Think of the incentives that would create if the NCAA allowed that.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (May-June 2018)
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Think of the incentives that would create if the NCAA allowed that.
It was a situation where a new staff had come in and the old staff had used them all.
Adding more for transfers out would be to reward Creaning, which is the last thing the NCAA wants.
Well I guess no one here knows the answer to this question....maybe someone on HQ will know
Yes, that would be nice.
So you're suggesting that the staff should have tried to recruit the players they valued more (and ultimately lost out on) without using official visits? I'm sure that would have gone over well.
Along with travel like you said. Paying for all meals, activities during the trip, clothing and gear, etc
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Or that the staff should have been more aware of the realistic chances to land some of those guys before hosting them on officials, is what I'm guessing folks would say.
But I have no problem with the staff going all out to try and get this done. They are in a no-win situation...had they not gone all out, folks would have bashed them for that too, right?!? And one of the fathers would have surely said, "we are considering Illinois, but they never invited us for an official visit."
In any case, yes, we need size - I get it - but the teeth gnashing over not having an official visit for a last minute kid ranked 350+ is a bit much. This thing is gonna take time to build.
Hindsight
Don't forget the big cookie!
Austin Trice was literally on a T for CBU.:thumb:
Illini_1979
- Oregon
Big cookies are for closers.
Dan
Admin
Kahlil Whitney will take an unofficial visit to Illinois today
https://twitter.com/Sturdy32/status/1010215600851910656
https://twitter.com/Sturdy32/status/1010215600851910656
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
An early commitment from him for the Fall would be a huge get!
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
This is good.
I have had some time today, so I've done some research on Official vs Unofficial visits.....Student athletes may take unofficial visits at any time and as many as they want(from what I've read some of the top recruits will take 15-20 unofficial visits)...any cost of the visit can not be paid by the university...however the university can give the athlete up to 3 tickets to an athletic event....there aren't any limitations on an unofficial visit...they can practice or workout with the team...they can stay as long as they want.....with an Official visit, the university pays for the cost of the visit and can give up to 3 tickets to an athletic event...the visit can only last 48 hours and the athlete can not take an official until the opening day of school his or her senior year.....and only 5 official visits are allowed.....according to one of the articles I read, some athletes and parents rack up to $15,000-$20,000 in taking unofficial visits.
Very good to see. We've been on him big time and hopefully it pays off.
Hate to say this but MIF's don't do early commits. It's against their leverage process.
Nick Irvin told Piper that Kahlil loves playing with Ayo and he is visiting to see his old Pal. Huge get. Could put the Illini in top of Big with this years class.:thumb: 5 Star Ayo, 5 Star Whitney.
This year's class? Isn't Whitney a 2019?
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
I'm pretty sure he meant, "In addition to" this year's class. I still say we'd need another really good big (would love a Top 100 big man for '19), even with Samba and Giorgi being sophs by then, to make it an ideal class.
If we are going for ideal let's ask for at least 2 bigs
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