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Kaiden Prothro: UGA overcame âsignificant offerâ from SEC rival for 5-star
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Kaiden Prothro: UGA overcame âsignificant offerâ from SEC rival for 5-star
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He would be DANGEROUS as a WR at UGA!
Will we only have Noah Thomas for this year? I hope they use his height a lot!
Is this the part where Sark chimes in to reassure everyone that it isn't about money, it's about relationships, and that if a recruit is focused on the money, Texas doesn't want them. Lol.
That’s the main weapon that KS has to fight against schools offering more money, Player Development. This young man and his father saw the benefit of the Bigger $$ in the long haul.
TX and some other schools will beat us on some recruits purely from big NIL $$. But the player that Wants development might be the better get for the long haul. It is what it is.
Like @Kasey and I and some other posters were talking about on another thread all this crapola rests squarely on the NCAA. They could’ve fixed this years ago but as usual they did the foot dragging shuffle and here we are. NIL would’ve come along eventually but the NCAA could’ve have prolonged its happening for quite a few more years if they had gave the players a healthy Universal stipend and other benefits.
That way all CFB teams would be on the same footing in terms of player compensation !! But now the genie is out of the bottle and there’s no going back. P.S. No one but horns fans buys Sarks apologist comments about His players and NIL. But who knows that might come back to bite him !!
Screw tx and all that oil money. Really stinks how they can come in wipe out years of hard work to build a relationship.
He will line up at WR plenty either way, I'm thinking.
Don't count Texas out. We know from experience that they always come in at the last minute with a big bag to sway the recruit. I suspect this will happen in Prothro's case and then we'll see how good his word is…
I agree with navydawg about kids that want to develop and the ones that want the money now. Pro teams praise the players coming out of UGA for the way they already know how to work at practice. It's just hard for some of these families that really need the NIL money and just see that immediate payday.Those are the players we'll miss out on.You really can't blame these kids but it's a shame the families just jump at the biggest payday now.
If "money" is not an important aspect, then why even bring up the "significant offer"? All of us fans have seen the proclamations from these families and these recruits about the only thing that's important is "the team, the coaches, and the school—and not the money"—-only to have them jump ship for a payday at some other school. I'm not saying that Kaiden Prothro is like that—he seems to be resolute in his commitment, but you never know until the bag man shows up from Texas!
I think you are right. The money is #1. Can't say I blame them. This kind of money is life changing and has probably never been seen before by any of these families.
The question is what will be the impact of these new rules (% payout to players/sports, Salary cap, NIL clearing house, etc) be? Will that level the playing field and provide transparency?
Two programs (TX, Mia) seem to be targeting UGA recruits, knowing UGA is selling development over money, and coming in with a bigger bag. So far, under the current rules, their strategy seems to be working. TX is 3 for 4 w/5*'s vs UGA this cycle. Rule changes can't get here soon enough.
The question is what will be the impact of these new rules (% payout to players/sports, Salary cap, NIL clearing house, etc) be? Will that level the playing field and provide transparency?
There are no controls on the collectives. That is where all the oil money resides!
You are correct from what I have heard. BUT ANY NIL deal over $600 needs to be cleared.
"NIL deals valued at $600 or more must be cleared through a third-party clearinghouse system called NIL Go, which is overseen by the College Sports Commission (CSC). This system, managed by Deloitte, is designed to verify the legitimacy of these deals and ensure they align with fair market value, preventing NIL deals from circumventing revenue-sharing rules ", AI.
The way I read that is that each player's "deal" is evaluated for validation vs value/worth AND that the composite (team) values of these NIL deals can't(?) exceed the total (salary cap) of the amount committed to revenue sharing. Still a lot to be decided/communicated. But seems to support a system that levels the playing field and attempts to check out of control talent buying.
Probably means a return to paying players under the table. The difference now vs, say, the '80's is the sophistication of banking record keeping and money tracking protocols currently in use in the US.