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Miami[]_[]Smoke said:
If he plays more than one year there, I’ll be shocked. That’s a bad career decision by him, most likely
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Zero HBCU players drafted last year. He's taking a nice bag upfront but could lose tens of millions in draft capital if he's legit and doesn't immediately bail to the first P5 opportunity that comes to him.
 
NBA and NFL will find you if you can play.

I can see something like this turning into a tidal wave in basketball, especially if you can get 3-4 guys to consistently commit to play on the same team at an HCBU. You could easily compete in the NCAA tournament. And TV contracts would follow

NIL has shifted everything
 
I get this is all new. I get it is ******* hilarious and priceless this happened to FSU. But am I the only one wondering what is going to happen to College Football with all this madness? I am all for the kids getting paid but I am not feeling the direction where this is headed. Then again, I don’t like where we are with the $EC getting away with murder, either.
 
CaneSince4Ever said:
"Past generations were afraid to do"?

LOL, JSU has more NFL HOFers than UGA & Alabama, this is nothing new.

I swear some people think that HBCUs just started playing football in the 90's or some ****.
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Wrong! Alabama has 8 HOFers while Georgia and Jackson State both have 4. Still impressive for a small school but let's keep facts straight
 
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CaneSince4Ever said:
"Past generations were afraid to do"?

LOL, JSU has more NFL HOFers than UGA & Alabama, this is nothing new.

I swear some people think that HBCUs just started playing football in the 90's or some ****.
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I know HBCUs have HOFs too. Jerry Rice came from an HBCU. You misinterpreted what I was saying.

Back in the days top football athletes would attend HBCUs because a majority of their white counterparts weren't accepting of integration yet. Since being accepted at schools like Auburn, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, UGA, Bama, etc you don't see the willingness to attend HBCUs anymore. When's the last time you've seen a 5-star football player openingly choose an HBCU? Oh right, today was the first.

That's what I meant.
 
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Cane4life18 said:
Back in the days top football athletes would attend HBCUs because a majority of their white counterparts weren't accepting of integration yet. Since being accepted at schools like Auburn, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, UGA, Bama, etc you don't see the willingness to attend HBCUs anymore. When's the last time you've seen a 5-star football player openingly choose an HBCU? Oh right, today was the first.
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Somewhere in there you left out the part about deep-pocketed schools coming up with cars and bags of cash that HBCU's weren't in a position to match
 
407cane said:
hunter would have gone there even if I was the head coach with that kind of 💰 being thrown at him

can't blame norvell and can't credit deion too much as a true recruiter in this case, other than his ability to get barstool involved
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Yeah I can blame Norvell
 
Hold My Beer said:
Somewhere in there you left out the part about deep-pocketed schools coming up with cars and bags of cash that HBCU's weren't in a position to match
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Correct, lack of resources are a problem for HBCUs but that's why the move for a 5-star player to choose is trail blazing because it's never happened before.
 
407cane said:
hunter would have gone there even if I was the head coach with that kind of 💰 being thrown at him

can't blame norvell and can't credit deion too much as a true recruiter in this case, other than his ability to get barstool involved
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Coach Prime >>> Coach Norvell ... Simple as that

FSU learned a hard lesson today.
 
The Svengali said:
NBA and NFL will find you if you can play.

I can see something like this turning into a tidal wave in basketball, especially if you can get 3-4 guys to consistently commit to play on the same team at an HCBU. You could easily compete in the NCAA tournament. And TV contracts would follow

NIL has shifted everything
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It will be harder to do - much harder in CFB. But in basketball you could get a super-team with just a handful of flips.
 
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Cane4life18 said:
Correct, lack of resources are a problem for HBCUs but that's why the move for a 5-star player to choose is trail blazing because it's never happened before.
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Like with pretty much everything, resources and money have tilted the scales in College Football recruiting.

Prime turned that **** upside down today.

FSU's comic misfortune aside, I thought everyone here would celebrate Travis Hunter's decision as a victory for the little guy.

I was wrong though.
 
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