Shaedon Sharpe-KY NIL

[CriticArisen]

If you haven't kept up with the Shaedon Sharpe Story then a few details. Shaedon is a 6'5" guard from Ontario and considered a top five NBA pick. He reclassified and signed with KY arriving on campus in January. Apparently Calipari signed a document saying he would practice with the team but Calipari agreed not play him this season. As best I know Shaedon agreed he would play for KY next season. Anyway as soon as on campus he signed a couple NIL deals and got a new Porsche from an NIL with a Porsche dealership. Now he is declaring for the draft and will never play for KY. Couldn't happen to a more deserving program but illustrative of the NIL benefits available to top players.

Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe: Inside His NIL Deal with SoleSavy

5-star shooting guard and Kentucky early enrollee Shaedon Sharpe just announced an NIL partnership with community-oriented sneaker startup SoleSavy.

boardroom.tv

 

[mk24]

Cal will be adding this dude to his list of millionaires he's produced. It's his big recruiting shtick.

 

[Pryght]

If you haven't kept up with the Shaedon Sharpe Story then a few details. Shaedon is a 6'5" guard from Ontario and considered a top five NBA pick. He reclassified and signed with KY arriving on campus in January. Apparently Calipari signed a document saying he would practice with the team but Calipari agreed not play him this season. As best I know Shaedon agreed he would play for KY next season. Anyway as soon as on campus he signed a couple NIL deals and got a new Porsche from an NIL with a Porsche dealership. Now he is declaring for the draft and will never play for KY. Couldn't happen to a more deserving program but illustrative of the NIL benefits available to top players.

Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe: Inside His NIL Deal with SoleSavy

5-star shooting guard and Kentucky early enrollee Shaedon Sharpe just announced an NIL partnership with community-oriented sneaker startup SoleSavy.

boardroom.tv

To my knowledge, he hasn't declared yet. That said, 99.9% of players who are projected to be a lottery pick jump to the NBA, as he should. He turns 19 in May and based on UK practice reports, his stock would likely drop significantly if he played for UK next year. Yet, his guardian has said all along that Shaedon will play for UK next year.

 

[mk24]

To my knowledge, he hasn't declared yet. That said, 99.9% of players who are projected to be a lottery pick jump to the NBA, as he should. He turns 19 in May and based on UK practice reports, his stock would likely drop significantly if he played for UK next year. Yet, his guardian has said all along that Shaedon will play for UK next year.

Is guardian code for agent? Seems like an awful lot of high level players have guardians.

 

[CriticArisen]

To my knowledge, he hasn't declared yet. That said, 99.9% of players who are projected to be a lottery pick jump to the NBA, as he should. He turns 19 in May and based on UK practice reports, his stock would likely drop significantly if he played for UK next year. Yet, his guardian has said all along that Shaedon will play for UK next year.

You are right. ESPN mock draft has him going 7th to the Pelicans but he hasn't made it official. I thought he had actually announced. That means Rupps Rafters will be very entertaining reading the day he announces.

 

[VanPastorMan]

If you haven't kept up with the Shaedon Sharpe Story then a few details. Shaedon is a 6'5" guard from Ontario and considered a top five NBA pick. He reclassified and signed with KY arriving on campus in January. Apparently Calipari signed a document saying he would practice with the team but Calipari agreed not play him this season. As best I know Shaedon agreed he would play for KY next season. Anyway as soon as on campus he signed a couple NIL deals and got a new Porsche from an NIL with a Porsche dealership. Now he is declaring for the draft and will never play for KY. Couldn't happen to a more deserving program but illustrative of the NIL benefits available to top players.

Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe: Inside His NIL Deal with SoleSavy

5-star shooting guard and Kentucky early enrollee Shaedon Sharpe just announced an NIL partnership with community-oriented sneaker startup SoleSavy.

boardroom.tv

If I was him I would promise to attend the school unless there are other factors. He shouldn't limit himself. It is funny though how he cashed in without contributing. Nothing he did was illegal so I have to say this young man is smarter than I am. I would not have thought of doing it this way.

