Great Osobor transferring to Washington with big NIL deals ($2 million)

[NT80]

This pay-for-wins has gotten totally out of hand.  What has happened to our amateur college sports?  $2 million for 17 points a game?  

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40137329/great-osobor-transferring-washington-big-nil-deals

Utah State transfer Great Osobor, the top available player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to Washington, he told ESPN.

Osobor, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, has name, image and likeness agreements in place that will give him the highest-known valuation in college basketball this season, at $2 million, according to a document reviewed by ESPN. His NIL agreements, which include marketing assurances, were negotiated by agent George Langberg of GSL Sports.

Osobor committed to Washington over similar opportunities from Louisville and Texas Tech.

[UNTLifer]

[Wag Tag]

Agents involved is going to do nothing but increase payouts. The good news is the big boys are also going to hurt from the current system, so change is going to happen.

[Green Otaku]

Amateur college sports? Do we need to spell it out for you? The old system is dead. Amateur college sports is D E A D.

[Cooley]

MWC Player of the Year who is following his head coach Danny Sprinkle to Washington. 

Sprinkle's UW contract is worth $22.1 million with annual salaries growing from $3.2 million in the first year to $4.2 million in the sixth, according to the Seattle Times. (Not including marketing and bonuses)

Sprinkle's base salary at USU was $900,000, and his buyout is almost $3 million, per USUStats.com. This was the beginning of players getting paid. 

A handful of college kids in football exceeded $4mm last year and at least 3 college women basketball players were paid more. (NIL)  

[Jonnyeagle]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

This pay-for-wins has gotten totally out of hand.  What has happened to our amateur college sports?  $2 million for 17 points a game?  

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40137329/great-osobor-transferring-washington-big-nil-deals

Utah State transfer Great Osobor, the top available player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to Washington, he told ESPN.

Osobor, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, has name, image and likeness agreements in place that will give him the highest-known valuation in college basketball this season, at $2 million, according to a document reviewed by ESPN. His NIL agreements, which include marketing assurances, were negotiated by agent George Langberg of GSL Sports.

Osobor committed to Washington over similar opportunities from Louisville and Texas Tech.

Just outrageous.  It is making me focus my time on other things.  I know I am not alone.

[Censored by Laurie]

good for him. work hard for something...get paid for that something. few things could be more American. 

guess some of y'all really hate this country. 

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

good for him. work hard for something...get paid for that something. few things could be more American. 

guess some of y'all really hate this country. 

Just the point.  He isn't working for it based on the definition of NIL, but you knew that.

[Censored by Laurie]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Just the point.  He isn't working for it based on the definition of NIL, but you knew that.

maybe. but I just don't care about what the definition of NIL is...just happy the talent is finally getting something for their hard work. 

[UNTLifer]

54 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

maybe. but I just don't care about what the definition of NIL is...just happy the talent is finally getting something for their hard work. 

So you didn't think tuition, room, meals, tutors, healthcare, books, etc... was enough?

[Censored by Laurie]

11 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

So you didn't think tuition, room, meals, tutors, healthcare, books, etc... was enough?

nope. not even close. not with the amount of money in the sport and with what coaches get paid. 

[Shark84]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

maybe. but I just don't care about what the definition of NIL is...just happy the talent is finally getting something for their hard work. 

So should HS athletes get paid? Some schools make a lot of money from football in Texas.

[Andrew]

54 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

So you didn't think tuition, room, meals, tutors, healthcare, books, etc... was enough?

Money and numbers are difficult for some people…. 

[Censored by Laurie]

29 minutes ago, Shark84 said:

So should HS athletes get paid? Some schools make a lot of money from football in Texas.

I'm not against it. 

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

nope. not even close. not with the amount of money in the sport and with what coaches get paid. 

Tell that to the students that are paying for most of the non-tier one athletic programs.   

I keep hearing about all this money that athletics generates, without prefacing that statement with the fact that the vast majority of programs do not come close to break even.  Most non B10 or SEC programs are losing a lot of money.   

 

 

[NT80]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

nope. not even close. not with the amount of money in the sport and with what coaches get paid. 

Note:  It wasn't a job interview for the players.  It was an offer of free education for playing a sport for their school.

