Of course they do. There is no bigger marketing, alumni, and community involvement driver than Athletics. That's before we get into the discussion of providing educational opportunities for a minority cohort that every school in the country is in competition to attract to diversify their campus communities.
Tyrese Hunter Entering the Transfer Portal - NIL Speculation
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Boy, if and that would be a big 'if', imo, there were no signs of that and he played defense like a mother. (Click w/ Prohm wouldn't be in the equation, imo)
Well duh, that was my point. It absolutely does mean George is implying something. I didn't say it was something bad, (but meaning not all about money). I was just saying its too bad we have to always go off of assumptions. Because 99% of the pre-chatter was about NIL. Generic "in my best interest stuff" is all we'll ever get, but I hope he was big enough to give TJ & the coaching staff the entire truth. Then they can learn from it too.
I think @cyclonehomer said it best, we can replace his production from last season and even exceed it, but we cannot replace his upside. It sucks because we are losing what could have been.
Find a solid guard in the portal, add AJ Green, and a couple other bigs and we should be much better than last season, even with his departure.
Find a solid guard in the portal, add AJ Green, and a couple other bigs and we should be much better than last season, even with his departure.
Kansas, Duke and Kentucky have been getting poached by other teams for YEARS. Most have been scholarship players in search of more minutes or walk ons in search of a scholarship/more minutes.
The 2022 KU roster lost 5 players from the previous season that transferred out.
2021 had 1 transfer out
2020 had 4 transfer out
2019 had 1 transfer out
2018 had 3 transfer out
2017 was the last season that did not have a player from the previous year transfer out
2016 had 1 player transfer out
2015 had 2 players transfer out
This has been going on forever.
Even if his dad wasn't on staff, AJ Green would be coming here to play a higher level of basketball. I haven't heard of any specific NIL offerings he would be getting here. So not really the same comparison as Tyrese situation, imo.
Look he’s probably leaving for the money. But if he was 100% happy, he might not have left.
First Final 4 in which NIL has been legal:
Kansas
UNC
Duke
Villanova
But yes. We are seeing a bigger variety of teams make the Final 4.
I think it's worth acknowledging this was probably alot to process for a 19 year old, especially one without living parents.
The money he gets now doesn't look like a ton when compared to a second NBA contract. Monte got 3 years/27 million. THT got 3 years/30 million. Hali's rookie deal has him at 4 years/18 million, and with the way he's playing I'd imagine a big extension is in his future. Naturally the schools that will pay you high dollar NIL are going to be chalked fully of other talented players. So you have to be pretty confident in yourself to believe not only will they give you money now, but you will find yourself in a position to have ample time/opportunity to show your abilities for the NBA.
The money he gets now doesn't look like a ton when compared to a second NBA contract. Monte got 3 years/27 million. THT got 3 years/30 million. Hali's rookie deal has him at 4 years/18 million, and with the way he's playing I'd imagine a big extension is in his future. Naturally the schools that will pay you high dollar NIL are going to be chalked fully of other talented players. So you have to be pretty confident in yourself to believe not only will they give you money now, but you will find yourself in a position to have ample time/opportunity to show your abilities for the NBA.
Kentucky is the only place I have seen big $$$ happening. They have a local Porsche dealership that is hooking up players with sweet rides.
Remy Martin scored a Toyota Corolla from a Lawrence car dealer. Whoopee! There aren't any Toyota dealers in Ames?!? What happened to that Wilson Toyota dealer who always had signs up in the student section?
Quentin Grimes was a Top 20 recruit and led Houston to the Final Four the year after he left. Does that count?
Guys at the end of the bench vs best players on the roster. Puhlease.
The big programs have been feeding their 2nd tier players out to the rest of the sport for decades.
Read the room. This ain't the place for your pro-KU nonsense. Not today.
Ochai Agbaji used to be a "guy at the end of the bench".
