts another important datapoint for player character/values.
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Maybe it could help with scouting too? Instead of getting drafted from a smaller school, now more players will move up, and if they don't hack it at the P4, then they won't get drafted. Previously you had to guess if the guy from some small school was gonna make it. Maybe an example was the RB we took from Western Michigan a few years ago: had he stayed there and racked up 1500 yards as a senior, he probably gets drafted day 3. Instead he comes here, isn't that good, and NFL teams avoid him and save their pick for someone else.

And maybe with the yearly roster mix-ups, you get a better idea of who is good on their own accord versus being good by happening to be next to a great player.

Just tossing out ideas.
 

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