I dont think this means we are missing on our top targets at all.  There is a good chance we are going to sign 4 in this class, throwing one additional offer out there to kid putting up huge numbers in AAU isnt crazy.

Plus, we dont even know if the offer is actually committable right now.  This could very well be a plan B offer where we wont bring him in for an OV until all of our top targets have made decisions, this "offer" could be to keep the kid interested just in case.

This……people like to make assumptions when this kind of thing happens without information or context. It could be Shaka just starting the relationship with a player he likes before others get in ………he might sign late……and we could easily have another spot open……..you just never want to assume anything so you keep working.

So...

Marquette, along with every other non-FBS school, will be subsidizing back NIL payments to FBS football players.

Dammit, that would have saved a lot of typing. Exactly this and with apologies, I'm going to quote you going forward because it's perfect.

Nothing good, either in a literal financial sense or in an overarching narrative sense.

https://painttouches.com/2024/05/22/what-does-the-potential-ncaa-settlement-mean-for-marquette-and-the-big-east/?utm_source=muscoop

Here's an example of what it will look like in practice.

Lens:

Much depends on where your house is, when you bought it and how much you have invested in it over the years.

Two years ago, we sold our home in NE Illinois. We owned it for 28 years and it was a very nice home. But it was and is in a part of the state where economic growth was sluggish. After factoring in capital improvements made on the house over that period, our capital gain was less than $1,000.

I could have done better in a passbook savings account.

Owning a home is more an emotional issue than an investment.

Either you got very unlucky or spent a whol lot of money on improvements that didn't increase the value of your home. Because over that 28-year period, the housing price index in the Chicago market more than doubled.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CHXRSA

I think it factors greatly.  However those that own homes and have 401k's are always going to feel better.  And over a long period of time those two things will always appreciate.

Lens:

Much depends on where your house is, when you bought it and how much you have invested in it over the years.

Two years ago, we sold our home in NE Illinois. We owned it for 28 years and it was a very nice home. But it was and is in a part of the state where economic growth was sluggish. After factoring in capital improvements made on the house over that period, our capital gain was less than $1,000.

I could have done better in a passbook savings account.

Owning a home is more an emotional issue than an investment.