 

[82hoosier]

If I was him I would promise to attend the school unless there are other factors. He shouldn't limit himself. It is funny though how he cashed in without contributing. Nothing he did was illegal so I have to say this young man is smarter than I am. I would not have thought of doing it this way.

Apparently the NCAA did not think about this either. NIL is already broken.

 

[Tscurlo]

Apparently the NCAA did not think about this either. NIL is already broken.

That's why I feel there should be a split in the road when these players graduate high School.

#1 - If you go PRO..... you leave right then and announce that you are in the draft if any teams are interested.

#2 - If you go college.... you sign a contract with the NCAA (not the schools) that you will stay at least four years in College ball.

I hate that College BB has mimicked the style of Pro BB.... and needs to get back to the Fundamentals of playing basketball.

 

[BaxterIU]

That's why I feel there should be a split in the road when these players graduate high School.

#1 - If you go PRO..... you leave right then and announce that you are in the draft if any teams are interested.

#2 - If you go college.... you sign a contract with the NCAA (not the schools) that you will stay at least four years in College ball.

I hate that College BB has mimicked the style of Pro BB.... and needs to get back to the Fundamentals of playing basketball.

The problem with #1 is that the NBA will not allow players to go straight from high school to the league.

 

[Radio Zero]

The problem with #1 is that the NBA will not allow players to go straight from high school to the league.

Uh … dead Kobe did it.

 

[Radio Zero]

So have several others. Then they changed the rules.

Kobe did other things of note as well. He transformed himself from an admitted rapist to a media-declared deity.

My only point being it’s well within the NBA’s powers to change our world for the better and give us back our game.

 

[BaxterIU]

My only point being it’s well within the NBA’s powers to change our world for the better and give us back our game.

The NBA has indicated no interest in doing so. Too many teams have been burned by drafting unproven players straight out of high school. For example, just ask the Pacers about Jonathan Bender, a #5 first round pick (a 6'11" high school shooting guard). Most people would read this and say, "Jonathan who?" The NBA much prefers to get a full year of college to scout players before considering them for the draft.

I agree with you that it would better for the college game if high schoolers could go straight to the NBA. But I don't think that it will happen anytime soon.

 

[turney333]

Apparently the NCAA did not think about this either. NIL is already broken.

Meh, not really a big deal and really the only one hurt/exploited by this is an idiot UK fan car dealer.

Kid took an open scholarship spot mid year and got to practice against better competition than he otherwise would have. UK didn’t get much ROI other than an extra practice player, but is really only out a semester’s tuition.

 

[Radio Zero]

Meh, not really a big deal and really the only one hurt/exploited by this is an idiot UK fan car dealer.

Kid took an open scholarship spot mid year and got to practice against better competition than he otherwise would have. UK didn’t get much ROI other than an extra practice player, but is really only out a semester’s tuition.

No big deal, really, since there aren’t kids in Lexington who could have really, really used a semester’s tuition covered by the university.

 

[Crayfish57]

That's why I feel there should be a split in the road when these players graduate high School.

#1 - If you go PRO..... you leave right then and announce that you are in the draft if any teams are interested.

#2 - If you go college.... you sign a contract with the NCAA (not the schools) that you will stay at least four years in College ball.

I hate that College BB has mimicked the style of Pro BB.... and needs to get back to the Fundamentals of playing basketball.

I agree with some of that, if you go right out of HS you should have the right to not take where you get drafted and for sure if undrafted be able to play college. The 4 yrs? Maybe at least graduate as some get through in 3 . Isnt college baseball 3 yrs if you play?

 

[Crayfish57]

So have several others. Then they changed the rules.

Kobe did other things of note as well. He transformed himself from an admitted rapist to a media-declared deity.

