OK State Coach Mike Gundy Sends Stern Message About NIL

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Week zero of the 2024 school soccer season is now simply seven days away, and Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy is locked in.

Gundy, who is rarely one to carry again relating to talking his thoughts, additionally had a message for his gamers with the season simply days away.

The time for NIL discuss is over, now it’s time to exit on the sphere and make performs.

“There’s no negotiating now. The portal’s over,” Gundy advised members of the media earlier this week. “All of the negotiation’s historical past. Now we’re taking part in soccer. Simply teaching and taking part in soccer.

“And, , the enterprise aspect of what we do now’s we now have to have these conversations with them. ‘Tell your agent to give up calling us and asking for more cash. It’s non-negotiable now. It’ll begin once more in December.’”

Gundy says that it’s been laborious to deal with soccer with all the things else that goes on within the offseason.

Curiously although, he didn’t reference celebrity operating again Ollie Gordon’s arrest for driving underneath the affect when discussing offseason distractions.

Gundy drew the ire of followers throughout the nation when he seemingly dismissed the severity of Gordon’s arrest at Large 12 media day.

“I began fascinated with being a mother or father: I’ve a 28, 23, and 19 [year old kids]. And first… I regarded it up on my cellphone: What can be the authorized restrict in Oklahoma? And it was .08, and Ollie was .10, so I regarded it up, and it was primarily based on physique weight — to not get into the authorized aspect of it — however I assumed, two or three beers, or 4…” Gundy stated of Gordon’s arrest. “I’m not justifying what Ollie did, I’m telling you what resolution I made. I assumed, ‘I’ve most likely completed {that a} thousand occasions in my life.’”

However hey, not less than he’s not an agent. As a result of then it might be an actual distraction, proper coach?