Even if he had committed early, that wouldn't have stopped UCLA or USC from offering him a scholarship and NIL money. Then we'd have people upset at a possible flip or decommitment instead of him choosing a different school outright.
Fielder doesn’t belong in this conversation. We just didn’t put the work in there.
You mean like Kamari Lands and Dior Johnson?
First big-time offer
Mississippi State, Texas and Nebraska offered a month before us.
Multi-year and six figures, with incentives that could grow it to seven figures. That's as specific as Adam is getting with me on these NIL offers.
Has he talked to you at all about the possibility of reworking his deals in the case of a kid getting a better offer?
I’m certain that a guy who runs a massive business is more than capable of handling a bidding war
Haven't spoken at length with him on that topic, but I would imagine the answer is yes.
Of course, but bidding on a teenager has to be weird. It's just very interesting. He talked about $1M per year, but one would think that number has grown.
People should the see the dollars thrown around by MLB in South & Central America to 16 year olds (and younger). MOst of whom will never see the upper levels of the minor leagues.
I don't consider them big-time basketball programs, maybe Texas?
Definitely Texas.
They've had aspirations for a while. But Shaka Smart and Rick Barnes (even with Durant!!) couldn't get them over the hump. Beard might have if he didn't pull the caveman act.
A Chris beard offer held weight, let’s see how they fare without him over the next couple years
Never fails
