Hooters is underrated
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The restaurant chain or just in genera!? 
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hahahaha. Yessir! The chain. Best one I been to was in Milwaukee somehow
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That is random. We used to hold team dinner at the one in Wilmington NC during the Cape Fear Tournament on 4th of July. Eventually we changed affiliation to the Tilted Kilt for better service.
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Yall talkin bout service!
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How much of these numbers are just named up? What is the likelihood he actually sees that much?
At Kentucky it is very likely. 2 an stretch. 1 maybe easily
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I mean, he was also the national player of the year in college basketball. So not just another KY player even. That amount doesnāt really shock me at all.
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Iām skeptical of NIL numbers. Thereās very little transparency, and there are lots of reasons why folks involved might want to leave the impression that numbers are higher than they are.
Iām not skeptical Sheeb is getting paid a lot. I am skeptical that itās $2 million.
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I know some Kentucky fans ā¦ $2 mil is a low estimate ā¦ they donāt care about ROI at all except for UK wins. Thatās it.
https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1516859549239681027
Thatās crazy. Theyāre outbidding the NBA.
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Hereās the bigger problem - the top 10 name recognition schools with large, rabid fan bases will be able to out-NIL everyone, which then means the 10 largest schools get better athletes who have the better NIL potential, particularly to those 10 schools, then those 10 schools win everything. Sort of like SEC football writ large or Duke when it comes to the semesterhood being able to generate $ in synergy with the top players. At the end, I believe it will destroy collegiate athletics as we have come to know them (and Iām not saying that players shouldnāt be able to āearnā NIL $, but right now, itās the schools facilitating if not fronting payments that were impermissible a year ago).
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This was already happening lol. Kentucky had the best transfers and recruits and lost to St Peters.
A lot of former top 100 kids are transferring to mid majors (almsot every midmajor in the tournament had a former power 5 player contributing) and kids out of HS are going more towards that path now as bigger schools recruit transfers.
Itās not about winning. Itās about building a personal brand. Winning, at best, is secondary.
Wow, Cavinder twins to the ACC
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Would love to know the NIL vs Basketball influences on this choice
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It was free room and board and getting to live somewhere nice that also helps their earnings.
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Building off of @MaineWahoo 's post:
I donāt think we are going to win any NIL bidding wars with any serious NIL bidders, but my view is we donāt necessarily need to win. We need to show that we can be competitive.
Iāve said this before, but we need to stop pretending we are Charlottesville High when it comes to this stuff. We are a big state school with a 15k+ arena that plays on national TV for almost every game and won a natty a few years ago, with wealthy alumni all throughout the mid-Atlantic. We send lots of kids to the NBA. If a kidās concern is making $$ from hoops, in the short, medium, or long term, we should have an answer thatās commensurate with our standing in the sport. Which doesnāt mean ācome to UVa and get a lamboā, it just means, ācome to UVa and your options to promote yourself and put yourself in a great position for future pro opportunities that take a backseat to nobody (except maybe 5-7 or so bluebloods).ā
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I mean we had Lebron James in jpj for a game a few years ago. We get as big of a spotlight as anyone and we need to advertise that without just dropping bags. The hoops Instagram has 100k followers. We have tens of thousands of alumni and hoops is king at uva. None of this requires dropping bags
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I wonder if we could *also sell an opportunity to be managed/networked with some high value individuals such as Amy and John Griffin of Blue Ridge Capital, if you want to get into Comedy and acting then Tina Fey etc etcā¦Honestly this whole thing is a slippery slope *but is this how we will need to play?