No doubt. I’m a diehard and I’m slowly losing interest
It really doesn’t. We aren’t landing proven P5 players out of the portal. We’re landing guys with injury issues that were buried on depth charts or guys that were high level recruits that couldn’t crack the 2 deep their first year. And we’re trading that with proven P5 players. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would take those trades unless they were trying to shine a positive light on our outlook moving forward.
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True but I think it will help us, and has already helped us, at the most important position in all of sports, QB. We can’t sniff a higher end HS QB but we got 2 on the roster via the portal and one of them has become a solid player. Now, we can also develop and lose a QB to a higher bidder but I think in general the portal will help us at QB
We'll see. This is all new.
I wouldn’t exactly use teaching as an example of where college choice is or is not a differentiator.
I'm just not going to get upset at players doing what admins and coaches have done for decades. The problem has always been with non-players when it comes to NCAA.
I would have agreed pre-NIL but NIL has turned this into a net negative for us like most things in the SEC power conference era.
I think most unionized jobs are a bad choice for comparison because the pay tends to be pretty hierarchal. That being said, in the private sector you have much more variation based on company prestige, ancillary group work, demonstrated competency, etc. Someone (for an extreme example) going to Harvard vs. SUNY Potsdam will command different starting salaries, the Harvard grad will command a much higher salary due to the perceived prestige and selectivity of the school. That difference may be based on the place you start (google versus the local accounting firm) but the school choice undoubtedly has a major impact on earning potential. Once you get outside of the top 25-50 schools the gap closes quickly, but going to a low tier SUNY school does not command the salary (nor the attention) that going to a top tier SUNY or Private school offers.
Honestly, I’m not sure how much NIL is a factor vs the availability of the portal. Three stars that develop rapidly and play well at smaller schools become a better bet than an unproven 4 star HS athlete that will take a year or to see the field. The top 35 programs are taking advantage of this and the players know that this presents an opportunity to play on a bigger stage.
I think Phat used a great comparison. Most NCAA football players have listed majors that include General Studies, Criminal Justice, Communications, Kinesiology, etc. This leads them to jobs like teacher, LE, etc. Of course students who dedicate their studies at Harvard will be better situated that most other colleges. That is not most college athletes.
When the two time defending champions, who had FIFTEEN guys drafted last year, lose a player as good as the Bear, you know what a sh**show this all is. I hope Purdue doesn’t find a good replacement for that LT, at least not until week 4 of the season
Why not? The coaches and Admins are adults supporting wives and children. Do you think we give a damn if a college kid doesn't get a million dollars to jump schools when most of us have been paying back our loans for 20 years? The only people that can stop this crap are the fans themselves who get on the same page and boycott college sports until they reverse the process that ruined the system. Probably way too much to ask.
NIL is a big factor with the proven players and the high upside guys. Every year teams have to decide who they will fight for and who they will let go.
