Duke claims to have 8-10M NIL for next season's roster
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Who cares. They won’t have golden boy no more.
They going to spend some of that on a new coach?
You mean what they have remaining? Lol
There is no way in hell they are just spending 8 to 10mil. Talk about damage control following reports that Duke is basically spending NHL money to build a team.
There is no way in hell they are just spending 8 to 10mil. Talk about damage control following reports that Duke is basically spending NHL money to build a team.
Well… is it $8 million?
$10 million?
Or unlimited?
The rumor mill is playing pretty fast and loose with the financial statements.
BARNEY:
"send any guys you don't want our way".
"send any guys you don't want our way".
I can't believe college basketball has come to this. There's no way this can be regulated fairly. Players should get the same amount and that be it. Getting a free education, the best healthcare, nutrition and all the perks of being a college athlete, and all of the media exposure is not enough?
I dont care if Duke wants to spend a few million more than us, because Kentucky will spend a few million more than someone like Virginia Tech. Not the biggest deal. There's always going to be some teams who put a little more into the program.
But the problem is that this is now a sport with no salary cap and Duke is clearly going to try and outspend teams by 3x, 4x or even 5x what they spend, and thats the problem.
Make no mistake, Duke is the threat to not only Kentucky.. but to UNC, and to Kansas and to Uconn and to everyone else. They basically said "were going to buy our championships"
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All I know is Duke continues to have these next-level rosters and not getting a ship with them, so have at it. Remember 2019. How they managed to not win it that year is anyone's guess.
No.
Players weren’t well-off before NIL. The deal between school and player was incredibly one-sided.
It may suck, but it is what should have happened decades ago. Schools making millions off the kids in exchange for peanuts isn’t right.
Bet they have 5-6 mil in recruits. Then they're going to spend 8-10 mil to finish building the roster.
Yes it is
The company you work for makes millions and pays you 100,000.
What's the difference?
Before I began to understand certain team’s NIL situations, I thought Duke had zero chance landing Nate Ament, on top of everyone else they are going to bring in, and I was completely wrong!
If Duke wants Ament, they will get Ament, no problems at all! And I’m not going to lie, I’m kinda jealous!
If Duke wants Ament, they will get Ament, no problems at all! And I’m not going to lie, I’m kinda jealous!
Oh they do. "MEET THE BOOZERS" coming to a espn near you
I can't think of any reason for a college coach not to take all the NIL he can get.
Yeah, my 83 yr old dad thinks their tuition should be enough compensation. I asked him why the schools, coaches, advertisers, etc should all get filthy rich when they aren't the ones people are patronizing the games and broadcasts to see, but then he's just all "get off my lawn".
I hope Duke keeps going top-heavy on freshmen-built rosters.
Seems to be working for them just fine.
Ain't that right, Paolo, Zion, and Cooper?
Seems to be working for them just fine.
Ain't that right, Paolo, Zion, and Cooper?
I cannot agree more. Needs to be regulated. Problem is it’s not legal to limit NIL. I mean nba is regulated with salary cap but then there is Nike, Gatorade and State Farm. Don’t think it ever changes. Duke is sexy for big companies. Don’t understand why but it’s true. Basically Duke is gonna spend until John Shyer wins
No. You’re arguing one extreme: don’t pay players anything. But we also have another extreme: totally unregulated chaos. It would be nice if we could find a middle ground.
The good news is there's only 5 starters, and another 2-3 players who could even get 20mpg. Nate Ament isn't going to go there just to be a bench player. The way I see it, he only goes there if playing time opens up, and Duke already has two top15 6'9 power forwards. They can't play all 3 the time they want. Something would have to give, whether its Nate going elsewhere or he commits to Duke and someone like Khamenia decommits.
It will ultimately come to them being employees of the university. That is what needs to happen. Once that is in place everything will settle down.
NIL is getting the nerf tommorow.. Deals have to be based off fair market value. No more giving a player 5 million for a single commercial. Anything over $600 has to be approved. So if fair market value of a commercial is $50,000. You dont think they ncaa won't throw up a red flag if they get 50 requests for one player for 50k commercials. I belive the wild west days of NIL are over. Might take a year or two to settle, I really belive this won't be the only law that is passed either, schools were never supposed to even have a clue how much a NIL deal was supposed to be... Was supposed to be 100% between player/agent and the customer. Not a school saying they have XX amount of NIL to play with.
Maybe so, but name one school who openly had players flaunt jewelry, cars, homes like the Duke boys did over the years.
