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Alabama QB Bryce Young Already Has Almost $1M In Endorsement Deals
Newsmax ^ | 7-21-2021 | Brian Freeman

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athletes nationwide have been permitted since July 1 to make money off their name and image rights after the NCAA rescinded its restrictive rules limiting the rights of athletes due to state laws superseding NCAA rules.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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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Actually, the money that football and basketball brings in to the College is used to fund intramural and womens sports, along with mens sports like wrestling, volleyball, tennis, softball and soccer that draw flies. If the players are making the money, less for the schools, means that all other sports will be funded in a piddling way.


21 posted on 07/21/2021 9:33:22 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: blam

went and looked.. just as I suspected


22 posted on 07/21/2021 10:21:19 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: blam

Clay Helton, Clay Helton, Clay Helton, is the worst coach in power 5 College football.

Eat it SC blind boosters, digest it, USC Football is rotting on the bone under Coach Clay Helton!!!

This kid was a one time SC commit!

But then Cincinnati took over USC, and the tampon brigade decided to keep the worst power 5 coach in America at the helm of USC!

Thank you SC boosters!!!!!


23 posted on 07/21/2021 11:13:10 PM PDT by pacificus
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To: Man from Oz

It’s OK, because he is a POC - player of color.

Wait until the situation is reversed and there is no “equity” for the team …


24 posted on 07/22/2021 3:13:29 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: blam
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young has already made almost $1 million in sponsorship and endorsement money,

Good, now he can repay the university for everything they have provided him.......

25 posted on 07/22/2021 3:19:14 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: blam

The ultra rich boosters will be doing the recruiting now......


26 posted on 07/22/2021 3:24:21 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

He has 5 career completions. This money is 100% based on the name and image of the University of Alabama.


27 posted on 07/22/2021 3:25:21 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: blam
It's hard to imagine the monsters these athletes will become on campus.
28 posted on 07/22/2021 3:35:02 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Agree. Some of those kids are not able to even afford basic necessities on campus. They go where they are told, do what they are told to do and all the while the colleges are making millions off of their success. And no a scholarship isn’t their reward. Some of those kids can’t handle the academics. They are there for the football only and the schools and coaches don’t give a damn about making sure they are prepared for life outside graduation.


29 posted on 07/22/2021 4:12:40 AM PDT by nurees (Oh...there is a NEW Mexico (Homer Simpson))
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To: blam

Seems fair since the option of earning big money as a pro is probably nearing the end. Who will pay to watch games between virtue-signalling kneeling America-hating wokester trannies?


30 posted on 07/22/2021 7:26:05 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: blam

Good for him. Especially cause he’s kinda thin. There’s no guarantee he’ll even get a sniff from the NFL. Might as well make some money.


31 posted on 07/22/2021 7:29:39 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: mlitefan

Nah, it’ll be fine. And for the first time in its existence it won’t be morally questionable. There’s no reason why the people creating a multi-billion dollar industry shouldn’t get paid. The NCAA’s addiction to the illusion of amateurism was always stupid. Decades past when that should have ended.


32 posted on 07/22/2021 7:31:28 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: bigbob
"Seems fair since the option of earning big money as a pro is probably nearing the end. Who will pay to watch games between virtue-signalling kneeling America-hating wokester trannies?"

Yup.

The only sports I watch is The University Of Alabama football.

33 posted on 07/22/2021 9:24:28 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Oh, Jefferson.. Bring my Bentley around front, will you?

I have a class at 11. Practice at 1 and home by 4.

Letting the ox munch on the grain stalks for a change instead of muzzling them?

The NCAA.. We could have done better.. but the pay was the same.


34 posted on 07/22/2021 10:29:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!!)
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To: blam

He will have many cheerleaders to choose from.


35 posted on 07/22/2021 3:21:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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