Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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7 Year Illini
if we don't increase our NIL, we are toast. Coach B rang the alarm bells. If it doesn't happen, we shouldn't expect players making thousands to remain if thjey are offered tens/hundreds of thousands.
 
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Pikeillinifan
7 Year Illini said:
if we don't increase our NIL, we are toast. Coach B rang the alarm bells. If it doesn't happen, we shouldn't expect players making thousands to remain if thjey are offered tens/hundreds of thousands.
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I've heard that the $22M rev share will help level the field a bit more. So, while we'll still be behind the tOSUs and Michigans of the world, we won't be down $15-$20M, maybe more like $5-7M.

I think there will be a new body governing NIL deals so they are aligned with 'market' value rather than whatever people are willing to pay.

But this was all based on Josh's statements the other day that he feels we'll be much more competitive in this new world. I hope this is true, but if anyone knows more, I'd love to get a better understanding of things.
 
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IlliniInBuckeyeState
Pikeillinifan said:
I've heard that the $22M rev share will help level the field a bit more. So, while we'll still be behind the tOSUs and Michigans of the world, we won't be down $15-$20M, maybe more like $5-7M.

I think there will be a new body governing NIL deals so they are aligned with 'market' value rather than whatever people are willing to pay.

But this was all based on Josh's statements the other day that he feels we'll be much more competitive in this new world. I hope this is true, but if anyone knows more, I'd love to get a better understanding of things.
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This. I keep seeing declarations that the leveling of the playing field through reform is coming. Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but it seems naive to fully believe it. Why would the Haves of college football agree to level the playing field if they have such a current NIL advantage? Just so they get an effective salary cap and don't need to engage in an infinite NIL arms race? NIL was never supposed to be pay-for-play, but that lasted for like two seconds before programs just ignored it. Will it be different this time around?

My only comfort is that Whitman and Bielema keep saying this reform is on the way, and they believe it will be enforced. They have their fingers on the pulse of these changes and have earned my complete trust. But I still want to see it in practice.
 
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redwingillini11
So are we feeling ok about Altmyer coming back? His "I don't know the future" comment sounded pretty ominous. But otherwise, the vibes seem to indicate that he is staying?
 
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illini0440
Essentially what will happen with the "leveling of the playing field" is a 3rd party will monitor NIL deals. They are trying to ensure that the compensation for the deals match the advertising I guess is a good way to put it. Essentially a kid can't do one commercial for 2 million dollars.
 
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illini0440
redwingillini11 said:
So are we feeling ok about Altmyer coming back? His "I don't know the future" comment sounded pretty ominous. But otherwise, the vibes seem to indicate that he is staying?
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Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

Are we gonna go after a #1 wide receiver in the portal? Seems like Defense and trenches have been the 2 transfer positions I'm seeing buzz about. Hard to imagine Luke not wanting them to bring in a cheat code WR again. Looks like a starting Wisconsin WR with big game stats has entered the...
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Battle89
IlliniInBuckeyeState said:
This. I keep seeing declarations that the leveling of the playing field through reform is coming. Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but it seems naive to fully believe it. Why would the Haves of college football agree to level the playing field if they have such a current NIL advantage? Just so they get an effective salary cap and don't need to engage in an infinite NIL arms race? NIL was never supposed to be pay-for-play, but that lasted for like two seconds before programs just ignored it. Will it be different this time around?

My only comfort is that Whitman and Bielema keep saying this reform is on the way, and they believe it will be enforced. They have their fingers on the pulse of these changes and have earned my complete trust. But I still want to see it in practice.
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Fully agree, and also why do we think everything is pure as new snow going forward? Any limitation, any cap, any leveling just shifts the money flow about 12 inches south. Where it was for 100 years pre-NIL.

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