: Henry so smart for figuring the surplus value of a rookie contract
: and for figuring out the Idiocracy of bad front offices getting the best gains
: There are now options better than rookie contracts for some of my guys (thinks particular faces)
: ... for ALL those guys!
: Five years into the NIL, Henry figured out how to change the game. No one has to get their spirit depleted by the Pelicans, or Bulls. They can get the same money playing for someone invested in developing them. Maybe get a college ring or two. And when the bad teams get zero value for four or five years, maybe the rot at the core of the system gets changed.
: The extra curl in David's smile: he has the ear of a lot of those guys. He has agency in this. Be the change.
Of course I could just be projecting. Love you guys.
None of that was news to me, we've been talking about this for a long time, he and I. But this potential 5 years of eligibility thing that may happen very quickly is a huge game changer.
David's levels of realization:
: Henry so smart for figuring the surplus value of a rookie contract
: and for figuring out the Idiocracy of bad front offices getting the best gains
: There are now options better than rookie contracts for some of my guys (thinks particular faces)
: ... for ALL those guys!
: Five years into the NIL, Henry figured out how to change the game. No one has to get their spirit depleted by the Pelicans, or Bulls. They can get the same money playing for someone invested in developing them. Maybe get a college ring or two. And when the bad teams get zero value for four or five years, maybe the rot at the core of the system gets changed.
: The extra curl in David's smile: he has the ear of a lot of those guys. He has agency in this. Be the change.
Of course I could just be projecting. Love you guys.
None of that was news to me, we've been talking about this for a long time, he and I. But this potential 5 years of eligibility thing that may happen very quickly is a huge game changer.
I wasn’t able to listen live but glad it’s recorded! Great conversation. Thanks to you both!