Tennessee Vols Basketball Recruiting

[Dallasbowlin]

Would love to see who in the country is paying $10m+/year for basketball players? $5m+?

I know for a fact UK players are making 700,000-800,000. If we are not hitting that threshold as well, our failures are by our own doing.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

In college sports? No. Why should I care? I’m a fan of the team, not their damn accountant.

Then stop throwing out numbers when you have zero clue how any of it works and aren’t contributing anything either

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Bahahah that wasn’t your point at all, and if it was the way you went about making it was horrendous. We need to up our NIL game, yea that’s been discussed 5k times, but no we don’t need to be paying players $10m a year either lmfao

My point that I have been trying to make recently. Of course I wasn’t talking about the game that I was trying to do for fun.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I know for a fact UK players are making 700,000-800,000. If we are not hitting that threshold as well, our failures are by our own doing.

That’s a far cry from $10m+ lol

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Then stop throwing out numbers when you have zero clue how any of it works and aren’t contributing anything either

How do you know I’m not contributing to it?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

My point that I have been trying to make recently. Of course I wasn’t talking about the game that I was trying to do for fun.

Nobody has been arguing we don’t need better NIL, strange point to feel you needed to make.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

How do you know I’m not contributing to it?

Because if you were contributing anything of significance you’d have a better understanding

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Can Reddish, RJ Barret, and Zion Williamson at Duke were a better and more high profile trio than the trio were discussing, and they weren’t sniffing 45 million combined between the three.

Dal, I think you have a warped perspective of money….

 

[Dallasbowlin]

That’s a far cry from $10m+ lol

I said originally, for something fun, that I admittedly put no thought into, because like I said was for fun, that I would give 11 million. Just like Nico, that would be pay over their years at Tennessee. Not at once. I didn’t think anyone would really put any thought into the numbers, because like I said, it was for fun. I forgot that you literally tear every detail apart. Not my problem.

 

[walkenvol]

He’s not, Spyre doesn’t require you to advertise.

I’m still confused on NIL. Seems like you would have to associate your name, image and likeness to a business in order for a company to pay you?

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Because if you were contributing anything of significance you’d have a better understanding

What do you mean “significance” ?

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Can Reddish, RJ Barret, and Zion Williamson at Duke were a better and more high profile trio than the trio were discussing, and they weren’t sniffing 45 million combined between the three.

Dal, I think you have a warped perspective of money….

NIL wasn’t around for them. That was 3 years ago I think. The market changed, and changes frequently.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

My point has been made. We are failing to pay. Our guys what they are worth. If that is fixed line reported, good. If not, be prepared to go through the Tyndall year for 10 years.

Not giving someone $10 million for one year of service is NOT failing to pay. Be realistic man, come on.

March Madness is so volatile. You’re acting like bringing in Hunter, Smith, and Phillips guarantees us a championship. It does no such thing. It doesn’t even guarantee we make it out of the first weekend!

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Not giving someone $10 million for one year of service is NOT failing to pay. Be realistic man, come on.

March Madness is so volatile. You’re acting like bringing in Hunter, Smith, and Phillips guarantees us a championship. It does no such thing. It doesn’t even guarantee we make it out of the first weekend!

Never said for one year of service. Like I said, I thought it was a given it would be spread upon their time here

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

What do you mean “significance” ?

Anyone can go to Spyre's website right now and contribute some funds to the NIL fund.

If you're contributing at the highest advertised level, you don't have any say or insight whatsoever into how the money is spent. You'd need to be eclipsing that by 10x, minimum, in order to even get your foot in the door as someone contributing significantly enough to be part of the "process."

 

[TheMookieMonster]

NIL wasn’t around for them. That was 3 years ago I think. The market changed, and changes frequently.

Guess what, I guarantee you if NIL was around during their time at Duke, they still wouldn’t be in the same stratosphere as $45M for their services. You’re just wrong on this.

 

[walkenvol]

I know for a fact UK players are making 700,000-800,000. If we are not hitting that threshold as well, our failures are by our own doing.

Is that info published somewhere? How do you “know for a fact”? Not saying you’re wrong, just curious how one becomes privilege to that data

 

[VolFreakJosh]

This is not downplaying the basketball program in any way but you’d have to be crazy to think we’ll invest more money into basketball whenever it’s not the #1 priority.

That’s just reality.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Is that info published somewhere? How do you “know for a fact”? Not saying you’re wrong, just curious how one becomes privilege to that data

When you live around Kentucky you come to know more about the program than you wish to know.

 

[cncchris33]

We are really good at spending other people's money.

Footage of Dal giving out NIL deals...

You get $10 million, you get $10 million, you get $10 million!!!!!

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Guess what, I guarantee you if NIL was around during their time at Duke, they still wouldn’t be in the same stratosphere as $45M for their services. You’re just wrong on this.

Ok, maybe.

 

[walkenvol]

When you live around Kentucky you come to know more about the program than you wish to know.

How do you know that’s accurate and not simply an urban myth?

 

[cncchris33]

How do you know that’s accurate and not simply an urban myth?

Come on, you know this answer.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

We are really good at spending other people's money.

Footage of Dal giving out NIL deals...
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You get $10 million, you get $10 million, you get $10 million!!!!!

Who said we were spending other peoples money? Lol I literally said if it were my money. It’s not. I understand not paying 10 million. I understand not paying 5 million. I understand not paying 1 million. But it sounds like our basketball players were getting the short end of the stick for awhile.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

How do you know that’s accurate and not simply an urban myth?

I know it’s between those numbers. I do not know the exact numbers. When you see Kentucky players leaving malls with 6-7 bags and driving brand new cars, it’s pretty easy to confirm.