Miami Billionaire head NIL booster states mass de-commits and Portal entries…

Hard to believe with a sleazeball like that guy

I am honestly confused right now. I have never been one to defend Florida, Tennessee, and certainly not Ohio State or Texas A&M but good god. The absolute nerve for a MiAMi booster to even post this. Most of the teams listed are in a MUCH better position than The U, with a coach who’s among the highest paid, nationally and finished with five wins in a severely weakened ACC. Recruits are ALWAYS going to commit to Columbus. Texas A&M has had top ten recruiting classes for a decade now and has kept a chunk of their “historic” class, for the time being, Florida will always have a national brand, and Tennessee is on the upswing with a coach that I’m sure PLENTY of offensive players would want to play for.

Miami has been an absolute joke since LSU clobbered them in 2005. “Poor performance” as if Tennessee isn’t a top ten team and Florida is actually in a bowl game. Hell, didn’t A&M beat them this season? Miami will lose the majority of those highly coveted recruits in the next season or two. Many will be underdeveloped, with lacking fanbase support, underwhelming record, and stuck in a conference where it’s best commodity (Clemson) would want out. Hell, LSU plays Florida State to open next season, that’ll be a team that’s well constructed and coached, how about Miami and it’s joke of a program and boosters attempt to reach Seminole status before spewing nonsense.

Understand what you’re saying there brother, however it sounded from his wording that it’s based on poor performance or issues relating to NIL or combination of both. Could have simply escaped me nonetheless, just how it seemed to be written when I read through

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Some think it applies to them when in essence they are getting very little of the pie once they arrive on campus.

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Can recruits or current college players have agents to represent them in NIL deals? Or is that still against NCAA policy?

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Can recruits or current college players have agents to represent them in NIL deals? Or is that still against NCAA policy?

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Yes this lawyer/booster has set up a small side firm to represent them. Like many others are doing as well. I believe some states may vary how it is handled.

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And now it’s time for the kids to learn some life lessons about the free market economy. It goes both ways.

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I have heard some reports where kids did not have representation and totally screwed themselves.

One of the things Saban and other coaches are advocating for is the NCAA to set guidelines for how representation happens. I have seen the push for agents have to register with the NCAA like in the NFL.

Ohio state’s nil program is a joke.

I don’t think we’re offering or promising things and then not delivering - we’re just not offering much at all.

This is a huge cultural divide. I mean, let’s be honest - the Sec has been doing this kind of thing illicitly for years. NIL - even though it’s more money and somewhat more transparent - is not a giant shift.

Believe it or not, The big ten and Ohio state have always been small potatoes compared to the SEC in terms of the booster culture and paying players. Sure, the hundred dollar handshakes and loaner cars shite happens, but not flat out bidding for players.

Culturally a lot of Ohio state fans don’t want to shell out money for high schoolers who haven’t earned anything. Players on the team who are proven have certainly gotten paid. But I don’t think the money is there to fund a recruiting slush fund for buying high school talent. At least not yet. However, I will say hysteria is on the rise. but that could also just be the death throes of a program realizing it is basically just a regional power anymore. Let’s wait and see how nutty Ohio state fans get after Georgia smokes them

Of course I can’t, and you know I can’t.

But if you think I’m wrong you haven’t been paying attention.

There have been plenty of talented kids leaving midwestern and northeastern states for the SEC schools and many of them don’t even get seriously recruited by local schools because most coaches already know what matters in these recruitments. We can all pretend everyone plays by the same rules but we don’t.

As your own slogan says - “it just means more.”

Well frankly, in terms of willingness to stake one’s own fortune on college football, it most certainly does.

I mean shite, look what is happening right now. Osu, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa etc have minimal to no presence in the NIL arena. This just isn’t a thing big ten schools were ready or wanting to do

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There have been plenty of talented kids leaving midwestern and northeastern states for the SEC schools

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So maybe nicer weather annually, better states to move to like the rest of your population continues to do, and not worrying about which factory will close down next might not have something to do with kids leaving the desolate tundra of the rust belt.

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local schools because most coaches already know what matters in these recruitments.

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UA only pulls maybe 1 or 2 kids out of the NE or Midwest each recruiting cycle. Maybe you should follow recruiting a little better. Each year the areas you are referencing maybe at best provide 10% of the top talent. You are talking about 20% country that currently represents less than 10% of the top talent.

So your analogy of the top players not staying home has more to do with the talent is actually not there.

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I have heard one thing or another

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Got to love message boards. If there was any legitimate evidence to this no school in the B10 would not hesitate to report it.

This seems to be the #1 excuse for all fanbases who have fans that fail to accept someone just did not want to go to their school.

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I think what you’ll see is the big ten quickly adopt revenue sharing with the players from their more lucrative TV deal. This is something that our alums and university presidents/faculty councils will be much more comfortable with

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Every conference is saying this will happen not like the B10 is leading the charge. The conference is behind the curve right now and trying to become a player in the main game. I understand the B10 created a big media package recently with the hopes this will happen so they can buy more players to play in the mid west.

I also understand why it may be supported more in the rust belt because of the union backing of it. Union membership and power is declining across the country. Most of the economic hardship felt in the rust belt is because of the union yet the B10 is pushing for them right back in because they want to compete for recruits.

Remember the only way to get revenue sharing is the players get paid and are recognized as employees, which will allow the union to get involved especially in the B10 union states.