I’ve heard of minor league teams trying to make major league signings, but this takes the cake.
According to ZagsBlog, the owner of the Las Vegas Dealers semipro basketball team — Cerruti Brown — says he is willing to pay up to $1,000,000 to get at least one 2015 McDonald’s All-American to play for his team this coming year.
“If we feel comfortable about giving $1 million, then that’s something my partners and I will have to sit down and come to an agreement to move forward, but I think going forward these kids feel or know what they’re worth,” Brown said, adding that he and his three partners have $10 million in startup money. “In the conversations we’ve had, we’ve had great conversations with parents and guardians.”
According to the report, most of the parents or guardians of the top players, have never heard of Cerruti Brown.
I can’t speak for anybody else, but we’re going to Kentucky,” George Briscoe, Isaiah’s father, told SNY.tv. “I never heard of it and I don’t have any comments on that. I know we’re going to Kentucky.”
“I never heard of them,” a mentor of another McDonald’s All-American added.
“First I heard of it,” a third person said.
“Is it real?” a fourth asked.
“What’s the deal with that?” a fifth inquired.
When I asked one McDonald’s All-American if the Dealers had reached out to him, he simply said, “No.”
We’ll keep you updated, but I wouldn’t hold my breathe.