Rumor.......maybe

[defiantdog]

Could this be true?

Someone sent this to me:

Saban and his
staff are mad as hell about the offensive lineman from Texas that
committed to OM (#2 offensive tackle in the country). He had committed
to Bama last spring and had no ties to OM. So, here is what I was
told....OM paid him to visit and paid him more not to visit other
schools. Was paid a total of $200,000.... plus if he signs with OM he
will receive $4,000 per month.

Bama can out bid OM If they wanted. I don't see Saban being pissed because Bama typically processes players that beg for attention and money no matter the star rating.

[RIdog]

Could this be true?

Someone sent this to me:

Saban and his
staff are mad as hell about the offensive lineman from Texas that
committed to OM (#2 offensive tackle in the country). He had committed
to Bama last spring and had no ties to OM. So, here is what I was
told....OM paid him to visit and paid him more not to visit other
schools. Was paid a total of $200,000.... plus if he signs with OM he
will receive $4,000 per month.

He was never publicly , at least , committed to Bama - he WAS committed to Texas A&M though .

[Coach34]

I call BS on the 200 large,

why? Bama went on probation 20 years ago for that much to a defensive lineman

[Coach34]

You'd better believe it. Things are reaching heights I'd never have dreamed of. Cam Newton has reestablished the market price.

Exactly. When we tell people to "pony up"- this is why. OM spent between 1MM to 1.5MM on that 2013 class. Gonna cost them that much again on this one. People doubting these numbers have no clue. 25K to commit is the going rate today for bigtime guys

[maroonmania]

First thing: everyone cheats. Remember that.

Second those aren't that outlandish of numbers but maybe for the position it is? We all remember Cecil asking for 180k, that number didn't just come out of nowhere, there is a market for everything and the market sets the price. (Why didn't we just pay!!!!)

Third: it isn't free to move your entire family from say somewhere like Florida to Oxford, MS and rent a nice house. 4K a month would probably cover living expenses for a family.

This could be applied to a number of schools for the record. But Ole Miss needs to keep a close eye out on their trees.

You are trying to reel in the highest ranked OT in the COUNTRY. Heck yea I'd believe 200K. That's not far fetched at all. 20K for an OT with that rating would certainly be lowballing. Behind QB there are not many positions on the football field more valuable than LT.

[Dawg61]

You'd better believe it. Things are reaching heights I'd never have dreamed of. Cam Newton has reestablished the market price.

Cam Newton is a can't miss though. There has to be a ceiling for the investment. I don't think offensive lineman warrant that. What's Leonard Fournette and Todd Gurley getting? $2 mill? College football and basketball need to just break away and be minor leagues at this point. It's just ****ing retarded to have grown men sneaking around and paying dudes $200,000 to get signatures.

[PassInterference]

Let's find out how much it takes.

[maroonmania]

Cam Newton is a can't miss though. There has to be a ceiling for the investment. I don't think offensive lineman warrant that. What's Leonard Fournette and Todd Gurley getting? $2 mill? College football and basketball need to just break away and be minor leagues at this point. It's just ****ing retarded to have grown men sneaking around and paying dudes $200,000 to get signatures.

Cam Newton was a guy that had not done much while at Florida (granted he was just a FR though) with a run in with campus police for theft coming out of a JUCO. NOBODY thought Cam Newton was what he turned out to be at Auburn. Very good prospect but far from a can't miss at the time.

[Percho]

Bama is the only team that i can think of that has actually been proven to have paid $150k for a player and that was 15 yrs ago. With inflation, what must they be paying now. OM can only afford to pay a couple of guys per year that much. Bama has the money to buy them all. Then they get pissed when they don't get one? Screw them.

I think folks spent jail time for that, correct me if I'm wrong.

[CadaverDawg]

Watch our game film vs Alabama this year, and you'll stop questioning the sanity of giving $200k to an elite OL recruit

[RIdog]

Let's find out how much it takes.

Agree 100% ! I'd love to start hiring _ err signing some 5 star OL . Sigh .

[ShotgunDawg]

OM spent between 1MM to 1.5MM on that 2013 class. Gonna cost them that much again on this one. People doubting these numbers have no clue. 25K to commit is the going rate today for bigtime guys

[Coach34]

Cam Newton is a can't miss though. There has to be a ceiling for the investment. I don't think offensive lineman warrant that. What's Leonard Fournette and Todd Gurley getting? $2 mill? College football and basketball need to just break away and be minor leagues at this point. It's just ****ing retarded to have grown men sneaking around and paying dudes $200,000 to get signatures.

There was a top defensive recruit in last year's recruiting cycle that got 25K to commit to a school. Then turned around and signed with another school on signing day.

200K total is routine today

[Dawg61]

Watch our game film vs Alabama this year, and you'll stop questioning the sanity of giving $200k to an elite OL recruit

It's the under the table way everyone goes about it I question.

[ShotgunDawg]

Watch our game film vs Alabama this year, and you'll stop questioning the sanity of giving $200k to an elite OL recruit

There's no doubt about this.

I would love to have a conversation with an NCAA employee & just ask them if they have any clue what's going on

[Coach34]

Cam Newton was a guy that had not done much while at Florida (granted he was just a FR though) with a run in with campus police for theft coming out of a JUCO. NOBODY thought Cam Newton was what he turned out to be at Auburn. Very good prospect but far from a can't miss at the time.

Exactly. We had fans claiming Newton couldnt beat out Tyler Russell

[Dawg61]

Cam Newton was a guy that had not done much while at Florida (granted he was just a FR though) with a run in with campus police for theft coming out of a JUCO. NOBODY thought Cam Newton was what he turned out to be at Auburn. Very good prospect but far from a can't miss at the time.

He led Blynn to a national title and he had ridiculous numbers doing it. He was very well known as a can't miss.

[dawgoneyall]

It was over a mill and close to 1.5 mill. Anyone doubting that is clueless.

[MarketingBully]

Exactly. We had fans claiming Newton couldnt beat out Tyler Russell

I remember that as stupid as that was. We win the NC and have a Heisman trophy winner if Cam had gone to State. It's scary how similar Auburn and our team was that year with the only difference is they had Cam and we didn't.

[Bothrops]

No way 200k. 20 or even 40, I could see. Which is a lot for a kid.