It is totally insane imo. Not even sure why the top schools need to hand out free educations on top of that. I assume some of them are probably not even going to class just taking online tests. These are not student athletes they are paid professionals period. I guess we can just call it the NBA 2.0 but it is what it is.
I would agree but the scholarship doesn't really "cost" the school anything, they can admit one extra kid somewhere else to make up for it. And a kid evaluating NIL offers from School A where it's all cash vs. IU asking him to pay back his tuition, well....
ESPN paid 7.8 billion dollars for the rights to the college football playoff through the 31-32 season. We're well beyond 'free education' as an adequate form of payment.....
Geno Auriema had some good comments on this topic. The sooner everyone adapts their mindset...EVERYONE adapts their mindset, past these kids being amateur athletes... then it'll be a lot easier to get behind and support it more fully again.
As long as these players realize they are now paid professionals and not student athletes anymore. So they need to quit crying about people being critical of them because when you are a paid athlete and not a student athlete its a whole different ballgame.
I don't like our chances at this point. This thing should've been wrapped up last night.
If Louisville wasn't a part of his original plan, and he's added them... then at the risk of being too pessimistic... He's gone. And that would suck. Even though all of our hope with him was probably misguided and based on a couple random X posters that may, or may not, be plugged in...
It sure seems alot of schools are already getting guys. Aren't we going to need like at least 10 new players and maybe 11? Does not seem so far getting a head start has done us any good.
I'm trying to be patient and optimistic, but it's getting tougher by the day. Time to start hearing some commitments.
I hesitate to reference @Igor... he's already had a handful of misses. But he just posted Dix has eliminated IU and Kansas, down to Creighton and Illinois.
We may see all the "name brand" kids going with "name brand" coaches. I have nothing against DeVries but that was always a potential downside of hiring a coach with no track record.
That doesn’t mean the portal ends. It just means kids can’t enter. The dead period starts next week I think.
Yeah because pope and Kelsey scream “name brand”.
I see the end to a lot of smaller schools. They can't compete with lower budgets and lack of NIL funds.
there are 1700 kids in the portal, maybe 20-30 have committed. Over half of the returning players in the country are in the portal and we are still 3 weeks from it closing, we will be fine
Every high level kid in the portal is going to get a money bag. Wake up!
Read a week or 2 ago his next stop was L'ville after IU. Certainly observing Coach Devries is a different animal compared to Woodson. That's a good sign.
Why is it necessary to get behind it and support it? Ok, they aren’t amateurs anymore, but some schools are closer to it than others.
Actually, most places the athletic dept pays the university for the cost of tuition for the athletes on scholarship
So his kid is not coming? Who are the top 2 options (yes we have had visits, but there will be more) that have committed elsewhere? 17 of the top 50, may very well end up all outside of the top 50 when it is all said and done!!
And it'll take one to two good seasons, max, to be enough of a 'name brand' to reach elite recruiting instead of good recruiting.
This is what is the downfall of the college basketball will be. I can't wait for a cap.
Disagree. Always good to have a shooter that can come off the bench. He’s pretty reliable with the ball, can light it up if he’s “on”, and can hit FT at a high clip.
If Coach DeVries knows or thinks a kid will be beneficial to the TEAM then I would guess IU would offer the kid what they feel that kid’s worth is. Most of the top rated kids aren’t going to fit in the new system/culture. I’m sure IU has learned that paying the biggest top dogs doesn’t always pan out to reach the TEAM goals.
