It’s going to be very interesting in 5/10 years from now when a lot of these kids blow through all of their money and don’t have their “NFL pedigree” to market themselves for another decent paying job.
Facts that’s when we turn a corner if not then it will be more of the same
I feel the same way. Once you’re 20 years old, that should be the end of it imo. Especially if you left a p4 school already. They did it about 50 times as a hs recruit already. Like the Bear Alexander kid, I think he was still doing photo shoots. This is the 3rd school he transferred from
It's impossible to predict what a kids mindset is gonna be once you hand him and his people this kind of money. I don't envy either side. Most important thing in evals now is his support system. What kind of people is his family and who he surrounds himself with
If you look back at the top 100 247 composite rankings of the last few years, the JAG rate is HIGH. Some years the ratio of busts to even just average starters is laughable. It’s really difficult to evaluate high school players, I’m sure it’s not going to get any easier in this new environment. A lot of buyer’s remorse for sure.
So we saying that Jayden Wayne has made 7 figures???? For real??? A HS recruit that hasn't done squat in college? He wasn't even a high 4 star? Not doubting you dog, just wilddddd
You forget he was a five-star on certain sites for a while in time. On top of that he was an IMG kid. Img is always going to make sure their kids are very well taken care of.
People don't realize how much money is out there in this stuff. Football is almost to the point it competes with basketball now. Which is crazy for the people that really understand basketball recruiting and how corrupt that is. But there's a lot of money being thrown at college sports. It's corporate now. That's what people aren't understanding here. Schools are selling portions of their revenue basically to the highest bidders in order to get the right NIL backings. It's why when I told yall years ago about the UAE and the Saudis backing programs, now you're physically seeing it. For a private investor to come in and invest 20 30 40 50 million dollars they're obviously expecting significant returns on their money. Most of them are getting 4 to 5x it's a win-win for everybody except the futures of some of these kids that mentally aren't prepared for this...
I'm also curious to see the bust rate (pause) on these highly rated kids. How are you supposed to develop as a player when you're in a new system every year?
Justin Scott and Lightfoot were those level of croots. Gonna be telling to see how they develop here.
Just know, every donor base at every school has a niche they are interested in. Some of these schools might have a wealthy former Volleyball Player or Rower or whatever that wants to get certain players and there is the money for the player...helps with the women's sports a ton, as you are aware.