Bryan Hodgson Hired as New Providence Head Coach

[JwittersPAC]

It all changes this year. Any NIL deal signed before July 1, 2025 were subject to the previous rules, as in there were none. All of the NIL deals for the 26-27 season need to be run through and approved by Deloitte and their algorithm. This coming year the vast majority of money to players will be in Revenue share. NIL going forward has to be the real deal. No more $3 mil for one visit to a children’s hospital and a few signed glossy pictures.

Yeah good luck enforcing this. First players not reporting NIL deals. How will this committee enforce reporting. Two the court system will rule against this NIL committee what is a “real” nil deal. P2 football teams will be spending much more than $20 million on football alone.

 

[WrenchFan69]

It all changes this year. Any NIL deal signed before July 1, 2025 were subject to the previous rules, as in there were none. All of the NIL deals for the 26-27 season need to be run through and approved by Deloitte and their algorithm. This coming year the vast majority of money to players will be in Revenue share. NIL going forward has to be the real deal. No more $3 mil for one visit to a children’s hospital and a few signed glossy pictures.

Which will last a year until the NCAA gets sued again lol

 

[tzznandrew]

Could happen. Right now the landscape has changed. Its about your NIL structure. If Providence continues to fund at a high level, it will be a desired job.

Could you imagine saying Providence is a better job than Cuse? In 2026, it is.

The Big East has coherence and a reasonable chance of success (given how mid some of the teams have been). You look at a job like Syracuse and you're flying to Palo Alto for a conference game or Dallas. It's a huge mess—and a coach has Duke-UNC-Louisville standing in their way (along with other programs like Virginia that has recently won a title). The path forward is just brutal, especially if you aren't convinced you're going to get the resources.

Big East has UConn and a huge opening. There's a bunch of solid programs that compete in that next tier, most notably Villanova. A good coaching hire, like Pitino to St. John's, can win you the conference and get you to a Sweet 16.

It's part of the reason why Maryland lost their coach to Villanova (though I'd say Villanova is historically a tier above Maryland).

The NCAA is going to do things to kill non-football schools soon enough, but I'm hopeful the Big East's weakness this year is an aberration, and that the longer decline will take place after UConn has found a landing place.

 

[Husky Alien]

It all changes this year. Any NIL deal signed before July 1, 2025 were subject to the previous rules, as in there were none. All of the NIL deals for the 26-27 season need to be run through and approved by Deloitte and their algorithm. This coming year the vast majority of money to players will be in Revenue share. NIL going forward has to be the real deal. No more $3 mil for one visit to a children’s hospital and a few signed glossy pictures.

By the way @FriarJ, congrats on the new coach! Looks like you guys landed a good one. Hope he sticks around and makes things interesting.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Big East has coherence and a reasonable chance of success (given how mid some of the teams have been). You look at a job like Syracuse and you're flying to Palo Alto for a conference game or Dallas. It's a huge mess—and a coach has Duke-UNC-Louisville standing in their way (along with other programs like Virginia that has recently won a title). The path forward is just brutal, especially if you aren't convinced you're going to get the resources.

Big East has UConn and a huge opening. There's a bunch of solid programs that compete in that next tier, most notably Villanova. A good coaching hire, like Pitino to St. John's, can win you the conference and get you to a Sweet 16.

It's part of the reason why Maryland lost their coach to Villanova (though I'd say Villanova is historically a tier above Maryland).

The NCAA is going to do things to kill non-football schools soon enough, but I'm hopeful the Big East's weakness this year is an aberration, and that the longer decline will take place after UConn has found a landing place.

A lot of people have been saying that "football drives the bus" and that the non-major conference football schools will be eliminated. They have been saying this since 2002, so I guess it is possible they will be right eventually.

 

[tzznandrew]

A lot of people have been saying that "football drives the bus" and that the non-major conference football schools will be eliminated. They have been saying this since 2002, so I guess it is possible they will be right eventually.

I don't think they'll be ever officially eliminated.

St. John's is the only non-football playing school still alive.

UConn and Utah State are the only other non-P4 schools that can make it to the next round.

In 2025, the Sweet 16 was entirely P4.
In 2024, there were 3 non-football playing schools in the S16, and they all lost. UConn-SDSU were the other non-P4, and only UConn made the E8.
2023 was historically wild, but the Final Four had only football playing schools (Gonzaga and Creighton made E8).

We'll see if the last three years become more of a trend. I think the Big East can still do well in the coming years, but I don't think it is long-term viable against the B1G-SEC, and to a slightly lesser extent B12-ACC. Roughly in that order, too.

 

[Waquoit]

A lot of people have been saying that "football drives the bus" and that the non-major conference football schools will be eliminated. They have been saying this since 2002, so I guess it is possible they will be right eventually.

And when/if it ever comes to pass, what can be done about it now? It's all Belling The Cat.