[NT93]

Ridiculous.  Not a single person will pay money for a ticket for the purpose of watching him play this year.

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I'm not against it. 

🤣

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

Tell that to the students that are paying for most of the non-tier one athletic programs.   

I keep hearing about all this money that athletics generates, without prefacing that statement with the fact that the vast majority of programs do not come close to break even.  Most non B10 or SEC programs are losing a lot of money.   

 

 

My man just doesn’t get it….

 

Tuition, room, and board runs what 46,000 a year? All the benefits of free tutoring, food, facilities, travel expenses… that’s at least another 8,000-12,000 a year. So 58,000 a year. Pushing 250k across 4 years plus all the benefits of having a degree. This doesn’t even include all the debt they avoid. That’s a solid 300k deal. There is zero reason why a student athlete should require more. Simply graduating debt free is a huge benefit alone most don’t get. 
 

Nobody shows up to watch the individual players. It’s why I believe pro athletes are ridiculous overpaid as well. I like Luka  and have his jersey. I would just as happily watch the Mavs without him. He doesn’t make the team. He is a single person who could no exist and nothing would change. That’s every athlete at any level. 

[Cooley]

We're being a bit naive now. The better players will continue to seek as much money as they can legally get, just like it has always been for coaches.  There seems to be a lot of resentment toward these kids from adults because we weren't good enough and/or was born too soon. We all have been told to go to college to make the most money. These kids would be damn fools for not taking advantage of a system adults helped create.

Many only go to college because the NBA & NFL deny them employment until they reach a certain age. The era of loyalty, if it ever existed, to good ole State U is gone.  

By the way, the Mavs would be better off without a ball hogging stat stuffing guard; while everyone else stands around.

[aztecskin]

yeah he has been following his head coach around -- Osabor is good though, and is close to worth it. He can change a program. 

[cousin oliver]

3 minutes ago, aztecskin said:

yeah he has been following his head coach around -- Osabor is good though, and is close to worth it. He can change a program. 

Yes he is supposed to be a very good player from what I have read.

[NT93]

46 minutes ago, Cooley said:

We're being a bit naive now. The better players will continue to seek as much money as they can legally get, just like it has always been for coaches.  There seems to be a lot of resentment toward these kids from adults because we weren't good enough and/or was born too soon. We all have been told to go to college to make the most money. These kids would be damn fools for not taking advantage of a system adults helped create.

Many only go to college because the NBA & NFL deny them employment until they reach a certain age. The era of loyalty, if it ever existed, to good ole State U is gone.  

By the way, the Mavs would be better off without a ball hogging stat stuffing guard; while everyone else stands around.

Though some of my posts may appear that way, I don’t blame the players.  The rules say they can get paid, so that’s what they’re going to do.  The system is what’s messed up.  I wish the NBA and NFL would change the rules.  At that point, either go pro and get paid or go to college and get a free education and hopefully get paid later.  

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, Cooley said:

We're being a bit naive now. The better players will continue to seek as much money as they can legally get, just like it has always been for coaches.  There seems to be a lot of resentment toward these kids from adults because we weren't good enough and/or was born too soon. We all have been told to go to college to make the most money. These kids would be damn fools for not taking advantage of a system adults helped create.

Many only go to college because the NBA & NFL deny them employment until they reach a certain age. The era of loyalty, if it ever existed, to good ole State U is gone.  

By the way, the Mavs would be better off without a ball hogging stat stuffing guard; while everyone else stands around.

It would be foolish to blame the players.  They are going to take advantage of the system and would be stupid not to do so.   The problem is that NIL is a horrible concept as it relates to fair competition.  

Your take on the Mavericks is at best very questable.  This team is playing and at this point beating the highest ranked Division rival and that stat stuffing ball hogging guard keeps getting a lot of awards from people that are likely to know a little more about the game than us.   

[GMG_Dallas]

15 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Tell that to the students that are paying for most of the non-tier one athletic programs.   

I keep hearing about all this money that athletics generates, without prefacing that statement with the fact that the vast majority of programs do not come close to break even.  Most non B10 or SEC programs are losing a lot of money.   

 

 

This is hard to believe when you see coaching salaries at most FBS schools. How does a department losing money pay their football coach one million per year? What these departments earn or lose on paper isn't necessarily true. Accountants can work magic.