UK offers Caleb Wilson over a million bucks

[UKWildcats1987]

This multi-million dollar NIL BS will crash and burn with in the next few years unless the funding model is changed! The top 2-3 donors each major program has will cut funding when this becomes a “rinse and repeat” cycle! These ultra rich donors are ultra rich because they don’t waste millions per year on a unproven (at the college level) commodity that yields them ZERO return on investment.

There isn't any ROI for fans and never has been. It's mindless entertainment and an obsessive hobby. Nothing more.

Even if your team wins the title the net impact to your life is minimal and fleeting, if any.

 

[TFCats11]

There isn't any ROI for fans and never has been. It's mindless entertainment and an obsessive hobby. Nothing more.

Even if your team wins the title the net impact to your life is minimal and fleeting, if any.

ROI for the big money donors paying for these unproven freshmen ever year.

 

[Fox2monk]

With the market I guess that’s the price now, but I have watched multiple games of Wilson, he isn’t a throw a mil at type of player. Good player, who can help you win, but if his asking price is a mil, then the plot has been lost with NIL. Jasper Johnson is good to, but in no world is he worth what Kentucky paid for him.

Of course he is, he’s a legitimate top 10 player. That is their value and this is a good class.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

There was a narrative that Pope might not be able to recruit elite talent. Is UK overpaying for recruits for optics? Probably not but unless they’re Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, John Wall type game changers I’d rather get solid multi-year prospects. At least we shouldn’t be completely dependent on those freshmen.

I think the best formula is get one maybe 2 good freshman ready to produce year one, and get 1-2 multiple year freshman, and have the rest be portal guys and stack the roster up that way

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Of course he is, he’s a legitimate top 10 player. That is their value and this is a good class.

Maybe, when I watch Wilson’s game I just don’t see the value or the asking price. But I for sure want him here, and if pope gets it done, it would have been a good recruiting job

 

[DraftCat]

That's a lot of money for an unknown at the college level.

I know my poor a** is just yelling from the clouds as it isn't my money. However I can't imagine that donors and uber rich people would continue to pay for players for years to come.

Eventually you will have situations where a player is paid millions and the player pulls a Sharpe and refuses to play. Does he have to pay that money back? Or donors are sick of paying money to a team that doesn't gel and misses the tournament.

Just a lot of scenarios in my opinion where they money dries up. They need to be made employees and get $100K a year from the University with a stipulation that any money received elsewhere they'd be fired.

 

[westerncat]

If any kid gets a Million dollars to play for any school they should sign a contract for 4 years and the money be put in a trust fund and if they leave before the 4 years are up they only get part of the money. I know that will never happen but changes have to be made .

 

[Bluesnky]

I wouldn’t be too worried about guys being overpaid in a scenario where everyone is essentially on a one year deal. This isn’t like pro contracts where you are counting on the front end of the deal being good value and the back end is likely to be crap.

Kentucky basketball is very well positioned right now. Maybe down the road a school like Texas will be outbidding everyone like the Steinbrenner Yankees, but that isn’t happening now. For now we are one of only a few Yankees. It’s a good place to be.

 

[CELTICAT]

Back in my day you could get an Anthony Davis for $250k and he came with a ring.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

 

[Runnin'Ramel]

Sounds to me like an unrealistic asking price type lie his guys are putting out to drive up the price.

Well, the Mormon church has billions and billions .... they could build a basketball team overnight if they really wanted to just to see how it goes for their flagship university.

 

[IowaMuse]

We supposedly paid JJ over 1 million.

You pay these 2 that much they better come in and dominate and start as freshmen next year.

Anyone else alienated by all of this? It certainly has made me less passionate and intense as a sports fan. This all feels like inconsequential and somewhat absurd theater. Like it doesn’t really matter or deserve any serious attention or investment.

 

[KyCatFan]

Anyone else alienated by all of this? It certainly has made me less passionate and intense as a sports fan. This all feels like inconsequential and somewhat absurd theater. Like it doesn’t really matter or deserve any serious attention or investment.

I'm barely hanging on. The new hire of Pope is just barely keeping me invested.

 

[KAB Cats]

It’s good news if you ask me

 

[fabcat]

If they’re going to get paid like pros then treat them like pros. No more kid gloves. So when they don’t perform night in and night out Burn them at the stake. And no one should come to their defense and say they’re just college kids. Bullshit

 

[ck-2]

I'm barely hanging on. The new hire of Pope is just barely keeping me invested.

I’m hoping the Pope hire will keep us competing in the SEC and NCAA tournaments. Unlike his predecessor for the last several years.
I prefer that to recruiting championships.

 

[KAB Cats]

You can’t be for bringing in top talent AND be against NIL in 2024. It’s literally the same thing

 

[UKBlueBlood]

I’m hoping the Pope hire will keep us competing in the SEC and NCAA tournaments. Unlike his predecessor for the last several years.
I prefer that to recruiting championships.

The real strain on fans will come when many of them have either voluntarily, or to some extent involuntarily, “ponied up” in this new era of professional college basketball, and the newly minted millionaire 18-19 year olds on the team struggle with the transition to college basketball, and the team is just so-so, at best.

 

[Fox2monk]

Maybe, when I watch Wilson’s game I just don’t see the value or the asking price. But I for sure want him here, and if pope gets it done, it would have been a good recruiting job

He’s pretty versatile and you put 20-30 pounds on his frame and he’s gonna crush. Very skilled for a big man.

 

[Fox2monk]

That's a lot of money for an unknown at the college level.

I know my poor a** is just yelling from the clouds as it isn't my money. However I can't imagine that donors and uber rich people would continue to pay for players for years to come.

Eventually you will have situations where a player is paid millions and the player pulls a Sharpe and refuses to play. Does he have to pay that money back? Or donors are sick of paying money to a team that doesn't gel and misses the tournament.

Just a lot of scenarios in my opinion where they money dries up. They need to be made employees and get $100K a year from the University with a stipulation that any money received elsewhere they'd be fired.

I think contacts are a necessity now. So much money means both parties need protection. It’s a pro sport model now.

 

[gharding07]

The numbers thrown around are ridiculous. Don't believe any of that BS. Nobody really knows whatsoever.