Maraad Watson transferring to Texas

[sufan59]

Wow

Go to Georgia

 

[Consigliere]

Football is only getting around 10-11. That’s the problem.

You may want to recheck your sources.
And others may want to do a little investigation before accepting everything they read here.

 

[ezbeezy214]

Who isn't currently a starter? Surely you aren't talking about Watson, right? He was literally our best returning defensive player.

From what we saw of the spring depth chart, he wasn’t “starting”

 

[ezbeezy214]

He wasn't projected to start?

Tank and Thomas

 

[CNYGuy]

At SU there’s alot more to where the rev share money gets distributed to. To think it only goes to the big 3 is incorrect.

John Wildhack said on the radio about a month ago that nearly all the revenue share money is going to football/MBB/WBB.

They’re not paying the smaller sports.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

My opinion of Watson will be lower if he goes to Tennessee.

 

[Jake]

Those schools aren’t paying up for one of our “backups”.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Isn't football like $15m of the $20m?

Yea but the football roster is 100+ guys and hoops is what 12-15 guys.

 

[orangetrain]

Just want to stick to the facts. Most schools are picking up the tab on the additional 20 roster spots. Football made the choice to cover what the administration decided not to. IMO the right thing to do.

 

[RedtheGOB]

The thing is, Fran Brown came into the head coaching gig fully prepared that it was going to be this way… He’s no 25 year head coach comfortable and trapped in his own tradition. He’s the guy everybody else has to watch out for, and he signed up for exactly this.

The fact is, nobody heard of Watson when we flipped him from Kent State. So Fran either does what it takes to keep Watson, or he’ll go get another.

He’s not going to break from this horrible new Head Coaching situation, he’s going to thrive. He already has, compared to all the coaches going back to Pasqualoni.

Cough cough Bellicheck ha. We're going to get a first hand experience Halloween October 31st.

A 75 year old hall of fame NFL coach who is used to having control of everything, contracts, Salary caps, etc. We'll see how long he lasts when he realizes that a player can just bounce on a whim and the school can do nothing except pay more.

Up against Fran a dude that's 30 years younger and like you said thrives in this craziness.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Cough cough Bellicheck ha. We're going to get a first hand experience Halloween October 31st.

A 75 year old hall of fame NFL coach who is used to having control of everything, contracts, Salary caps, etc. We'll see how long he lasts when he realizes that a player can just bounce on a whim and the school can do nothing except pay more.

Up against Fran a dude that's 30 years younger and like you said thrives in this craziness.

He's going to think it'll go different for him because he's different, and that's going to matter.

 

[CNYGuy]

Just want to stick to the facts. Most schools are picking up the tab on the additional 20 roster spots. Football made the choice to cover what the administration decided not to. IMO the right thing to do.

That’s not accurate based on the House settlement proposal…. That still legally has to count against your revenue share cap. Any new scholarship created counts against the $20.5M whether it’s Syracuse, Bama, etc. No school can go over that $20.5 cap. If they spend it with a check or a scholarship to kid 86, the number is the same.

What separates those schools is NIL (outside of school rev share number). Syracuse is at the max rev share, but outside companies/people can spend more still. Especially in this window before the approval and there’s proposed regulations

 

[orangetrain]

You may want to recheck your sources.
And others may want to do a little investigation before accepting everything they read here.

No need to check. I’m putting reality out there so we don’t lose more players. The university is confusing the narrative, reality is we have set the football program up for a tough road by short changing them. Key point is, Basketball has no chance with its donor base so they need more university support!!! Do they have a NIL?
Right now the football NIL and Fran seem to get it, but starting off short will lead to what we’ve seen the last few weeks.
People can disagree and argue, say check sources etc…. Let’s see how next week goes.

 

[Consigliere]

At SU there’s alot more to where the rev share money gets distributed to. To think it only goes to the big 3 is incorrect.

Actually it’s a big 2 and 90% of the revenue share goes to those two sports. Women’s basketball gets the next most.

The first $2.5MM in extra scholarship costs comes out of the $20.5MM and the bulk, if not all of that goes to football too.

 

[Consigliere]

No need to check. I’m putting reality out there so we don’t lose more players. The university is confusing the narrative, reality is we have set the football program up for a tough road by short changing them. Key point is, Basketball has no chance with its donor base so they need more university support!!! Do they have a NIL?
Right now the football NIL and Fran seem to get it, but starting off short will lead to what we’ve seen the last few weeks.
People can disagree and argue, say check sources etc…. Let’s see how next week goes.

Not disagreeing. Simply stating that the narrative you are spreading is false whether you choose to believe me or not.

Unfortunately these narratives tend to take on a life of their own here.

 

[FrancoPizza]

With buyouts this would sting a lot less. Regulation can’t get here fast enough.

 

[orangetrain]

I can’t believe you because you’re wrong. This narrative needs to take a life of its own here because it’s factual. Let’s sit back and see the movements next week. There will be some really good news, and news some won’t like. It’s modern day college athletics.
And to answer the response above from CNYGuy- proposed is the key word. It’s not in affect yet.
I trust in Fran and from what I see the football NIL group doing.

 

[Trueblue25]

Wow

Yeah we’re not winning this

 

[djorange1989]

Yeah we’re not winning this

No this shows what we knew when he committed here: the kid is a high end SEC talent(ie not just a Vandy SEC talent!). We can’t compete with this, most schools can’t

 

[Trueblue25]

No this shows what we knew when he committed here: the kid is a high end SEC talent(ie not just a Vandy SEC talent!). We can’t compete with this, most schools can’t

Depressing but I think Tank, Jobity and Dennis are in for big years if they can maintain health

 

[nrzacchi19]

Depressing but I think Tank, Jobity and Dennis are in for big years if they can maintain health

Big fan of the class of DL we have coming in too, hopefully a couple early contributors in that group

 

[rrlbees]

I can’t believe you because you’re wrong. This narrative needs to take a life of its own here because it’s factual. Let’s sit back and see the movements next week. There will be some really good news, and news some won’t like. It’s modern day college athletics.
And to answer the response above from CNYGuy- proposed is the key word. It’s not in affect yet.
I trust in Fran and from what I see the football NIL group doing.

$20.5m

70-75% football
15-20% men’s basketball
5% women’s basketball
5% all other sports

 

[GoSU96]

Wow

Congrats to him.

Also shows the staff has an eye for talent.

 

[Consigliere]

I can’t believe you because you’re wrong. This narrative needs to take a life of its own here because it’s factual. Let’s sit back and see the movements next week. There will be some really good news, and news some won’t like. It’s modern day college athletics.
And to answer the response above from CNYGuy- proposed is the key word. It’s not in affect yet.
I trust in Fran and from what I see the football NIL group doing.

Sorry to be argumentative but to say football is only getting $10 - 11MM out of the $20.5MM revenue sharing pool because we are overfunding basketball is simply not true. Not sure where you got that information from or why you choose to believe it, but I can state with first hand knowledge that it is false. Certainly what we will devote from this channel to football is not enough to compete at the top tiers on its own but that’s where NIL and the collectives need to help bridge the gap.

I’ll back out now and let you insist you’re right but I trust others on this forum can easily find the truth.

 

[anomander]

Wow

and people trying to say he was 2nd string…