OT: QB Bryce Underwood flips to Mich for 10.5M

[LotusAggressor]

That's the point many have made about NIL - it does allow for any team to "buy" a team.

Under the prior model, only the schools in the SEC willing to cheat could "buy" themselves a team. Now the opportunity is at least possible for anyone.

And if somebody outside of "the club" decided to cheat and was good at it, the schools in "the club" would complain to the NCAA, whose job was to make an example of someone who was previously no one.

 

[mildone]

Good for Bryce. With a decent financial advisor, and a little discipline, he will be set up well for life. Nice to see.

 

[RUSK97]

SMU got a "death sentence" and was irrelevant for two decades as a result of this sort of thing. Now it's totally legal. Where we at as a society ? You guys enjoy but I'm out

It's really eff'd up.

 

[mdh2003]

And if somebody outside of "the club" decided to cheat and was good at it, the schools in "the club" would complain to the NCAA, whose job was to make an example of someone who was previously no one.

Truth.

But it’s (somehow?!) worse. “The Club” schools ARE the NCAA. Quite the shell game these schools pulled off - creating a boogeyman that they can simultaneously blame for all the sports/worlds ills AND provide cover for their dirty work.

Very reminiscent of this quote:

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire​

 

[Joey Bags]

People have always flipped recruits for money. A decade ago UM might have been able to flip him for 500k-1M in under the table incentives. Now above table it costs 10 mil. The money doesn’t make the player better, it just means the donors are dumber. This is why NIL doesn’t bother me, the top teams always outbid the smaller teams. The bidding is taking place at a higher multiple now, but the outcomes are largely the same. Playing time is still a finite variable.

 

[angmo]

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Sheer ****ing insanity.

 

[jtung230]

Sheer ****ing insanity.

Sounds cheap compared to this

Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction

“Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, as festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single yellow piece of fruit affixed to a white wall with silver duct tape was a joke or cheeky commentary on questionable standards...

www.yahoo.com

 

[mdh2003]

People have always flipped recruits for money. A decade ago UM might have been able to flip him for 500k-1M in under the table incentives. Now above table it costs 10 mil. The money doesn’t make the player better, it just means the donors are dumber. This is why NIL doesn’t bother me, the top teams always outbid the smaller teams. The bidding is taking place at a higher multiple now, but the outcomes are largely the same. Playing time is still a finite variable.

Bags gets it…

 

[rutgersguy1]

Didn't realize Larry Ellison had a connection with Michigan or that he was married. He attended Illinois and University of Chicago and was born in the Bronx. I didn't realize he was currently married but his wife may have attended Michigan.

Meet world's second-richest man who funded Michigan's pursuit of Bryce Underwood

Billionaire Larry Ellison, one of the richest men in the world, was praised for playing a defining role in Michigan's success in flipping LSU commit Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 player in the 2025 class

www.themirror.com

 

[Hardslider21]

Didn't realize Larry Ellison had a connection with Michigan or that he was married. He attended Illinois and University of Chicago and was born in the Bronx. I didn't realize he was currently married but his wife may have attended Michigan.

Meet world's second-richest man who funded Michigan's pursuit of Bryce Underwood

Billionaire Larry Ellison, one of the richest men in the world, was praised for playing a defining role in Michigan's success in flipping LSU commit Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 player in the 2025 class

www.themirror.com

Jolin attended - nice when your 5th wife can get you to fund Michigan’s NIL program.

Michigan - Oracle
Oregon - Nike
Ohio State - Nationwide & Safelite
Penn State - Westshore & Inch Company
USC - rich alumni everywhere

 

[rutgersguy1]

Jolin attended - nice when your 5th wife can get you to fund Michigan’s NIL program.

Michigan - Oracle
Oregon - Nike
Ohio State - Nationwide & Safelite
Penn State - Westshore & Inch Company
USC - rich alumni everywhere

Petty cash from the couch cushions lol