A few thoughts on NIL and the coming new landscape

Nov 26, 2024, 9:27 AM

1) our NIL philosophy on retaining current players will not change, it will be our top priority. We will always seek to retain and reward players who have proven themselves first and foremost. Players we'll certainly be looking to retain or bring back who are eligible to leave this year

Offense: Cade, Antonio, Wesco, Moore, Leigh, Miller, Parks, Linthicum.

Defense: Woods, Parker, Woodaz, Brown, Terrell, Capehart, Williams, Shepherd, Barnes.

That's alot of NIL $$ IMO.

2) it's been revealed we have been offering recruits NIL $$. The two recent losses, we offered both, but were outbid. The new "pay for play" model will help there, but I do not see us changing from recruiting high character people who are interested in more than just the top dollar. And all recruits will be shown, if they perform, they will be rewarded further through our retention record. We will not cater to guys playing us against other teams in a bidding war unless they are true studs, like Adams or the RB from Virginia. Even then, I think it will depend on how the recruit handles the situation.

3) I do believe we'll finally use the portal to add a few impact players with NIL $$, but never waves of them like some schools. Our retention policies will hopefully never have us that desperate, and we will always look towards player development and retention first.

4) We've been gaming this for a while, setting some parameters until some order came to the system. That should be happening this year. For all who have been clamoring for us to spend in the portal, we had to find out a few things this year, or else it would have been throwing money away. The top thing was Cade, could he be the QB we needed? He's answered that question, and is poised to be one of the top QB in the country next year. Without that top QB, nothing else mattered. Many were saying we should go after a portal QB, but the staff's faith in Cade has proven correct. That's also a future example for future recruits.

5) beat the coots, finish a minimum of 10-2. Still in contention for an at large bid, and an ACC title shot if Cuse pulls the upset, and there's no denying real progress has been made. And when we retain the guys who are our core, add a few select transfers, and see some guys develop, we are poised for a legit run next season.