apaladin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 11:03 am
Affirm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:34 am
Anyone rejoicing over this coach moving from SU to TAMU needs to keep in mind that other SoCon schools will be similarly celebrating Furman’s loss WHEN (not if) Coach Richey gets the offer he does not want to refuse. Our day will come. Enjoy Coach Richey while we have him.
No need to waste time celebrating SU’s loss.
One source states $1.5 million a year, 5-year deal for this former SU coach.
How close can Furman get to matching that to keep Coach Richey from leaving? Maybe 45% of that?
And also how close can Furman get to matching the NIL riches that exist at many schools (of which TAMU has to the potential to be at the very top)? Maybe 5% of what TAMU already does in NIL and maybe 0.05% of what TAMU has the potential to do in NIL?
Reminder NIL no longer exists it is payroll. The media wants to keep calling it that but it is strictly pay for play now.
Whatever.
The outcome is the same?
Worse?
Better?
It seems that Furman is maybe still in about the same situation whether you call it NIL or salary budget.
A good explanation was in an interview on last night’s PBS News Hour. William Brangham was the interviewer. The interviewee did indicate that it would be outright salary, not NIL, by this summer. One or both of them indicated that NIL is an out-of-date term.