Ummm Meleek Thomas?
Because he wrote "self Serving" instead of "self-serving," my agreement tops out shy of 100%, but I substantially agree with you.Agree 100% with the first sentence.
It's like you don't know us at all.The character assassinations of kids and their families that don't go to UConn are beyond corny and lame now, it's kinda wild that some of y'all are actually adults talking like this.
...and guess what, it's corny and lame on those sites too.It's like you don't know us at all.
(For what it's worth, this is a phenomenon that can be found on every college fan site.)
Yep, but inevitable....and guess what, it's corny and lame on those sites too.
Who is going to walk away feeling like they have an actual relationship with a university that they can always lean on, Stephon or Isiah Collier?
Well bless his heartIt sounds like Ace Dybantsa is screening based on NIL, and then with a final 8 or whatever it is he'll let AJ evaluate the schools and pick his favorite. He was quoted in one of the posts here as saying if AJ's favorite school offered $8 million NIL and another offered $10 million NIL, they'd go with AJ's favorite for $8 million. Based on that, AJ hasn't had a say yet, and AJ may care about non-financial considerations.
Yeah, I started its own thread because it's such a hot topic lately. $5 million? Any guesses who that is?Also an interesting NIL article out by the CBS team:
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Candid Coaches: What is the most amount of NIL money someone has asked you or your staff to pay for a player?
We asked college basketball coaches how much NIL money they are being asked to arrange to sign top recruitswww.cbssports.com
Look no further than our guy AJ. I can’t think of another player that can command that without ensuring laughter.Yeah, I started its own thread because it's such a hot topic lately. $5 million? Any guesses who that is?
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Candid Coaches: How much NIL money are recruits asking for?
Figured this deserved its own thread since it's been a pretty big topic recently. Most of the coaches agreed that what everyone is hearing about NIL packages is exaggerated but since the kids and their families hear these figures they then ask for the moon. So there's a lot of negotiating for...www.the-boneyard.com
It’s “some of you”. Please.The character assassinations of kids and their families…….. some of y'all……… talking like this.
Makes sense. I hope that the players keep demanding, and getting, larger and larger sums of cash until the whole system super novas four years from now.If the conversation is Stephon Castle vs Isaiah Collier that's a completely different conversation than AJ Dybantsa. If the NBA didn't have their stupid rule he wouldn't even have to go through this charade.
He's a generational player who is going to have half the NBA tanking to try to get him. There's no reason for him to care about a relationship with a college program, he'll have everything he needs and more with the NBA
Does anyone know if the Ivy League is participating in NIL?
My understanding is that they don't have any donor collectives as of yet but the individual students are free to do what they can on their own, subject to a set of parameters set out by the school. I think they get Opendorse accounts.
You don’t think other coaches point that out during recruiting???His pitch is probably I'll get you into the NBA.........look how many of my guys make the league and become great players there.
The recruits don't do any research to find that his players that make the league are the most highly rated out of HS and Cal's "development program" is still under development.
If Yale, Harvard & UPenn wanted get involved with Nil, they could buy the 3 best teamsNot sure about other schools, but the Yale folks I know have said the alumni aren't really interested in setting up collectives. Some individual alum are working with the athletes directly, but it tends to be sport-specific.
I think most of us buy the premise that Cal is a great recruiter and a fair in game coach. If he’s only a fair in game coach, what does that say about his ability to truly develop players? I don’t think it speaks well to that.You don’t think other coaches point that out during recruiting???