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I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week

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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #135 on: April 23, 2022, 10:53:37 PM »
I am seeing a lot more Illini gear in NE IL.

This is pretty much Bears,  Bulls, Cubs, Hawks country.

For college, traditionally ND and NU football, IU and PU basketball

Now UI basketball fans coming out the closet. Ayo and Kofi are the main reasons
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #136 on: April 23, 2022, 11:27:49 PM »
Reiterated.
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #137 on: April 24, 2022, 12:31:46 PM »
Quote from: Custard on April 23, 2022, 10:34:27 PM
Saw my first Kofi billboard tonight. Was def ECI af. Some State Farm insurance agent, I think. 

I don’t think there’s much keeping these donors from ponying up tons of money for these guys and finding ways to make it look legit.

I do have to wonder if it will cannibalize donations to the DIA/facilities. No one seems to be discussing that aspect of it.

Champaign might be a small market cowtown but the UI boasts a hell of an alumni base scattered out all over the country in larger, more affluent markets. The Guardians type groups should be making hay with them.

2 things here:

#1.  Are their enough alums that simply want to pay whatever it takes to make their college team good?  Probably.

#2.  Are their businesses that do benefit from athlete endorsements? Sure, but I think very few actually do. Girls with lots of IG followers can hawk clothes/makeup/ to their following.  What is Kofi going sell or convince someone to buy?

Would it benefit Illinois hotel and bar owners to pay for the team to be good bc they sell more suites and booze when the teams are good?
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #138 on: April 24, 2022, 01:06:31 PM »
I guess the question is whether it is really NIL or covert pay to play?

If the former, the players are getting a legitimate share of revenue generated via personal appearances, product endorsements, merchandising, and so on.

Some of it smells like boosters pooling money to buy talent and calling it NIL.

As of Friday, everyone except one guy with what looked like a fake account thought Nigel Pack was headed to PU.

Then his law firm announces the terms of his deal with Miami?

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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #139 on: April 25, 2022, 02:02:47 PM »
More “circumstantial” evidence of Kofi getting substantial NIL money…

https://twitter.com/illinihq/status/1518666188926201858?s=21&t=UU7BKbLQR6RjypT9VwfeeQ
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #140 on: April 25, 2022, 02:04:09 PM »
I wonder if the IRS has jobs lined up to audit this shit.  I would think they have to.

I mean, when it was all illegal, it was tax free. 
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #141 on: April 25, 2022, 02:22:32 PM »
Quote from: Jobu on April 25, 2022, 02:04:09 PM
I wonder if the IRS has jobs lined up to audit this shit.  I would think they have to.

I mean, when it was all illegal, it was tax free.

I was wondering the same. Some of these kids probably have no idea regarding the taxes they need to pay 😂 yikes 😬
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #142 on: April 25, 2022, 03:14:52 PM »
Quote from: Judge Judy on April 25, 2022, 02:02:47 PM
More “circumstantial” evidence of Kofi getting substantial NIL money…

https://twitter.com/illinihq/status/1518666188926201858?s=21&t=UU7BKbLQR6RjypT9VwfeeQ

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when he could stick around for two more years at Illinois, draw praise from adoring fans and leave with $1 or $2 million in his bank account

Basically Tate has the range at $500,000 to $1,000,000 per year.
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #143 on: April 25, 2022, 03:16:52 PM »
Quote from: Judge Judy on April 25, 2022, 02:02:47 PM
More “circumstantial” evidence of Kofi getting substantial NIL money…

https://twitter.com/illinihq/status/1518666188926201858?s=21&t=UU7BKbLQR6RjypT9VwfeeQ

Custard should start an HQ2 handle on The Twitter to fuck with the News-Gazette assholes.
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #144 on: April 25, 2022, 05:50:18 PM »
Find me 20 Illini fans willing to pay Kofi 50,000 each….you really think there are 20 people like that which exist?  I’m sure there are people with the means to donate 50,000…but how many would actually do it with no benefit to themselves?

It’s one thing for a car dealership to give some players some loaners.  It’s another to say “I’d rather give Kofi $50,000 instead of say give my own family $50,000.
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #145 on: April 25, 2022, 06:24:58 PM »
Quote from: Jobu on April 25, 2022, 02:04:09 PM
I wonder if the IRS has jobs lined up to audit this shit.  I would think they have to.

I mean, when it was all illegal, it was tax free.

I heard someone authorized the hiring of like 87,000 over the next decade.....oh wait... :P
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #146 on: May 04, 2022, 03:39:17 PM »
Working out at the Lakers facility…


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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #147 on: May 04, 2022, 10:37:57 PM »
These are all the big10 players who have declared as of 04-27-22 via nba.com

Eric Ayala, Maryland, Senior
Marcus Bingham Jr., Michigan State, Senior
Malaki Branham, Ohio State, Freshman
Gabe Brown, Michigan State, Senior
Max Christie, Michigan State, Freshman
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois, Junior
Johnny Davis, Wisconsin, Sophomore
Moussa Diabate, Michigan, Freshman
Jacob Grandison, Illinois, Senior
Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers, Senior
Caleb Houstan, Michigan, Freshman
Eric Hunter Jr., Purdue, Senior
Austin Hutcherson, Illinois, Junior
Jaden Ivey, Purdue, Sophomore
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana, Junior
DeVante’ Jones, Michigan, Senior
Jaden Jones, Rutgers, Freshman
E.J. Liddell, Ohio State, Junior
Caleb McConnell, Rutgers, Senior
Bryce McGowens, Nebraska, Freshman
Trey McGowens, Nebraska, Senior
Keegan Murray, Iowa, Sophomore
Kris Murray, Iowa, Sophomore
Pete Nance, Northwestern, Senior
Sasha Stefanovic, Purdue, Senior
Trevion Williams, Purdue, Senior
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #148 on: May 19, 2022, 01:20:24 PM »
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Re: I predict Kofi declares for NBA draft this week
« Reply #149 on: May 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on May 19, 2022, 01:20:24 PM
https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1527065083146383360?t=jxrthXhkd7VQiMWC6Waerw&s=19

https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1527052441555980288?t=WAXTkquk6XFteCFO-3xcOg&s=19

Hopefully he gets picked up as a FA. Not on any updated mock drafts I have seen.
There are a ton of non collegiate guys in the draft nobody thinks about.
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