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The Hall board is indicating he is going to get $1MM to play next year. Leaves me speechless. Another rumored SJU candidate.Nice player. Would have been surprising if he didn’t enter the portal. Should get a good payday.
You can’t believe the numbers that get thrown around.The Hall board is indicating he is going to get $1MM to play next year. Leaves me speechless. Another rumored SJU candidate.
According to some, SHU offered him $700K but he turned it down in the hope of a bigger payday. The $1 million number is based on market value since he now is the best player available in the portal.You can’t believe the numbers that get thrown around.
I read that SJU hasn't succeeded in getting anyone out of the portal. That must include Big Cliff. Any ideas why? Is Pitino not a draw or is it all about the money.
that part made me laugh (not at you but the term used to describe the current crop of players).Hard to imagine 1M for a player without a jump shot from 3, but Richmond is the perfect college player.
A( He's a 1st team all conference player who has the 5th year/bonus season because the covid season didn't count.
B) He lacks the quickness and jumper to launch into the NBA.
1M would be crazy, SHU made a quality offer, but they're better off spreading that money around to 2 or 3 other players instead of investing it all into Richmond.
NIL is a major issue for everybody.NIL is going to be a major issue for Shaheen and SHU. They just lost high scoring wing Dre Davis to Ole Miss.
Rumors that Ricky and SJU may be the favorites for Richmond. Hall fans won’t be happy with that next season.
Mike Repole, billionaire co-founder of vitamin water, is committed to being St. John’s NIL piggy bank. Says he’ll spend whatever Pitino needs.Clearly, I have no clue how NIL works.
Because I don't get why St. Johns has so much money to spend. (Or, at least, people seem to think they do.) Every time a big name enters the portal it's "Oh ... he must going to St. Johns".
I understand the Indiana's, Kentucky's and North Carolina's. Long history of winning. Large and passionate fan base. St. Johns isn't in that category. Is it?
Is this just because of Pitino? Does he have some special NIL secret nobody else knows about? Makes no sense to me.
Thanks. That certainly explains that.Mike Repole, billionaire co-founder of vitamin water, is committed to being St. John’s NIL piggy bank. Says he’ll spend whatever Pitino needs.
lol
Also paying for renovations at home court.Mike Repole, billionaire co-founder of vitamin water, is committed to being St. John’s NIL piggy bank. Says he’ll spend whatever Pitino needs.
In the old system it would’ve been shady. In the new age , it’s called “sponsorship” from a boosterSJU getting all this NIL cash is mad shady
SJU getting all this NIL cash is mad shady
Except they are not getting anyone.Clearly, I have no clue how NIL works.
Because I don't get why St. Johns has so much money to spend. (Or, at least, people seem to think they do.) Every time a big name enters the portal it's "Oh ... he must going to St. Johns".
I understand the Indiana's, Kentucky's and North Carolina's. Long history of winning. Large and passionate fan base. St. Johns isn't in that category. Is it?
Is this just because of Pitino? Does he have some special NIL secret nobody else knows about? Makes no sense to me.
Small parochial school with a small fanbase and a real helter skelter recent history. Now they have cash to throw around?Why? How is that any different than Duke , unc, Kentucky, Kansas etc etc etc having some benefactor(s) paying major $$$ for NIL
Sure Pitino is shady
And NIL, in general, is shady as hell
By why is SJU in particular having NIL $ shady?
Who have they gotten?Small parochial school with a small fanbase and a real helter skelter recent history. Now they have cash to throw around?
Would make more sense for them to have the NIL struggles Shoe has
Small parochial school with a small fanbase and a real helter skelter recent history. Now they have cash to throw around?
Would make more sense for them to have the NIL struggles Shoe has
https://nypost.com/2024/02/22/sport...l-lifeline-from-billionaire-alum-mike-repole/Small parochial school with a small fanbase and a real helter skelter recent history. Now they have cash to throw around?
Would make more sense for them to have the NIL struggles Shoe has
RU getting the #2 and #3 recruits in a single class is science fiction..... except it's real.You do realize that people could VERY easily say similar about us: a school that has traditionally sucked all of a sudden has two future lottery picks and the second best recruiting class?
Just sayin’
SJU apparently has some billionaire booster guy (and we obviously did what we needed to do in this new NIL world).
Ya it's the lack of structure that is the issue.No such thing as shady anymore. It’s a free-for-all.
This kind of thing is no longer shady. It's not against the rules anymore.SJU getting all this NIL cash is mad shady
The NCAA would have launched an investigation of RU in the past.RU getting the #2 and #3 recruits in a single class is science fiction..... except it's real.
You can’t believe the numbers that get thrown around.
Ya it's the lack of structure that is the issue.
We desperately need contracts…and while we’re at it just make attending classes optional…since most of the real good players don’t want to be there anyway.You can't really structure commerce and free market. The issue is the players wanted to be able to use their image for business opportunies. Boosters don't like at getting athletes from a traditional business ROI. It's simply pay for play. The SC has already ruled on this.
The only thing the NCAA can do is limit transferring to some degree. And even that will get challenged.
This is all heading toward a professional situation, complete with salaries and collective bargaining. It's going to be pro sports, just not as good. But even that isn't going to level the playing field because the issue of paying players for bs marketing will always be there.