If NIL Rules Pass, Will Recruiting Sites Accept Kick Backs for Better Rankings?

Dave Bartoo kind of hinted at this on Bo Bounds this morning & it's kind of interesting to think about.

- promotional & money making opportunities will be used to recruit players.

- The higher the star rating, the more star power & financial upside the player will have.

- Recruiting sites subjectively determine the stars of a player.

- It is therefore financially beneficial for the player to be rated higher by recruiting services.

- Recruiting services are not in any way under the regulation of the NCAA

- Thus, do recruiting sites accept kick backs on star ratings?

- Do recruiting sites sell star ratings? For $10K we'll bump you from a 3 star to a 4 star? For $50K we'll bump you from a 4 star to a 5 star? Obviously the talent has to match the rating to some extent but we've all seen tons of high 3 stars & high 4 stars that could easily be bumped up without anyone knowing why.

Just a thought on the level of ridiculousness this rule could create

So you're saying boosters may pay recruiting sites anywhere from $10 to $50k to bump up a kids rankings?

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

So you're saying boosters may pay recruiting sites anywhere from $10 to $50k to bump up a kids rankings?

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I'm saying the kid's agents will pay the recruiting sites for higher ratings.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I'm saying the kid's agents will pay the recruiting sites for higher ratings.

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They wouldn't have agents in HS. Also unless you're at the very top of the class why would an agent want to deal with a 3* kid or even a low 4* kid? Their value to a business is going to be little to none. Hell the average player on a college team isn't going to have value in the open market.

Nah.

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

They wouldn't have agents in HS. Also unless you're at the very top of the class why would an agent want to deal with a 3* kid or even a low 4* kid? Their value to a business is going to be little to none. Hell the average player on a college team isn't going to have value in the open market.

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I agree, cheaters gonna cheat anyway.

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

They wouldn't have agents in HS. Also unless you're at the very top of the class why would an agent want to deal with a 3* kid or even a low 4* kid? Their value to a business is going to be little to none. Hell the average player on a college team isn't going to have value in the open market.

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You don't know how it works at all.

The recommendations set forth by the NCAA mentioned that players could have agents to cut promotional deals. Every potential HS baseball draft pick already has an agent but under the title "advisor"

It's a really simple leap to make that football agencies become HS football player's "advisors" at no cost to the agency or player with the agency getting a 20% or greater cut of the endorsement money while also locking down the player should he develop into an NFL prospect.

THIS WILL HAPPEN!!! It's already happened in baseball and once it does happen, it's a smart business move for the agency to buy a better recruiting rankings as that has shown to increase the profile and marketability of the player.

You know a lot about HS football players, but you simply have no idea what you're talking about in this area.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

You don't know how it works at all.

The recommendations set forth by the NCAA mentioned that players could have agents to cut promotional deals. Every potential HS baseball draft pick already has an agent but under the title "advisor"

It's a really simple leap to make that football agencies become HS football player's "advisors" at no cost to the agency or player with the agency getting a 20% or greater cut of the endorsement money while also locking down the player should he develop into an NFL prospect.

THIS WILL HAPPEN!!! It's already happened in baseball and once it does happen, it's a smart business move for the agency to buy a better recruiting rankings as that has shown to increase the profile and marketability of the player.

You know a lot about HS football players, but you simply have no idea what you're talking about in this area.

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Ok sure

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

Ok sure

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At least your honest here.

Your comment on HS football players not having agents was so incredibly ignorant that it showed you have no clue what you're talking about on this area. None whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

At least your honest here.

Your comment on HS football players not having agents was so incredibly ignorant that it showed you have no clue what you're talking about on this area. None whatsoever.

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You mad Gun or did IYOK burn down yo 'He shed"? It's just discussions and opinions, you should understand. Who knows untill it unfolds where all this goes.

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

So you're saying boosters may pay recruiting sites anywhere from $10 to $50k to bump up a kids rankings?

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That is already happening.

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Originally Posted by Jack Lambert

That is already happening.

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To bump kids rankings? No no it's not.

I imagine a lot of high school kids are going to get burned much like a lot of NFL players have in the past. Hopefully there will be some protocols in place to limit them and their families getting taken advantage of.

My question is then.........who wants to start an agency with me? I mean shotgun if you know how this works you can get 17percent for your knowledge and another 17 percent for your connections and another 17 percent for your time....love this 17in site. Anyway I really mean it about the agency. Sounds like it could be legit plan long term. Tough upstart but if you do land that first and second nfl hof player you may be good.

I think once the camps start back for player evaluation the "agents" won't be anywhere to be found .... I know anything is possible but this is a very looong reach .... what's an agents cut for $5000 ..... I know it wouldn't be worth my time

I'm thinking and believing Baseball and basketball players especially the young ones, are much easier to evaluate than a young football player. They play all year around now days while football players do not. If and when the "agents/advisors come into play, my money will be on baseball and basketball.

This reminds me of telling Arob44 and his brother after watching William Prince play and seeing his highlights that he was gonna be the next Eric Dickerson. He ran just like him while at Warren Central, never panned out on my prediction.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

Dave Bartoo kind of hinted at this on Bo Bounds this morning & it's kind of interesting to think about.

- promotional & money making opportunities will be used to recruit players.

- The higher the star rating, the more star power & financial upside the player will have.

- Recruiting sites subjectively determine the stars of a player.

- It is therefore financially beneficial for the player to be rated higher by recruiting services.

- Recruiting services are not in any way under the regulation of the NCAA

- Thus, do recruiting sites accept kick backs on star ratings?

- Do recruiting sites sell star ratings? For $10K we'll bump you from a 3 star to a 4 star? For $50K we'll bump you from a 4 star to a 5 star? Obviously the talent has to match the rating to some extent but we've all seen tons of high 3 stars & high 4 stars that could easily be bumped up without anyone knowing why.

Just a thought on the level of ridiculousness this rule could create

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This whole pandora box they have opened is going to corrupt the whole system so bad it will make North Korea look like Little Sisters of the Poor.

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Originally Posted by 3rdGen

My question is then.........who wants to start an agency with me? I mean shotgun if you know how this works you can get 17percent for your knowledge and another 17 percent for your connections and another 17 percent for your time....love this 17in site. Anyway I really mean it about the agency. Sounds like it could be legit plan long term. Tough upstart but if you do land that first and second nfl hof player you may be good.

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Once things open up..... there will be a meeting at the Huddle House, Hattiesburg.

Maybe somebody will change a $20 to get the funds started.

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Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen

Once things open up..... there will be a meeting at the Huddle House, Hattiesburg.

Maybe somebody will change a $20 to get the funds started.

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I got 5 on it!

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

At least your honest here.

Your comment on HS football players not having agents was so incredibly ignorant that it showed you have no clue what you're talking about on this area. None whatsoever.

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No because every Tom, Dick, and Harry would be trying to get there clientele bumped up. So you would still end up with only the most athletic or best players getting bumps or you would end up with way too many 4 and 5 stars.

Everyone can't be a 4 or 5* and recruiting services know this. If they all of the sudden started having more of each classification people would realize it's more of a scam than it already is. So even if you do have some kids agents paying to get bumped it is probably already a kid that is considered to be pretty damn talented or a kid that already has offers from your top schools IE Bama etc. Which they already get bumps anyways once they commit to one of the big schools.

So no, I don't think it will change much at all from what it already is if the recruiting services want to survive.