I have a hard time faulting 18-22 year olds from taking advantage of a situation that, frankly, the adults in the room should have thought about.
I’m a Husker homer. 100%. Even I wouldn’t turn down the 100K if offered. Many of these guys will need a life after basketball and how many of us would have loved to start that life after college with a cool 100K+ in our bank accounts?
I think we need to pay Nebraska born players what they’re worth/what we believe they’re worth. Now, as I said above, I absolutely do not think we should overpay what we believe their worth is. That may sometimes mean other teams being a higher bidder. That doesn’t mean we should/did lowball an offer. It’s a delicate balance and because it’s the Wild West out there right now, things change on what seems like a daily basis.