How should Carolina navigate Sellers and the portal?
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Coming into this season, Sellers said he didn't really explore transferring because "I've built relationships here, my family's here, my brother's here. There's no reason for me to go someplace else and start over."
None of that has changed.
I would assume, though, the Sellers brothers are a package deal.
None of that has changed.
I would assume, though, the Sellers brothers are a package deal.
If you want to get into reading the tea leaves, I'm not sure Briles would have accepted the job with an unsettled QB situation. Could be an indication there was understanding that Sellers would return.
I don't understand the hand wringing over whether or not an average at best QB from a 4-8 team is going to return.
I really don't think Noland or Woods or any other QB would have had any worse record this season. The "signature win" of the season came against a 5-7 UK team that fired their coach.
I can't argue against this.
I'm not wringing my hands over Sellers' decision. Just wondering from the program's perspective if they think it's worth a bidding war for his services now that we have a real OC.
He definiitely under performed, i dont think that USC should "Go Krazy" trying to keep him here, Not sure that Luke could not have done as good as Sellers did this year. Hopefully he willl be back and this year was a Sophomore Jinx year!!
Lol….well you got me there. They should just hire me instead. If Lamont will hire me, I could have won him 10-15 more games with substitution patterns aloneAt 4-8, probably couldn't do any worse.
And the yardage lost on those sacks? That took us out of field goal range when he had the option to throw the ball away?
BAD damn rule!!!!! Promotes mediocrity!!.
The rule is in place because you can not have "Pay for Play", athletes can't get paid to play or commit to a school.
This is the major misconception about NIL contracts, although schools can pay monies directly to the athletes, it must be for appearances, endorsements, etc.
There is also a set limit of 20.5 million per school, so offering Sellers 5 million per year is taking up literally 20% of the NIL allowance
I don't think this is true any longer after the NCAA settled earlier this year, is it? Universities can now directly pay players and recruits. I think they are called "commitment incentives" or something like that. As I understand it, recruits were previously "paid" through NIL collectives, so the school was not guilty of pay for play, but now payments can be made directly.
This article breaks down how money was discussed during recruitment for a UT recruit:
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I can't keep with how it all works.
Harvard is talking about the money schools are allowed to pay directly. Its capped at 20.5 million.
There are still 3rd party NIL deals beyond that. Those are still between the collective and the players.
The 20.5 million is called revenue sharing when I look it up, but there was no mention of if you could tie it to games played.
There are still 3rd party NIL deals beyond that. Those are still between the collective and the players.
The 20.5 million is called revenue sharing when I look it up, but there was no mention of if you could tie it to games played.
But pay for play is now open and legal, right? Schools can pay athletes directly.
That is the capped 20.5 million "revenue sharing". I looked briefly, and couldn't find rules about the payments. Like if you could tie it to games played, or on the field performance.
I sure hope players forfeit any unpaid NIL royalties when they transfer.
UGA's collective is suing a player who transferred to Missouri for $400,000 for breaking his NIL contract.
so we should " attaboy" him? should we cater to his sensitivities?
There is an art to negotiation, and I get your point. In this instance, it seems, whoever's writing the check has the better frame.
In a negotiation, one party always negotiates from a position of strength and one from a position of weakness. Sellers does not seem to have much in the way of strength. He had a terrible year and the team finished 4-8. His only leverage is threating to leave and that is a pretty weak threat. If he claims to have another team willing to pay him more, we should wish him well and hold the door for him as he leaves. Otherwise, lower his NIL money and tell him he should be happy to get it.
No one is going to pay him big money after the season he had. There is no reason for us to.
I don't know about his pro prospects at this point, but I never could see transferring being a reality. No top 15ish team was going to pay him to come there after the season he just had. Too many questions. That left lateral-type moves to UK level programs. And what's the point in that? The only way it made sense was if there was a just a rift between him and the coaches/team.
Maybe it'll still happen, but I don't see a CFP contender throwing the bank at him.
Agree. NFL would be only competition and his stock had to have fallen after this season.
Yeah, fallen to like 5th round.
If he could get any kind of decent NIL deal with an App State type program, that might be the best rehab for his draft prospects. SEC DCs know how to shut him down now, Sun Belt DCs don't have the talent to shut him down.
I guess he's hoping Briles can increase his pro prospects but how Sellers fits in his offense gets interesting. He's going to have to improve as a passer no doubt. I'd imagine there will be an open competition obviously for Briles to assess.
If he tries to do that while giving a half-*** effort to save himself for the draft we'll be better off without him.
His passing is what it is. He wasn't a great passer last season nor this season. There is no real reason to expect him to suddenly become a good passer. Sellers is a classic star HS QB. He is a great athlete with a strong arm who made his name by scrambling for yards when his first target wasn't there. In HS, his athletic ability made him hard to stop for HS teams. In college, the other team has athletes as good as he is.
If Briles is really a good OC, I won't be surprised if Seller is not the starter next season.
I read on another site he was #5 in NIL payout in the nation. He certainly didn't produce anywhere near that level of investment. Also, is the cash we paid him part of the reason we weren't successful in the portal? There is only so much money to go around.
We had 2 players in the top 25 in NIL money. The poor mouthing about our NIL budget can stop now.
To add to that thought. How many top 25 NIL players did UGA have? Answer, 0. Being outspent in NIL is not South Carolina's problem.