This is what’s coming down the pike for us.


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Friends son gets laid off from Major Telecom firm in NJ due to a force reduction.

He's an Engineer with a Masters in EE.

Kids an Eagle Scout great all around extremely bright personable etc.

Can't find a job in NJ. is the economy really this bad?

Anyone have any contacts would be appreciated...

Rutgers grad ..who has a networth over one billion helping Nick Saban’s net worth with business venture selling cars…


The Man who will make Nick Saban a billionaire

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For the reasons Jerry gives:

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Every week, The Knight Report publisher Richard O’Leary and his team of Rutgers Athletics experts answer questions from Scarlet Knights fans about the any of the athletic programs, their recruiting efforts, or whatever else they might want to know in this thread below. If we don't know the answer, we'll work our hardest to find out the latest and provide the best answer possible.

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Every week, The Knight Report publisher Richard O’Leary and his team of Rutgers Athletics experts answer questions from Scarlet Knights fans about the any of the athletic programs, their recruiting efforts, or whatever else they might want to know in this thread below. If we don't know the answer, we'll work our hardest to find out the latest and provide the best answer possible.

We will check in on the thread all day long to answer whatever questions you have!

I just read that Parker Jefferson a 6'10" Center from California who just decommitted from Minnesota yesterday is now on our radar. He had very good high school stats and was very highly rated out of high school. It doesn't seem we are getting an experienced center so it could be a good pickup.

So ... I cam across this article - just ... let's say a dose of reality.

See this link: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/20...10-million-roster-next-season-per-report.html

The key source I think has been reported on here on this site: CBS Sportswriter Matt Norlander's article of this past Thursday.

Nutshell:

1) 10 basketball programs will spend $10 million on their basketball rosters for this season (I guess revenue sharing and NIL combined): Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas, St. John’s, BYU, Louisville, Michigan, Texas Tech, Michigan and Indiana.

2) 8 basketball programs will have an $8 million budget: Auburn, Connecticut, Florida, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Miami, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, USC, Villanova, and Virginia (Virginia?!!!).

3) By the lists above, 5 Big 10 teams will have a budget of $8 million or more.

4) Norlander's article proclaims near the end, without NIL (separate from revenue sharing, on top of revenue sharing) of at leasst $3 - $4 million, a high major program is in trouble. RU? maybe $1 million (not including the Vegas tourney, which is split evenly amongst all players, so not really a "recruiting" - i.e. "paying" resource).

Ouch.

Basically my question is Pike now the reason our NIL is as bad as it is this year?

part of me thinks after the disaster of a season with Ace and Dylan that big time donors won't give to pike anymore (dead money etc...) but another part wonders even if we had another coach would it make any difference at all. After all Rutgers sports always struggled to raise money.

So would really be better off with another coach or will we still be bottom in BIG in NIL?

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Argue all you want about NIL and how the portal is the best thing since sliced bread etc.

If you spent X amount of money in the portal less than 1 year ago for EIGHT players and all 8 depart the next year, how is that successful for all the portal lovers on the message boards here.

I'll wait to hear how this doesn't matter and how HS recruiting is a thing of the past or not the right way to rebuild and sustain a program.....

And are you donating to a program 1 year later, after all of your money wasted, walks out the door??? So the coaches can ask for another couple of million to fill in the gaps......??? Good luck

I know there are the Baylors and Indiana programs that can reload their programs with billionaire donors, but even billionaire money spent, still needs to make sense.....

Per BIG 10 information on x, in 2024 the 6 BIG programs who spent the most in were 1. Nebraska, 2. Ohio State, 3. Michigan, 4. Penn State, 5. Rutgers, 6. Indiana.