Word on the street is that Utah donors committed to tripling their NIL money

[ProudUte]

This would mean $6 million instead of $2 million.

Sadly, this does not even match what BYU is paying one player next season.

[Anfernee]

Let’s focus on the positive of today. Tripling is an amazing start. Getting someone of Alex intelligence and experience is massive. And Andre soon. Those alone will pay massive dividends. In wins and NIL. I don’t care about TDS. Today is a great day to be a Ute and the future is bright.

[TomahawkCruise]

Frankly, I couldn’t care less what BYU is doing or how much money they are spending on their program.

What I care about is Utah getting the right guys in place, accumulating new economic support for the program and trusting the experts up there to decide how to best compete. They don’t need our input on how to do that.

I get where you’re coming from and I agree that there needs to be substantially more economic support than there has been – but I’m not gonna waste one second of my time judging the Runnin Utes based on how they compare to BYU. And I recommend you don’t either.

Let’s just trust our guys (other than Harlan) to do whatever is best for the program. I’m confident they will do just that.

[MacKidsAlumn]

AJ Dybantsa and Cooper Flagg are the only two NCAA basketball players I’ve seen with an NIL valuation exceeding $2 million. I might be mistaken, I’m trying to understand NIL, as it seems to be one of the key metrics for any college program. I also saw that Cameron Boozer, the son of Carlos Boozer, signed a $1.5 million NIL deal, and he is considered a top-5 recruit. Long story short, you can make a significant impact in recruiting with $6 million in NIL deals if you manage to avoid overpaying.

[TomahawkCruise]

That’s exactly right.

Yes, Utah will need to offer more green to attract talent, and they will. But, as I said in another post, I’m not sure I even want to see Utah throwing a s**t load of money at one single blue chip player, like BYU and so many others have. Because it’s my opinion that you’ll almost never get an adequate ROI for that money. Watch, next season BYU will probably be about as good as they are this year and everyone will wonder if it was really worth it giving all that money to a hyped up high schooler who was only there for five months.

Look at all those schools that did it last off-season that are mediocre (Rutgers) to flat out bad (Washington) this year. I’d rather see Utah spread that money around multiple players.

[utefansince79]

Better to spend $5-10 (million) on a single prima donna, or $1 (million) each for a handful of very talented players who can gel together?

[Jim Vanderhoof]

Utefan it will be interesting to see how 2 and three year starters making under 500,000$$ feel about a high school kid coming in making 7 million. Plus the 7 million dollar man out to showcase his abilities for the NBA draft.

[Minnesota Ute]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. It’s one thing to have a star on an NBA team with a fat contract, because usually they earn that money and everyone knows it. But if a high school recruit comes in making that much money, if he is not head and shoulders above everybody on the team, the animosity will grow quickly. And when the locker room is fractured, its damn near impossible to be successful.

[Yergensen]

Proud, from what I’ve read and followed, Dybantsa’s $8m comp estimated for next season is not entirely NIL from BYU.

BYU donors will not be paying him $8m in NIL, they will be paying closer to $3m. Dybantsa will be making the $5m balance through endorsement deals.

[JBx2034]

But are those endorsement deals from Ryan Smith companies? To me it’s the same thing.

[Yergensen]

His endorsement deals are with Nike and Red Bull with Nike deal close to $4m.

[Ute Dub]

I thought tripling was going to look like this:

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