Mavric
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Yeah, and that coach would have no reason to inflate that number, right? Wouldn't want to fire up his donors to give more? Especially when that exact number was reported (since discredited) to be the number for a conference rival.
A coach saying that is a number does not in any way, shape or form mean that is an actual number that any school is working with right now. From all indications, it's probably an order of magnitude higher than basically anyone else - including the school that originally had that number reported.
Thus, it's a bogus number.
You've repeatedly referred to one deal for $8M. You continue to gloss over the part where it "could be up to" $8M. Agents (and media outlets) are famous for reporting what the could amount "could be". NFL deals are almost always reported in some funny-money terms that will never end up actually happening because they are back-loaded with non-guaranteed, voidable years that basically always get cancelled. For all you know, that "$8M" deal could be a $100k deal with a $7.9M incentive if he wins the Heisman Trophy and the National Championship. Yet you keep pointing to that deal and blaming us for not having a nearly $10M deal for Raiola.
You've not reported any other deal worth over $1M that I can find. And even the $1M deals are over 3-4 years, so $250k-$350k per year. Which is in the ballpark for what Martinez and Thompson are getting.
I'm not saying that makes us on the same level as UT or aTm. You can quit putting words in my mouth. I'm saying that I don't think we're nearly as far off as you're claiming we are and you don't actually have any facts to back up your case. Just a bunch of speculation.
