What Beau Pribula is getting for going to Missouri

[RagnarLothbrok]

$1.5 million.

Seriously? Has this guy even started a college football game before?

I’m sure the kid is talented, but $1.5 million is too much for someone who has only played in mop-up duty. Iowa needs to spend that on their OL. Good lord.

Ex-Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula inks $1.5 million-dollar NIL deal from non-CFP SEC team | Sporting News

Former Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula has reportedly found his new team after opting to enter the transfer portal following the Nittany Lions' Big Ten title loss to Oregon.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[eyesofhawk]

Mizzou has been buying players for a few years now.

Deep pockets for football

 

[jonesy5960]

$1.5 million.

Seriously? Has this guy even started a college football game before?

I’m sure the kid is talented, but $1.5 million is too much for someone who has only played in mop-up duty. Iowa needs to spend that on their OL. Good lord.

Ex-Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula inks $1.5 million-dollar NIL deal from non-CFP SEC team | Sporting News

Former Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula has reportedly found his new team after opting to enter the transfer portal following the Nittany Lions' Big Ten title loss to Oregon.

www.sportingnews.com

It's just capitalism in America. Love it or leave it baby!

 

[the24fan]

😆1.5 mill for a back up QB? What a joke the game has become.
Might as well have a lottery every season for the NFL teams to see who gets to claim college teams as your minor league affiliate .

 

[jonesy5960]

😆1.5 mill for a back up QB? What a joke the game has become.
Might as well have a lottery every season for the NFL teams to see who gets to claim college teams as your minor league affiliate .

He's probably still a much better deal than Iowa got with Cade.

 

[the24fan]

He's probably still a much better deal than Iowa got with Cade.

Is it a fact Cade got 1.5 mill?

 

[jonesy5960]

Is it a fact Cade got 1.5 mill?

No. I don't know what he got. I'd heard something along the lines of $500k/yr, but whatever it was, it was way too much. Iowa would have been much better off without him. His presence on the roster and commitment to paying/playing him was the primary reason why Iowa failed to aggressively seek a starting QB the past 2 years. He came to a broken QB room and somehow made it worse by rarely playing and playing poorly when he did.

 

[BonzoFury]

What is he getting?

The opportunity to throw the ball to wide receivers in a quarterback-friendly offense.

 

[TXHCHawk]

I guess it’s a merry Christmas for Pribula.

 

[IowaMuse]

Yep Missouri coach has long been rumored to be buying guys before it was “permitted”. It’s Missouri for goodness sakes. Keep an eye on Cignetti and Mark Cuban. Cuban is pumping huge money into IU athletics. Similar to Knight at Oregon.

 

[BonzoFury]

Yep Missouri coach has long been rumored to be buying guys before it was “permitted”. It’s Missouri for goodness sakes. Keep an eye on Cignetti and Mark Cuban. Cuban is pumping huge money into IU athletics. Similar to Knight at Oregon.

Wonder why Cuban hasn't done this before?

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

capitalism in America. Love it or leave it baby!

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

What is he getting?

The opportunity to throw the ball to wide receivers in a quarterback-friendly offense.

If a backup quarterback can get $1.5 million, that’s where he should go.

 

[TXHCHawk]

It's just capitalism in America. Love it or leave it baby!

This is not capitalism. It is foolishness. Real capitalism would be using that money for real financial returns for the investor.

 

[bobchawk]

This is not capitalism. It is foolishness. Real capitalism would be using that money for real financial returns for the investor.

true this--they spent all of this money just to be able to play in the Music bowl----why? I do not see this spree getting them anywhere closer to the CG in the SEC.........

 

[jonesy5960]

This is not capitalism. It is foolishness. Real capitalism would be using that money for real financial returns for the investor.

I was being slightly facetious, but it's true. You're worth whatever someone is willing and able to pay for your services. In this case it's worth $1.5 million to someone.

 

[yrunvs]

If this guy doesn't produce championships we'll see how long this over spending will last.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

I was being slightly facetious, but it's true. You're worth whatever someone is willing and able to pay for your services. In this case it's worth $8 million to someone.

People with more money than brains.

Unbelievable how much some are willing to fork over for a kid to play football at their university.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

If this guy doesn't produce championships we'll see how long this over spending will last.

