BYU to sign the #1 player in the country for 7 million, assume that's just for his 1 season in Provo
the Mormons just raised the bar
- Thread starter kurt cloverdales
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hard to say, adding the best player in the country should make them better. and give them a ton of exposure.
Juan Soto just signed a $765 million contract for 15 years with the Mets. .285 career hitter. The world has truly gone mad. Freaking .285 hitter!!
NIL is going to really go crazy.
Damn. The old one year NIL record was probably $2.5M or something like that. This is about 3x that. I guess we’ll see if he is worth it… still a team game.
Lots of money in religion. Buy your way into heaven.
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We all grew up in the wrong era! If I had these NIL opportunities 25 years ago, I woulda tried to make any kind of sport! Now ima probly have to work til I’m either 90 or dead!
Why not put that money in your farm system?
In American Legion BB I had a high batting average and could hit for power. My dream of a MLB contract died the night we played a team from Sullivan or Terre Haute. Too long ago I am not sure. Charlie Noble was the pitcher and had signed with the Reds. There were a few scouts there. I batted leadoff and hit for the cycle that night. The scouts told my coach I was too slow. They told him they could teach kids to field and hit but not run. My bubble was burst and I started thinking about what I wanted to study in college. 😂
how would you like to be the all-time home run leader for acc school, and go undrafted because your arm didn't meet mlb standards
In another sign that college athletics have become just a lower tier professional athletic league, North Carolina hires Belichick and commits $20 million to its football NIL.
I thought so. Too long ago. Lol.
I don’t know if he ever made it to the Big Leagues.
A year or two earlier we played Don Mattingly and his Evansville Funkhouser Team. They had a 6’9” pitcher that was the best I ever faced. I don’t remember his name or if he ever signed a Big League contract.
He’s not big on the rah rah college stuff but should be attractive to players that want to improve to increase their draft chances.
I was told batting average doesn't matter.
(except if, you know, you want to hit well)
it doesn't matter to Kyle Schwarber.
He consistently hits .200 w an OBP of .350+ and 40+ HRs. Even w that avg, he led off.
As a BYU alum this just blows my mind. I know their football team is a big player in the NIL world too. My biggest problem these days is that I really like Mark Pope as a coach and am having a hard time cheering against him at UK. I wish IU played that offense
I know Charlie, one year younger than me. Went to the reds and hurt his arm and never made it. Drink a few occasionally.
North Daviess.
Edit thought I might have chance for scholarship but had horrible start to my senior year. I can’t remember exact numbers but I started the year grounding or lining out to SS and 3rd like 25 or more times consecutively.
Not to hijack thread Stoll, but I remember being at North Daviess Hs when the new comers barnstorming tour went there in 2007.. I remember ELI Holman sitting on the bench (Being from Oakland) and an amish family walked by and he has a confused look. lol He looked at Jamarcus Ellis and they both laughed.
No way, he is the 1st to stay all 4 years of college & get paid more each year. That could be 30M for playing 28-30 games a year. Before he even gets to the NBA.
We had a kid on our Legion team that kept writing the St Louis Cardinals asking them to take a look at him. He was an outfielder. The Cardinals actually sent a scout to a game. The scout told our coach after watching him warm up before the game that his arm wasn’t strong enough and they didn’t need to see anything else.
Wow-bummer for the kid.
I went to high school with a guy that was a starting pitcher on a Legion team. He was a somewhat above average high school player. His catcher was a squat bull of a kid and the pitcher told me they were the only Legion battery that the catcher threw back with higher velocity than his pitches to the plate.
Mormons put a star HS player over the needy. Tells you where their faith lies.
When do they start putting on weight?
I’m talking the church.
It’s not fair to say BYU NIL donations are neglecting the needy. If so all the Catholics giving to Notre Dame are neglecting the needy too.
