Uh Oh. Clemson has seen the light.

[Harvard Gamecock]

Get ready boys.

 

[92Pony]

Wait.....is this a trick?

 

[JohnnySolo]

Not sure why ipay didn't make dabo spend money on the portal already.

 

[muscleknight]

LSU spent 50 million and left the middle of the line wide-open.

 

[18IsTheMan]

$40 million is the minimum buy-in just to have a shot at being a contender.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

$40 million is the minimum buy-in just to have a shot at being a contender.

So, are we there yet ?

 

[18IsTheMan]

So, are we there yet ?

Nobody knows what we spend...or what anyone else spends really. I settled on the $40 million b/c that's in the range of the NIL numbers you hear thrown about most often for the big programs, though all are unconfirmed.

I'd imagine we're in the 20s.

 

[Piscis]

So, are we there yet ?

Everything I've seen says were are $30-35M. Throwing money doesn't automatically make you a contender.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Everything I've seen says were are $30-35M. Throwing money doesn't automatically make you a contender.

I doubt we are that high. Nobody knows though.

 

[Piscis]

I doubt we are that high. Nobody knows though.

I agree, nobody knows. Whatever it is, it isn't the pittance some think it is.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I agree, nobody knows. Whatever it is, it isn't the pittance some think it is.

I would guess we're in the mid to upper 20s.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Everything I've seen says were are $30-35M. Throwing money doesn't automatically make you a contender.

No, it doesn't. However not spending any money, or very little in the current environment nearly guarantees you won't be a contender.

 

[kidrobinski]

I would guess we're in the mid to upper 20s.

Mid 20s is what I’ve seen.

 

[Cockytom86]

Everything I've seen says were are $30-35M. Throwing money doesn't automatically make you a contender.

Not throwing money at NIL guarantees you won’t be!!

 

[bayrooster]

Get ready boys.

That's like a rich uncle for every starter.

 

[Psycock]

Tampa Bay Rays have one of the lowest roster payrolls in MLB I believe - $$$ doesn`t always translate.

 

[sclawman77]

Everything I've seen says were are $30-35M. Throwing money doesn't automatically make you a contender.

Bradford and Shurburtt quote these figures regularly on their morning show too from The Athletic piece that came out a month ago fwiw. Shurburtt has good sources close to the program and concurs with the low to mid $30M range as our NIL payroll.

 

[Deathstar]

Where will the taters get $40 million, I thought their programs was hurting financially?

 

[Tngamecock]

If money guaranteed anything then LSU would be undefeated

 

[Lurker123]

If this is true, it still leaves the big question of how Dabo will spend the money.

As I understand, he still wants to focus on recruiting highsschoolers and keeping them around for "development". As opposed to going out and rebuilding each year.

Even a large influx of cash would still mean he's starting over with this freshman class. And its results won't be immediate.

 

[Deathstar]

If this is true, it still leaves the big question of how Dabo will spend the money.

As I understand, he still wants to focus on recruiting highsschoolers and keeping them around for "development". As opposed to going out and rebuilding each year.

Even a large influx of cash would still mean he's starting over with this freshman class. And its results won't be immediate.

Unless it is some generational talent I would skip high school recruiting altogether and focus on the portal. Let people like dabs spend the time and money developing players, then buy the good ones that work out away from him later.

 

[Lurker123]

Unless it is some generational talent I would skip high school recruiting altogether and focus on the portal. Let people like dabs spend the time and money developing players, then buy the good ones that work out away from him later.

I can't say id skip HS recruiting totally, but it's certainly taking a back seat at this point.