Iowa State was able to throw together a deal to get Will McDonald to stay another year. Iowa has more money as a college and richer donors. Iowa could play the game of they wanted. Might as well see what they can do to keep Keegan around 1 more season.
This is such a stupid thing to think. Its not clever or progressive at all. Its clueless.
The programs that are getting these kids before will be the ones still getting them. It's just a blue blood bidding war tbh.
Do you think it’s been level for the past 60 years?
Yes. NIL can’t come from coaches and the school.
I guess I’m not understanding. Is Kentucky a wealthier state than Iowa? Kansas? Iowa has as many rich alums, etc as does Lexington Kentucky or Lawrence Kansas. What am I missing? I understand if people choose not to pay NIL money but is the option not the same for us as everyone else?
Iowa should lower the salaries of professors and buy some players.
No, but thats not a good argument in favor of making it more unlevel.
Its not alums. Kentucky is a national brand aligned with all kinds of outside advertising interests.
That's clearly false... I mean, just read through the thread.
You and I agree on a lot of things regarding Iowa basketball. This is clearly not 1. My point is do we not have the same opportunity as Kentucky or Kansas? And we haven’t filled an arena like Kansas or Kentucky ever. So what has changed?
Kids getting money they earned! How dare they?!?!!??!!
Considering the demographics of this board I am shocked it would skew that way.
No, the majority of college basketball teams dont have the resources or connections to compete with a Kentucky in any serious way.
You’re pretty sanctimonious when people argue with you dude. Ohio State and Texas have by far the largest athletic departments in the country. And I understand NIL has nothing to do with that. But Texas obviously has way more rich alums than Kentucky as well. Why can they or why are they not dumping NIL money into their basketball program? You just keep saying Kentucky has advantages. Any Tom Dick or Harry rich alum can drop whatever they want on Caitlin Clark.
If he comes back isn’t that good for the college game? So unless I’m wrong (possibility) Kofi was not lured to Illinois by NIL money, he has been there at least 2 years before someone decided they wanted to toss some money out there. So Illinois gained no advantage as they already had him. Correct?
Sure rich Texans could if they wanted too, im sure they'll buy the best team in football eventually.
I agree - there should be some regulation and enforcement around NIL .... whether it is team caps or something similar. And definitely more transparency.
You are the biggest honky on a board that's full of them. Congrats. Can't wait to hear about your favorite Hawks favorite movie! We know that's how you determine if you like them, not the actual product on the floor.
Before everyone loses their minds, which is of course what this will turn into, how many players in the B1G are making big money off the NIL in basketball? Or even football? I know someone on here said Kofi is making 1.5 or 1.2 million but I haven’t seen it. Not saying I don’t believe it but just haven’t seen it. Do you begrudge Caitlin Clark her NIL money from Hy Vee? If 7 people from Ohio State are making 50-100K off NIL is it changing their mind on where they are going to college? Would they have probably gone to OSU anyway? The other thing is doesn’t there need to be something for Hy Vee or whoever is putting out the money? Or what good is it for them?
The whole reason it was always against the rules was because buying recruits was always going to be the outcome.
I am not an idiot and I would love cheap gas and some mean tweets over the crap that we have now.
I would imagine that most of these athletes friends, families and fans are thrilled that someone like the athlete they support & follow are able to profit off their own name and likeness too…
Maybe the player can have a patch on his jersey saying "Purchased by John Doe."
Of course, but OTOH I also don't think players should be able to become millionaires while in college either. I wish there was a balance.
Besides the sky falling, what is your point? Facts. Give me 5 names of players that we’ve lost to other schools in FB or BB because they said they went there because of NIL. We just landed the best player in the state of Iowa in many years in FB. We did it so far without NIzl to my knowledge. Now there might be something moving forward, I have no idea. Caitlin Clark could have gone anywhere in the country, literally anywhere and she chose Iowa. Why?
This is true IMO. This whole NIL thing about the rich getting richer is entirely off base IMO. The rich already had the pick of the litter. Bama, Georgia, and OSU took as many 4 and 5 star players as they had scholarships to give out in football. Kansas, Kentucky and Duke took as many 4 and 5 star players as they had scholarships to give out in basketball. If anything NIL opened the door to some other schools with a few rich boosters (e.g. Arkansas and A&M) willing to compete with some of those bluebloods for the top talent. It's also going to keep some one and dones in college a few more years upping the overall talent level in the college ranks.
