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Not for a 3rd stringer popping off and I didn't hand locksley that contract.Maybe just cut the kid and thin the heard.I've always been in favor of pay by production in the League and also send these kids to the NFL minor leagues.Let them pay the freight - I get a Yuengling 

I guess the 85 limits still applies, or would, but a team COULD place all their better known players on NIL deals and save scholarships for lesser guys who are not as prominent, but still contribute, walk ons etc.

good, I hope my school is doing that

might seem absurd to Mike
not so absurd to the player and his family
to the player and his family, Mike's salary might seem absurd

But the coach’s salary isn’t a point of NIL leverage.

What has Locksley accomplished to deserve an average of $6.1 million through 2027???

$6.1M is overpaying Locksley. (Is Scott Woodward also the AD for Maryland?) They must be paying Locksley a thank you for stabilizing the program. 23-16 over the past three seasons, and considering the division Maryland is in that's about much as can be expected from the caliber of a coach who likely isn't going to be good enough to be poached. Of their big three heavy-hitting division opponents – Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St – Maryland only plays Penn St next season due to the P12 additions shaking up the schedules.

Locksley criticizing the NIL/Transfer Portal isn’t new; Locksley is one of the NIL’s first major critics – from last June:

“I feel like I’ve got my legs cut from underneath me. Because my strength in recruiting isn’t some slick salesman job, it’s built on the longevity of relationships. And now the way the college landscape is with the NIL, the transfer portal — everything is pretty much transactional, and relationships have kind of gone out of the window.”

“Locksley’s team moved into a brand-new, $149 million football-only facility, just last year. The Jones-Hill House is beautiful. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really matter. The role that it plays in recruiting is minimal in contrast to NIL. Locksley will be the first to say so and he did not hold back: “Unfortunately, we moved in at a time when facilities have been de-emphasized in a recruit’s mind. Because they’d get dressed in the trash can for $25,000.”


https://twitter.com/Outkick/status/1670975001447596033

But the coach’s salary isn’t a point of NIL leverage.

of course not

the point is Locksley calling out paying a kid $100,000 as absurd as he is being paid an absurd amount
Mike's agent leveraged the university for $$$
the kid is merely doing the same

Temple didn't give the coach that much either

Carey was Temple University's highest-paid employee for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, as was the case in each of his three years on the job. Tax documents posted on Temple's website indicate that Carey earned $2,362,971 in total compensation for the year