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Romanowski
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He will be fine either way. His dad, Christian, was an Olympic shot putter. He is currently blowing his dad out of the water in terms of distance. He was the number one thrower in the nation a sophomore last year. He threw well over 74’ feet with a 12 lb shot. He’ll only go up from there. He could, if he wanted to, become the next gold standard in shotput. He is bigger than Ryan Crouser at his age, and is throwing just as far if not further. Nike would sponsor him for the next 20 years.
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No offense, but shot put is a pretty obscure sport. And he wouldnt earn close to what he would even if he just had the Miami NIL deal and didn’t even make the NFL. I’ve never even heard of Ryan Crouser, tbh, but i can honestly assume that there are backup OL for Miami that are more well known than him. Unfortunately Olympic sports don’t earn much when compared to sports like Basketball and football, especially when choosing Miami, a school well known for giving over the top deals to land specific high ranked players.
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Romanowski
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Yeah, I completely understand your point of view and agree I with you. He thinks/knows football is what he wants and knows future earnings project way more than Olympic sports. My point is that the kid would have no problem earning a living because he is already a world class shot putter and will only get better if he were to pursue it. He would have a multi-decade career without the wear and tear on the body and still be a millionaire because of sponsorships. I don’t want to get too far off topic here either. Ryan Crouser has won the Olympic gold in three straight Olympics and is the current world record holder. Internationally speaking, he’s about as famous as it gets in the sport. He alone won’t pack a stadium here nor internationally, but he’ll get an entire stadium to stand up and start clapping because they all want to see him throw a 16 lb ball of steel 75’ on the fly. In any event, football is easily the best path for him to become wealthy and to have generational wealth on top of that.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jackson Cantwell's NIL demands revealed after he snubbed Georgia for Miami
Five-star offensive tackle Jackson Cantwell kept Georgia Bulldogs fans guessing for two weeks before ultimately committing to the Miami Hurricanes.His surprising decision stunned many, but in the end, money played a big role.
According to Dawg Central's Graham Coffey, Cantwell was asking for a lot.
"From what I’ve been told, Cantwell wanted 4x the guaranteed Year 1 money that other top ranked 5* players have made at UGA UGA plays for titles in full stadiums and puts double digit guys in the draft every spring. Miami doesn’t. UGA gets discounts because of it, and they should," Graham reported on X/Twitter.
Cantwell was looking for 2.5 million fully guaranteed per year, Graham added.
However, the top-ranked offensive tackle from Missouri attempted to shut down the NIL narratives surrounding his final decision.
“Well, I think my response to it is it’s not the same narrative people like Pete Nakos are pushing right now,” Cantwell said while calling out the On3 college insider, via Dawg Nation. “I think there’s just a false narrative that’s why I’m choosing. And I think that, I mean, I think relationships won out in Miami.”
Who knows what ultimately convinced Cantwell, but in this era of NIL deals, it's hard to believe a substantial paycheck didn’t play a major role.
“They (Miami) just recruited me the hardest. Plain and simple. They put the most effort into me, called me, and came to see me a lot, and it just felt genuine the whole way. And a lot of the players there seem to love playing for them as well,” Cantwell added. “The biggest takeaways from this process are that I built a lot of fantastic relationships with a lot of great people and coaches.”
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