Any theoretical suggestions on good bounties? Imagine if Agee got a $30k bonus for Player of the Week honors. Maybe that specific bounty isn't good, because it'd get someone to hog the ball. Or a high 3-pt % bounty would make someone not take a tougher 3-pt shot.

Rebounding, would probably be the easiest bounty that wouldn't have downsides, unless they fight over a rebound. Maybe any individual bounty would have a downside.

Ag1188 said:

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Any theoretical suggestions on good bounties? Imagine if Agee got a $30k bonus for Player of the Week honors. Maybe that specific bounty isn't good, because it'd get someone to hog the ball. Or a high 3-pt % bounty would make someone not take a tougher 3-pt shot.

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I proposed this with football.

You established/define metrics that are important and can actually be tracked and measured per play. You determine a value for each. Then you can pay based on metrics, not on emotion.

Some of the metrics would be position responsibility, not necessarily all on outcome. Meaning, if you performed your responsibility on a play or possession, you get a bonus for doing your job (i.e., it doesn't necessarily mean you scored, rebounded, created a turnover, etc.). Further, it doesn't mean if you gambled (i.e., busted your coverage/responsibility) and you succeeded and created a turnover and/or you scored points, you wouldn't be rewarded the full bonus (i.e., the outcome was positive, but the probably of that positive outcome is very low and typically results in failure).

It's basically grading out each players performance within the game.

You can even take this to the practice scrimmages in order to retain players you're trying to develop/red shirt.

Complete Idiot said:

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Incentivizing individual accomplishments, rather than team goals, could be problematic.

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This

You don't want to t players thinking about these things rather than winning

Maybe give team bonuses to the players based on many games they win, if they make the tournament, win the sec, how many games they win in the tournament etc…?

I think you should get 5k for every crisp pass during the layup line

Complete Idiot said:

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Incentivizing individual accomplishments, rather than team goals, could be problematic.

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Fairly normal for professional sports leagues and college sports is now professional.

Can see this either way. Would the goal be to incentivize "team oriented behavior" (assists, etc?). Or, maybe tie the incentives to Method Man's DAWG behavior. Just kidding (sort of).

I mean right now this would be flat out illegal. We can't be going around breaking one of the only rules still on the books.

A noble sentiment. Couldn't help but think of this article I just read from USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/02/04/tennessee-joey-aguilar-sues-ncaa-lawsuit-eligibility-vols-quarterback/88474214007/

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Complete Idiot said:

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Incentivizing individual accomplishments, rather than team goals, could be problematic.

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Fairly normal for professional sports leagues and college sports is now professional.

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I would say it's "most normal" for individual incentives relating to MVP awards, or playoff round advancements, etc. However, I did a quick search for pure individual rewards since I wasn't familiar with what you were referring to. I did find examples of completion percentage, sack/yardage/TD totals, etc. A bit surprising to me. It seems problematic even at the professional level, but it may even be more so at the "amateur" (I guess that means those who most likely won't end up in the pure professional leagues) level with very young people.

Scoring TD's? I guess that seems like an individual accomplishment worth rewarding, it's hard to imagine any negative coming from trying to score TD's.

Sack totals? If a player's role on a defense is solely to chase sacks, ok. If their role within the scheme calls for them to at times seal the edge, or drop back in coverage - could they ignore that and still go for sacks on those plays where they were supposed to be doing something else?

3 point shooting percentage? Would players become much more picky about the shots they took, beyond what the coach wants them doing within the overall scheme, in order to increase their odds of hitting the percentage?

Assists? I'm trying to think how this could be "abused", but every assist includes a made shot - maybe this falls in the "acceptable" category?

I just think it's a risk other than individual rewards for making post season, post season wins, MVP awards, etc.

If it were illegal (in the NCAA sense of the word) wouldn't have Bama already tried it and gone to court if necessary?

Some people are overthinking this imo.

halfastros81 said:

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Some people are overthinking this imo.

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I haven't even BEGUN to think.

Could be true but seems inconsistent with TexAgs. Will take it as a compliment.