Clayton Powell-Lee: Tech Man

There are benefits to staying or going. This year I expect GT to do a lot better, which will only help him. Going to another team, even if better, has the hazard of not starting... which definitely would hamper showing off ability. Lots of critical decisions for young guys. Hopefully with the NIL money comes the ability to pay for good advice.
 
vapspwi said:
The whole thing is gross and makes me not want to support college sports. It’s like the pros but dirtier, less clear, and grosser. Glad the guy decided to stay in this case.

JRjr
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I'm starting to adjust to this new reality. One way to look at it is this: Let's say you are some famous dude and you work for some company. Your employment agreement included an assignment of your rights to sell your likeness on T-shirts. You could easily screen print shirts in your garage to sell and make a good profit but you can't. Your company, however, does exactly that and don't give you a dime.

Then, a law is passed dissolving that provision of your employment contract and your company now offers you a portion of the profit. But your company only sells shirts in ATL. Another company sells nationwide and offers you the same percentage but on a much bigger profit. I don't think anyone would blame you for resigning and taking a job with the other company.

Most of these kids aren't going to get rich in the NFL and NIL is their only shot to make a killing. Even so, the restriction on these kids from profiting from their popularity was grossly unfair and its good that they can now.

Obviously, no one is happy with the kids moving around like this but this market is in its infancy. A couple years from now, efficiency will manifest and the portal activity will die down, kids will stay put and we can enjoy some roster continuity like we used to could.
 
FlatsLander said:
It's wild to me that it seems like his mom's suggestion was simply to chase the money.
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The mom is listening to the agents say her son is worth way more than $X, so she thinks her son is being used or ripped off, it's not really an unreasonable reaction.
 
00Burdell said:
I'm starting to adjust to this new reality. One way to look at it is this: Let's say you are some famous dude and you work for some company. Your employment agreement included an assignment of your rights to sell your likeness on T-shirts. You could easily screen print shirts in your garage to sell and make a good profit but you can't. Your company, however, does exactly that and don't give you a dime.

Then, a law is passed dissolving that provision of your employment contract and your company now offers you a portion of the profit. But your company only sells shirts in ATL. Another company sells nationwide and offers you the same percentage but on a much bigger profit. I don't think anyone would blame you for resigning and taking a job with the other company.

Most of these kids aren't going to get rich in the NFL and NIL is their only shot to make a killing. Even so, the restriction on these kids from profiting from their popularity was grossly unfair and its good that they can now.

Obviously, no one is happy with the kids moving around like this but this market is in its infancy. A couple years from now, efficiency will manifest and the portal activity will die down, kids will stay put and we can enjoy some roster continuity like we used to could.
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I agree with most of what you say.

I did consider a comparison with a, say, a biomedical engineer or stte, and they make some discovery which will lead to millions in profits, but the company they work for get the IP rights.

But most cases of employment there is not a direct comparison.
 
Give that man a payday just for having a sense of loyalty and being a leader for the younger team mates. That is something we don't see a whole lot these days. Makes me like CP Lee even more.
 
GTsapper said:
We gotta calm down on this "chasing the money" bullshit. Are any of you not chasing the money? Do you just enjoy your engineering or tech jobs that you do it for free? Let's settle down here. The game has changed. Embrace it or don't, but it ain't going back.
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I get no less than 10-15 recruiting texts, calls, emails every week for similar jobs all around the country with less call, more time off, and substantially more pay than I make now. But it’s not worth it to me to uproot my family, move away from both our parents and immediate families, to chase more money. Maybe I’d be able to retire a few earlier but not worth it for me. I don’t knock anyone who chases that, but not valuable to me.
 
79tech said:
Whew that was a close one - when I starting reading the article I thought we had lost him but by the end, he stayed with us.
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100% The best part about this story is that he made a school decision over a $$$ decision.

I’m torn on this whole era of college football we’re in. Tough to tell kids that college is a money decision, but then tell them to not chase the money. Getting that GT degree probably the right choice here, but if he could transfer all his hours somewhere and double his payday, ain’t mad at him. When they start attacking the transfer hour rules (that lawsuit is probably coming), lookout…..
 
MonroeJacket said:
I wonder what the commission is.
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ESPN article said ~ 8% but can be as high as 15% based on player-level, etc

Wonder how much all the transfers would change if they kept NIL but re-instated the rule of having to sit out 1 yr (not that it’ll ever happen).
 
jacketfanatic15 said:
Give that man a payday just for having a sense of loyalty and being a leader for the younger team mates. That is something we don't see a whole lot these days. Makes me like CP Lee even more.
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Hmmm ... I don't know.
If UVa had taken more credit hours, he was probably long gone. Looks like we got lucky that UVa's entrance policies are even more f'd up than Ma Tech's. That was our saving grace. There's no evidence, direct or anecdotal, that he stayed because of a fealty to Key or a belief in how great a season we're going to have. Even after forging a bond with the new DBs, he was still weighing the UVa offer and went to Key to see if Tech could match it. We really couldn't, but his desire to finish this academic year tipped the scales in Tech's balance.

NIL and the portal blew up the system. And the shrapnel is hitting everybody on a continual basis.
 
swampsting said:
Hmmm ... I don't know.
If UVa had taken more credit hours, he was probably long gone. Looks like we got lucky that UVa's entrance policies are even more f'd up than Ma Tech's. That was our saving grace. There's no evidence, direct or anecdotal, that he stayed because of a fealty to Key or a belief in how great a season we're going to have. Even after forging a bond with the new DBs, he was still weighing the UVa offer and went to Key to see if Tech could match it. We really couldn't, but his desire to finish this academic year tipped the scales in Tech's balance.

NIL and the portal blew up the system. And the shrapnel is hitting everybody on a continual basis.
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We couldn’t, or wouldn’t? I can see not being able to match an offer from Texas, but UVA?
 
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