Well, not sure why Barnhart would say that because UK clearly is or Oscar would be gone.
Herro:. The players get NIL, maybe not as much as some schools, though with Oscar he is at the top of the pay scale. Recruits so far are not (from what we read) getting NIL, while other schools are involved in a bidding was as the OP put it.
Point taken and its a good one, piercing my heart and lung simultaneously. Although, I find it hard to believe that UK recruits are not getting guaranteed NIL deals already, if they commit to Kentucky.
Under the original intent of NIL we were ahead of the game. Now, it's basically openly paying players to commit. We are behind in this
Then you are calling CMS a liar. He has been on live radio twice that I have heard him say that NO UK football recruit has been offered NIL money and that Mitch forbids them to do so.
That was certainly not my intention Cathouse. Im a big Stoops fan. I hope we can get on board with the competition, gotta beat that competition.
Yeah. I knew you didn't mean it that way. Just didn't know if you had actually heard all that CMS has said about the football program's current recruiting problem caused by the way MB has forced them to handle NIL.
I hope that doesnt happen. Stoops is 2 wins away from passing the Bear and becoming the winningest football coach in UK history.
And he is OUR COACH. And UK is HIS PROGRAM.
Every coach in the country has to say that. A player we were recruiting last year tells a different story.
WR is all I'll say. Not my story to tell, it was a good sum of money but nothing like what is being talked about recently. It wasn't offered per se, more along the lines of "there is NIL money there for a guy like you". I posted about it around the end of last year.
There were the stories about Addison that transferred from Pitt to USC. There was nothing substantiated on those claims which came from Pitt fans
That isn't who I was talking about. This was a local to Kentucky kid. I know one of his family members.
I choose to believe our coach who is practically begging for help with NIL from boosters and his AD, rather than some random player who we "were recruiting" last year.
With MB our AD, there is no telling who he would hire. He might have Joker still on speed dial or waiting in the wings for a second chance.
The last part is the only part of what you said that I disagreed with. Technically, we (UK) are not giving out money before the player is enrolled. Technically that’s a true statement, however I believe what I was told, they had no reason to lie about it, assurances are being given that money is there. That’s why I said every coach has to say that. It’s against the rules to give the money prior to enrolling.
