Didn't know that. Committed to PSU of course.
When you look at what GT did in landing that 5 star offensive lineman, this is where NIL can come in handy for Pitt. Maybe not for this kid specifically because I dont think we should be wasting NIL money on the RB position since the US produces a vast amount of talented ones, but cases like this are where you go to some local 4 or 5 star and say we'll pay you $750K or whatever to actually play. The kid then thinks, if I take 750K and have a good season, then I can get maybe $2 million in the portal. Or maybe he stays at Pitt for $2 million. At a place like PSU, guys arent going to get on the field early so even though a PSU or OSU or Mich will be able to pay a kid to ride the bench a few years, like Quinton Martin, they wont be able to cash in in the portal like they can at Pitt.
I think programs like Pitt need to sell to these kids that they can make the same money as some blue blood will play them but the fact that they get on the field and produce could yield them much more money in Year 2. They wont get that chance for a big Year 2 payday at the blue blood because they are being stored on the bench. Schools like Pitt need to disrupt the business model of the blue bloods, which is paying kids to sit.
When you look at what GT did in landing that 5 star offensive lineman, this is where NIL can come in handy for Pitt. Maybe not for this kid specifically because I dont think we should be wasting NIL money on the RB position since the US produces a vast amount of talented ones, but cases like this are where you go to some local 4 or 5 star and say we'll pay you $750K or whatever to actually play. The kid then thinks, if I take 750K and have a good season, then I can get maybe $2 million in the portal. Or maybe he stays at Pitt for $2 million. At a place like PSU, guys arent going to get on the field early so even though a PSU or OSU or Mich will be able to pay a kid to ride the bench a few years, like Quinton Martin, they wont be able to cash in in the portal like they can at Pitt.
I think programs like Pitt need to sell to these kids that they can make the same money as some blue blood will play them but the fact that they get on the field and produce could yield them much more money in Year 2. They wont get that chance for a big Year 2 payday at the blue blood because they are being stored on the bench. Schools like Pitt need to disrupt the business model of the blue bloods, which is paying kids to sit.