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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 5058261, member: 5058"] Never said you’re an idiot. Ever. I wouldn’t. It’s just not my point of view. There’s no nuance to in that either. Return You picked an arbitrary number and then based your entire analysis and conclusion on it. I suggested that you might consider using 250 as your arbitrary and therefore pointless number and ran it by my Cuse friends (because why non-Cuse?) who live in NYC, NJ, Philly, heck Seattle. They all have kids and other friends with kids, and as parents, have influence on them (which is why I mentioned alumni, because they don’t have to have a D1 child to influence a D1 child - your point 4 above). Pro sports town factors in because in pro towns, less people pay attention to college sports, which contributes to a reduced strength of brand for schools proximate to pro towns. You actually answered this yourself. Colleges proximate to major metro areas, especially international ones like NYC have a diluted presence because NYC draws people from all schools. You saw this and so did I. That’s why I brought it up and called it a transient population. It doesn’t change that I believe NYC to be in our backyard. Your point 3 is that MAJORITY of Syracuse locals are fans. My point is that the MAJORITY of Syracuse fans (which is the alumni in particular, who we need to fund facilities and NIL) are not local to Syracuse. It is easier to find a Cuse fan at random in Syracuse, but that doesn’t mean the numbers aren’t greater in the NYC area. It’s just a much more populated area. That is why I suggest my definition of backyard differs from yours. And that is a big part of the point here. I asked you this specifically and haven’t seen an answer. Am I wrong in saying your original argument was against SU needing to recruit their backyard, which then led to you trying to define the backyard and directly asking me to do the same in post #7? Change the criteria, and you change the data output. You seem to be upset by me trying to explain my definition and pointing out how it differs from yours, but also because I agree with many here that no matter the definition, it is a valid and important component of recruiting for most schools and should be for us (and may just be a major contribution for why we are seeing a recruiting resurgence). You said “there’s no standard template” and I said we both agree on that. “I hope we agree that there is no black or white, right or wrong absolute, but I see greater value in putting in the greater work in your local region.” We’re having a conversation and you should not get so offended by a differing opinion, especially when there is also a lot of agreement too. [/QUOTE]

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