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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5118107, member: 71"] I'm not looking at it as bribing him to stay any more than NIL offers would be viewed as bribes to commit. I do believe that if there is an off that far above what had been market rate, the bulk of the excess above market would be in the form of some type of retention bonus. This isn't college basketball where a true freshman could conceivably be the best player on the team and among the top few in the country. It is quite possible that the best QB prospect out of HS won't be able to contribute his true freshman year (look at Arch Manning). It would be reckless for UM to pay this kid $2.5 million to hold a clipboard his freshman year, the put himself back on the open market for when he will be able to perform as one of the top QBs in the country. [/QUOTE]