Barstool Sports founder and owner Dave Portnoy made some waves with recent comments regarding NIL and the University of Michigan. During a podcast appearance last week, Portnoy indicated that he’d be willing to pay upwards of $3 million to get an elite quarterback in Ann Arbor.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 26, 2024″I will be your quarterback guy,” Portnoy said. “You just say, ‘Dave, you go…’ — I’ll talk to Sherrone, ‘who do you guys want? Who’s in there? Give me your group, I’ll go get them.’ I will sign them. A million, two million, whatever it is.”
When asked how high he’d be willing to go for an elite quarterback, Portnoy didn’t hesitate. “$3 million.”
Although there were some questions as to just how serious Portnoy was in his offer, he was apparently serious enough to have a discussion with U-M head coach Sherrone Moore about it.
Dave Portnoy confirmed talks with Sherrone Moore after viral multi-million dollar NIL comments over Michigan’s QB future👀https://t.co/mBclnmQXFG pic.twitter.com/6Fnsel8Hx6
— On3 (@On3sports) October 3, 2024“I talked to Sherrone. I talked to him. I have his number, we talked. He told me the one guy I got to talk to. One guy to talk to, I’ve not talked to that person. I will, and then we’ll see.”
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