By The Daily Caller (Opinion) | Created at 2024-11-15 02:31:45 | Updated at 2024-11-23 14:54:24
1 week ago
November 14, 2024 7:00 PM ET
The wild, wild west of college athletics continues…
According to a report Thursday from On3, the Michigan football program has offered LSU quarterback commit Bryce Underwood a stunning Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal of four years, $10.5 million to flip to the Wolverines. Underwood is the No. 1 overall recruit for the Class of 2025. (RELATED: 5-Star WR Caleb Cunningham Flips The Script On Alabama After Switching Commitment To Rival Ole Miss)
Per On3, Tigers boosters are hoping that Underwood will go through with his pledge to LSU.
Michigan is prepared to offer LSU 5-star QB commit Bryce Underwood $10.5M over four years, according to @TheWolverineOn3👀
Intel: https://t.co/sK99XJNx37 pic.twitter.com/1ScTodhqid
— On3 NIL (@On3NIL) November 14, 2024
Making the situation even more interesting, Underwood took to his Instagram Story after the news broke and posted a photo of an LSU football player holding a pendant that’s the number two.
In 2021, Underwood was named the national Freshman of the Year by MaxPreps, and in the past two seasons, he’s tallied 69 touchdown passes and five interceptions while also punching in 10 rushing touchdowns.
Bryce Underwood just posted this: pic.twitter.com/0EIpuA3dqi
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) November 14, 2024
It was wild enough that a university would give a high school kid $1 million to transfer for a season, now we’re looking at a situation where players are going to start receiving literal professional contracts. Four years at $10.2 million?
That’s insane considering what college athletics used to be when it came to student-athletes being paid, we went from no salary to now millions over multiple seasons.
Crazy times we live in.
