Should The Gators Over-pay for Players?

If Texas has been spending 10-20 mil to make almost 300, is their math bad?

 

Sorry that I "assume" things (you know what that does). My efforts aren't to put anyone in their places, just to catch folk (assist really) who seem to talk themselves in circles. People may want to do the "damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!" approach that is so popular today. Others see it as throwing good money at bad ideas (unproven HS talent who are gaming the system, see Rashada). Until further notice, no one knows which is correct and which is misguided. But if you choose one side, you have to own the warts that will manifest. And that is pretty much my modus operandi.

And my final "proclamation" is mainly trying to get folks to realize that regardless which direction we want UF to go, it is pretty much a given that major college football WILL become a minor league to the NFL. And it WILL have to have the trappings like unionized players. It is what it is.

 

Under current structure the ONLY option is for gator nation to chip in their pesos. That is the only allowable source for NIL

 

I wonder, would it be allowable for GATOR Boosters to provide discounts of required contributions with the evidence of NIL contributions. Not saying whether or not they would want to do that, but would that potentially be a legal way to divert funds?

Go GATORS!
,WESGATORS

 

Just keep kicking in more $$$$ when the hat comes around. It’ll never be enough though, because the price will always just keep going up, and up, and……………….

 

Nice breakdown in the article on how Rising got NIL

https://www.si.com/fannation/name-i...back-rising-made-seven-figures-2023-nil-matt9

 

No, because technically NIL is supposed to be actaully for name, image, likeness....not for going to certain school. The NIL contract can't tie a player to a specific school, so diverted booster money wouldn't fly

 

Couple of thoughts. One, my hope is that the market will somewhat self regulate and level out to a certain degree. But that only works if everyone plays along.....if one or two or ten schools are willing to pay they get the players. Second, UF could probably afford to pay players a reasonable amount...but bear in mind you can't pay football players and not pay lacrosse, swimming etc. And do you pay every athlete a flat rate? And can every school afford to pay every athlete in every sport? Does each school have discretion to pay whatever they want or does the number set the same everywhere?
Finally, the NIL genie is out of the bottle. Every school could pay every athlete $100k a year and NIL would still exist. If Mr Texas oil man still wants to pay a kid $2M then there is no way to stop him. So then the school is paying AND they get NIL from the boosters.

 

No shit

 

My guess:

 

Its old, but is it really that much older than most of the college stadiums? Most have been hodge podge add-ons over the years like BHG stadium.

 

Repairs to an existing facility doesn't trigger certain code compliance, renovations do.

The first thing I heard out of Stricklin's mouth was "we NEED aisle widening and handrails" (at a cost of almost 3K seats) which is untrue unless seating renovations are planned to occur.

 

Lol. Florida is not a blue blood. Just stop.

 

No. FSU isn't either. There are only a handful of blue blood programs. Blue blood implies a long history of success, not recent success. I'd say a winning percentage around the 70% range puts a school in that category. Michigan, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma. Florida schools are nouveau riche, not blue bloods.