This isn’t BYU’s money that is getting thrown around. It isn’t even the church’s. This is all the collective, Ryan Smith, and Danny Ainge.
I think it needs to be reminded that NIL is coming from companies and individuals outside of BYU and the church.
The church would never pay for a player with that amount of money. But they couldn’t stop me an individual, if I was a billionaire, going straight to AJ’s dad and telling him he will get 5 million if he plays for BYU.