Recruiting 2023 Recruiting Thread: 4* OT Caden Jones completes the class

[soflagator]

It would certainly be a lot cheaper than my wife continuing to buy them.

Count me in.

Yeah, I'd tell you to put your foot down, but I guess threatening her with a 3 day vacation probably doesn't have quite the same effect.

 

[URGatorBait]

Try this gator fans: college football is dead. The admin is in the process of getting its wish. NIL makes the link between football and the university so slight and tenuous that schhools like UF will give up big time football. Within a decade we will have a Southern Ivy League of football.

Can you please direct me to your dealer?

 

[Ancient Reptile]

Can you please direct me to your dealer?

Sure, but you should know that I only buy a new car every five years or so.

 

[soflagator]

Try this gator fans: college football is dead. The admin is in the process of getting its wish. NIL makes the link between football and the university so slight and tenuous that schhools like UF will give up big time football. Within a decade we will have a Southern Ivy League of football.

 

[lizardbreath]

Try this gator fans: college football is dead. The admin is in the process of getting its wish. NIL makes the link between football and the university so slight and tenuous that schhools like UF will give up big time football. Within a decade we will have a Southern Ivy League of football.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

How much would it cost Disney to buy the Gainesville team and how much benefit would Disney get? The first corporation to buy a team will get a TON of publicity.

 

[URGatorBait]

How much would it cost Disney to buy the Gainesville team and how much benefit would Disney get? The first corporation to buy a team will get a TON of publicity.

I don't think that's quite how it works.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I don't think that's quite how it works.

Well, jimbo sees that the team is spread out amongst different buyers, but (with enough cash) a hostile takeover is possible.

 

[soflagator]

I don't think that's quite how it works.

It's Ancient.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

“Clown acts!” Fisher said of the rumor-mongering rivals.

Kind of hard to argue with him here; he is a subject matter expert on that topic.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I get that we mostly think of boosters paying more than the endorsements are worth, but think outside the box. The Kyle-to-Kyle connection could have been exploited by a good ad man for real publicity. How about a D-line that was really good? So when four 5 stars are available some recruiting class, make them an attractive offer, but only as a package. Maybe, not likely, but the present situation was unlikely a few years ago.

 

[oxrageous]

Yeah, I'd tell you to put your foot down, but I guess threatening her with a 3 day vacation probably doesn't have quite the same effect.

I swear to God I'm not making this up: there have been times during arguments I have almost actually said "I'm going to ban you for life" or "I'm going to send you to Swamp Gas". Fortunately the circuit breaker kicked in before those words escaped my mouth.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

I don't think that's quite how it works.

Why not? What's to stop it?

"Texas A&M boosters are rumored to have committed over $25 million to NIL deals to help bolster recruiting, both this year and in the future."
"The University of Texas boosters recently set up a program that's paying $50,000 per year to offensive linemen who are on scholarship."

"Not only will prioritizing NIL opportunities shift the focus for college programs...
"Now, nobody cared about the facilities. Nobody cared about the nutrition program, the strength and conditioning, even the depth chart,"
Huffman said. "NIL started to become prominent in what recruits wanted to know, but also became prominent in what coaches were trying to sell.”

Napier is bringing us into the 21st century with facilities, nutrition, etc. But the game has changed and NIL is king. A&M pulled in 18 top 100 recruits through NIL (we have two). Odds are they win an NC with that class. If we don't jump on NIL immediately we are going to have another lost decade.

 

[URGatorBait]

Why not? What's to stop it?

"Texas A&M boosters are rumored to have committed over $25 million to NIL deals to help bolster recruiting, both this year and in the future."
"The University of Texas boosters recently set up a program that's paying $50,000 per year to offensive linemen who are on scholarship."

"Not only will prioritizing NIL opportunities shift the focus for college programs...
"Now, nobody cared about the facilities. Nobody cared about the nutrition program, the strength and conditioning, even the depth chart,"
Huffman said. "NIL started to become prominent in what recruits wanted to know, but also became prominent in what coaches were trying to sell.”

Napier is bringing us into the 21st century with facilities, nutrition, etc. But the game has changed and NIL is king. A&M pulled in 18 top 100 recruits through NIL (we have two). Odds are they win an NC with that class. If we don't jump on NIL immediately we are going to have another lost decade.

Because of a technicality in what he said

 

[aka]

I don't like it. And I'm afraid I'm not going to like the game because of it.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I don't like it. And I'm afraid I'm not going to like the game because of it.

Sure you will. You can learn to root for Disney's Gainesville team.

 

[aka]

Sure you will. You can learn to root for Disney's Gainesville team.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

How much would it cost Disney to buy the Gainesville team and how much benefit would Disney get? The first corporation to buy a team will get a TON of publicity.

High school Football NIL Rankings

The top 25 would cost $5.3M to answer your question. A drop in the bucket for Disney. There isn't any Florida law that would stop any corporation from doing that if they wanted.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

I don't like it. And I'm afraid I'm not going to like the game because of it.

I know, right?

It's going to be awful not reading about guys using a dead girl's credit card, or stealing a laptop, spray painting their name on it and tossing it out the window.