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Message: [QUOTE="Ozimoto, post: 4498645, member: 6677"] Each player and their situation is unique, so their approach to NIL is based on their personal wants/needs (maybe the family finances play a part in the decision). I am not going to judge a kid's choices in that regard. Having said that, Geno will recruit based on his values as a coach and what he wants his program to be, as is his right and his obligation to himself and the university. Based on my knowledge of Geno (based on nothing more than what I have read about him), I think he looks for character and basketball fundamentals in his recruits. It is not surprising that he is looking at overseas players more these days as those players come from a system approach that stresses basketball fundamentals in a way that kids are not getting in the US from high school and AAU play unless they are lucky enough to play for exceptional coaches. I don't think he prefers foreign players simply because they aren't eligible for NIL. I don't think Geno has a problem with NIL per se, seeing as how he has two of the hottest NIL prospects in women's college basketball on his team. However, if a kid's focus is on NIL over the team or playing basketball the way Geno wants the game to be played, then he won't be interested in them. [/QUOTE]