I can confirm Miami is working hard on transfers right now..

[DMoney]

..and the message I got was it is going to be expensive.

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[TwentySix]

Oh God we’re poor again

 

[DMoney]

Oh God we’re poor again

We aren’t. But I’d rather be NIL rich. The results will follow, as we saw after the Ruiz spending spree.

If we all do our part, we’ll be a blue blood hoops program.

 

[JZCane0825]

Never a good sign when messages like this are going out. Are we already being turned away by transfers because our NIL isn't up to snuff?

 

[King of Allapattah]

Most quality guys in the portal are going in the $300k-$700k range.

 

[DMoney]

Never a good sign when messages like this are going out. Are we already being turned away by transfers because our NIL isn't up to snuff?

We are in the game. But if we want the elite players, we need to be an elite NIL program.

A grassroots movement that starts here can take our already-good NIL program to a whole new level. Let’s be part of the solution.

 

[Derrick Griffin]

Does this come out of the same pot for football?

 

[DMoney]

Does this come out of the same pot for football?

Canes Connection covers both.

 

[CanesHoopsman]

oh god this is bad

 

[602Cane321]

Maybe I’m in the minority but I’d prefer we suck at basketball and sign a top 3 football class every year

 

[JZCane0825]

oh god this is bad

Yea this reeks of not having sufficient NIL dedicated to basketball transfer portal recruiting, whereas football doesn't seem to have that issue. I wish @DMoney had just led with that instead. It's great that we seem to be aggressively pursuing a number of guys but I may have to recalibrate my expectations as far as who we'll actually end up with.

 

[TwentySix]

Maybe I’m in the minority but I’d prefer we suck at basketball and sign a top 3 football class every year

Yeah you’re probably in the minority here on the basketball board. But really it shouldn’t be an either or.

 

[b caned]

G****…

Is every single thing in our society nowadays really just one big money suck??

Ticket prices raised, everyday items inflated… and oh yea, now YOU the consumer of sports entertainment, now needs to supplement (ie: pay) players income….in the name of having a chance to be good.

Just further zapping the joy and fun out of sports - which is why most of us follow it to begin with.

This **** just reeks…. And my love for sports wanes the more it pops up. Gotta feeling I’ll be spending more and more time on golf courses and paying no mind to team sports in the near future.

 

[JZCane0825]

G****…

Is every single thing in our society nowadays really just one big money suck??

Ticket prices raised, everyday items inflated… and oh yea, now YOU the consumer of sports entertainment, now needs to supplement (ie: pay) players income….in the name of having a chance to be good.

Just further zapping the joy and fun out of sports - which is why most of us follow it to begin with.

This **** just reeks…. And my love for sports wanes the more it pops up. Gotta feeling I’ll be spending more and more time on golf courses and paying no mind to team sports in the near future.

Later

 

[TwentySix]

To get this at least a little back on topic, @DMoney do you have much intel regarding names at the top of the board?

 

[JZCane0825]

To get this at least a little back on topic, @DMoney do you have much intel regarding names at the top of the board?

Does it matter if we don't have the NIL necessary to be competitive?

 

[TwentySix]

Does it matter if we don't have the NIL necessary to be competitive?

I'm not actually worried about that.

 

[JZCane0825]

I'm not actually worried about that.

Well I am. I think we're going to have to temper expectations.

 

[TwentySix]

Well I am. I think we're going to have to temper expectations.

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

G****…

Is every single thing in our society nowadays really just one big money suck??

Ticket prices raised, everyday items inflated… and oh yea, now YOU the consumer of sports entertainment, now needs to supplement (ie: pay) players income….in the name of having a chance to be good.

Just further zapping the joy and fun out of sports - which is why most of us follow it to begin with.

This **** just reeks…. And my love for sports wanes the more it pops up. Gotta feeling I’ll be spending more and more time on golf courses and paying no mind to team sports in the near future.

Josh Pate had a good segment on this. He said it was utterly ridiculous with how much money schools make with sports and media deals, that they ask the fans of average income to help out to pay players.

Hes not wrong. I'm sure we will look back to these times in like 5-10 years, when players are employees of schools, and laugh at the stupidity of that notion that fans were having to give money to pay players.

But anyway, this is what it is for now. And I think if schools want you to give your money, you need to be able to specifically pick where it s going. And I'm not talking about, here's 5 grand for UM sports. Or he's 5 grand for UM football in general.

Nah, here's 5 grand for DJ Pickett specifically and if you don't land him, refund. People should have that right over their own money.

Just my opinion.