In reality with the exception of last year the past 5 years have been extremely exciting. Winning is exciting, but winning with core players you have been rooting for a few years is even more exciting.
To put into context exactly how insane this is...
They are pros. Let’s just stop pretending they are not. The schools will be paying them soon and they will continue to make NIL. It should have happened 30-40 years ago.
Okay but there are players who make over a million to play in Europe. They make a lot more than in the G league. So what? This really isn’t any different. A BIG is valuable in college and in Europe. Cliff is going to do just fine financially even if he doesn’t make it in the NBA.
I'd be excited for the season no matter what to be honest.
That is good to know. I get excited for every season, and every game for that matter.
Nothing like going to the RAC for the 1st game of the year
and you know that how? So when Richie says it isn't an issue then you're saying he is wrong? If it wasn't in early March but then became so..ok, I get it (since the number $2mil was publicly mentioned recently).... but to say we were out from the get go is in direct contradiction to what our insiders stated. Sorry. I'll take their insights over yours.
@Richie O is this true or something you can't clear up on the free board. Because I recall you saying RU had the NIL it needed (at one point) and never early on said the above.
I listen to all the podcasts and I don't recall them saying that. Could be wrong,
Well you said it has always been this way. I don't recall Geof Billet, Eric Clark, or Rob Hodgson (who used to study his books on the bus rides) being such.
So could it. Don't listen to them. I recall it posted numerous times and I cannot/will not post premium here but as You can see I already asked for a clarification if able to be shared here.
Richie has said that RU is middle of the pack in NIL. Pike doesn't have $500k to spend on a center. Maybe $250k-300k is my best guess.
OK. I believe that. I actually went back and just found some quotes that said "Richie said we have more NIL to get Tier 1 players than people think"....... Cliff is a Tier 1 player." March 21st. I took that to mean we could afford Cliff.
I said Rutgers has more NIL than people think, but the center market also jumped a lot more than people though it would. An average center is going for around $500-$600k while the big names are getting $1mill+.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into your post, but you seem to be implying that someone getting NIL money is not a student. May I suggest that's mistaken? No matter how much NIL they get, athletes must still do whatever they previously had to do academically, and Greg Schiano has always been very firm about pushing athletes to do their classroom work.
Nah, all is all such a mess and different in so many scenarios. I am certainly sure there are coaches like Greg and Pike who demand students do the academic work. I'm sure on the other end there will be players who come in and do the work for 1 semester and then stop right after March of the Frosh year and leave. (coaches can't control that).
Are colleges going to pay more for the best players out of high school?
Dang. Will be all the more impressive when to Rutgers guys get added to the list next year!
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The days of winning with players who've been together for a few years are more or less over.
.........until programs figure it out. They will.
