Recruiting as of 4/15/25

[wadesworld]

Well counting early NBA Draft entrants as a 0/0 is pretty silly. Those guys are huge successes and used all of their college eligibility at Texas with Shaka.

[Newsdreams]

But you've said some ridiculous sh1t in the process...like pointing to the transfers from last summer...

He always has....

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We can officially cross off Justin Edwards, the only potential one and done Shaka has gone after since arriving at MU. Cut his list to seven.

https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/Article/5-star-Justin-Edwards-cuts-list-to-six-Auburn-G-League-Kansas-Kentucky-Maryland-Tennessee-Villanova-186860358/

[Newsdreams]

We can officially cross off Justin Edwards, the only potential one and done Shaka has gone after since arriving at MU. Cut his list to seven.

https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/Article/5-star-Justin-Edwards-cuts-list-to-six-Auburn-G-League-Kansas-Kentucky-Maryland-Tennessee-Villanova-186860358/

One and done? We didn't want him anyway.

[WhiteTrash]

We can officially cross off Justin Edwards, the only potential one and done Shaka has gone after since arriving at MU. Cut his list to seven.

https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/Article/5-star-Justin-Edwards-cuts-list-to-six-Auburn-G-League-Kansas-Kentucky-Maryland-Tennessee-Villanova-186860358/

Looking at the list it is clear this will come down to 1. money 2. NIL and 3. $.
I'd play it the exact same way if I were him. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Looking at the list it is clear this will come down to 1. money 2. NIL and 3. $.
I'd play it the exact same way if I were him.

I don't think Nova is that strong of a player in NIL though maybe the new coach will change that

[Johnny B]

their board has said they are starting an nil program. there in on nil

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

their board has said they are starting an nil program. there in on nil

Everyone is in on NIL. Not everyone is a strong player in it

[Johnny B]

they will be "strong" player

[BrewCity83]

Despite the "just wait and you'll see" assurances from Broecker, it feels like Marquette has done almost nil on NIL.

[PointWarrior]

yeah, just look at all of the Marquette players in the portal this year, MU must have nothing to offer them...

Despite the "just wait and you'll see" assurances from Broecker, it feels like Marquette has done almost nil on NIL.

[BrewCity83]

yeah, just look at all of the Marquette players in the portal this year, MU must have nothing to offer them...

Do you have any info on what anyone's getting?

[jfp61]

Do you have any info on what anyone's getting?

No, nor should anyone. Nor should that information ever get leaked. Unless you want our third best player to leave when it leaks how much we pay a new transfer in a year where Marquette is ready to contend.

Marquette alums won't pull a John Ruiz.

[BrewCity83]

No, nor should anyone. Nor should that information ever get leaked. Unless you want our third best player to leave when it leaks how much we pay a new transfer in a year where Marquette is ready to contend.

Marquette alums won't pull a John Ruiz.

I'm cool with that.  After hearing about all of the NIL deals being thrown around all over the country, I was under the impression that these were public record. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

yeah, just look at all of the Marquette players in the portal this year, MU must have nothing to offer them...

Our players, except for Justin, wouldn't create any kind of bidding war at this point either.

[MU82]

No, nor should anyone. Nor should that information ever get leaked. Unless you want our third best player to leave when it leaks how much we pay a new transfer in a year where Marquette is ready to contend.

Marquette alums won't pull a John Ruiz.

The players and/or their NIL agents will make this stuff public. There will be few secrets.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The players and/or their NIL agents will make this stuff public. There will be few secrets.

I don't think any of it is a secret, but I also don't think it will be put on blast by every school either.

I think schools are taking two different approaches. One approach is to get a baseline NIL package that every player gets. Others are getting the biggest packages for the best players and smaller or no packages for the lesser players. Some will do both, have a baseline that every player gets while also throwing more money at the top players. I think we will hear a lot about the big packages and very little about the baseline packages.

