Why no Outkick NIL?

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With all the talk Clay Travis does about being a Vol Fan, I’m surprised he didn’t come out with a big NIL deal. For Heupel to take recruiting to the next level he may have to first recruit people like Clay Travis to get involved
 
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volfan_28 said:
With all the talk Clay Travis does about being a Vol Fan, I’m surprised he didn’t come out with a big NIL deal. For Heupel to take recruiting to the next level he may have to first recruit people like Clay Travis to get involved
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I was wondering this as well with Dave Portnoy shelling out $1.5 mil to land the #1 recruit in the country.
 
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volfan_28 said:
With all the talk Clay Travis does about being a Vol Fan, I’m surprised he didn’t come out with a big NIL deal. For Heupel to take recruiting to the next level he may have to first recruit people like Clay Travis to get involved
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Outkick was bought by Fox, who I think would have a conflict of interest. Clay is more about making money from sports than spending money on them, anyway.
 
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volfan_28 said:
Rumor has it a $1.5M deal with barstool helped Jackson State sign the #1 recruit in the nation. The connection is Deion Sanders and barstool have a podcast together. JSU has denied it.
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That’s a pretty wild rumor. Can’t imagine what kind of return they get for that
 
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golfballs said:
That’s a pretty wild rumor. Can’t imagine what kind of return they get for that
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I don’t think ROI is a factor in every NIL deal. Some folks just like to feed their ego, but an outrageous deal like that one would be a slick strategy if it’s true. Think of all the talk it would get on sports news networks and around the water cooler at work.
 
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volfan_28 said:
I don’t think ROI is a factor in every NIL deal. Some folks just like to feed their ego, but an outrageous deal like that one would be a slick strategy if it’s true. Think of all the talk it would get on sports news networks and around the water cooler at work.
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I doubt ego has anything to do with it when Barstool has corporate ownership. They make business decisions.
 
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volfan_28 said:
With all the talk Clay Travis does about being a Vol Fan, I’m surprised he didn’t come out with a big NIL deal. For Heupel to take recruiting to the next level he may have to first recruit people like Clay Travis to get involved
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I think he likes money, you know, likes it enough to not give it all away on something stupid. Don't know the guy personally, but that's my guess.
 
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volfan_28 said:
Rumor has it a $1.5M deal with barstool helped Jackson State sign the #1 recruit in the nation. The connection is Deion Sanders and barstool have a podcast together. JSU has denied it.
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Will this hurt Jackson State in the long run? Will top programs refuse to play them in the future? FBS schools often rely on big pay days from playing FCS schools. Can’t imagine any one would pay them big money after this.
 
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BP4Prez said:
Will this hurt Jackson State in the long run? Will top programs refuse to play them in the future? FBS schools often rely on big pay days from playing FCS schools. Can’t imagine any one would pay them big money after this.
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Last time they played a top program was TCU in '17.
 
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volfan_28 said:
With all the talk Clay Travis does about being a Vol Fan, I’m surprised he didn’t come out with a big NIL deal. For Heupel to take recruiting to the next level he may have to first recruit people like Clay Travis to get involved
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Clay get's it, he's a long term business guy. NIL to him does not seem like an area he wants to go down right now. I could see him having someone in a few years be on Outkick but don't think he is about handing money over the kids just yet.

Could Outkick and Barstool form one online sports company to compete with ESPN and CBS? Fox is big fans of both Dave and Clay, the would be wise to go all in on this market and put ESPN out.
 
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BP4Prez said:
Will this hurt Jackson State in the long run? Will top programs refuse to play them in the future? FBS schools often rely on big pay days from playing FCS schools. Can’t imagine any one would pay them big money after this.
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Sanders will parlay this into the FSU job either this time next year or the following. Norvell is a dead man walking and fans will want Prime back in Tallahassee... his time will be short term because eventually you get exposed on the field. But they will get athletes to cycle them up quickly.
 
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kckempf said:
Outkick was bought by Fox, who I think would have a conflict of interest. Clay is more about making money from sports than spending money on them, anyway.
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He has also gotten more into politics than sports the last 2 years. The guy made his rep for being a troll. He was basically that obnoxious guy on the Sports Boards that everyone hates.

He also doesn't make near as much money as people think, sure he lives well but no where near Booster kind of money.
 
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