Do you suppose that happened at Texas A&M?

 

[rrdd2021]

This is why I chuckle every time I read about OSU's $20 million roster. They (OSU) just let this out. If the truth and real figures were known, many schools like Oregon (Phil Knight), Texas, TAMU and on and on, etc... probably dwarf that figure. I've read that the 2 Texas QBs - Ewers and Manning - are pulling in somewhere between $8 to 10 million together. That Texas oil money goes a long way

 

[yrunvs]

Do you suppose that happened at Texas A&M?

Even the ultra rich will expect a return for the millions. Time will tell.

 

[jhawkinaz]

I don’t begrudge these kids getting as much money as they can. Especially in a violent sport like this with no guaranteed future. We would all do the same if we were there.


That being said, if you try to argue that what is going on is not ruining the game I would be very interested in hearing that argument. We are where we are, and I still struggle to wrap my head around it.

I guess I miss the college football from New Year’s Day 1986. But the toothpaste is out of the tube. And so it goes.

 

[HawkMachine]

$1.5 million.

 

[herkyhawk00]

$1.5 million.

Seriously? Has this guy even started a college football game before?

I’m sure the kid is talented, but $1.5 million is too much for someone who has only played in mop-up duty. Iowa needs to spend that on their OL. Good lord.

Ex-Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula inks $1.5 million-dollar NIL deal from non-CFP SEC team | Sporting News

Former Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula has reportedly found his new team after opting to enter the transfer portal following the Nittany Lions' Big Ten title loss to Oregon.

www.sportingnews.com

The crazy thing is, are there any contracts with this stuff? I mean, are there any conditions if the guy decides to transfer next year? These are all guaranteed money? Makes zero sense.

 

[Thunderlips71]

The Hawks also lost out on the Idaho WR - he chose Mizzou as well

 

[ShonnDeereGreene]

No. I don't know what he got. I'd heard something along the lines of $500k/yr, but whatever it was, it was way too much. Iowa would have been much better off without him. His presence on the roster and commitment to paying/playing him was the primary reason why Iowa failed to aggressively seek a starting QB the past 2 years. He came to a broken QB room and somehow made it worse by rarely playing and playing poorly when he did.

Interesting if true. Frankly, if Cade was $500k per year, that might almost have been a bargain considering he was just as proven (injury and all) as Pribula is currently. Hindsight, it wasn’t a good investment given how it turned out, but any non-starter QB is a crapshoot/coinflip. Same people bitching about not getting Pribulla are probably the same ones complaining about the money Cade got.

 

[the24fan]

the whole thing is a fvckin joke.
Seriously college ball is just no different than big league baseball at this point. Big markets and schools with big pocketed donors will be on top every year while the Iowa’s of the world become the Royals, and Pirates . Sickening

 

[jonesy5960]

Interesting if true. Frankly, if Cade was $500k per year, that might almost have been a bargain considering he was just as proven (injury and all) as Pribula is currently. Hindsight, it wasn’t a good investment given how it turned out, but any non-starter QB is a crapshoot/coinflip. Same people bitching about not getting Pribulla are probably the same ones complaining about the money Cade got.

Pribula's experience is limited, but he played more than most backups and not just in mop up situations. He's shown that he's a good player that was playing behind an NFL prospect. We'll have to see how he pans out as a starter which I'm sure is what Missouri is expecting him to be. If he ends up being an average or above average SEC QB, then yes, he'll end up being a far better value than Cade turned out to be.

 

[Greenway4Prez]

I’m good with what we have at QB.

What’s funny is that with so much movement at the quarterback position, which SHOULD theoretically even out the talent pool and let talent rise to the top, the quality of QB play across CFB continues to decline.

 

[HawksRule73]

$1.5 million.

Seriously? Has this guy even started a college football game before?

I’m sure the kid is talented, but $1.5 million is too much for someone who has only played in mop-up duty. Iowa needs to spend that on their OL. Good lord.

Ex-Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula inks $1.5 million-dollar NIL deal from non-CFP SEC team | Sporting News

Former Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula has reportedly found his new team after opting to enter the transfer portal following the Nittany Lions' Big Ten title loss to Oregon.

www.sportingnews.com

I may be wrong, but I think these numbers being thrown around for these QBs are total value of the contract, not annual amounts. So if the number for Pribula is correct, it’s probably $750k/year for 2 years.

