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NIL Talk
Where are we realistically? I'm of the opinion we are fine and we have had a lot of coaches new in several sports so I just think itll take time but some are worried about NIL. If they are right and I am wrong how do we get where we need to be?
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Rumor I have heard is that we spend most of our NIL $ to keep our good players, thus limited funds for HS "salaries". Connected friend of mine says we need to play "Money Ball". Look at how many of last year's aTm freshman class hit the portal after one year on campus. This may be sustainable for the big boys, but it's a mess for college sports overall. JMO.
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Thanks Goldendawg. thats where I figured we lived and am ok with it. aTm type schools will feed us and well get them with plenty of eligibility while we still finds the diamonds like we always have
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Originally Posted by
Goldendawg
Rumor I have heard is that we spend most of our NIL $ to keep our good players, thus limited funds for HS "salaries". Connected friend of mine says we need to play "Money Ball". Look at how many of last year's aTm freshman class hit the portal after one year on campus. This may be sustainable for the big boys, but it's a mess for college sports overall. JMO.
The HS recruits we are going to get are the highest risk. I don't think we need to focus on HS kids, because there are probably 500 kids in MS who think that they are SEC players who deserve a big payday. Meanwhile, there will be tons of players in the portal that have had to prove themselves in college and have been humbled. It's not a great way to build a program, but it's reality. It's going to be the best NIL value for our program. It's probably the best option for all but about 10 programs.
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yep. Our NIL is mostly spent on keeping players- not bringing in new ones. Good strategy with limited funds
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
yep. Our NIL is mostly spent on keeping players- not bringing in new ones. Good strategy with limited funds
Especially when we have guys that have extra Covid years.
"We will have no problem in handling Kentucky."-Turfdawg67. MSU suffered a 27-17 defeat in 2022 with 225 yards in total offense.
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
yep. Our NIL is mostly spent on keeping players- not bringing in new ones. Good strategy with limited funds
It's a good strategy until you don't have any good players to keep because you didn't buy them up front out of high school.
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Originally Posted by
Jarius
It's a good strategy until you don't have any good players to keep because you didn't buy them up front out of high school.
We have and will use nil to get players. Just part of it going forward. But we won't be ole miss saying it...
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
We have and will use nil to get players. Just part of it going forward. But we won't be ole miss saying it...
This is a great statement.
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Originally Posted by
Jarius
It's a good strategy until you don't have any good players to keep because you didn't buy them up front out of high school.
And we're not losing all the top MS players to Bama, LSU, or Auburn....we're losing "em to OM, stud guys on D, no less.
If this is our current trend, the outlook is ****ED.
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That really isn?t the worst idea.
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I hope we are doing well in other areas because this is about the worst start to a HS recruiting season I can remember since way back.
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Originally Posted by
maroonmania
I hope we are doing well in other areas because this is about the worst start to a HS recruiting season I can remember since way back.
We are about to lose a bunch of experience after this year. I wouldn't be shocked if we are going to be heavy in the portal.
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Originally Posted by
Cowbell
We are about to lose a bunch of experience after this year. I wouldn't be shocked if we are going to be heavy in the portal.
I've been told that the people driving the NIL truck are hoping for a 9 win season with a potential 10th win in a bowl to help drive NIL donations so that we can make a splash in the portal because it is an absolute necessity so that we don't have a very rough 2024 season.
I also like the strategy of spending our money on proven commodities like our seniors. I know the bears are spending money on high school kids, but look what happens when half of those kids don't contribute much their freshman year and then leave. That is a terrible investment and I hope they keep doing it.
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Originally Posted by
HancockCountyDog
I've been told that the people driving the NIL truck are hoping for a 9 win season with a potential 10th win in a bowl to help drive NIL donations so that we can make a splash in the portal because it is an absolute necessity so that we don't have a very rough 2024 season.
I also like the strategy of spending our money on proven commodities like our seniors. I know the bears are spending money on high school kids, but look what happens when half of those kids don't contribute much their freshman year and then leave. That is a terrible investment and I hope they keep doing it.
9 regular season wins? I can’t imagine people with realistic expectations think that. 6-6 or 7-5 is more likely and if one of those wins is over Ole Miss that will be a good year given our situation. 4 non conference should be wins along with UK and OM at home. @Ark is the swing game. Not sure I see much else unless we pull an upset @aTm which may be possible given their struggles against the Mississippi teams
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Just put it this way, every 3 star player in the nation thinks they deserve a big pay day. Seriously. They are all the best players on their team, they feel they should be a high 4 star, and one of if not the only real world convo they are having with each school is what kind of NIL package they can get.
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We just had nine players named pre-season All SEC with 5 on the offensive side of the ball (counting Thomas at PR). Surely, we can win at least 7 games. Hail State!
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Retention primarily. Some on the portal. Not focusing on paying HS kids because we don't have that kind of money.
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Originally Posted by
confucius say
Retention primarily. Some on the portal. Not focusing on paying HS kids because we don't have that kind of money.
I don't think we will have that many kids that are worth paying big bucks for on the retention market. We have plenty of covid seniors and regular seniors that will be out of eligibility.
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I was told that it was pretty "non existent" compared to other schools around us (was told the same about Ole Miss if it makes you feel any better). They are scrambling to get people to cough up some cash and not having a lot of success in doing so.
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