A long time ago I wrote that NIL won’t mean that UM gets every player it wants, nor will it mean that school X gets every player it wants. Why?
Because every school will have, thru its boosters/collectives/business contacts, a budget. And every school (I will just use school as shorthand for boosters/collectives/business contacts) will have to decide how to allocate funds. And every year that allocation will be different.
Is it any surprise that UM has allocated a lot of funds to the Oline and QB? No.
Any surprise that we are doing well at LB? No
Surprised that we are being out spent for a safety? No.
Expect to see us land really good d-linemen.
Do not expect to see us land a 5 star running back
All of these budget allocations are based on the current roster. And guess what? Bama didn’t spend as much on Mauigoa and now they have more for Alinen. UGA didn’t match us for Aguirre and now they have more left for Aguero.
Money is not unlimited so now coaches will be like or GM’s and make allocation decisions.