Re: TNET: Cade Klubnik sidesteps question about returning next season

This seems like a very naive take. My parents and grandparents grew up as huge Clemson fans. I grew up as a Clemson fan and went to Clemson. I went there and loved my time there. If I was choosing between it and another school, and that other school offered me millions more, I wouldn't hesitate to go there. It would be irresponsible to do otherwise, and anyone judging kids for following money and championships clearly has no conception of what that kind of money can do for your family. I guarantee you NIL will be a factor to him.

That said, I think we open the pocket book for him. We don't use our NIL money on recruiting or the portal. I can't think of a player we need to retain more. If he gets a first round grade in the draft, then yeah, I think he might leave. But I don't see him transferring because I think we'll match any offer he gets elsewhere.

That said, I don't see how you're so confident that we will be significantly improved next year. We're returning a lot of starters, but losing even more depth. And I think the gap between us and the very best teams in the playoffs is pretty wide (because Texas is not one of them).

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Pending big increase to CK2 NIK deal will bring a partial ROI to donors.

Dec 22, 2024, 8:07 AM

We all get to make our guess here in TNet, so here goes.

Clemson will max out in NIL at the ~ $5M ballpark to retain Klubnik. I think he stays with us at the ~ $4M NIL number.

ROI from the enhanced NIL deal to CK2 has genuine potential to create a genuine payback to those who ‘invest’ in the revised CK2 NIL payment.

The CK2 NIL deal will be atypical relative to the majority of NIL players. The CK2 NIL will have genuine ROI because the CK2 name, image, and likeness has legitimate advertising / brand-building value. Before yesterday, he was widely known in the Carolinas. With yesterday’s big splash in front of a large Texas audience who knows that CK2 is a State of Texas native, I believe that his ‘brand’ appeal has meaningfully expanded to include the huge TX market.

Therefore, the pending enhancement to CK2’s NIL deal will not be only a donor syndicate’s gift to Clemson University and our athletic department. A chunk of that NIL expenditure will yield some degree of money being returned to those donors who have businesses involving goods & / or services which are targeted directly to general public consumers.

Thus, selected donors to Clemson athletics can to contribute to a record (for Clemson) NIL deal for CK2 and get an actual ROI (return on investment) that will allow them to get some of that NIL money returned via growth in sales for their businesses.

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