Destroying college sports!-----Maryland coach Mike Locksley reveals absurd NIL demands third-string player wanted to stay out of transfer portal

Maryland coach Mike Locksley reveals absurd NIL demands third-string player wanted to stay out of transfer portal

"...However, in an era of NIL payments for college athletes and constant roster turnover at Maryland and other programs because of the transfer portal, Locksley is witnessing first-hand just how absurd NIL demands have gotten for some players.
In an interview with Ben Dickson of 247 Sports, Locksley voiced his frustrations with the NIL and transfer portal era. 

Maryland’s head coach also provided a specific example of an unnamed third-string running back who insisted on a $100,000 NIL evaluation or he would leave the program.

“Because of this portal, NIL. Your third-team tailback coming in and saying, ‘I need $100,000 or I’m going into the portal.’ And you’re like, ‘Where does this magic $100,000 number come from?’ And it just, I mean, I sat in my office and every meeting I had was basically – and we’re seven wins and going to a bowl and taking the next step – but everything coming in was like, ‘I want this. I want that.’ And the greatest team sport has now become kind of individualized.”...