[MU82]

I don't think any of it is a secret, but I also don't think it will be put on blast by every school either.

I think schools are taking two different approaches. One approach is to get a baseline NIL package that every player gets. Others are getting the biggest packages for the best players and smaller or no packages for the lesser players. Some will do both, have a baseline that every player gets while also throwing more money at the top players. I think we will hear a lot about the big packages and very little about the baseline packages.

I agree the schools won't put NIL terms "on blast." I said players will talk and, especially, their agents will.

Agents want everyone to know what they got their clients because it helps them get more clients. If you read an article and a "source" has revealed an athlete's contract terms, 99% of the time the source is the agent.

As for the rest of your post, that makes sense.

[THRILLHO]

No, nor should anyone. Nor should that information ever get leaked. Unless you want our third best player to leave when it leaks how much we pay a new transfer in a year where Marquette is ready to contend.

Marquette alums won't pull a John Ruiz.

It's simpler if you all just repeat "I want people to make less money then they would make on an open market so that the college I like is better at sports."
The arguments are really not more complicated than that.

[WhiteTrash]

It's simpler if you all just repeat "I want people to make less money then they would make on an open market so that the college I like is better at sports."
The arguments are really not more complicated than that.

This can be said for every pro sport, public company, private company, non-profit and government enterprise. You can be talking about basketball or your local streets or the lunch you had yesterday. This is economics 101.

[MUDPT]

It appears two of the 2023 targets are playing each other today: https://mobile.twitter.com/INBBallSource/status/1520416358575624192

[mug644]

The players and/or their NIL agents will make this stuff public. There will be few secrets.

Perhaps the term 'NIL agent' is new and different, but it is still against NCAA rules for student-athletes to have agents, right? Justin can have an NCAA-sanctioned agent to help him decide whether to enter the draft, but players can't have agents while they are definitively still in school, right?

That said, whether it is allowed or not, if schools don't organize NIL for their athletes themselves, then those athletes will look elsewhere for guidance and support. There will be a huge cohort of "agents" willing to help players maximize their potential. How/Will the NCAA oversee that?

[MU82]

Perhaps the term 'NIL agent' is new and different, but it is still against NCAA rules for student-athletes to have agents, right? Justin can have an NCAA-sanctioned agent to help him decide whether to enter the draft, but players can't have agents while they are definitively still in school, right?

That said, whether it is allowed or not, if schools don't organize NIL for their athletes themselves, then those athletes will look elsewhere for guidance and support. There will be a huge cohort of "agents" willing to help players maximize their potential. How/Will the NCAA oversee that?

I just googled agents for NIL athletes and was given the choice of numerous links to click on. Here's one, with a "list of agents who have signed college athletes for NIL opportunities."

So apparently it's legal and prevalent. I think I've also read or heard that an NIL agent's cut is considerably higher (by pct) than a regular sports agent's cut is -- something like 15-20% compared to 4%, but I could be misremembering.

https://nilcollegeathletes.com/agencies

[lawdog77]

I just googled agents for NIL athletes and was given the choice of numerous links to click on. Here's one, with a "list of agents who have signed college athletes for NIL opportunities."

So apparently it's legal and prevalent. I think I've also read or heard that an NIL agent's cut is considerably higher (by pct) than a regular sports agent's cut is -- something like 15-20% compared to 4%, but I could be misremembering.

https://nilcollegeathletes.com/agencies

The NIL agent still needs to be registered, and schools are notified of all NIL deals. The % is no different than a "regular" agent. Contracts through teams are pretty set (rookie scale, max contracts etc), so that percentage is low .The money for agents come in the contracts outside of that (commercials, merch deals, etc)

[MU82]

The NIL agent still needs to be registered, and schools are notified of all NIL deals. The % is no different than a "regular" agent. Contracts through teams are pretty set (rookie scale, max contracts etc), so that percentage is low .The money for agents come in the contracts outside of that (commercials, merch deals, etc)

Thanks for that info, lawdog.