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(01-08-2022 07:31 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  What’s really crazy is the Caleb Williams situation at Oklahoma. He was their starting QB and the guy he beat out has already left campus. He apparently told the OU coaches that he would like to stay, but it was business. Their boosters offered an additional 750k in NiL money and he told them that wasn’t enough.

Georgia supposedly offered significantly more than that, but that wasn’t enough.

In related news, Texas A&M booster are on the hook for 30 million so far to secure the number 1 recruiting class.

This is going to turn into one of those dark movies, where the "kid" will get in so deep with the wrong people, and feel the pressure to deliver, rather than just be on the team. When the kid doesn't perform up to expectations, who knows what will happen and who will come knocking. It's one thing to sign an endorsement deal for photos, ads, etc, but its another thing to start taking booster "NIL" money with open-ended expectations.