"Who's Coming to Kentucky?" Thread (UPDATE: Kentucky Lands Jaxson Robinson!)

[KCKUKFan]

Norlander says his NIL asking price was $2 million.

I assumed this is why UK took Garrison immediately upon Osobor's visit, and why Jeff Goodman started hinting that UK was out during the visit. UK must have heard that number and immediately noped out.

This is absolutely insane.

[justford]

I can’t blame the young man for taking advantage of the system. Until something is done the NIL amounts will only keep increasing.

[Sean]

Norlander says his NIL asking price was $2 million.

I assumed this is why UK took Garrison immediately upon Osobor's visit, and why Jeff Goodman started hinting that UK was out during the visit. UK must have heard that number and immediately noped out.

I'm pretty convinced that Norlander is Trilly.

I take anything Goodman says with a grain of salt but looks like he was right about this one. I also question Goodman releasing that tidbit while the kid was still on campus but it is what it is.

[Catsrock]

I can’t blame the young man for taking advantage of the system. Until something is done the NIL amounts will only keep increasing.

I don’t know I think I’ll find a way to blame him (and all of them) a little bit. How about this…if a school has an NIL budget of 3 mil and one kid gets 2 mil of it—he kept several kids from getting hundreds of thousands which could have greatly benefited their families? But more than anyone I’ll continue to blame the NCAA who had decades to deal with it—which would have prevented congress from getting involved. They declined to address it.

[Sean]

I don’t know I think I’ll find a way to blame him (and all of them) a little bit. How about this…if a school has an NIL budget of 3 mil and one kid gets 2 mil of it—he kept several kids from getting hundreds of thousands which could have greatly benefited their families? But more than anyone I’ll continue to blame the NCAA who had decades to deal with it—which would have prevented congress from getting involved. They declined to address it.

This is true. Now I worry about an over-correction with revenue sharing now being on the table. Can we consider amateur sports as a dying standard?

[Catsrock]

This is true. Now I worry about an over-correction with revenue sharing now being on the table. Can we consider amateur sports as a dying standard?

Yep. Long gone. Except when I play golf.

[Matt Dillon]

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Yep. Long gone. Except when I play golf.

I can relate.

[KentuckyWild2020]

Pass pass and pass, good luck with all that at UK West....

[justford]

I don’t know I think I’ll find a way to blame him (and all of them) a little bit. How about this…if a school has an NIL budget of 3 mil and one kid gets 2 mil of it—he kept several kids from getting hundreds of thousands which could have greatly benefited their families? But more than anyone I’ll continue to blame the NCAA who had decades to deal with it—which would have prevented congress from getting involved. They declined to address it.

You’re looking at this as amateur sports. Look at it as a professional sport where different players command different amounts. If the team can’t afford to sign a player, that player moves on to the next team. They don’t care about other players financial needs. Sadly this is where we are in the NIL era.

[George]

Kentucky’s about to land Almonor.

[KCKUKFan]

Kentucky’s about to land Almonor.

So I assume this means no Jaxson Robinson, Wooga Poplar and/or Chaz Lanier?

Or is Almonor going to play backup and we land one of those guys?

[George]

So I assume this means no Jaxson Robinson, Wooga Poplar and/or Chaz Lanier?

Or is Almonor going to play backup and we land one of those guys?

Sounds like the staff hopes to add him and one of the other three you listed. Almonor would likely rotate with Carr.

[Catsrock]

You’re looking at this as amateur sports. Look at it as a professional sport where different players command different amounts. If the team can’t afford to sign a player, that player moves on to the next team. They don’t care about other players financial needs. Sadly this is where we are in the NIL era.

Or, do I also blame professionals? Market value may say Shohei Ohtani is worth $750 million. But if paying him that means the average middle class family of 5 can’t go to a game I ain’t gotta like it. I’m no socialist. I prefer free market. Just seems the value of athletic ability is getting over inflated

[40bill]

This got going with multimillion dollar shoe contracts to schools and ludicrous coaching salaries. Perhaps this is just a progression.

[Joneslab]

Ansley Almonor is another player who made a pretty massive jump from his freshman to sophomore years. (Not as much of a jump from sophomore to junior year.) Hit 12 threes as a freshman, 93 as a junior.