Posted on 07/21/2021 7:32:53 PM PDT by blam
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young has already made almost $1 million in sponsorship and endorsement money, according to Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, Yahoo Sports has reported.
Saban’s statement comes as college athletes nationwide have been permitted since July 1 to make money off their name and image rights after the NCAA rescinded its restrictive rules limiting the rights of athletes due to state laws superseding NCAA rules.
Saban made his comments at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention, saying that Young “already has approached ungodly numbers. I’m not going to say what they are. He hasn’t even played yet. He hasn’t been a starter. If I told you what he’s … it’s almost 7-figures,” according to 24/7 Sports.
Young was Alabama's backup quarterback this past season, playing sparingly after arriving as the top quarterback nationwide in the class of 2020.
Upon hearing the figures for his endorsements, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said he was "blown away" by how much Young's deals were worth, according to Yahoo Sports.
Saban made $9.1 million as Alabama's head coach last season, Yahoo Sports pointed out. Since the school has become the dominant program in college football since Saban arrived, the coach has generated more in revenue than Alabama has paid him.
As Alabama's presumed starter, Young is also clearly worth a large sum of money, according to the news site.
Yahoo Sports speculated that Saban might have been bragging about Young's endorsement deals in Texas, because the state is such a huge recruiting ground for universities. Spreading the word about the potential earning power at Alabama to top Texas coaches, who will tell their best players what Saban said, is a powerful tool to attract the best players.
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What kinds of trouble will they be able to get into with this kind of money?
- Roll Tide -
Why bother pretending to be college.students?
It’s going to be interesting where “college” sports is going to be in 5 years.
People who have complained for years that college athletes should be paid will soon be moaning about how the big schools are getting even more of the 5-star recruits than before.
Roll Tide Roll
It’s going to be interesting where “college” sports is going to be in 5 years.
It’s going to be dead...
Wait till a lineman thats only getting $1000 bucks month from some car lot decides to slack off on play and that million dollar quarterback gets his head pounded into the astroturf.
they better pay taxes......
Yep….. that was my insinuation……
I was thinking the whole front line. This will destroy team work.
“People who have complained for years that college athletes should be paid will soon be moaning about how the big schools are getting even more of the 5-star recruits than before.” There will always be people who complain about income inequality, vaccine inequality, “white privilege”, etc. I predict people will complain about these endorsements asking companies to give the same endorsement offers to athletes at small schools as they do big schools.
Why bother pretending to be college.students?
The world was almost universally celebrating this but I think it is absurd. The sheer corruption itself, but it’s going to end major college sports. I was for a change to the rules that give kids a chance to make money but still regulated but this is way worse than the corruption that the previous rules were meant to prevent. I am no fan of the NCAA, but this change is bad.
If they had changed the rules to force some sort of compensation for jersey sales etc that would be a truly fair addition since it is them on the field wearing those numbers. Unencumbered endorsement money is stupid for college students.
College football has pretty much been destroyed. I expect a lot of Universites to shut down their football programs.
And as a paid athlete he’s gonna get harassed for bad games
Yeah, the same 5 schools will be playing for the championship each year. That’s why they want to expand the playoffs to 12
Am I supposed to be upset that college athletes can now also make money off their own fame, instead of just having their coaches and universities make money off them while they get nothing? I’m not. Good for them.
They can do whatever they want, I choose not to support it with my money or my viewing.
Endorsements. If Alabama fans like Bryce in commercials, then power to them? I enjoy seeing Mike Trout wearing the hat and jacket that I want. Few college athletes get endorsements outside of football.
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