Good info — thanks! What does “handler” mean in this sense? Just curious, hadn’t heard the term before
Kind of a tough thing to answer … Lot of different types of handlers … So I’ll try my best to answer …
A lot of kids have “handlers” and essentially it’s someone that handles the recruiting side of things for the kid … It also typically is the person who’s looking to cash in themselves along with the kid …
The handler kind of controls what the kid does and leverage colleges getting the kid on if they get paid or sometimes if they get a job themselves … I’ll provide some examples of this and those who care can do their research: Tre Mitchell, Charles Bassey, Caleb Swanigan, Enoch Boakye, Mitchell Robinson …
Sometimes handlers can also be boys with assistant coaches … For example … Kofi‘s handler and OA … Curbelos handler and OA … Chin was boys with the Irvin’s so therefore Ayo and Ace …
There’s a lot of different versions of a “handler” but it’s sometimes 1 more hoop to jump through to get kids … And with NIL it’s only getting worse …