Are we to assume that is this year, or spread out over 3 years? Do we have a legitimate out for next year?
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My guess is year to year. Dont know though. Doubt we guarantee 2mm plus for three
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These typically run as year to year deals due to transfer portal.
We paid TJP 3/4 of a million dollars and made Ralph piss in a sink. SMH
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Look at this wayâŚwe got Saunders for a bargain, so the PFs evened out. The guard transfers look like a waste of good money though. haha With Warley leaving early, maybe spent $400K on them.
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In 10 years at the Worcester Y, some kid is gonna cook TJP and brag to his buddies that âthe guy I cooked made a million bucks playing hoopsâ.
Man, how many TJP jokes do I need to make to incept that guy into being decent? Maybe 750,000?
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We need a Miami/Ruiz situation or Leonard Hamilton situation for Power.
Some way to get a fuckin refund ffs
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I imagine the answer to this will be pretty clear if heâs on the team next year. Canât imagine him getting more after this season lol
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A couple interesting updates and projections on where things might go in an NCAA-related bill:
Collective bargaining is a red line apparently, but there seems to be some hope of limiting it (eg, not employees) and getting some form of it. Color me skeptical.
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Apparently NIL will still be allowed but there will be more stringent rules about what NIL is where as the revenue sharing will be moreso pay to play.
Of course whatâs the likelihood of the new rules actually being made and how they are enforced by a toothless NCAA idk
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For example, Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams just committed 3-4 million a year for the next 4 years for womenâs basketball. Is that still allowed in the revenue sharing era?
edit: This is the only answer Ive gotten so far
Definitely wouldnât want 3-4 million of our 20 million cap space to womenâs bball
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Maybe if NIL is still a thing even if stringent, Ohanian could have the womenâs players do advertisments for his brands for the $3-4 million and it would be separate from the 20 million cap
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Ohanianâs gift is $776k/year for 4 years I believe, so it wouldnât be that much of the cap per year.
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That makes so much more sense than 3-4 million a year.
Think we should go $11 million football,
$5 Million basketball
$2 million baseball,
$2 million Olympic sports (womenâs swimming seems to make their own money on tournament wins and branding deals. Seems like they and Tennis would be more benefitting from pure NIL).
Basketball is still Xs and Os/wide variance in outcomes of players. Whereas baseball and football itâs pretty clear which talents stand out.
Iâd be shocked if we only went $11m on football. Iâd say $13m at the least.
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Probably more realistic. Football funds everything else.
And womenâs swimming/Tennis would be big benefitters from actual NIL so may not need to eat into actual 20 million cap to stay successful there.
I do think Baseball could be a sneaky good investment.
I would agree with the baseball thing. With the scholarship cap rising so dramatically, the sport is about to drastically change, and I think we could be well positioned to capitalize if we invest early. I also think it is growing pretty fast as a potential revenue generator, so it could just be a good business move as well.
Louisvilleâs top 3 NIL earns got $750K each (seems to be their ceiling for paying players)⌠the same as TJ Power⌠FML we can build a really good team with 300-600K players