Obi-Wan Okogie
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1 mill? I'd tell him to take the money too even if I was his coach LMAO.
There is no doubt money is getting tossed around but I would be careful putting a lot of stock in the reported totals that get floated because my guess is there is a lot of misinformation and what not out there. Some of these reported big deals might be over multiple years or include all kinds of stipulations. Tough to know what is real and what isn't.maybe not to some programs. for me, NIL seems to be getting a bit out of control. word is Iowa is offering wrestler Bernie Truax a $250K NIL deal - a wrestler!
the money probably means more to a wrestler since very few wrestlers get a full ride. but $250k!?
There is no doubt money is getting tossed around but I would be careful putting a lot of stock in the reported totals that get floated because my guess is there is a lot of misinformation and what not out there. Some of these reported big deals might be over multiple years or include all kinds of stipulations. Tough to know what is real and what isn't.
Pay for Play has been happening in basketball forever, they just don't have to hide it anymore since now they can call it something different and pretend it is not what it really is.![]()
Iowa backing up the brinks for Bernie Truax
Iowa backing up the brinks for Bernie Truax247sports.com
its about as much detail as I've seen on a nil deal yet. that said, haven't seen an actual nil contract posted for any deal yet
this is a popular story across several wrestling fan boards, so I wonder if it effects wrestlers like Minnesota's Aaron Nagao. Nagao recently entered the transfer portal. He will be a top wrestler at 133 lbs next season. If you're a program like PSU or Iowa he's the type of wrestler that could go a long way to getting a NCAA championship
going to bball, if stories like Evans getting #1M are floating around i do wonder if these stories are already setting expectations for top recruits and players. we're probably at the beginning of programs targeting players and recruits and having bagmen approach them floating big nil deals (for a specific school) to get them to enter the portal of ask for a release (as evans did)
Come on, Mr Sunshine!Pay for Play has been happening in basketball forever, they just don't have to hide it anymore since now they can call it something different and pretend it is not what it really is.
I hope they figure out a way to stop teams poaching guys off other rosters by offering big pay for play deals but I don't have much faith in them actually doing it.
So it wasn’t about the money?Per Shooter:
—Dennis Evans, the 7-1 California basketball prep who decommitted from the Gophers for Louisville, has a name, image and likeness (NIL) valuation of $59,000, as deemed by on3.com.
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Charley Walters: Way too early to judge Vikings’ pick of Jordan Addison
Despite the hype that’s spewed out on draft day about how great the players are, the NFL draft remains a crapshoot.www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!
On3's numbers come from an algorithm; $59,000 is not the money he is actually making.Per Shooter:
—Dennis Evans, the 7-1 California basketball prep who decommitted from the Gophers for Louisville, has a name, image and likeness (NIL) valuation of $59,000, as deemed by on3.com.
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Charley Walters: Way too early to judge Vikings’ pick of Jordan Addison
Despite the hype that’s spewed out on draft day about how great the players are, the NFL draft remains a crapshoot.www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!