JerryAU

Who really knows though? With all the insiders we have on this tiny fan board with people that sit in on OTV/NIL meetings and know the in's & out's of the $$ levels for OTV in football/baseball/basketball, etc. 3 yrs after the NIL's inception has anyone physically seen a fully executed NIL contract? I read where OTV probably had to pay Broome $1.2 million to come back this season. And it's been said Thorne could be pulling +/-$700,000.

I don't know what players were paid before NIL and for some odd reason no one knows exactly what they're paid with NIL now. I did see where Jaden Rashada is in the portal. This is a 5* QB that Miami offered $9.5mm NIL package and Florida counter-offered $11mm NIL in last year's recruiting cycle. The kid ended up at Arizona State, couldn't earn the starting QB position at Ariz State and is now in the portal. WTH? What did an NIL collective see in this kid that made them think he was worth that kind of NIL package? $9-$11million is more than twice what offensive coordinator & QB coach at a DI level school was making in salary.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Chad Morris experiment at Arkansas at Jerry Jones behest? Chad's 2-year stint leading the Hogs to a 4-18 record would've been enough to make me want him disbanded from Arkansas Athletics for life. 🤬

Fans are fickle. UK fans packed out Rupp and left hundreds standing outside who couldn't get in to attend Pope's introduction speech as UK HC. They had more rabid fans attend Pope's inauguration than we had on a beautiful spring A-Day game in JHS.

I see where Goodman mentions, "The day basketball coach Bruce Pearl and football coach Hugh Freeze lose their abilities to raise money for those collectives is the day they lose their jobs." which made me recall Calipari celebrating in the last week his NOT having to raise NIL funds at Arkansas, so that he can now 100% focus on his HC responsibilities. Calipari had to get on his soapbox, glad hand Kentucky boosters and pass the offering plate at UK alumni functions to raise NIL $$. Apparently, the Arkansas Administration knew he despised do that and they assured him they already had $10million in NIL for Hog Basketball and he wouldn't have to raise a dime for their NIL. I'm wondering how many head coaches actually like not only selling their program to prospective athletes, but also selling it to boosters, donors, and begging a fan base to pony up $$ to pay the players?

It's been 3 weeks since he said he was threatened and basically crickets. Maybe he's waiting on an apology and acknowledgement from the Mods? I'll be honest, if '50 is gonna have his ass on his shoulders, I'm glad it's during a slow time for sports. I've become dependent on his daily articles. But enough is enough, it's high time the old fart to gets back to work!

I don't know what kind of money the current roster gets paid. But I've seen mentioned on numerous occasions that OTV needs +/-$10MM a year for football alone. That's a chunk for such an underperforming squad IMO.

Who on the AU team are getting the big money though? I'm seriously having a tough time finding which select few have earned the big NIL money.

Sometimes kids have to grow, mature and develop within a system. I'm afraid this unrestricted transfer portal coupled with ungodly NIL money will make the notion of patience to stick with a team and soak up coaching & develop a thing of the past.

Agreed. Lord knows we heard enough this year about a Bama player (Sears) who could've easily been in O&B had our coaches just offered him. I don't want to hear the lamenting and whining IF Holloway were to go there and show out in crimson. 😭

I wonder what Nate Oats sees that we don't see?

When AU's very mediocre quarterback is pulling an $800,000 NIL and the team turned another losing season, we know things are way out of whack. I'm not into subsidizing an inferior product just for the hell of it.

UK owed Cal $33million if they fired him. It appears Cal walked away and, in the process, relinquished a $33million buyout. It's a little odd that Arkansas has made no public announcement.

What other options does he have? Take their 💲, ball out another year and be worshipped like a star at uat doesn't sound like a bad decision to me. Heck, get a master's degree on their dime too.