Here's an article in The Athletic that lists some of the numbers (you may need subscription):
Sadly, I can't see how we can compete with the obscene amounts of money being thrown around by football powerhouses, and those with billionaire backing. It's impressive DH has been able to do what he did the last 2 years but it's going to get tough.
One good thing is that you don't win championships by recruiting a great paper team, you actually have to play the games and win them.
Here are a few quotes from the article:
“Baylor, Arkansas and Louisville have helped the market,” says one insider. Another listed those three, plus Indiana, Alabama and Kentucky as the biggest spenders this free-agent season. A mix of that, plus obscene asking prices, plus a little bit of liar’s poker have resulted in this new reality: “Every kid has ‘multiple $750K offers.’ That’s the opening line of every agent,” says one insider.
The article interviews several insiders who say that starters get $200K-$500K, all-conference up to $750K, all-american over a million.
There clearly is no salary-cap like limit here, the arms races are going to push the prices into stratosphere - potentially into NBA range soon.
How I miss the good old days when college basketball wasn't so mercenary.
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Sadly, I can't see how we can compete with the obscene amounts of money being thrown around by football powerhouses, and those with billionaire backing. It's impressive DH has been able to do what he did the last 2 years but it's going to get tough.
One good thing is that you don't win championships by recruiting a great paper team, you actually have to play the games and win them.
Here are a few quotes from the article:
“Baylor, Arkansas and Louisville have helped the market,” says one insider. Another listed those three, plus Indiana, Alabama and Kentucky as the biggest spenders this free-agent season. A mix of that, plus obscene asking prices, plus a little bit of liar’s poker have resulted in this new reality: “Every kid has ‘multiple $750K offers.’ That’s the opening line of every agent,” says one insider.
The article interviews several insiders who say that starters get $200K-$500K, all-conference up to $750K, all-american over a million.
There clearly is no salary-cap like limit here, the arms races are going to push the prices into stratosphere - potentially into NBA range soon.
How I miss the good old days when college basketball wasn't so mercenary.
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