Jermaine O'Neal, Kevin Garnett are a couple successful ones but Jermaine was on the bench at the start before he got to the Pacers

 

[turney333]

No big deal, really, since there aren’t kids in Lexington who could have really, really used a semester’s tuition covered by the university.

That money was going to be spent on the basketball program no matter what and wouldn’t have gone to some random student.

 

[Radio Zero]

Jermaine O'Neal, Kevin Garnett are a couple successful ones but Jermaine was on the bench at the start before he got to the Pacers

Also Big China. Let’s not forget him.

 

[Radio Zero]

That money was going to be spent on the basketball program no matter what and wouldn’t have gone to some random student.

If you’re sure about that then my mind is at ease once again.

 

[turney333]

If you’re sure about that then my mind is at ease once again.

My point is that the UK athletic department already throws away substantially more money on much more pointless things, and would do the same without or without the NIL stuff.

 

[Radio Zero]

My point is that the UK athletic department already throws away substantially more money on much more pointless things, and would do the same without or without the NIL stuff.

Like Cal’s salary.

COUNT IT.

 

[Crayfish57]

Also Big China. Let’s not forget him.

So NBA rules on drafting foreign players vs Americans and the HS thing?

 

[Radio Zero]

So NBA rules on drafting foreign players vs Americans and the HS thing?

No, no. Lebron “Big China” James is a high school graduate too!

 

[BaxterIU]

Meh, not really a big deal and really the only one hurt/exploited by this is an idiot UK fan car dealer.

Kid took an open scholarship spot mid year and got to practice against better competition than he otherwise would have. UK didn’t get much ROI other than an extra practice player, but is really only out a semester’s tuition.

I'm sure that Sharpe isn't taking up any classroom space this semester at UK.

The UK basketball academic advisor job is the modern day equivalent to the Maytag repairman, I'm sure.

 

[go_iu]

That's why I feel there should be a split in the road when these players graduate high School.

#1 - If you go PRO..... you leave right then and announce that you are in the draft if any teams are interested.

#2 - If you go college.... you sign a contract with the NCAA (not the schools) that you will stay at least four years in College ball.

I hate that College BB has mimicked the style of Pro BB.... and needs to get back to the Fundamentals of playing basketball.

It should strictly be a supply and demand thing. If you're good enough to go, let them go. The pushback is from the NBA and not the NCAA and I actually get it a little bit. They're forced to bring in 60 new players of varying talent every year, and that's not super fair to aging veteran players that the players assoc goes to bat for and have earned it more than some no name rookie a team has to take. It's the tonnage of one and dones that is the problem. It's created a bottleneck. The rule should be no restrictions, but if you do go to college, you're going for 3 years. You could make a case for 4 but that's not reality anymore as most of these guys graduate in 3 with all the HS prep

 

[ORG]

If I was him I would promise to attend the school unless there are other factors. He shouldn't limit himself. It is funny though how he cashed in without contributing. Nothing he did was illegal so I have to say this young man is smarter than I am. I would not have thought of doing it this way.

I think he is not the first college athlete to do this.

 

[BaxterIU]

No, no. Lebron “Big China” James is a high school graduate too!

Lebron is in fact a high school graduate. He drove to school every day in his brand-new Hummer 2 (the one his single parent, non-high school graduating, 34-year-old mother bought for him after taking out a $50K loan).

 

[VanPastorMan]

I think he is not the first college athlete to do this.

Can you think of some other guys who never played at the school and got an NIL deal?

 

[Radio Zero]

Lebron is in fact a high school graduate. He drove to school every day in his brand-new Hummer 2 (the one his single parent, non-high school graduating, 34-year-old mother bought for him after taking out a $50K loan).

Yes, I know he is. That’s what I said.

Lay aside your calumny, it weems you not.

 

[VanPastorMan]

Lebron is in fact a high school graduate. He drove to school every day in his brand-new Hummer 2 (the one his single parent, non-high school graduating, 34-year-old mother bought for him after taking out a $50K loan).

