HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT TAKE
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Most will not reach potential. It’s natural to let up when you get yours. I see most crashing and burning. Bowen and Dante will be fun to watch crash. Moore will be at Grambling State before all is said and done. Bowen who knows. Keeley might be in the right environment to flourish. ATM, Oregon, Colorado I see major burning.
I don’t know – we can look at baseball prospects who sign big deals and then work their way through the minors.
That‘s different because they’re not serving two masters like ND scholarship athletes !
In the baseball comparison they are still working for the same company. With NIL a 3rd party is paying the performer. It doesn't make sense.
It might not be exactly the same but your post suggests that getting lots of money early on may hamper/dampen work ethic and desire to achieve, which seems ostensibly likely. Blue chip baseball prospects get a lot of money at a very young age, so it’s a good group to look at to possibly answer this question.
I didn’t address the second part of your post about coaches controlling young players who have become millionaires, but that certainly going to be an issue though again we can look at 18-year-old and 19-year-old who receive millions of dollars that are playing in the minor leagues to see how they interacted with coaching.
Yes, but part of the OP’s question was about large sums of money dampening competitive drive. An 18-year-old baseball player who signs a 3 million or 5 million or $7 million deal would have many reasons to lose some of his competitive drive.
But he doesn’t have to go to class, study and pass.
His sole focus is on baseball, not academics.
He has but one task to perform
There’s another significant difference, the minor league or farm club baseball player has signed a contract with that team whereas a college football player is free to jump teams on a whim.
Okay but it's the least of the problems. 25 is still pretty young but they have plenty of drive.
The bigger question is...
How control will the person that pulled the money together for a particular player have over the coach?
i don’t believe the money men will have any control for a number of reasons.
1. A sponsor’s agreement may be prohibited in the coach’s contract if
there’s the potential for the sponsor to be able to exert any influence.
2. A sponsor’s agreement with both a player and his coach would create a
conflict of interest which would probably be prohibited
But, it’s an interest dilemma.
It’s one thing for a parent to tell a coach that their son should play/start, but it’s quite another for a sponsor paying a coach 7 figures to tell a coach to play their contracted player.
NIL and the TP are going to ruin CFB if they’re not modified ASAP
There are prospects in every sport that get huge sums of guaranteed money. It's motivating to go out there and give it your all for the next payday. It's motivating to earn the respect of the institution that is paying you millions and to prove you are worth every cent. It's motivating to continue to be viewed as one of the best. It's motivating to win games with your teammates, to win post-season accolades, to get drafted to the NFL and make even more money.
You don't need your labor in a multi billion dollar enterprise living like starving artists so that they stay motivated to perform. The fact that their personal lives are settled and they have some money to fall back on in the event something bad happens, probably gives them even more motivation to go out there and lay it all out on the line which is why pro organizations have been giving out guaranteed money to prospects since pro sports were a thing.
You don't need your labor in a multi billion dollar enterprise living like starving artists so that they stay motivated to perform. The fact that their personal lives are settled and they have some money to fall back on in the event something bad happens, probably gives them even more motivation to go out there and lay it all out on the line which is why pro organizations have been giving out guaranteed money to prospects since pro sports were a thing.
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Once a non-collegiate athlete takes money they’re deemed a professional.
In addition, non-collegiate athletes rarely serve two masters, which is what collegiate athletes who receive money must do.
“starving artists” ?
Scholarship athletes are probably the best fed group on the planet.
Free room and board helps them enjoy a good life while getting an education
As to motivation, name me 5 successful Pros on the PGA Tour that came from wealthy families. You’ll be lucky to name one !
The NFL has NOT been giving out guaranteed money since “sports were a thing”. “guaranteed money“ is relatively new to the NFL.
inherited, lottery or windfall money at an early age dampens motivation !
Yeah... you and I may know that there could be some written agreements, but I think that there still will be a point where a sponsor says something like, "I paid $3M to bring X kid here, I want him to play now."
My guess is that schools will prohibit that leverage vis a vis contractual restrictions in the school’s contract with the coach.
The university’s administration, BOG/T, the Athletic Department and the AD can’t possibly be deaf, dumb and blind to that potential threat !
