Trey Thompson
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BigD
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That's some heavy weights were are up against. It would be huge to get him over those teams. He would be closer to home if he went to Indiana. That could be a factor along with the money of course.
Thanks for the info. It's bee quiet out here.
Yeah it's kinda that time of year. Coaches are out evaluating the sophs/jrs in HS now without a lot of recruiting news getting thrown out there. That'll change as we get into summer though
thedukeofearl
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NorthKCHawk
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Are we in the game? Really? I mean, anyone can extend an offer. I guess that the kid felt good enough about an Iowa offer to post it means a little something, but I think these kids post every offer they get for the attention.
I don't necessarily think we get this kid but getting him to come visit is a really good sign. A sign that we have some recruiters who are good at selling what this program has to offer. Even if he goes to another program this is an indicator that this staff could reel in some bigger fish in the future.
Zstatman
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I agree that it seems impossible we could reel this kid in. But I like that the staff is going for top talent, they aren't selling themselves short. My guess is we need some on court success this coming season then we have an even better story to tell the recruites.
I saw a post on X a week or two ago about how much teams were spending on NIL. Indiana and Devries has spent $10M and we were right behind them at $8M. My thought was where did we come up with that kind of money? But assuming that number is true, then we ought to be in contention for good talent going forward, especially if we are putting up the Ws.
NorthKCHawk
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To my understanding, the jump up in spending by Iowa relates more to the House settlement anticipating revenue sharing, as opposed to boosters quadrupling the NIL collective coffers. So, my guess is that most of this money is promised over time over the next year or so, and will be paid by the school subject to further legal challenges.
I suspect with Stirtz, that money probably came from boosters as he is only here a year and commanded high dollars. The rest are probably a combination of NIL money up front and promises of revenue sharing moving forward.
The articles about spending are misleading. No one knows for sure if Indiana has already shelled out 10 mil, or if that is the total of what has been spent AND what has been promised moving forward. My guess is the latter.
