The pessimist in me envisions the pitch going from growing young boys into grown men to how much they're going to be showcased, marketed and paid.
How will new NCAA rules affect the recruiting pitch?
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One thing you can be sure of is that Sandy will hire at least a half dozen new AADs to deal with it.
The rules should clearly state the school can in no way be involved with personal likeness revenue generation by the athlete. Otherwise, recruiting will devolve into an auction draft.
Hey five star freshman, here is a $100,000 marketing campaign to enter the transfer portal and come to University of "X" and if you make up some bs hardship story, you won't have to sit a year.
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Right...no need to sit. There are plenty of slime car dealerships that love these 18 year olds and now they can be in a TV commercial.
Pretty sure Michigan is going to need another mercenary QB next year. Now they just need to find a sponsor to offer Sean Clifford $250,000 (for his likeness, of course) to hit the portal with a claimed hardship for immediate eligibility.
Penn State, Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, Michigan, etc. recruiting pitch: "Come to my school and we will showcase you on national TV in front of about 100,000 screaming fans, maybe even in highly viewed national championship caliber games and major bowl games. You will be talked about endlessly on ESPN and social media. This will get you plenty of interviews to showcase your pleasant personality and good looks. You will have more chance to get a highly paid shoe deal at my school than anywhere else."
pitt, Rutgers, ACC Coastal, etc. recruiting pitch: "Come to my school and your exploits will be broadcast on local radio and on local TV occasionally. You will play in front of 10,000 sleepy fans and once in a while you might get to go to a bowl game before Christmas. Nobody outside of 50 miles of the campus will ever hear of you. If you have any shoes left over from high school, bring them along."
The "haves" will get even more of the 4-star and 5-star recruits the "have nots" will get even fewer.
pitt, Rutgers, ACC Coastal, etc. recruiting pitch: "Come to my school and your exploits will be broadcast on local radio and on local TV occasionally. You will play in front of 10,000 sleepy fans and once in a while you might get to go to a bowl game before Christmas. Nobody outside of 50 miles of the campus will ever hear of you. If you have any shoes left over from high school, bring them along."
The "haves" will get even more of the 4-star and 5-star recruits the "have nots" will get even fewer.
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What's the current policy pertaining to housing for student athletes? I know many football players stayed in Nittany Apartments. Now if players are going to be compensated for their likeness, what's to stop a program-friendly real estate developer from putting the team off campus in some pimped-out housing? The pessimist in me sees a future where student athletes are living off campus, taking all their classes online (with the assistance of tutors) and having nothing to do with the student body at large. Basically, what's been happening for years at OSU.
Can't remember the name of the recruit, but he was down to PSU and OSU. He openly talked about how OSU pitched him on the academic ease that goes with starting classes after the football season begins and how their quarterly system allows them to load up on cake classes during football season. Hey, I guess you gotta sell to your strengths, right?
The reality is most opportunities will be local/regional markets. It shouldn’t need to be said but the population/media market base of the big footprint is a competitive advantage
It has to be released to make sure Billy Bob's Used Car Lot isn't sponsoring an entire recruiting class.
The pitches will be made by corporate types. Imagine Phil Knight telling 5 stars to come to Oregon and get a Nike contract.
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There have been bag men for ages. This is why the founding member of the Big Ten Conference -- The University of Chicago -- dropped college football back in the 1930s. It was a cesspool back then and I would have to imagine that we've come a long way until now. Yes, there are still schools that are skirting the system to gain a competitive advantage, but Penn State has been able to compete by focusing on the value-add proposition in developing student-athletes for a chance at success beyond the playing field.
In this new world of pay for play, I guess we'll just have to "lower our expectations" and settle for big plays and entertainment on the field of play if we are going to compete in this new model.
I see the eventual rules being very akin to political contributions. The players will need to file paper work for every endorsement they have. There will be restrictions on what coaches can do. This is going to make it very easy for bagmen to cover their tracks. At the same time it gives other schools boosters and local businesses the opportunity to sign endorsement deals with players.
My real fear is the shoe companies or Gatorade or ESPN or Rivals. They can endorse a player and then guide them to a school. IDK how the NCAA is going to combat that. In the long run it probably brings down the money going to players in football because of the high fail rate of 5 stars compared to basketball where national and international companies will through millions at top players.
My real fear is the shoe companies or Gatorade or ESPN or Rivals. They can endorse a player and then guide them to a school. IDK how the NCAA is going to combat that. In the long run it probably brings down the money going to players in football because of the high fail rate of 5 stars compared to basketball where national and international companies will through millions at top players.
I sure hope not. If you can buy a recruiting class, then college sports will cease to exist as we know it.
But isn't that what we're talking about here? Companies paying players for using their image. Son, come to Bum**** U and we'll put your picture on a billboard in Times Square. You can go talk to coach about what position you'll play later.
Something like that is what may make Rutgers relevant.... They are in the NYC market.
