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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5410335, member: 722"]
Are these made up numbers? I’ve heard that Syracuse allocated $4 million to the basketball program. My source, posts here… So it all might all be incorrect.

But if our budget from the university is $4 million, and somebody yesterday said our full NIL budget was probably just below $8 million total, how on earth are we only paying our starters $4 million total? How is that possible? I strongly suspect that the dollars being thrown around have to be much bigger. Why would a top guy like Freeman or George accept so little when there are dozens of programs throwing around much bigger money?

The fact that it all is merely rumor and not actually known is part of what makes it so frustrating. Even in the pros, where we know exactly what contracts are, there are guys that overestimate their value and have to eventually accept peanuts… How can you make informed decisions as a player, agent or coach when it’s all just rumors and unscrupulous “reporters” who are really boosters making these dollar claims?

Everybody is suggesting they should stick to an offer with Deng, but then the numbers being thrown around seem trivial compared to the estimated budget.

If we have a pile of cash lying around and Freeman (probably our best player) asks for more money because Deng (probably our sixth man) got paid? Give it to him. <shrug>
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