I think for 80% yes, but there are cases where play style and relationships win out. Pete Nance was rumored to be offered $750K-$1M from Alabama and was leaning towards them before his UNC visit.
Jim Boeheim is a bigger problem than NIL at this point. I get that doesn’t satisfy the narrative for your blog though.
I agree. Although I hated the fact that the BE was beginning to be weak and was adding awful and random teams from across the country, we was a top team and brand in the BE which would have led to better name value and helped with recruiting. In the ACC we will never have the history, brand name and recognition that Duke and NC have. Virginia and it will be hard to catch Louisville and Virginia.
Reid D picked a Big East school in part because he considered it more stable than the ACC.
So you think these people give NIL to recruits why? Maybe they have reasons for established stars but recruits no. They do it because the schools are wink and nod telling them they want this recruit and by the way if you can give them some NIL we will have a better shot. So yes they are being asked to do this.
It's the same people who have been paying recruits all along.
The problem with staying in the Big East is that football drivees the bus. The big financial bus. Stating in the Big East would have been better for an older fan like me due to the rivalries I enjoyed over the years, but ACC Football money would be difficult to live without. I do not thin UCONN Hoops can support the athletic department there even if it returns to past glory. Syracuse sports had a very disappointing year last year. Not sure about this year but I I am always looking forward to see the results.
They’ve done it before. Why not again? Honestly, the fact some can’t come to grips that JB cheated before is hilarious to me. The holier than thou crap that people on this board throw out about SU not cheating to win is ridiculous.
I agree. We had no choice without degrading football. As it will likely turn out we just postponed the inevitable at the cost of losing our title of Beast of the East. Unintended consequences are a bitch.
But look how their programs are trending. While we are gone the other way
You don’t have to read the posts if you don’t want to
No he didn't. He picked Xavier because the staff screwed up and wanted someone else at the time.
While this is likely true, wth were the staff doing relative to Elmarko and Elijah prior to this
I think the Big East would have us back with open arms if i comes to that. For the sake of football and SU's coffers we all should hope it never comes to that.
This is such a no-brainer that it makes me chuckle when it’s brought up…again!
He gave a couple of reasons, in his own words, including stability. It is no secret that Clemson, Miami, FSU and others will probably receive richer offers. Football rules.
This is factually not true. You either don’t know the story or are purposely ignoring It because it doesn’t satisfy your narrative.
Football would have been in big trouble without the ACC. However, the ACC is not as stable as it was. Basketball would have been fine in the Big East. Big East bottom feeders now top us. The ACC bought time for the football team while costing the basketball program but during that time the football team fumbled its future away.
Listen, it doesn't take me nearly that long to look stupider.
Our realignment test case/doppelgänger is UConn. Regardless of what UConn does moving forward, there’s no way they’re in a better position than us.
