'23 MO RB Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame Signee)

[du Lac]

I’d love to know exactly what A&M is doing that ND can’t do..

Is it simply “hey kid, that guy in the booth up there is going to give you a million dollars” or are they somehow contractually locking these kids in with a $ number..

I can’t see how that’s possible w/o sanctions coming down hard & fast..

For the life of me I can’t see how ND can’t just tell the kids they’re going to make NIL money here & not to make the decision based on that.

How TF can A&M guarantee upfront money so boldly without being spotlighted?

 

[DONTH8]

A&Ms current recruiting class is hilarious. It looks just like a class where the coaches forgot how to recruit and funds are low (rumored/complaints some $ diverted back to facilities expansion) but still somewhat there. 4 Top 100 kids and 4 3 stars and that’s it.

Probably waiting on Malachi. If he takes the $$ then their cap is hit for the year. If he doesnt, they start contacting the other recruits around the country.

 

[Irish4life]

Some people suspect that ND is being used as leverage to extract more NIL $$ than they would get if they weren't "really really interested in this other car at the dealer next door...". We'll see.

Makes sense tbh. Is this coming from the Gug? Or just message board chatter

 

[du Lac]

Jimbo only has five or six recruits because he’s sitting around and waiting to see who to pay. They will likely surge from like ranked 40th to ranked fourth in the matter of a few weeks once Lloyd Christmas, Santa Fischer or whatever his name is starts handing out Christmas presents.

 

[SoIll]

Usually Loy instantly comments "Thanks my guy" or something of that relm after Fong, Trieu, etc write an article about a ND commit or prospect. He hasn't said a word yet. Pretty funny since yesterday he said "noone in the gug feels like they lead". Interesting that Fong CBd him after Loys comments yesterday.

 

[NDFAN2008]

What position does Love play? With two RB’s already in this class? More of a flex?

 

[stlnd01]

Gug is probably depressed after getting outspent for a few guys and don’t want to get their hopes up. Kind of like ND fans and big games.

 

[stlnd01]

Probably waiting on Malachi. If he takes the $$ then their cap is hit for the year. If he doesnt, they start contacting the other recruits around the country.

A&M buying Malachi out from under USC and then not having the money to steal Love and Bowen from us would be a win-win-win.

 

[Irish#1]

It's pretty clear now. Somebody is right and somebody is wrong.

 

[ThePiombino]

A&Ms current recruiting class is hilarious. It looks just like a class where the coaches forgot how to recruit and funds are low (rumored/complaints some $ diverted back to facilities expansion) but still somewhat there. 4 Top 100 kids and 4 3 stars and that’s it.

A$M looking for a payroll advance lol

 

[ThePiombino]

A&M buying Malachi out from under USC and then not having the money to steal Love and Bowen from us would be a win-win-win.

Arguably the biggest recruiting win for ND this cycle.

 

[du Lac]

Bs. A&M doesn’t have a cap.

 

[irishff1014]

Gug is probably depressed after getting outspent for a few guys and don’t want to get their hopes up. Kind of like ND fans and big games.

The Gug has been off the last few years compared to what they used to be.

 

[NDpendent]

Shaun said on LL podcast today that Love was ready to commit last week but said he wants his mom on campus first and then that he talked to Christian Gray who is close friends with Love and Gray told Shaun "he is still cool. Love knows the move he wants to make and he is coming home"

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Fong with the CB and a story quoting the dad as "ND is #1, but A&M is on their heels". Fong has a 98% hit rate on 2023 kids, so you gotta feel good about this.

The "but" coming from the dad just makes me feel cringe.

 

[NDFAN2008]

If Love does come here I’d start either him or Edwards out or both at WR!! We will have a ton of RB’s on scholarship next year

 

[ColinKSU]

Weird for Loy to say no one in the Gug thinks ND leads and then his Dad just says ND leads right after lol

It’s almost like you should believe the opposite of whatever the “sources in the Gug” think about something, regardless of who the head coach is at the time.

How TF can A&M guarantee upfront money so boldly without being spotlighted?

Who’s gonna stop them?

 

[NDdomer2]

A&M spent a shit ton of money last year. It's likely they can't spend like that every single year. They might have to be a little more choosey with their $$ distributions this season so they can return to big spenders next year.

 

[Old Man Mike]

I don't see any reason, if NIL (non-)rules stay the same, that A&M oil multi-millionaires don't spend "nickles and dimes" ($50,000 and $100,000 per player) pocket change to raise up the football team. The only thing which might stop that is Fisher not converting that into getting into the playoffs. "It's likely that they can't"? A guy like that spends that kind of cash for "hobbies" all the time.

 

[NDdomer2]

I don't see any reason, if NIL (non-)rules stay the same, that A&M oil multi-millionaires don't spend "nickles and dimes" ($50,000 and $100,000 per player) pocket change to raise up the football team. The only thing which might stop that is Fisher not converting that into getting into the playoffs. "It's likely that they can't"? A guy like that spends that kind of cash for "hobbies" all the time.

They spent 32 million on last year's class. That ain't 50/100k per that's 1,000,000/per.

Still nickel and dimes?

 

[Old Man Mike]

Yeh. For those kind of guys, yes.
Think a Jerry Jones with no admin responsibilities but all the rest of the perks.
I worked for three billionaires briefly in my life. A million bucks was nickles and dimes if they wanted something. There are several of these A&M guys with crazy cash.

 

[NDdomer2]

Just so we're clear on what a nickel and dime is.

32m/year for full roster cycle (4years) is 128m

The lowest active salary cap in NFL is falcons at 150m.

Apparently these guys can nearly fund an NFL roster with no return on investment with their spare change.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Just so we're clear on what a nickel and dime is.

32m/year for full roster cycle (4years) is 128m

The lowest active salary cap in NFL is falcons at 150m.

Apparently these guys can nearly fund an NFL roster with no return on investment with their spare change.

128m is still paid out over 4 years. So you end right back at the 32 million a year if you’re trying to compare to an annual nfl salary cap

 

[NDdomer2]

128m is still paid out over 4 years. So you end right back at the 32 million a year if you’re trying to compare to an annual nfl salary cap

You don't know the details of those NIL deals were they 1m for their entire aTm career or for committing only?

Also, 32m is still 90-95% move than OMM's original valuation that he called nickels and dimes. That's some serious inflation in the matter of mere minutes

 

[ab2cmiller]

You don't know the details of those NIL deals were they 1m for their entire aTm career or for committing only?

No I don’t. But it’s far likely that the 32 million represents a payment to cover the 4 years than the likelihood it represents an annual payment that last years class will receive each year.

The point is that your comparison of 128 million to an NFL salary cap is trash.

 

[NDdomer2]

No I don’t. But it’s far likely that the 32 million represents a payment to cover the 4 years than the likelihood it represents an annual payment that last years class will receive each year.

The point is that your comparison of 128 million to an NFL salary cap is trash.

If they maintained that yearly cost for a full recruiting roster cycle what would it cost them?

 

[ab2cmiller]

If they maintained that yearly cost for a full recruiting roster cycle what would it cost them?

It would cost them 128 million spread out over a 4 year period.

 

[TorontoGold]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

In this article it call it "NIL deals" would seem like $30M over a 3/4 year span. Which would be much higher than the $3M that Bama players made in 2021. $10M a year is still ~3.3x what Bama players made.

 

[ThePiombino]

"he is still cool. Love knows the move he wants to make and he is coming home"

They're all cool...until Unc comes out of the woodwork...

 

[Cackalacky2.0]