That’s my question with all of this, who’s doing the telling and what makes them trustworthy?
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sheez, even the nba realized they needed rookie salary caps. this wild wild west stuff has gotta stop, or you will literally have some directional school with a big money donor fielding a team of five star rentals. espn’s gotta step in and say no more billion dollar tv deals until you get this under control.
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No clue. Why pay player 5-7million when he will be top 5 NBA pick the next year
And why take 5-7 to go to BYU for a year and not even be allowed to d…or f…
Never mind
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Maybe his mom made the decision?
I wonder how BYU calculates whether that expenditure was worth it or not. Every person that converts to LDS from the publicity from his attendance is worth X dollars?
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That’s one of those bigger than basketball investments. If he goes on and lives up the hype and ends up an NBA star much less an all-time great…he’ll always be from BYU. What’s that worth?
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Yes.
Paying more doesn’t mean the player suddenly becomes better. There is always a #1 ranked recruit going somewhere In the era of NIL = more boosters involved at more schools = less likelihood of the Zion RJ Cam Duke super team which didn’t even win it all.
That’s why I love college basketball so much. So much Xs and Os and player development. Tennessee is the #1 team in the country being lead by a 3 star sub 6 ft pg. And NIL can be wasted money with high school recruits more variable in outcome than pro players for example where you know moreso what you are getting (and even those you see horrible contracts in hindsight and even real time)
I think it’s simpler than that. The Qualtrics guy has money to spend and “#1 recruit came to BYU” probably is a good enough return. Spending that money for him is as much consumption as it is investment (this is a point cribbed from Matt Levine’s Money Stuff newsletter). It’s like spending money on art.
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I would love for Levine to cover college sports some more. Feel like there is some interesting stuff in collectives he could get into.
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On Dybantsa, I hope a consensus figure comes to light. It went from BYU leading at a rumored $4m to him committing and suddenly it’s $7m?? Did it really take 75% increase to get him to commit…. Doubtful
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Or NFTs, if he’s a bust
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Alabama was gaining smoke with AJ down the stretch. Maybe a last second bidding war
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If my math is correct, and he spent the $7 Million all himself (likely not) then he spent roughly 1/3 of 1% of his reported net worth. He’ll make that back in a few days if he needs the cash.
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What I want to know is how much does it cost to field a good team?
Who knows. This Athletic article from the summer seems quaint now, as they threw out $5 mil as the budget for a top basketball team:
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Depends on the team. Reality is most players will go to Duke for a lot less than Missouri. For most of us, it’s not a question of how much money you have to spend so much as can you get the players worth spending the money on.
I think schools are just now starting to learn how to play the game. Basically, money has to be part of the “priority” treatment. If you really want a guy, the offer needs to reflect that. All the while understanding that you’ll almost never be the school offering the most because for some schools that’s the entire pitch.
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What happened to our byu correspondent @bdhammond28 ?
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Proly went to the portal to McNeese State or some shit
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I think this is where we need a GM.
Unless you’re tapping T Boone Pickens’s seemingly unlimited pockets (or Phil Knight or the BYU dude), and maybe even if you are, there are going to be limits on your spending power. So you need a GM - someone with an eye for talent and the financial acumen to determine what that talent is worth (because it’s a truism that talent pretty much always thinks it’s worth more than it actually is, which probably goes double for teenagers who don’t really have a grasp of the “market” for talent), and you can’t consistently overpay.
Obviously, we’re in the wild west right now and there are no rules, but as this starts to shake out, a market will develop – despite outliers like the BYU kid, as programs will realize that the money isn’t infinite, so even without a salary cap, I think (hope) the next phase goes not to the best programs for coaching and talent development (passe); nor to the programs with the splashiest recruiting/transfer classes; but to the programs that navigate the challenges of scouting, compensating, and developing players.
I do not think BYU is going to the Final Four next year even with the splash signing. It’s the modern equivalent of Dook’s near constant top 5 recruiting class that doesn’t make the FF because there’s more to the game than signing the best players and rolling the ball out.
So I think we need a GM even more than we need Shaka Smart - and I hope that it is part of Wally’s portfolio. He is the ideal candidate and he’s already in house.
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