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Post by flyfishinbeav on Oct 2, 2024 12:40:24 GMT -8
All Pac 12 programs should be (and likely are to some degree) assuming player development will be the most important thing. None of the Pac will be able to compete NIL-wise with the big boys. The gap will continue to widen. If you are not in the P4, you need to assume every kid that "emerges" will be poached by a P4.....next man up. Lots of kids getting poached by big programs will actually be a recruiting pitch. That's the game we gotta play. Success for PAC 12 teams will likely be cyclical.....build it up, the big boys pay attention....coaches, players poached. Rebuild....wash, rinse, repeat. Its why we need some help in legislation. Big boys will always have more money, but I think they are finding the money isn't worth it. Not trying to open a debate... because there is more to it, but was DJU worth what FSU paid? Hell, was Martinez worth what Miami paid when their freshman is just as good? Ward is worth it, clearly. We are barely into this NIL era but I think we are already getting to the reality of it is not all that it is cracked up to be. Players are already finding out they are not worth a fraction of what they are being told, only a handful of players are really getting rich, and these sponsors and investors are dumping millions into kids that are turning around and not wanting to actually complete any of the NIL part. They don't want to be in ads or sign autographs or do meet and greats which is what that money they are getting is actually for, mostly. Collective sponsors are feeling a little ripped of, and so are these kids whose are getting tales of riches whispered in their ears. They get one $10,000 check and think this is coming in forever and they never see another one again. We will never be on equal ground, for sure. but something is going to give and I think it won't be too long before there is some new laws or regulations that help us out and put some kind of control on it. To be sure, it also hurts the big boys when their million dollar QB bounces to the next big school to be a $1.2 million QB... It is hard to build marketing and fan interest around a revolving roster year over year. Valid points. I think it's hard to compare 5* QB's that dont ever live up to expectations, to anyone else. Those guys will keep getting chances because of the potential that was seen in them. I agree that the market could correct somewhat if ROI isn't there......but, as long as it's a free for all, we are still on the short end of the stick. I'd like to see limits on NIL, and less ability for athletes to transfer on a whim......beyond the obvious effects on football programs, we are allowing these kids to be even MORE self absorbed. Any discomfort.....they bail. Not how I want to raise my kids. |
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Post by beaver55to7 on Oct 2, 2024 13:06:53 GMT -8
Media is always going to be a bit of a fight. Big media made significant prospective investments. big cash up front and they need to protect that investment. It is a lot of what we are facing now with this huge pushback on the rebuilding Pac-12. They don't want the new power conference because it is a threat. They will do what they can to keep their games the center of national attention and Pac-12 games hidden. but media will go to where there is money. The best thing we can do to increase our odds is sign up with somebody like the CW and kill it. Be good. the whole damn conference. I hate to say it. but Boise needs to be good. Fresno. SDSU, WSU. all of us need to be good. and exciting. we need crazy barn burner games. We need Pac-12 after dark to be a thing again. People have to watch. If we are on an alternate, but still nationwide channel like CW, the big media can't bury us to promote their major investments. They have to reckon with us. And if we are actually worth it, they will try to buy us. It really is the pathway. But that only really works if we are good. and staying good is the challenge. We need help with NIL. we need some rules and legislation. I think that is coming. it might be a year or two still, but I think even the big boys are getting frustrated at how it is shaking out. All Pac 12 programs should be (and likely are to some degree) assuming player development will be the most important thing. None of the Pac will be able to compete NIL-wise with the big boys. The gap will continue to widen. If you are not in the P4, you need to assume every kid that "emerges" will be poached by a P4.....next man up. Lots of kids getting poached by big programs will actually be a recruiting pitch. That's the game we gotta play. Success for PAC 12 teams will likely be cyclical.....build it up, the big boys pay attention....coaches, players poached. Rebuild....wash, rinse, repeat. Coaches poached is as old as the game, pretty much everyone has to deal with it, even the big boys. Players poached is a new phenom, a little hard to know how it will break out. Seems many g5's are doing well in the portal. Just have to spend more time watching film, seems like a quarter of the players at every level enter the portal every year, just have to find the good ones that fill our needs. Everybody loses players, everybody gains players. Good staffs come out ahead in the portal. Just tons of work to put in. |
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