It's safe to say that just about anyone would be happy with a cool $8 million in their bank account. And of course, you can buy just about anything with that kind of cash. Well, everything except the loyalty of LaNorris Sellers.
According to recent reports, South Carolina star quarterback turned down and $8 million NIL offer from another school to stay in Columbia. No, that's not a typo. And no, that's not Monopoly money either. That's eight million dollars, and still, Sellers said, "Nah, I'm good, I am a Gamecock."
So, if you can't buy South Carolina's QB1, what exactly can you buy with $8 million? Let's break it down...
1. A mansion on Lake Murray with a nice boat dock, maybe even a butler. Hey, is Will Muschamp's old place up for sale?
2. Four million chicken biscuits from Bojangles and probably double that in BoBerry Biscuits. That is a lot of food for your tailgate...and all of Gamecock Twitter.
3. 1,600,000 deluxe editions of EA Sports College Football 26. That is enough copies to give every Carolina student, alum, and maybe even a few stray Clemson fans a copy.
4. An entire fleet of custom-wrapped Gamecock tour buses. You can even ride around that school in the upstate, blasting Sandstorm, with LaNorris Sellers' face on the side.
5. You could possibly buy out the SEC's officiating department so we don't have to relive the LSU game from last season ever again.
6. A CGI hologram of Steve Spurrier that roams the sidelines yelling, "Run the damn ball!"
7. Full tuition for 400 out-of-state Gamecock students, or twice as many in-state ones. That's a Beamer Ball scholarship army, baby!
8. Rename The Swamp to "Williams-Brice South."
9. Hire Samuel L. Jackson to narrate ever Gamecock hype video. "And I will strike down upon thee with furious cockspurs!"
10. Build a Gamecock-themed roller coaster outside Willy-B called the "The 2001 Drop" that only plays 2001 entrance music and imitates the emotional unwell feeling of the fourth quarter.
11. Fund a Gamecock reality show called "Keeping Up with the Beamer Ballers," where LaNorris is the star, Juice Wells is the one everyone hates, and Nick Harbor is the heart-throb.
Clearly $8 million can buy a whole lot of things you need, or don't need, but it can't buy loyalty. It can't buy the guy who has chosen legacy over a paycheck. And that's what South Carolina has in LaNorris Sellers. And that is priceless.