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<blockquote data-quote="EyeoftheIllini" data-source="post: 2077286" data-attributes="member: 623415"><p>This may be one of the most condescending posts I’ve seen in awhile. Yeah, athletes just can’t figure out how this NIL works. </p><p></p><p>As you point, he has flaws in his game that weren’t likely to get fixed in a year. So he could collect more NIL at Illinois, transfer to another school where he might have got even more NIL (if only he could “get how NIL works”) or bet on himself and make plunge now. I’m sure he “understood NIL enough” to realize he was very likely leaving money on the table with option 2 or 3. He chose to chase his dream and felt this was the best time to do it rather than when he’s another year older and risking injury. </p><p></p><p>Will IW make it in NFL? The odds are against him (as they would have been next year too), but I’ll be rooting for him. So he took less money to pursue his dream. Maybe not financially prudent, but I’d assume (not being an athlete that could ever entertain the thought of a pro career) that being all in on a goal rather than just sticking around for more money is more enjoyable plus this way he doesn’t have to worry about that pesky NIL, which he could never quite figure out how it works. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EyeoftheIllini, post: 2077286, member: 623415"] This may be one of the most condescending posts I’ve seen in awhile. Yeah, athletes just can’t figure out how this NIL works. As you point, he has flaws in his game that weren’t likely to get fixed in a year. So he could collect more NIL at Illinois, transfer to another school where he might have got even more NIL (if only he could “get how NIL works”) or bet on himself and make plunge now. I’m sure he “understood NIL enough” to realize he was very likely leaving money on the table with option 2 or 3. He chose to chase his dream and felt this was the best time to do it rather than when he’s another year older and risking injury. Will IW make it in NFL? The odds are against him (as they would have been next year too), but I’ll be rooting for him. So he took less money to pursue his dream. Maybe not financially prudent, but I’d assume (not being an athlete that could ever entertain the thought of a pro career) that being all in on a goal rather than just sticking around for more money is more enjoyable plus this way he doesn’t have to worry about that pesky NIL, which he could never quite figure out how it works. 🙄 [/QUOTE]
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