UNC's Drake Maye Received 2 $5M Offers to Transfer, Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi Says

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye was offered $5 million by two schools to transfer according to University of Pittsburgh head football coach Pat Narduzzi.

Narduzzi said it was a sad deal.

Any team that contacts Maye would be violating NCAA rules. The proliferation of image and likeness deals for players has made it difficult for the NCAA to enforce those rules.

Narduzzi didn't name the schools that tried to change Maye's mind. Mack Brown accused teams of tampering with his quarterback.

Brown told reporters not to ask Drake who they are. They are known to you. Look at the ones who are getting the best recruits.

If you want to solve the issue, make athletes full-time employees and sign them to contracts that prevent them from contacting other schools. It's unlikely a collective bargaining agreement would be reached, but schools could structure player contracts with restrictions if they wanted to lure a star.

When Narduzzi accepted the Pitt head coaching job, he was already under contract as Michigan State's defensive coach. When more money and a better opportunity came along, there was no uproar for a coach to leave. When the money from Texas came in, Brown left North Carolina.

There is a fair amount of criticism of the Wild West structure of NIL pacts. Football and college basketball have become billion-dollar businesses because of the NCAA's ban on players earning money.

In eight years, Narduzzi has only delivered one 10-WIN season. Brown is making $5 million per year and is having his best season since returning to North Carolina thanks to Maye, who has a salary of $0 this season.

There isn't much logic in the complaints of these coaches, who were used to the old way of doing business and were vilified for leaving the system.