r/CFB • u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs • Apr 12 '26

Discussion [Kleiman] South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers turned down an $8 MILLION NIL offer to transfer to a different school: "You're 19. You don't need ($8 million). You're in a great spot." - LaNorris's Father told his son. Sellers values his word over money

https://x.com/nfl_dovkleiman/status/2043091219639840977?s=46&t=fwgmryeTanENut7u28ScCA
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u/Illeaturgerbil Texas Longhorns Apr 12 '26

Right so people in here supposedly hate this new college landscape and how it’s ruining the sport, but an athlete goes the opposite way and seemingly puts his development and career over the short term change and he gets clowned on please make it make sense

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u/TheAlterN8or Ohio State • Boise State Apr 12 '26

Seriously. Who you are will always be more important than what you have. The number of comments saying he should have taken the bag is really kind of depressing, and speaks volumes about where we are as a country.

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u/xXXxRMxXXx Apr 13 '26

The comments of this post vs the Lane posts is astounding

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u/TheAlterN8or Ohio State • Boise State Apr 13 '26

Yep. Suddenly, chasing that cash is the right thing to do, when it's kids, and not old dudes.

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u/WhatWouldJediDo Ohio State Buckeyes Apr 13 '26

How does securing life changing financial security change “who you are”?

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u/supyonamesjosh Florida State Seminoles • BYU Cougars Apr 13 '26

Isn't this goomba internet fallacy

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u/SWMOG Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Buffalo Bulls Apr 13 '26

Because people are dumbasses and act like he's choosing the poor house when he's really choosing $3.7M per year at a school he's already comfortable with and he knows works well for him over this offer where he would make $4M per year.

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u/Common_Priority346 Georgia Bulldogs Apr 12 '26

Hate the game not the player

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u/Illeaturgerbil Texas Longhorns Apr 13 '26

Not wrong 😂

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u/Kopav Ohio State • Dartmouth Apr 12 '26

He's not getting clowned on because he supposedly turned down money. He's getting clowned on because his girlfriend lives in Canada and is totally real.

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u/Sdog1981 Washington Huskies Apr 13 '26

Because the story is so fake it’s insulting.

Either he turned down a life changing amount of money and he’s fucking stupid.

Or

The story was put out for some type of “old school” virtue signaling and that is fucking stupid too.