Johnson has every single the physical trait that jumps off a piece of paper, and (now) the tape and stats to add to it, that you wonder how he wasn’t SEC out of High School.
Unpopular opinion and in the minority I'm sure, but I'm kinda already there. I'll always love and support App football (and our athletics as a whole), but the joy I used to feel has been sapped with the portal and NIL.
Matt Rhule just said in an interview that a good QB costs $1.5-$2M in the portal. I dislike Matt Rhule for what he did to our Thers (really hate Tepper) but I do believe him here. That's NFL money to party your butt off in college and go to class a couple times a week.Appmountaineers19 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:24 pmI know we probably will never see the #'s but I do wonder how much money each team has for the NIL. The On3 evaluations make me laugh. Their evaluations are so speculative. Look at the deal tracker almost all the deals are undisclosed. Players can go verify themselves on the site and inflate the #'s in their favor. Maybe 10% of all athletes make over 750,000
It's not that. Players deserve all the money they can get.
Other than maybe a Heismann trophy winner (who has personality) doing the funny Dr Pepper or Heismann House commercials I can't believe a business actually wants to pay an athlete to endorse his company- unless he's getting sweet tickets in exchange. I've heard Drake Maye on some heating and air commercials. I have nothing against him but I could not care less and don't think he offers anything to that advertising.goapps93 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:54 pmI would love to know how many players are making $500k or more. Can't be many. I have mixed feelings about NIL. I'm glad athletes can be compensated for their name, image, and likeness off the field, but pay for play bothers me. I have enjoyed watching #4 and all the others play this season, but I'd rather just say, "next man up," and enjoy watching them next season rather than get into some bidding war for players who's just after a "payday." But I'm over 50 and a traditionalist, so I'm probably in the minority. I'll gladly give to fund scholarships and if I had a business, I would gladly pay a player to promote it, but I'm not willing to give to a slush fund to buy players.
It's like the "legal tampering" in the NFL the 48 hours before free agency.
At one point in the season Jalen lead the SEC in sack rate (forget the actual name of the stat), not sure if he still does but either way, those things get noticed when you do it in the SEC far more than at G5 schools. Just look at the NCAA record books, it is loaded with G5 players setting records and a great many of them never sniff the NFL. Record setting P5 players get drafted at a much higher rate. Carlton Martial is the all time leading tackler in NCAA history (graduated Troy last year) and didn't get a sniff from the NFL. So while I will agree that it is possible to make the NFL from App State, it certainly is not, "just as easily" as those playing in the SEC.ericsaid wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:39 pmFact of the matter is that they can get to the NFL from App just as easily as they can elsewhere. I get it's not just about that but success isn't guaranteed. McLeod had a few decent games for Auburn but is it something that going to get him on NFL radars? Probably not. He may have sacrificed tomorrow for today and I'd hope that these guys are able to see that.
I thought the same way as you at the beginning of the week but it's a very interesting topic and keeps my mind off this game (the week is going soooo slow)T-Dog wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:27 pmIt's not that. Players deserve all the money they can get.
It's about a multi-page discussion about something that doesn't matter 72 hours before a conference championship game. At least wait until Sunday before bringing this up.
A lot of that is coach talk. Most of these coaches despise the NIL and want it reigned in. Your value is what someone will pay you. The 1% might get that but most won't.311neers wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:26 pmMatt Rhule just said in an interview that a good QB costs $1.5-$2M in the portal. I dislike Matt Rhule for what he did to our Thers (really hate Tepper) but I do believe him here. That's NFL money to party your butt off in college and go to class a couple times a week.Appmountaineers19 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:24 pmI know we probably will never see the #'s but I do wonder how much money each team has for the NIL. The On3 evaluations make me laugh. Their evaluations are so speculative. Look at the deal tracker almost all the deals are undisclosed. Players can go verify themselves on the site and inflate the #'s in their favor. Maybe 10% of all athletes make over 750,000
Agreed. I will donate to scholarships, building projects, academic research, etc...but I will never donate to anything NIL-related.
Not at all surprised at that. Will probably end up in College Station with Elko.
Saw a lot of #14 jerseys in Kidd Brewer Saturday, that's one way. I think its more that the athletes were not allowed to make money than the schools making money. At least NIL is not dollars coming from one place to another. Its new money. Well, until fans start sending money to NIL Collectives instead of scholarship funding entities.
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