Lionel Messi’s deal with Inter Miami includes an ownership stake he’s expected to exercise after he’s done playing for the club. Mario Lemieux was an owner-player in the NHL from 2000 to 2005. George Halas not only owned the Chicago Bears, but coached and played for them during the 1920s. Pro baseball players owned their teams during the nineteenth century. Could Caleb Williams …
  • Brownhog@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This whole conversation is a live drama reimagining of the meme “big if true”

  • chadwick_dean@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How would this even work when it comes to your teammates contract extensions? Wouldn’t teammates blame you if they didn’t get the deal they wanted?

  • ItIsYourPersonality@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    1. This claim was never made publicly and can’t be proven to have ever actually happened. The talk about it is just clickbait at this point.

    2. His stock is dropping quickly, and while he might still be the top pick, it’s far from consensus.

    3. The rules prohibit it from happening.

    • grapeslushynopickle@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I wish I could upvote this multiple times. I’m so sick of seeing this “story” when there’s literally not one single quote of him saying this.

      HIs dad, one time, kinda alluded to ONE DAY owning SOME EQUITY in a team. Yaknow, like Tom Brady does literally right now. And yet it has been twisted into “Caleb Silver-Spoon Williams Demands to be Owner of Team That Drafts Him”

  • bewsii@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Overlooking any reason given here as to why this won’t happen, the simple answer is the only one that matters – it sets a terrible and costly precedent. If this ever did happen, every #1 pick would expect the same treatment. It’s like guaranteed contracts on steroids since they’d get paid for life, and there’s no real cap on the payout… especially considering teams keep going up in value.

  • rueiraV@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I get horrible vibes from this guy. It almost feels like a forgone conclusion that he’s going to dominate the league, but how about we see it before anyone crowns his ass

  • lapeno99@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This reminds me of the movie draft day. There they also looking what is wrong with the obvious pick.

  • SyncVir@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How to lose the number 1 overall pick in 2 easy steps.

    1 - Believe you’re the number 1 pick and start making demands.

    2 - Assume a Billionaire gives a fuck what you want, and wont out of spite move to the next guy. Cause success rate of number 1 overall picks is not great.

  • killshelter@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If this kid and his dad are gonna be like the Ball’s of the NFL I’m already sick of it.

    • degen4Iyf@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Last week, an unsubstantiated rumor surfaced claiming USC’s star quarterback—widely expected to go first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft—wants an equity stake in whichever team drafts him.

      Love when people read a headline and don’t even understand the article