Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
I would have to know context and how it was said. Was it more opinion or was he trying to say he was point blank told we had 30 million to spend and we are not spending it. If it is just an opinion then it is nothing. If he is stating a fact then up until Monday there was some credence to that.

Look, up until literally the last 48 hours, it was fair to question our portal acquisitions outside of the CBs and Marquis Johnson. We have definitely picked it up in that time frame though.

As far as the 30 million number, that one has been pretty widely reported that we would have around that much between rev share and NIL. I had heard as low as 27 and as high as 35 so the 30 number is in that range.
But even if it is 30 million - lets look at what really is. And this is just NIL, not the base pay from school, which everyone will get. Figure everyone projected in the 2 deep is getting paid NIL. That's 44 guys. Easily another 25 beyond that in freshmen prospects and transfers. Conservatively you are at 69 guys. Conservatively, you have 5-6 making $1 mil by themselves - Maybe a couple at $2m or more. So, you are "splitting" maybe 24 million between 60 or players. That just $400k each.
Now I have no idea what the real numbers are. But it shows how quickly the $ ads up and how possibly far behind we were/are. When you have Miami offering Ty Simpson $6.5 m to play another year - you see it.