 

[GarryO37]

I’m good with what we have at QB.

What’s funny is that with so much movement at the quarterback position, which SHOULD theoretically even out the talent pool and let talent rise to the top, the quality of QB play across CFB continues to decline.

Agree. Pribula was kind of a shot in the dark for Iowa. If we get him, no big deal. If not, that’s cool too. I don’t know if Iowa went all in on getting Pribula anyway, but they could have. They certainly weren’t going to empty their pockets for him.

I’m going to trust Lester’s evaluation until he gives me a reason not to. He didn’t try to retain any of the outgoing QBs, and kept only the best of the lot which makes Hank Brown kind of interesting to be honest. There must have been something there for him to be able to start at Auburn.

Brown had one bad game and he was yanked. Outside of Vanderbilt, I don’t think SEC teams have the patience needed to develop kids and maybe that played a factor in pulling Brown as a starter.

I wonder if Lester saw something between high school film a what little there was while he was a starter at Auburn that warranted Iowa going after him. Maybe Lester believes he can work with and develop him?

We sat through years of BF and I’m going to give Lester a few more to prove himself. I already like what I have seen from the offense so far. The offense isn’t worlds different, but it is different enough and it has kept opposing defense off balance through out the year.

As long as I see continued progress, I’m happy. Lester was never going to fix our offense this year. He’s still building trust with KF, and he built a lot this year in my opinion.

 

[AEG82]

It's just capitalism in America. Love it or leave it baby!

I envision some, in fact, leaving it. Many won't of course but there will definitely be repercussions to the outing of pay for play without terms or restrictions in college football. My dad and brother probably won't be watching football in a 2-5 year span most likely. That's a combined 70 years of Iowa fandom gone for this reason alone.

They've heard my rants. Personally, I was in support of paying students, in college football or men's basketball, a relatively decent yearly salary of 40-50k THROUGH the school maxed out for each team with long term full health insurance (15-25 years) from the school as well. Oh, add in completely free schooling. That's a good deal for all kids and they're still students. I would've had them sign contracts for all this however as they're employees as well now. I also would have no limits on corporate sponsorship (get what you can if a large company is willing to pay for your services) but this is insane.

I doubt this was what people clamoring for pay had in mind. These kids making more in their first year out of highschool, or earlier, than 80-90 percent of us do in our entire lives is asinine.

Yet, here comes Rico belittling and yelling at everyone for not putting their money into SWARM each week. Yeah...just don't see that happening for me personally.

 

[HawkCharlotte]

$1.5 million.

Seriously? Has this guy even started a college football game before?

I’m sure the kid is talented, but $1.5 million is too much for someone who has only played in mop-up duty. Iowa needs to spend that on their OL. Good lord.

Ex-Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula inks $1.5 million-dollar NIL deal from non-CFP SEC team | Sporting News

Former Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula has reportedly found his new team after opting to enter the transfer portal following the Nittany Lions' Big Ten title loss to Oregon.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[jonesy5960]

I envision some, in fact, leaving it. Many won't of course but there will definitely be repercussions to the outing of pay for play without terms or restrictions in college football. My dad and brother probably won't be watching football in a 2-5 year span most likely. That's a combined 70 years of Iowa fandom gone for this reason alone.

They've heard my rants. Personally, I was in support of paying students, in college football or men's basketball, a relatively decent yearly salary of 40-50k THROUGH the school maxed out for each team with long term full health insurance (15-25 years) from the school as well. Oh, add in completely free schooling. That's a good deal for all kids and they're still students. I would've had them sign contracts for all this however as they're employees as well now. I also would have no limits on corporate sponsorship (get what you can if a large company is willing to pay for your services) but this is insane.

I doubt this was what people closing for pay has in mind. These kids making more in their first year out of highschool, or earlier, than 80-90 percent of us do in our entire lives is asinine.

Yet, here comes Rico belittling and yelling at everyone for not putting their money into SWARM each week. Yeah...just don't see that happening for me personally.

Can I afford it? Yes. Do I feel like paying kids to play football? Nope. It's like a GoFundme to create millionaires. Think of how ludicrous that sounds.

