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QB CJ Stroud (All B1G, 2022 B1G QB of the Year, All-American, NFL OROY, Houston Texans)

Just a question of curiosity... couldn't schools put together a package for kids like CJ that if the player were to get hurt (in the season they came back for) that the school could pay them over let's say a 20 year time frame?

For example, OSU (collectives) agreeing to pay CJ $50 million over 20 years if he gets hurt. Makes sense at least theoretically.
That sounds awful. I give you the Cincinnati Reds as an example
 
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I am not even 100% positive how you would weave that into a NIL deal. I mean I guess any terms can be created. But if I was him I would want that backed by something other than a collective. Which can be dissolved.
I think it was Steve Young who negotiated his contract in the USFL so that it was backed by a bank or some type of insurance policy so he still got paid after they went BK.
 
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Just a question of curiosity... couldn't schools put together a package for kids like CJ that if the player were to get hurt (in the season they came back for) that the school could pay them over let's say a 20 year time frame?

For example, OSU (collectives) agreeing to pay CJ $50 million over 20 years if he gets hurt. Makes sense at least theoretically.
Sounds like something the Browns would do.
 
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That sounds awful. I give you the Cincinnati Reds as an example
Where the hell are they going to get $50MM?

No one in Strouds position is going to take an IOU. They are going to want to know the money is there (which has all kinds of tax implications if it's "guaranteed")
Well in my Hypothetical that 50 million only gets dispursed if the player gets injured and it's a career ender. Plus 50 mil over 20 years? Would be doable for a program like Ohio State. Also the Hypothetical wouldn't exactly be given to anyone. It'd be more for a kid like CJ who's clearly a top talent but can't come back because of the fear of injury. I think something like this gets around that.

Any rate, just talking shit.
 
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I don’t really buy that there’s a decision to be made….he openly stated he’d prob sit out of the bowl game and let younger guys get the PT (when it was assumed we prob wouldn’t be in CFP).

So if he is sincerely rethinking whether to go pro or not, you’d have to point to his play in the CFP and seeing his game go up another level. The only thing that’d make sense to me, is if Stroud feels like he’s going to end up in a shitty franchise and he’d rather collect some NIL $$$ and continue his development under Day.

My guess is Stroud’s agent is furiously trying to get as much information possible so they know what the most likely scenarios are and then he can make a decision. Nothing else really makes sense to me anyways……
Staying would be a wise move if it enables him to avoid being a Bear, for instance, if the Bears were planning to trade Fields.
 
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