The poster regurgitates the press release talking points, calls people who raise questions liars and Matt Jones puppets. Basically tries to shout people down. The money spent on the 25-26 BB team was done before the JMI deal in August and before NILGo and is unrelated to the future. That appears to be a miss on Pope’s part, not on UK’s support.
Looking at the JMI deal on the surface it looks Mitch was trying to stabilize revenue given the court rulings regarding revenue sharing and comply with NIL new rules especially if the SCORE Act passed.
But given the lack of BB recruits signed since the JMI deal, Rich Brooks saying UK has to step up, Tipton’s tweet, an apparent relationship between an AD employee and a JMI employee, report(s) of NIL contracts holding up BB commitments, apparent limited teeth of enforcement of NILGo due to fear of litigation, the SCORE Act floundering and a 15 year commitment in a changing landscape there are legit questions being asked.
A ton of speculation, potentially some smoke and JMI deal supporters basically telling people to shut up. People want to know—Is it Pope or other things. JMI deal may be great if “collectives” are reeled in through enforcement and legislation and JMI can deliver business deals to student athletes. Guess time will tell.
