Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Evidently this one completely blindsided the OU folks and the rumors are that the family went out shopping the kid to various NIL sources without really looping him in until they got a deal they liked.
If some of this stuff is even half true, it's unsavory as hell.
Just more of the stuff I've been bitching about - the unfettered free agency of every single player on every single team in college football every single offseason just doesn't feel tenable to me.
I don't know how this can possibly sustain.
I just read the article about this. They apparently made demands from Oklahoma that were actually met but Green reneged when he got more somewhere else. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
I just read the article about this. They apparently made demands from Oklahoma that were actually met but Green reneged when he got more somewhere else.
Yeah - this feels like I a recruiting battle I wouldn't mind losing.
I'm not sure that's an element I'm super eager to introduce to the locker room. I could be wrong here, but you're gonna deal with that every single season with him and you're gonna get shopped to the high bidder every time. Is that the buy-in you're looking for?
We can go out there and get a dozen 4* recruits every year and we're STILL at a raw talent disadvantage to teams like Bama, Georgia and Ohio State. We need an edge somewhere and that's going to have to be in continuity and buy-in.
This may be winning a battle to lose the war. I'm not sure this is a Pandora's box we want to be opening... [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Yeah - this feels like I a recruiting battle I wouldn't mind losing.
I'm not sure that's an element I'm super eager to introduce to the locker room. I could be wrong here, but you're gonna deal with that every single season with him and you're gonna get shopped to the high bidder every time. Is that the buy-in you're looking for?
We can go out there and get a dozen 4* recruits every year and we're STILL at a raw talent disadvantage to teams like Bama, Georgia and Ohio State. We need an edge somewhere and that's going to have to be in continuity and buy-in.
This may be winning a battle to lose the war. I'm not sure this is a Pandora's box we want to be opening...
Exactly, that kid is a one year rental wherever he goes unless the NIL agreement is enhanced every season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Exactly, that kid is a one year rental wherever he goes unless the NIL agreement is enhanced every season.
Seems like a really shitty situation to put yourself in as a player, as well. Youd think you would want to settle into a system to help yourself look better, so that you can go pro. [Reply]