I don't think we're on the same page exactly. We absolutely have to play the game if everyone else is. I don't love NIL but sky screaming about it won't help.

I'm not talking about spending less. Or putting stipulations on it. I'm talking about a HC/staff being intricately involved in putting that money where it can get the most value.

We can honestly have an advantage here because the Bama's, Ohio State's of the world are going to end up overpaying for the big names.

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Posted by The Sultan of Swine

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Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:17 am to The Sultan of Swine

In the NFL it's all about understanding where your money is going to be effective. Teams get advantages by realizing they can skate by with mediocre players at certain positions like RB, sometimes CB.

Sometimes you can even win by paying less at the most important position, QB, because the top guys end up being paid even more than their value.

There's not one answer here, but I would really like a coach who's putting a lot of analysis into these types of questions. Sam is coming off as "Welp we didn't have enough money to fill out the roster properly, nothing I can do about that"

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Posted by JeffLebowski

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Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:38 am to The Sultan of Swine

I’ll agree on that. My preference would be to accept it because it’s here and spend. But if our AD and boosters want to be chincy about it, they could put stipulations(I think that would be just another dumb move but I’m being realistic on the dumb decisions our entire AD and BOT make time after time). Totally agree that certain positions are more valuable than others and careful evaluation should go into what positions the most money goes toward and why(with the exception of those “must get” players if they’re homegrown or high interest).

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