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<blockquote data-quote="xWVU2010x" data-source="post: 132012457" data-attributes="member: 1467482">Re: Grier, while I won’t act like it’s impossible, it would have needed to be an insane offer for Grier to consider bailing on his senior season. He was teed up in an offense he was comfortable with to be drafted highly and compete for a Heisman, and conference title on top of whatever NIL money a flagship university with 200,000 alumni could pony up in this hypothetical scenario.Re: other players, particularly a non glamour position like OT, I would think that whatever NIL extra money they could dig up is not worth losing their spot on a highly competitive team with their career trending towards NFL, but again, I won’t guarantee that they wouldn’t, as everyone’s situation is different. However you also need to acknowledge that it works both ways, and we are also capable of targeting lesser programs/programs in turmoil for their better players, if we lost Cajuste because we were outbid by $25k, there are plenty of G5 guys who we could target.It’s funny you bring up UNC, because if ordering up a national title is as simple as ordering an Uber to get the best players to line up, then UNC or Texas should have no problem taking all of Bama’s players. After all, they have more prominent alumni and represent more prominent states.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xWVU2010x, post: 132012457, member: 1467482"] Re: Grier, while I won’t act like it’s impossible, it would have needed to be an insane offer for Grier to consider bailing on his senior season. He was teed up in an offense he was comfortable with to be drafted highly and compete for a Heisman, and conference title on top of whatever NIL money a flagship university with 200,000 alumni could pony up in this hypothetical scenario. Re: other players, particularly a non glamour position like OT, I would think that whatever NIL extra money they could dig up is not worth losing their spot on a highly competitive team with their career trending towards NFL, but again, I won’t guarantee that they wouldn’t, as everyone’s situation is different. However you also need to acknowledge that it works both ways, and we are also capable of targeting lesser programs/programs in turmoil for their better players, if we lost Cajuste because we were outbid by $25k, there are plenty of G5 guys who we could target. It’s funny you bring up UNC, because if ordering up a national title is as simple as ordering an Uber to get the best players to line up, then UNC or Texas should have no problem taking all of Bama’s players. After all, they have more prominent alumni and represent more prominent states. [/QUOTE]

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