Thought experiment - what to do if we did have a $1M NIL guarantor

[javadoc]

What would you do with it?

I'd use it for DL, but barring that, would go for WR. And this would be in perpetuity, those 2 positions.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I'd rather get five 4-star kids at $200k each, than one 5-star millionaire.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Uh, we do have one. And I would get offensive line because they’ll stay a few years.

 

[FasterCuse]

I know it could be a bust, but I think you've got to go with a QB. Most important position in college sports.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

 

[rrlbees]

Uh, we do have one. And I would get offensive line because they’ll stay a few years.

Yes

 

[SuFTW]

Uh, we do have one. And I would get offensive line because they’ll stay a few years.

Doesn’t everyone have to stay at least 3 years (post high school) before going pro?

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Uh, we do have one. And I would get offensive line because they’ll stay a few years.

There’s no way he would sponsor someone who isn’t in the limelight because he wants to share it. So QB, RB, or WR.

 

[dollarbill44]

There’s no way he would sponsor someone who isn’t in the limelight because he wants to share it. So QB, RB, or WR.

Well, if you get an Outland trophy winner, there's plenty of limelight there.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Long Snapper

 

[JackBauer44]

IMO - great teams start with the line. A five star OL can make a half decent RB look great.

 

[kcsu]

Ol dl

 

[Irt4su]

Can never have enough good extra point holders.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Doesn’t everyone have to stay at least 3 years (post high school) before going pro?

Good point. Still, when was the last time we didn’t complain about the center position during the season? Isn’t that worth $1 million?

 

[David321]

Offensive line every time, don’t even have to think twice. Football is won in the trenches.

 

[cali315phan]

Good point. Still, when was the last time we didn’t complain about the center position during the season? Isn’t that worth $1 million?

Worth $1 million to us? Sure. Worth $1 million to a donor wanting to make a splash? Not so much.

 

[David321]

We shouldn’t assume that a big donor automatically is ignorant to the game. For all we know they could be just like us, but loaded.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Worth $1 million to us? Sure. Worth $1 million to a donor wanting to make a splash? Not so much.

What if us are donor?

 

[SUFan44]

QB is the biggest differentiator in college football.

Need a good one to be relevant.

 

[shu 49]

I'd rather get five 4-star kids at $200k each, than one 5-star millionaire.

Exactly

 

[shu 49]

If I had to have 1 guy it would be a 5 star dt that is 6’3 ish and about 305 that moves like a cat. Then next choice would be a center. Then next would be a qb. Imagine our defense next year with a absolute man eating stud in the middle. He can gap it, he can twist it, and he can sack it. Our backers would have a field day.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Doesn’t everyone have to stay at least 3 years (post high school) before going pro?

Not at SU. The portal can be enticing.

 

[rrlbees]

Not at SU. The portal can be enticing.

Yep. Babers has done a great job with the portal.

 

[SuFTW]

Not at SU. The portal can be enticing.

The context here is someone receiving one million in NIL. I don’t think they would leave.
Could also get injured, arrested etc.

 

[SuFTW]

Good point. Still, when was the last time we didn’t complain about the center position during the season? Isn’t that worth $1 million?

To me no, I would rather spread it around the OL or give to a dominant DL or LB.