It really seems like this year is an anomaly. We are obviously spending as much as anyone out there (35M) yet the staff has made the decision to place those dollars elsewhere on the roster. Stings now but I do believe they made the right choice ....
Yeah because they can no longer predict commitments based on relationships When money is involved. I’m sure LJsr lands a MUCH a higher rate of guys at the top of his list if money wasn’t involved. But since it is, it’s very hard to predict, because with large sums of money come family, agents, etc who can easily sway these kids decisions. And for many in that circle, they don’t care if the kid is developed or goes to a school who competes for an NC as long as they get their cut."Insiders" are taking a beating this year, their predictions seem less meaningful than ever. No that their word was ever 100% gospel but they REALLY seem to have no real beat about what's actually going on currently.
This morning they were blowing smoke (The famous Mr Fong included) that PJ Dean's offer to UGA was not even committable and he was going to South Carolina because of that......Dean promptly committed to Georgia.
I think the number of transfers could dramatically decrease with the buyout rule. It’s one thing to flip a kid like Beau Atkinson and then sign him to an OSU NiL, it’s much different when you also must buyout his NIL contract from UNC. Now imagine trying to buyout a kid like Luke Wafle who’s getting a deal that could make a 7 figure buyout, and then you still need to offer your own NIL deal. Idk how many are going to test that, and idk how many programs and their NiL collectives want to pay that much constantly for what are going to be unknowns.
Half the posts you read in support of not paying the going rate for HS kids is that you can just wait a couple years and get them in the portal.
It will be interesting if and how much the lower conferences become a minor league system feeding the power conferences.