Oh, and **** Rico.

 

[nu2u]

I envision some, in fact, leaving it. Many won't of course but there will definitely be repercussions to the outing of pay for play without terms or restrictions in college football. My dad and brother probably won't be watching football in a 2-5 year span most likely. That's a combined 70 years of Iowa fandom gone for this reason alone

since the advent of the portal and the favorable legal NIL ruling, college football has experienced unprecedented fan interest and engagement. Attendance, viewership, and revenues have increased dramatically.

College football will not miss your family’s exit. The clear trend is up. For every person leaving, one or more new fans will watch, attend, and spend.

All the whining and gnashing of teeth is useless. What’s needed is reasonable reforms which pass legal muster. I believe that will happen.

 

[jonesy5960]

since the advent of the portal and the favorable legal NIL ruling, college football has experienced unprecedented fan interest and engagement. Attendance, viewership, and revenues have increased dramatically.

College football will not miss your family’s exit. The clear trend is up. For every person leaving, one or more new fans will watch, attend, and spend.

All the whining and gnashing of teeth is useless. What’s needed is reasonable reforms which pass legal muster. I believe that will happen.

You're right. It'll probably be fine. The NFL is doing pretty well as I understand it. They don't even have to solicit funds to pay their players millions of dollars.

 

[LukaDuka]

since the advent of the portal and the favorable legal NIL ruling, college football has experienced unprecedented fan interest and engagement. Attendance, viewership, and revenues have increased dramatically.

College football will not miss your family’s exit. The clear trend is up. For every person leaving, one or more new fans will watch, attend, and spend.

All the whining and gnashing of teeth is useless. What’s needed is reasonable reforms which pass legal muster. I believe that will happen.

Expanded playoffs has really helped move the needle IMO. More teams with a chance to win a natty... any given Saturday.

Let's hope reasonable heads prevail & reforms happen to level the playing/paying fields.

 

[hawkeyemark18]

since the advent of the portal and the favorable legal NIL ruling, college football has experienced unprecedented fan interest and engagement. Attendance, viewership, and revenues have increased dramatically.

College football will not miss your family’s exit. The clear trend is up. For every person leaving, one or more new fans will watch, attend, and spend.

All the whining and gnashing of teeth is useless. What’s needed is reasonable reforms which pass legal muster. I believe that will happen.

Reasonable reforms haven't survived the court system so far. The NCAA doesn't appear to have a very strong legal team and made many mistakes getting to this point. I really question the narrative that fan interest will continue to peak with this new system. I have followed the Hawks for 50 years and already dislike the direction of the game. I hardly feel alone in that.

 

[nu2u]

You're right. It'll probably be fine. The NFL is doing pretty well as I understand it. They don't even have to solicit funds to pay their players millions of dollars.

The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that prohibiting NIL is unconstitutional. It is here to stay. Complaining about it is futile and, frankly, a bit childish at this point. Efforts to enact reforms and regulations are far more productive.

 

[TXHCHawk]

Reasonable reforms haven't survived the court system so far. The NCAA doesn't appear to have a very strong legal team and made many mistakes getting to this point. I really question the narrative that fan interest will continue to peak with this new system. I have followed the Hawks for 50 years and already dislike the direction of the game. I hardly feel alone in that.

This. NIL is not going anywhere. It is not illegal to pay someone for services rendered. It is now a useless argument.

With that given, players have the opportunity to evaluate their mixed desires for playing time, being on a championship team, and pay. Individuals will evaluate differently. It may be hard to see for some, but talent acquisition is already diversifying across college football. I suspect, when more kids understand this, there will be continued, greater diversification of the talent pool.

There will always be a certain set, or emerging set, of teams that have ridiculous amounts of NIL to distribute. That may fluctuate, but NIL offerings will not change.

What does change is the potential, schools’ allowances to pay players. In evaluating money, playing time, and/or just desperately wanting to be on a championship team, the B1G and SEC are in the best position moving forward. For the other conferences, the only thing that improves the non-monetary disadvantage, would be a true, tournament of FBS champions. Players who are motivated by playing time and the potential for a championship could then evaluate that route, and they could probably still make some, albeit less, coin.