Recruiting 2025 Recruiting Thread- 3* DL Riser Jeramiah McCloud commits

[Silverback Gator]

You’re correct. This class is shot if he’s fired. Unless the admin does something completely uncharacteristic and hires somebody like Urban Meyer.

Probably as well if he have a poor season and not fired. Kids, parents, HS coaches will get tired of his talk.

 

[t-gator]

It's not even up for discussion. This class was shot when we decided to retain Bill Napier.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

The only thing that will make a great class in more NIL money. I personally don't think a college athlete should get a dime for their athletic prowess, but that's just me.

I've got some bad news for you if you think we aren't alread top 10 in NIL money.

Just concentrate on Tampa to Jax and own it. Hard to recruit there though when you spend most of your time in Texas and Louisiana. Florida kids dont get homesick for mama and go back to the other state.

 

[Bait'n Gator]

I've got some bad news for you if you think we aren't alread top 10 in NIL money.

Just concentrate on Tampa to Jax and own it. Hard to recruit there though when you spend most of your time in Texas and Louisiana.

Funny thing is there was reports we were top in 5 in NIL money less than 24 months ago. The university of Florida doesn’t have a money raising problem, it has losing 7 games in back to fuching back seasons problem. If slingblade would have have won 8 or 9 games last year we would have finished top 2 or 3 in recruiting.

 

[abefroman]

Well he's a queer so...

 

[B52G8rAC]

Funny thing is there was reports we were top in 5 in NIL money less than 24 months ago. The university of Florida doesn’t have a money raising problem, it has losing 7 games in back to fuching back seasons problem. If slingblade would have have won 8 or 9 games last year we would have finished top 2 or 3 in recruiting.

Listing of all NIL Collectives & Revenue by School

nil-ncaa.com

Seems we are eighth in the country and 6th in the SEC.

 

[B52G8rAC]

The interesting statement is that a D1 power 5 school needs 13M in NIL funding to "maintain" their roster. Tennessee thinks they can whip up 25M in NIL support without question. Right now UF seems to have 16M in NIL support.

 

[soflagator]

The interesting statement is that a D1 power 5 school needs 13M in NIL funding to "maintain" their roster. Tennessee thinks they can whip up 25M in NIL support without question. Right now UF seems to have 16M in NIL support.

There’s zero chance that’s sustainable. No ROI, no recognition, just wasteful spending. The real disaster is going to be the classes 4-5 years from now(maybe sooner) where there’s essentially nothing because the big donors and even the casual fans stop this stupidity. Tough to take back an entitlement and it will be ugly when they have to.

 

[B52G8rAC]

There’s zero chance that’s sustainable. No ROI, no recognition, just wasteful spending. The real disaster is going to be the classes 4-5 years from now(maybe sooner) where there’s essentially nothing because the big donors and even the casual fans stop this stupidity. Tough to take back an entitlement and it will be ugly when they have to.

Exactly. Sorta my point. And the siren call of the end of college athletics. (A mixed but intended metaphor.)

 

[Swamp Donkey]

There’s zero chance that’s sustainable. No ROI, no recognition, just wasteful spending.

Companies pay millions for 30 seconds of advertising with big audiences. Maybe some day we will have big audiences again. I have my doubt about ROI but they still do.

 

[soflagator]

Companies pay millions for 30 seconds of advertising with big audiences.. I have my doubt about ROI but they still do.

But they’re getting their name out there. So they’re at least getting something out of it. They also don’t have a choice. If all competitors are spending on advertising, you can’t simply choose not to. It’s integral to your business. The whole NIL thing is not.

If we’re talking about a car dealership having a player drive their car and do advertising or promotional events, that’s one thing. Dexter did that with a State Farm office in ‘21. But if there’s a rolling cost of 15+ mil to maintain a competitive roster each year, with no clear path to a benefit, and getting no actual ROI, that will be a novelty that runs dry soon enough. I think we’ve seen a precursor to this with A&M. Deep pockets or not, there’s a cutoff point where it no longer makes sense.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

But they’re getting their name out there. So they’re at least getting something out of it. They also don’t have a choice. If all competitors are spending on advertising, you can’t simply choose not to. It’s integral to your business. The whole NIL thing is not. there’s a cutoff point where it no longer makes sense.

Well, the NIL thing SHOULD be "Hi, Im Graham Mertz"
"And Im DJ Lagway"
"We always start our day with Florida orange juice, the offical juice of the ORANGE and blue."

But UAA demands to keep "the official orange juice of the Florida Gators" to themselves.

We need to be much more aggressive with this. Some companies might even support UF in someplaces, FSU and others but if they are advertising, we should be selling the faces of popular Gators.


This really isnt that hard.

 

[Silverback Gator]

But UAA demands to keep that to themselves.

Only because Orange Juice was created by Dutch slave traders.

 

[soflagator]

Only because Orange Juice was created by Dutch slave traders.

I’ve read somewhere those guys were actually decent people. Plus their slaves got free OJ all day. That’s practically a health plan.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I’ve read somewhere those guys were actually decent people. Plus their slaves got free OJ all day. That’s practically a health plan.

They were simply protecting their native Southland from those wankees from the northern territory with all their, "freedmen" talk and those darn accents.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Maybe some day we will have big audiences again.

You mean like when some genius decides to do a "blackout " for a noon home coming game and Tater sh!ts the bed against a 1-7 conference bottom dweller...on second thought maybe that was better off being a noon game.

 

[soflagator]

Well, the NIL thing SHOULD be "Hi, Im Graham Mertz"
"And Im DJ Lagway"
"We always start our day with Florida orange juice, the offical juice of the ORANGE and blue."

But UAA demands to keep "the official orange juice of the Florida Gators" to themselves.

We need to be much more aggressive with this. Some companies might even support UF in someplaces, FSU and others but if they are advertising, we should be selling the faces of popular Gators.


This really isnt that hard.

I’m no Morgan or Uk fan, but that’s what NIL was supposed to be in principle. Current players being able to use their popularity for gain. M&M gets immediate traction with passersby because of who the players are. Both parties win. But it was never going to stay within those confines and is now simply PFP. Cool if you’re an NFL owner(no not that type of owner, B52), and spending will increase tix sales, sell merchandise, etc and the value of your business grows. Not so much if you’re just a wealthy booster being asked to write a check every year with nothing in return.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Man, that southern state thread has unleashed a digital cornucopia of red meat for the board

 

[aka]

I’ve read somewhere those guys were actually decent people. Plus their slaves got free OJ all day. That’s practically a health plan.

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[Swamp Donkey]

I’ve read somewhere those guys were actually decent people. Plus their slaves got free OJ all day. That’s practically a health plan.