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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
We could probably discuss this ad nauseum. I personally see it as conforming to right wing thinking because it is based on individual rights over the "common good" and , while everybody believes in individual rights, it is a cornerstone, or maybe the cornerstone of right wing thinking. It places "me" over all other considerations. It is, at its core, Ayn Rand, Edmund Burke, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. Just my opinion. Happy New Year.
A lot of Portal entrants - in simplest terms - are free agents because they are currently homeless. They are no longer a fit and their current coach tells them they are no longer welcome. This happens all the time. It's a major reason why so many of these guys remain homeless.
Coaches miss -- a lot -- in recruiting. Some of these kids turn out to be duds -- athletically and/or academically. Some are just terrible humans and locker room cancers.
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Originally posted by TheBigCat2192 View Post
This is a rather funny interpretation given that the loudest public voices for athlete’s rights (the “individual rights” you mention) are broadly left-wing like labor activists and “Squad” members like Cory Booker. Meanwhile a fair amount of college sports admins and writers felt that a Trump administration and/or Republican Congress (like Cruz and Tuberville in the Senate) would be more favorable to the NCAA and its quest for an anti-trust exemption and legislation specifying that players are not to be defined as employees.
Unfortunately, state houses don’t really give us a good idea of who might support what at the federal level because we’ve seen a fair amount of politicians across the board at state level support NIL and try to block the NCAA from enforcing its rules inside their borders.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
I'd say to just remember it's not always the 'player' choosing to enter the Portal. It gets perceived that way, but players end up in there for a wide variety of reasons.
A lot of Portal entrants - in simplest terms - are free agents because they are currently homeless. They are no longer a fit and their current coach tells them they are no longer welcome. This happens all the time. It's a major reason why so many of these guys remain homeless.
Coaches miss -- a lot -- in recruiting. Some of these kids turn out to be duds -- athletically and/or academically. Some are just terrible humans and locker room cancers.
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Originally posted by TheBigCat2192 View Post
It turns out that judging guys against wildly variant HS competition is hard. And that doesn’t even get into the personality concerns.
A huge percentage of 'recruiting' at this level is throwing darts at a board (blindfolded) - especially how some programs try and sign transfers.
The budgets are tight. I get it. Bringing in kids -- sight unseen -- is just such a risk. There are programs in this region that sign portal players who don't even visit campus or meet a coach in person. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a freaking disaster.
Just about any fool can fake their way through a Zoom call/interview. It's more difficult in person.
Regarding the 'small school' recruiting on the high school level ... it is tricky. Lots of diamonds out there ... lots of total duds, too.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
A huge percentage of 'recruiting' at this level is throwing darts at a board (blindfolded) - especially how some programs try and sign transfers.
The budgets are tight. I get it. Bringing in kids -- sight unseen -- is just such a risk. There are programs in this region that sign portal players who don't even visit campus or meet a coach in person. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a freaking disaster.
Just about any fool can fake their way through a Zoom call/interview. It's more difficult in person.
Regarding the 'small school' recruiting on the high school level ... it is tricky. Lots of diamonds out there ... lots of total duds, too.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
A huge percentage of 'recruiting' at this level is throwing darts at a board (blindfolded) - especially how some programs try and sign transfers.
The budgets are tight. I get it. Bringing in kids -- sight unseen -- is just such a risk. There are programs in this region that sign portal players who don't even visit campus or meet a coach in person. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a freaking disaster.
Just about any fool can fake their way through a Zoom call/interview. It's more difficult in person.
Regarding the 'small school' recruiting on the high school level ... it is tricky. Lots of diamonds out there ... lots of total duds, too.
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Wanted to know the thoughts of anyone on the board who has seen CB Rashan Murray from Cal (Pa) play of how good he is ...... what are his strengths and weakness, do you think he has the ability to play P4 football ...... interested because he is in the portal and apparently visiting Pitt this weekend ...... thanks in advance for any input !
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
A huge percentage of 'recruiting' at this level is throwing darts at a board (blindfolded) - especially how some programs try and sign transfers.
The budgets are tight. I get it. Bringing in kids -- sight unseen -- is just such a risk. There are programs in this region that sign portal players who don't even visit campus or meet a coach in person. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a freaking disaster.
Just about any fool can fake their way through a Zoom call/interview. It's more difficult in person.
Regarding the 'small school' recruiting on the high school level ... it is tricky. Lots of diamonds out there ... lots of total duds, too.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
A huge percentage of 'recruiting' at this level is throwing darts at a board (blindfolded) - especially how some programs try and sign transfers.
The budgets are tight. I get it. Bringing in kids -- sight unseen -- is just such a risk. There are programs in this region that sign portal players who don't even visit campus or meet a coach in person. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's a freaking disaster.
Just about any fool can fake their way through a Zoom call/interview. It's more difficult in person.
Regarding the 'small school' recruiting on the high school level ... it is tricky. Lots of diamonds out there ... lots of total duds, too.
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Originally posted by goalieman View PostWanted to know the thoughts of anyone on the board who has seen CB Rashan Murray from Cal (Pa) play of how good he is ...... what are his strengths and weakness, do you think he has the ability to play P4 football ...... interested because he is in the portal and apparently visiting Pitt this weekend ...... thanks in advance for any input !
Dude very quickly racked up 10-15 offers from FCS and G5 schools, some of them have really great names on the degree. If he were my kid, he'd take that Miami offer and go try to win the MAC but end up with a top 25 public degree.
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Originally posted by TheBigCat2192 View Post
Just for fun I went and looked at BU’s 2020 & 2021 classes as those were some of Sheptock’s earliest and those guys should be at or near the end of their careers. There were a number of recruits that had been All-State at various classifications (mostly 2A and 3A but at least one 4A in there). Around half of them are no longer with the team and I’m not sure they’re still playing CFB at all. A few of the others are around but serve as either role players or non-impact starters. Even high-performing guys flop here. It’s a good reminder that for as poor as the promotion from our schools/conference/the NCAA is smaller school ball is not just “high school 2” the way some perceive it.
On high school Signing Day I don't even read the player bio. At this level they are all "All-this and All-that".
To your point every class is tremendous on Signing Day - stacked with can't miss steals, etc. Reality usually is the complete opposite. If you sign 30 freshmen in a class, you'll be lucky to have 6-7 of them walk on 'your' senior day.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
On high school Signing Day I don't even read the player bio. At this level they are all "All-this and All-that".
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