This is from another source not mine. 50/50 on wether it's true IMO.
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So I was in smart and final this morning across the street from mater dei high school. Some guy in front of me is decked out in osu gear. I get to talking with him and I share about Malachi selecting Oklahoma. He told me he was here at a camp for mater dei but had talked with Malachi on Friday night. He said osu had offered a guaranteed 500k plus performance bonuses if he chose osu. His thoughts were Oklahoma must have had a much better offer.
I am friends with his dad, he is a pastor friend of mine. I told the osu guy it wasn’t about the money. He said it’s always about the money. It made me think about what do we have to offer and how much our big time boosters are really ready to kick down.
Now I know Malachi chose Oklahoma because of his relationship with coach Riley. We were never in it, cuz we suck lol those are Malachi’s words not mine.
Anyway we can be at the forefront of NIL but unless we have ppl putting up the money, it don’t matter. This is why I believe we went with trev as the AD over klassy."
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So I was in smart and final this morning across the street from mater dei high school. Some guy in front of me is decked out in osu gear. I get to talking with him and I share about Malachi selecting Oklahoma. He told me he was here at a camp for mater dei but had talked with Malachi on Friday night. He said osu had offered a guaranteed 500k plus performance bonuses if he chose osu. His thoughts were Oklahoma must have had a much better offer.
I am friends with his dad, he is a pastor friend of mine. I told the osu guy it wasn’t about the money. He said it’s always about the money. It made me think about what do we have to offer and how much our big time boosters are really ready to kick down.
Now I know Malachi chose Oklahoma because of his relationship with coach Riley. We were never in it, cuz we suck lol those are Malachi’s words not mine.
Anyway we can be at the forefront of NIL but unless we have ppl putting up the money, it don’t matter. This is why I believe we went with trev as the AD over klassy."