Not sure I understand this response at this stage in the NIL game. I think his willingness to address the issue publicly is refreshing. Its a problem and its not going to get addressed in some fashion by just being silent about it until it costs you your job. What pond is the right pond at this point to cast your line? If you don't have a wallet you are going struggle with many kids right now.
He wants to win so he is going after the best players. He is telling everyone that because of NIL Seton Hall got no one that he was recruiting. The coach can recruit the heck out of you. It if the other coach is offering you money now what do you do? He wants to win and to win you need the players.
It’s not convenient it’s the truth. Most families can use the money being offered and it will be a major reason why kids choose one school over the other. The vast majority of kids being recruited to play football and basketball are not well to do. They are not 60 years old or older living in the past. NIL will be a godsend to some programs. Those fan bases like ours that are passionate about giving opinions on message boards only will not get most of the players they are recruiting.
My point is that not as many schools are offering money as everyone thinks. If it's a problem at Rutgers, and at Seton Hall... why wouldn't you also think it's a problem at Kansas State, and Utah, and West Virginia, and Providence, etc?
Totally agree. I think we're going to see a ton of players in the portal this off-season with stories of broken NIL promises. Money doesn't appear out of thin air and the numbers rumored are ludicrous.
Exactly and once you're outside the top 50 high school recruits it's a far better investment to put that money into the transfer portal for proven guys.
The vast majority of 4 and 5 star recruits are looking for significant NIL money. It's not a problem for the schools you mentioned because they have wealthy donors / boosters who are willing to pay for high level recruits. SHU just lost a 4 star recruit to Memphis who gave him a NIL package that exceeds the annual salaries of most middleclass wage earners.
Agreed - or retaining the guys you have. I'd say even outside the top 20-30 HS recruits.
Yet, they are still going to want NIL money. The NIL is a HUGE problem for schools like RU and SHU.
You could be in the right pond but then someone with real money swoops in late
or as bad you find a gem and he has a great freshman year and then........
Yea, I'll keep saying it until I'm blue in the face.
They are all getting money, call it whatever
What? Of course it's a problem at Kansas State -- their guy got poached by Miami (Nijel Pack). I'm not saying the game isn't rigged, I'm saying that it's 25% (haves) and 75% (have nots) but if you read these message boards you'd think every single school except Rutgers has millions of NIL dollars to throw around at basketball recruits.
I've seen rumors like this. If they're asking for it, I don't believe they're getting it.
I heard that a one million dollar budget to recruit and retain existing players might be the norm.
Lol did the IRS care when guys like Cam Newton, Johnny Manziel, and Michael Irvin were getting boatloads of pure cash? And then would go on social media or the news and gloat about it?
Are you sure that everyone of those schools adhere to the policy ? So as a student on Visa who doesn’t quaify to receive NIL funding those trusted institutions are on the up and up.
NIL would go through the compliance department at the school. Income would get reported to the IRS and Homeland Security would enforce the student visa violation
Are you naive or just think all the college sports world is squeaky clean? The game of buying athletes has always been there …it now is legal and condoned by our legislative branch of government.
Penny Hardaway paid $11,500 in moving expenses for James Wiseman's family. For this Wiseman lost his NCAA eligibility.
