You’re exactly right. If a donor stepped up, the previously existing funds should still be available. Seems like a convenient excuse to suggest the Lampkin situation will prevent us from carrying out our plans. It doesn’t add up.
Calipari has Walmart and Jerry Jones providing him with a lot of money. We aren’t so lucky.
We don't have enough info and we are just speculating myself included. It could be that we had X+Y+Z in the NIL reserve and Eddie asked for 2X+3Y, so a donor contributed X+2Y, Eddie got his 2X+3Y and stays and we are left with Z which is $4.99, and it does add up, just that $4.99 is barely enough for a Wendy's Frosty plus NYC sales tax.
Cant be upset with middle of the road results.
We’re talking about a $250-300k raise for Lampkin. That would mean our remaining NIL reserve was less. We weren’t getting two good players - a guard and a forward - for that amount.
We had one in Adam W. He brought Gronk, Tom Brady, etc.and then we killed the Golden Goose. I understand our AD JW maybe was not on board, but clearly JB was a fan. He alone could have solved any of the funding issues we have for hoops. If I am the AD, I figure out how to keep him in the fold and engaged, he is a huge SU fan. No creativity. We also needed a way to keep Jesse E big mistake #2. Hope losing our whole Soph class is not mistake #3. Typically I’m glass half full but something seems off right now in our portal and transfer strategy. Like the 2 Freshman we are bringing in for the record.
Maybe I’m naive but why can’t the billionaire give money anonymously?
If you got a big donor donating big money and hes playing by the rules i wouldnt be telling him how to paint his picture. He brought positive publicity at a time when the team desperately needed some kind of pulse. He doesn’t need Syracuse, Syracuse could sure use him though. And he’s still out with the big celebrities at pro games doing his thing and what makes him happy. I think he’s misunderstood.
Because he doesn't want to. Why does it matter? As long as he contributes within the rules who cares.
I think style fit is the most important and probably why Lampkin was someone they didn't want to lose. Clearly they value his low-post game and passing ability. Between him and Carlos I think Bell and Starling will get a ton of clean looks.
Hopefully he has a big year. We are paying him a similar amount to what St. John’s is paying Kadary.
I thought you were talking sleeping pills.
It's tough to know for sure without real transparency akin to pro leagues. But with us being mediocre for so long and Red still working to establish a track record, I would not be surprised if our number for Lampkin had to be higher than it was for other schools.
I'm afraid college basketball will become like Major League Baseball where the big market/big spending teams don't always win but they give themselves a better opportunity to win titles.
That may be true but the difference between the lower, middle, and top NIL schools is growing bigger.
I don’t think the data backs this up. Mid majors have had more success recently than ever. It only feels this way because we have stunk for so long and thats due to other factors outside of NIL.
And Tyson chicken