She really rolled the dice and won. Good for her.

 

[BaxterIU]

Yes, I know he is. That’s what I said.

Lay aside your calumny, it weems you not.

I was agreeing with you.

 

[BaxterIU]

She really rolled the dice and won. Good for her.

She didn't roll the dice. The ones who secured her $50K loan did.

 

[VanPastorMan]

She didn't roll the dice. The ones who secured her $50K loan did.

I was thinking about her having to pay it back. lol

 

[outside shooter]

I hate that College BB has mimicked the style of Pro BB.... and needs to get back to the Fundamentals of playing basketball.

It's more that early entries continue to flood the NBA with players who have never been coached in fundamentals, or at least not more than a year. Thus the NBA has suffered and for bad teams anyway resembles AAU ball or college freshman teams of long, long ago.

 

[Stuffshot]

If you haven't kept up with the Shaedon Sharpe Story then a few details. Shaedon is a 6'5" guard from Ontario and considered a top five NBA pick. He reclassified and signed with KY arriving on campus in January. Apparently Calipari signed a document saying he would practice with the team but Calipari agreed not play him this season. As best I know Shaedon agreed he would play for KY next season. Anyway as soon as on campus he signed a couple NIL deals and got a new Porsche from an NIL with a Porsche dealership. Now he is declaring for the draft and will never play for KY. Couldn't happen to a more deserving program but illustrative of the NIL benefits available to top players.

Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe: Inside His NIL Deal with SoleSavy

5-star shooting guard and Kentucky early enrollee Shaedon Sharpe just announced an NIL partnership with community-oriented sneaker startup SoleSavy.

boardroom.tv

Apparently, he did sign a National Letter of Intent and was to be enrolled at Kentucky for classes in the spring semester of 2022.

Shaedon Sharpe signs with UK; now ranked in the Class of 2021

UK also saw its 2021 class jump up to No. 2 overall.

www.aseaofblue.com

Why isn't top NBA draft prospect Shaedon Sharpe playing for Kentucky?

It feels counterintuitive, but sometimes, the best thing a player can do for his draft stock is literally nothing at all.

ftw.usatoday.com

So, does he still count against the number of National Letters of Intent Kentucky can issue?

And, assuming he actually enrolled as a Kentucky student, would his early departure also count against Kentucky's compliance with the NCAA's GPA requirement?

I remember Crean having some troubles with that NCAA GPA rule in years when he had a lot of transfers.

 

[Tscurlo]

The problem with #1 is that the NBA will not allow players to go straight from high school to the league.

Correct. I'm aware of that. I'm not real familiar with NBA... so I am talking out of my rearend.... but I've heard people talk about a G League.... or something like that.

Let the NBA pay for these kids to learn the NBA style of game and start a "Feeder" system.

Baxter.... not discrediting your comment.... just adding more of my thoughts.

 

[Bloom.]

Apparently the NCAA did not think about this either. NIL is already broken.

How does this signify it's already broken?

The name across the chest greatly assisted his ability to get the endorsement. He's dealing individually with businesses after enrollment, and they are more than likely tying terms of the deal with his participation at the school.

A vast majority of these guys will make more money in endorsements while in college than they will as pros. If a business wants to extend the relationship beyond the length of tenure at the university, that's up to them.

The beauty of the NCAA's approach to this has been, the individual can do as they wish, but the schools still control their IP.

If Sharpe netted a Porsche out of it, cool for him, I guess. It's no loss to Kentucky.

 

[Pryght]

Within the last week, Shaedon's camp was still assuring UK that he was returning. He's gone, LOL.

Shaedon's UK Career Highlights Tape:

 

[CriticArisen]

Within the last week, Shaedon's camp was still assuring UK that he was returning. He's gone, LOL.

Shaedon's UK Career Highlights Tape:

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Very funny. He didn't miss a single shot his entire career- Calipari shows his genius again.

 

[ulrey]

none and done?