DICKnaggie
- Champaign
We are really going to have to work on boosting Podz's confidence!
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of May 10th, 2021)
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Nuh-uh, you love us.
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
Have people really used the language “rebuild” for next season? If they have, I think that may be a bit off-base. My expectations aren’t as high as last season, but I still believe the Illini are in a position to win a lot of games (with current roster). If Kofi comes back, I would expect them to win A LOT of games.
Govoner Vaugn Fan
- New Orleans
With Hutch and Podz next year, we are Gold.
Big Jack
- Decatur
With Hutch and Podz next year, we are Gold.
sacraig
- The desert
sacraig
- The desert
Well he doesn't lack for confidence, that's for sure. I sure hope he can back it up on the court.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
I'm excited too. Would love to be a fly on the wall, especially for the early scrimmages. New guys are gonna get schooled, but they have some bite too.
Really good player. Would fit in really well.
I was told it will likely come down to us and Oregon.
Our friend Mennenga is working this one hard, they want him...
1) If you have a contract with team A, you can not unilaterally choose to transfer to team B.
At the moment Big10 contracts for Football/Basketball players (all sports?) are guaranteed for 4 years. The school is committed so long as the athlete meets their obligations.** The reverse obligation is not there. A player can now freely terminate one contract and accept another. (One free transfer.) A shoe contract may add limitations; those players will be in the minority. I expect that all scholarship, power6, basketball players*** will be paid going forward.
** There was a major dust up related to this at NWU a few years back. Collins wanted to dump a bench player. The player was meeting their obligations. It got nasty.
*** I don't know enough about the other sports to have an opinion.
Why can't these both be true?
a) Finding 5k/month for each scholarship basketball player is less than $1M/year. I expect that every power6 school has a single donor who would step up for this. Splitting it across a dozen donors makes it trivial.
b) I expect the star players to get more from the big companies for two reasons. First, the companies can more freely spend without fear of getting caught. Second, the player can freely engage in open bidding.
I'm not opposed to players getting paid. I object to the inequality between schools that the proposed system will generate. (And I expect that IL will do far better than most.) If the players generate enough value to pay them each 250k/year (arbitrary large amount), I'm be fine with it, so long as it every power 6 school paid equally.
Either I'm missing your point, or you are missing my point.
At the moment Big10 contracts for Football/Basketball players (all sports?) are guaranteed for 4 years. The school is committed so long as the athlete meets their obligations.** The reverse obligation is not there. A player can now freely terminate one contract and accept another. (One free transfer.) A shoe contract may add limitations; those players will be in the minority. I expect that all scholarship, power6, basketball players*** will be paid going forward.
** There was a major dust up related to this at NWU a few years back. Collins wanted to dump a bench player. The player was meeting their obligations. It got nasty.
*** I don't know enough about the other sports to have an opinion.
Why can't these both be true?
a) Finding 5k/month for each scholarship basketball player is less than $1M/year. I expect that every power6 school has a single donor who would step up for this. Splitting it across a dozen donors makes it trivial.
b) I expect the star players to get more from the big companies for two reasons. First, the companies can more freely spend without fear of getting caught. Second, the player can freely engage in open bidding.
I'm not opposed to players getting paid. I object to the inequality between schools that the proposed system will generate. (And I expect that IL will do far better than most.) If the players generate enough value to pay them each 250k/year (arbitrary large amount), I'm be fine with it, so long as it every power 6 school paid equally.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
Do you also think Chuck Norris hates that everyone tells jokes about how unstoppable and otherworldly he is? That he is literally the poster-child for universal cool, and awesome? That's how I see all of the Hutch jokes. We love the guy!
All Big10 BB and FB contracts are 4 years. This has been true for years. (It may be true for all Big10 sports scholarships.)
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
The issue is you will have to pay all athletes the same in today’s culture, regardless of contribution.
Tyty to Kentucky. What I figured personally...OA and Chin probably helped with that I assume??
And not just within bball
Well, at least now the nervous types don't have to worry so much about Curbelo going there...
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This seriously makes me want to barf. It’s either that or the 2 bottles of Jack I drank today at noon.
Curbelo>>>>TyTy
Nappy I_L_L
- Northern Indiana
A steal of Mennenga might help here...
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