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Message: [QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 5263629, member: 8101"] I do not believe that NIL caused “less opportunities” for high school students. There was a temporary blip caused by the additional year of Covid eligibility. That certainly reduced the overall number of spots available for high school students. Now that that is gone, the same number of teams need the same number of players. The only thing that might change is the location of where the opportunities are to play. If you are a top 100 recruit, there [B]might[/B] be a bit more pressure to sign quickly. I think what you will find is that athletes who signed on to top teams, but would have stayed on the bench for four years, are more likely to leave for better playing time. The very top stars are likely to be unimpacted because their value comes from their brand recognition and not from their schools NIL money. I know we keep seeing dollars that athletes have “demanded”, but until there is hard evidence that those dollars are actually being met, I’m taking it for what it’s worth. It’s just something somebody said. There will be a window of opportunity for athletes who flew under the radar to transfer to the top teams and be incentivized to do so. The one thing I do wonder about is how much this rewards coaches who recruit badly out of high school and have to rebuild their team every year because their players either transfer or don’t pan out. At least for a while, it might be easier for them to keep plugging holes, but even then, anthletes are going to catch on eventually. How many years of turnover does it take before an athlete realizes that a program is not going to meet their goals. [/QUOTE]

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