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Nate Ament will visit Arkansas

I would encourage my kid to take all his visits even if he knew where he wanted to go. Why not let him enjoy the process. Getting upset over a visit is crazy. He will either be at UK or he won’t. I personally think the for that type of money being thrown around UK would be better off in the portal.
 
I heard UK offered around $3 million.

If that's true, let Arkansas have him. I think anything higher than $1.5 million for this kid is too much.

For $3 million, we can add 6 or 7 Lamont Butler-level players.
I already think 3 million is a little high. If someone offers more so be it. We could easily get 2 elite portal guys for that,
 
I know that prices continue to rise and Dybantsa deal will make the top 5 guys wants much more. Cooper Flagg reportedly got just over 2 million this year. If Ament gets more than him it’s a joke.
 
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The dude is not worth 1/4th of what he’s asking for! This current or the next recruiting cycle will be the last time these freshmen will get away with asking for the current amounts they are hoping to get!

That’s why there’s a mad dash to cash before the cat is out of the bag on these prospects!
There is plenty of data about top 10 rated guys and five star over the years. The key is paying the SGA’s of the world a lot less than the Kevin Knox’s. Weeding out the not ready upper end talent and finding diamonds in the rough.
 
No doubt. Calipari will make sure.
I think Duke wins tho. They will be close 2nd and Cal has a terrible record of misusing the SF position.
Walmart/Tyson money is deepest pockets in SEC, so who knows what Ament's motivation will be in selecting where he spends next year.
 
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If the kid cares at all about winning, while he getting paid, his ONE year in school he will go to Duke or UK. If he goes to Arky we know why. I don't want that kind of kid
 
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I see a big opportunity here. Raise it to $4M for the kid. Arkansas will be so desperate to beat our offer they may offer $5M. Then drop out and send Calipari laugh emojis lol
I don't think Arkansas can get too far out of line with what they have promised Acuff and Thomas or there will be a problem.
I especially don't think Acuff's camp would go for Nate doubling him up.
 
We could buy an entire starting competitive lineup with $6 million. Remember $6 million to Walmart or Tyson is equal to a deck chair blowing off the deck of the Titanic

I can't figure out why everyone keeps believing these numbers. We don't know UK or any other schools budget and we don't know what the players are actually getting. Everyone involved has an incentive to lie upwards - the agents, the reporters, the players, the teams, the companies...everyone.

Also that money for Arkansas was said to be for all sports and over several years.
 
You always have to be careful with these ‘numbers’ that people hear. Schools can’t comment on NIL, and collectives won’t comment. No collectives want to reveal the actual details of the warchest for strategic reasons. IMO that’s the biggest issue with the NCAA punting on NIL. We’re going to get a collective that is embezzling money somewhere soon, there’s just too much money. And there’s too much necessary secrecy. Agents love releasing fake numbers to artificially inflate the market. You’re dealing with a limited commodity, so perception can be priceless. It’s not like Duke can call up UK and ask if they really offered 5 million or whatever.

In reality, I heard last week that Louisville, Duke and UK were all in the 1.7-2 million range with none of them wanting to go any higher. And as I posted about Ament a week ago on here, I expect him to go to Duke or Louisville if it’s about the school and fit. If it ends up being solely money he goes to Arkansas. And him scheduling an Arkansas visit now makes me think they are taking the big swing. And the fact that he’s going means he’s definitely interested.
 
We had an extreme shift from schools holding the power to players holding the power. Neither is good long term.
The schools should "hold the power". The players are students enrolled at that school. The primary purpose of that school is EDUCATION. At least it has been. If it is no longer going to be that way then the sports teams should be a separate institution run by the school where the players are not students, don't got to classes and are simply paid employees of the school.

Paying teenagers millions of dollars t0 play ball is absolutely insane.
 
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I heard, I think, I was told, all has nothing to do with reality, one thing is true he is taking a visit to AR.

If 3M is a true figure and I really think that it's not, he will not be at AR next year.

We already have signed the #1 ranked PG, #2 and 27th CG. Rated 4th in recruiting as of now not including the upcoming portal.

For the NIL money of the Chicken Man and Wallieworld, the Chicken Man will fund what Cal asks for pretty much to a extent anyhow, for Wallie they probably give more money to Mizzou than AR because of people dying and marriages with Mizzou ties.

Real numbers are never reviled that's why you always get I heard, I was told. Nobody can ever back a $ figure with actual proof.
 
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He’s crazy then, I haven’t heard a concrete number but he’s not worth more than Dybantsa.
Those are retarded numbers and not realistic.
Lets see for 1M I can get a proven player that's not a bean pole, might completely screw the team concept, at best show moments of stardom.

And Blow almost all of your NIL money. No numbers will ever be released but from my understanding AR is over 5M nobody can confirm that but it's all coming from, I heard, I was told.
 
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Those are retarded numbers and not realistic.
Lets see for 1M I can get a proven player that's not a bean pole, might completely screw the team concept, at best show moments of stardom.

And Blow almost all of your NIL money. No numbers will ever be released but from my understanding AR is over 5M nobody can confirm that but it's all coming from, I heard, I was told.
I heard we as a team we around 5-6 million. No way could I see one dude getting that kinda cash. Your budget would double not to mention one guy making more than the rest of the team combined. Maybe if he was LeBron or something.
 
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