A new standard-bearer has been born in the college basketball world guaranteed by NIL.
Great Osobor is transferring from Utah State to Washington, signing a package in which he will receive at least $2 million in NIL contracts in the process, said agent George Langberg of GSL Sports Group. He told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony..
This is the largest known guaranteed money deal in college basketball, and no other college sport has publicly announced a larger amount.
Osobor, 21, is originally from Spain and played high school basketball at Myerscough College in England.
He spent his freshman and sophomore years at Montana State University and played last season at Utah State University.
At Utah State, he averaged 17.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
This huge contract for Osobor relates to how much a player would earn as an NBA rookie if he were drafted late in the first round.
At one level, everyone wonders if many, if not most, top-level college basketball and football recruits are receiving illegal benefits from boosters under the table. I’ve had doubts for years.
Once the federal government intervened and determined that the NCAA could not prohibit players from receiving compensation for various marketing opportunities, it became a free agency, effectively making it a year-round free agent for bidders across the country. added enthusiasm. .
This agreement with Osobor is a further step in the process in terms of setting a level of transparency in the market.
It will be interesting to see how this goes.
What happens when a coach wants to bench a player for performance or disciplinary reasons, but a powerful booster spends seven figures on an endorsement deal?
Furthermore, what happens in the market if NIL collectives pay a lot of money to underperforming teams?
This system, in which all players become free agents each offseason, is driving everyone involved in major college sports crazy, leading us to suspect that multi-year contracts will become the norm in the long run. There are some people.
