Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Dudley Smith]

There's things out there. You may never hear about many of them. Like I said, I was told they could have pony'd up for Nolan but chose not to. Money spent better elsewhere.

Given the way Nolen's dad talks and our current precarious position with the NCAA, it probably wasn't a good idea for us to end up with him.

 

[BigSteve09]

I’m sorry, but I hate this NIL. It was ridiculous what AL, GA and a few others were paying. And you can see the results. Now it’s just going to get beyond ridiculous, and that’s all anyone is going to talk about with it being in the open. And can you imagine crazy fans when the players do not perform up to expectations after what they are being paid?

It's going to be like the MLB was or how some of those soccer clubs are. Whoever has the most money will build the best roster.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I’m sorry, but I hate this NIL. It was ridiculous what AL, GA and a few others were paying. And you can see the results. Now it’s just going to get beyond ridiculous, and that’s all anyone is going to talk about with it being in the open. And can you imagine crazy fans when the players do not perform up to expectations after what they are being paid?

It's the NFL without a salary cap.

 

[butchna]

It's going to be like the MLB was or how some of those soccer clubs are. Whoever has the most money will build the best roster.

But rarely win the World Series.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Given the way Nolen's dad talks and our current precarious position with the NCAA, it probably wasn't a good idea for us to end up with him.

It's all completely legal now. No reason to not play ball. I just don't think they were impressed with him enough to spend what it was going to take to get him.

 

[Dudley Smith]

It's all completely legal now. No reason to not play ball. I just don't think they were impressed with him enough to spend what it was going to take to get him.

As I've said before, it's my understanding that Nolen got bought the old-fashioned, pre-legal way.

 

[BigSteve09]

But rarely win the World Series.

That's right. That's the only thing keeping me from flying from side to side on the NIL pendulum.

It will probably forcibly form a top 32-40 teams that are willing to pay for their roster, and to compete. Then CFB will have to figure out what to do with everyone else.

Unless cap language comes into play then we're 50% the old way, 50% the new way. Except maybe you make paying under the table an offense with real consequences, as opposed to (still) managed by the NCAA.

 

[Gilbert]

He probably won't come here but plz

The staff probably has some familiarity here from their time at UCF.

 

[InVOLuntary]

As I've said before, it's my understanding that Nolen got bought the old-fashioned, pre-legal way.

I haven't heard that but I'm not surprised.

 

[Ace]

He probably won't come here but plz

I bet he already knows where he is going.

 

[Ace]

I just want to see them doing something. Right now there is no evidence that we are doing anything

The best way to do this is without evidence.

 

[swchandler1988]

Plumlee in the portal

 

[BigSteve09]

Plumlee in the portal

Kind of surprising if his future is baseball.

We could use him for both sports

 

[Weezer]

Is this not what I've been saying the last two days?

But we're not behind on NIL...

Unless the NCAA takes action, which I highly doubt, this will continue to happen, and other programs will follow suit. Nothing I've seen thus far suggests we have boosters willing to step up and do the same, or even come close to the same level. It is what it is. I'm not saying we suck at NIL, but some people are pretending that we can compete with these other programs, and I've yet to see anything that suggests we can. That's the difference between being top tier and mid-tier.

 

[Girth Brooks]

 

[engineerVOL]

I don’t think Georgia will win. Alabama’s defense finally came together. They’ve given up but 4 touchdowns in three games. Just cover Cook on the wheel routes and they’ll win. Hard to beat a team twice though.

 

[Rishvol]

That is awesome

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I don't think you'll see Tennessee even remotely approaching what A&M is doing. Tennessee will probably go all in on 1-2 players and then much smaller NIL deals for 90% of the rest.

Honestly, probably will be the smarter play long term. Once you're putting folks in the NFL the talent ya want won't care as much about the NIL deals upfront. Sure they seem nice, but being drafted in the 1st round will dwarf most NIL deals money.

And with the 1 free transfer you'll see more and more HS kids take advantage of teams/boosters like Ewers did Ohio State and less and less money folks will want to invest in fickle teenagers.

 

[csprig9]

Winning fixes recruiting
Start winning and players will come

 

[drylo]

I'm starting to think almost anyone could've won a natty with them. Burrow and Chase are ridiculous

Checks out.

 

[Theshag]

Honestly, probably will be the smarter play long term. Once you're putting folks in the NFL the talent ya want won't care as much about the NIL deals upfront. Sure they seem nice, but being drafted in the 1st round will dwarf most NIL deals money.

And with the 1 free transfer you'll see more and more HS kids take advantage of teams/boosters like Ewers did Ohio State and less and less money folks will want to invest in fickle teenagers.

I mean, if it is really 30mil a class, that is over 1M per scholarship player. That is a Cam Newton to Auburn money for all the entire recruiting class. Just nuts.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Random thought for the afternoon. NFL is nearing the most entertaining part of their season, playoffs. This is opposed to major CFB, where the regular season is the way more enjoyable than bowl season. Which is why an argument for anything above a 8 team playoff in CFB is ridiculous to me. It would dilute the importance of the regular season.

**** the regular season

 

[SpringBokVol]

A&M is lucky. This will be there best class ever. Took advantage in year one and we’re ready to pounce.

This will be table stakes next year and even out. Unless your AD can’t get it together then you will be way behind.

 

[BucVol98]

I mean, if it is really 30mil a class, that is over 1M per scholarship player. That is a Cam Newton to Auburn money for all the entire recruiting class. Just nuts.

They paid more to some less to others, that much I assure you

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

It would just shift things. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The bigger the playoffs get, the more important the post-season becomes. Like March Madness...or the NFL playoffs. The regular season doesn't need to be the most important part, it's just what we're used to.

I have ALWAYS hated that about CFB.