Is any HS recruit worth 4-5 million
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Peterson, Dybantsa and Boozer, yes
If we’re paying Oweh and JQ that then I’d definitely say yes.
That can be said about anyone in any job. Some salaries have gotten out of control.
Definitely not any of ours for sure , nor are the rest of our roster.
Been watching games all week and it’s so apparent that we don’t have the talent to compete at an elite level.
Sad to say but we are going to face a lot of beat downs. It’s going to get ugly before this season is concluded. Just don’t know what the best course this program can take for the future.
I am starting to feel like they need to cut bait now and maybe avoid some of the ugliness that going to come from the fan base toward Pope and Mitch.
9.5/10 times no.
Very very few players are worth that much a year.
The avg NBA player makes 11M a year. And those are the regular dudes. College players aren't worth 5 million a year unless they are the likes of LBJ, John Wall, Pippen, Ray Allen type dudes.
Very very few players are worth that much a year.
The avg NBA player makes 11M a year. And those are the regular dudes. College players aren't worth 5 million a year unless they are the likes of LBJ, John Wall, Pippen, Ray Allen type dudes.
Until someone can show me a national champ led by a OAD freshman in this era, absolutely not.
I actually meant to laugh at the post above yours. Forgot to take it off yours. Im also watching another game so I was distracted.
Worth is irrelevant. It’s stupid to argue.
Is Vanna White worth $10M to turn letters?
Worth is what someone will pay you.
Is Vanna White worth $10M to turn letters?
Worth is what someone will pay you.
No almost all the time, but in Kentuckys case right now, maybe. We need talant. I would let a lot of the players on this team leave and take all their money and put it toward what we already offered Stokes, Collins and maybe Smith or Holt. Its that bad right now at UK. We need to throw all that we can to get some studs. Let players like Mo, Williams and Garrison go.
If what we have now is worth twenty-two million dollars collectively than A LOT of high school kids are worth five million.
Just depends on what the rate is. If average players are worth a million then yea. If great players are worth 2 then no. We don’t know what the rates are.
I did talk to a buddy of mine who’s dad knows Calipari personally, like number on phone personal, big booster who knows a lot of UT guys and UM guys. He said the boosters are getting wore out quick at Memphis and Tennessee. Many have almost closed shop and want the school and the agents to find the money now. I figured those guys would go all out early then fatigue out. The excitement of getting to pay the players probably ended up in a drug haze after they won no championships and got burned many times while realizing they spent 10 million dollars for absolutely no reason. So I do think that’s probably happening around the land as well.
Rich men aren’t rich by losing millions yearly on no chance of returns. Plus, many are about to move to private equity. We haven’t begun to see the sht storm coming now that private equity will own these teams. And Mitch will sign away our soul to the highest bigger no matter if they win or not. So, get ready.
I did talk to a buddy of mine who’s dad knows Calipari personally, like number on phone personal, big booster who knows a lot of UT guys and UM guys. He said the boosters are getting wore out quick at Memphis and Tennessee. Many have almost closed shop and want the school and the agents to find the money now. I figured those guys would go all out early then fatigue out. The excitement of getting to pay the players probably ended up in a drug haze after they won no championships and got burned many times while realizing they spent 10 million dollars for absolutely no reason. So I do think that’s probably happening around the land as well.
Rich men aren’t rich by losing millions yearly on no chance of returns. Plus, many are about to move to private equity. We haven’t begun to see the sht storm coming now that private equity will own these teams. And Mitch will sign away our soul to the highest bigger no matter if they win or not. So, get ready.
Neither of them are at that level of compensation. Think 2-2.5 range for them. I agree the top tier 1-5 range guys are worth it but even some of them end up a bust “Skal” comes to mind.
That trio makes a good case for those dollars. Maybe put Brown in there or close to that level
Yeah been feeling the same on the talent level . Some of these teams just seem to be a tier above our guys. Maybe JQ is on that level and we should see shortly.
98% of them no, but then again getting paid millions to play the college game is crazy.
No, I don’t believe so, but if someone with that kind of money disagrees and they want to pay it to make their team a winner/ contender, then they can make me a believer.
Once again, let’s apply simple math here…
$22 million divided by $4 million = 5.5
That’s six (slightly rounding up)…6… Zion/ Dybantsa types as your top 6 players, yet Pope/ UK didn’t get a single one!
Are we having a laugh yet?!?
Once again, let’s apply simple math here…
$22 million divided by $4 million = 5.5
That’s six (slightly rounding up)…6… Zion/ Dybantsa types as your top 6 players, yet Pope/ UK didn’t get a single one!
Are we having a laugh yet?!?
Hell yes. If we are gonna spend 22m on this **** then absolutely 4m is reasonable for a stud.
ask yourself this, would we be better with boozer at 4m or with 3 of these overpaid role players? Cost is the same
ask yourself this, would we be better with boozer at 4m or with 3 of these overpaid role players? Cost is the same
I don’t know I think it is if they’re elite. Problem is you can’t always determine the elite from the average. Would Anthony Davis, MKG, John Wall and KAT be worth that? I think so, but then you have the other end of that with Bradshaw and Edwards that were highly ranked and struggled to adjust to the college game.
This is unfortunately correct. Imo no one player is worth that much, but the market says they are.
Since the market dictates, we should only pay elite guys that money. In basketball, an elite player makes a gigantic difference ie a power law distribution.
That should be the focus: one or two elite guys and the rest role players. Ya we'll pay some crazy top end dollars to those guys, but roi will be way better because we won't be just overpaying for a team full of role players.
There is a problem: Pope so far struck out on every elite guy he pursued.
Definitely are, the sad thing is that we won’t be signing anyone and I’m not sure the coach will matter with this JMI deal. When you have recruiting guys saying we won’t get two guy we were basically locks for because of this JMI deal and now we basically will be looking for top 50ish level players at best… until 2040. Unless we convince a top guy to give up his likeness, like any one of them will do that.
Mr. Obvious here- but isn’t amazing how good offenses look when you got kids who can hit shots.
The only one I can think of is Carmelo. Though Derrick Rose would be on there if he could hit a FT.
That was twenty two years ago. Definitely not in this era. Freshman OAD are like that really attractive woman that you can show to all your buddies. Unfortunately, she can’t cook, doesn’t clean and likes to constantly fight over control. We think “oh wow! Hot!”, but then when you have them as your star, you win nothing.
Worth 4-5 million to whom? Who exactly is paying the 4-5 million? It’s not supposed to be the universities. It’s supposed to be money coming from whoever wants to pay an athlete for their name, image, or likeness… in exchange for things like commercials, appearances, autographs, and so on.
Does a college student athlete performing such services generate a return to the sponsor that meets or exceeds the funds it put toward paying the athlete to represent them? I have no idea… but that is really the only way to answer whether the athlete is “worth” that much.
Otherwise it’s just sponsors throwing money at an athlete they think will help their favorite team win games, and thus the value is only in entertainment. As such, the “student athlete” is now essentially paid to entertain.
Does a college student athlete performing such services generate a return to the sponsor that meets or exceeds the funds it put toward paying the athlete to represent them? I have no idea… but that is really the only way to answer whether the athlete is “worth” that much.
Otherwise it’s just sponsors throwing money at an athlete they think will help their favorite team win games, and thus the value is only in entertainment. As such, the “student athlete” is now essentially paid to entertain.
They need a few good upperclassmen around them usually.