Quote Originally Posted by Goldendawg View Post
So is playing time more important than NIL to baseball players in the portal? Seems like $ #1 along with guaranteed starting spot in football/basketball. College $sports is the Wild, Wild West with very few rules. Saw we are after a WR that we will be his 4th school in 4 years if we get him. Does progress toward a degree even count anymore? The two previous portal classes in football saw less than 50% of portal entrees getting a landing spot. Don't know about baseball or basketball %. Most think they are going Pro and looks as though educational opportunity being lost and given up big time.
Only about 2% of baseball players are even getting NIL funds. You have to remember that college baseball is a primarily Southern sport. The ACC has like 6 teams that care, the Big 12 has like 6 teams that care, and the Pac 12 and Big 10 have combined about 8 teams that care. Then you have some mid majors (Southern, Campbell, Coastal, etc.) that care as well but can't give any NIL. The SEC and maybe a few ACC and Big 12 teams are the only one's giving NIL money to baseball players. I mean just look at the attendance from last Friday night from some of the Top 10 teams:

1. A&M- 7,968
2. Arky- 10,551
4. Clemson (Apr 19)- 4,532
6. Oregon St- 3,943
9. UC Irvine (Apr 19)- 920

Baseball just doesn't matter outside of the South so players are looking where they can get the most exposure and most PT more than NIL. That's why all the top transfers are transferring to Southern programs.