fullmetal dateline='[url=tel:1743548838' Wrote: 1743548838[/url]']
Hate the game, not the player, so to speak. This is the market we in which Stanford chooses to participate. While I don't like the idea of Sellers leaving, I can't blame him for having different motivations/values in life. The market provided the right incentives for him to consider leaving. Those incentives might or might not cause Stanford-loyal folks to leave, but cash speaks a certain language to people.
At best, this is just testing the market to see his worth and challenge Stanford's NIL collective to step up and make an offer. At worst, Sellers doesn't see the full value of Stanford as a brand, and he seeks greener (ha) pastures. What a world this is.
I’ve been told the Lifetime Cardinal men’s basketball collective is over $2 million per year but is quite low in comparison to the rest of the ACC. And if it’s low in the ACC, it’s probably very low in comparison to the SEC and Big 10. That may change and grow with more men’s hoops success. I think recruiting the right kids and players staying with Coach Smith developing talent is how he wants this program to be built but still have to be somewhat competitive on the collective side.