New '23 Commit - CB Shad Nkuba II

[SlickRick]

I wonder if this signing comes late due to the guy recently graduating from junior college.

Very likely.

[Fais do-do]

6% of all college athletes make it to the next level, that is it. I read 40% of all kids entering the transfer portal do not end up going somewhere else to play. The whole point of the University is to give someone an opportunity for a prosperous education/career and become a good functional citizen. We as a society have forgotten this and the NIL and transfer portal has made the situation even worse.

[CajunVic]

6% of all college athletes make it to the next level, that is it. I read 40% of all kids entering the transfer portal do not end up going somewhere else to play. The whole point of the University is to give someone an opportunity for a prosperous education/career and become a good functional citizen. We as a society have forgotten this and the NIL and transfer portal has made the situation even worse.

And without sports, many of these would not have attended one day of college.

[JamesTheJeweler]

A lot of these players grow up in almost poverty situations and most will not make it to the next level. How can anyone blame them for taking advantage of a small opportunity which may get them in a position for them and their children to have a much better opportunity in life . . .

The vast majority of NIL isn't life changing or generational wealth.

[CajunVic]

The vast majority of NIL isn't life changing or generational wealth.

I don’t think anyone ever said it was. However, what ever it is would be better than the alternative . . . which is nothing . . . Generally those getting generational wealth amounts will be getting it again when the sign as a professional (minus the girl sports). Everybody else, it is just a little something else which if nothing else may entice them to stay in school longer and get that degree or possibly get exposed to some businessman they would otherwise never meet who would give them a job and career after sports . . .

[moorecajun]

6% of all college athletes make it to the next level, that is it. I read 40% of all kids entering the transfer portal do not end up going somewhere else to play. The whole point of the University is to give someone an opportunity for a prosperous education/career and become a good functional citizen. We as a society have forgotten this and the NIL and transfer portal has made the situation even worse.

One of the really good things our univeristy does is educate all our student-athletes about the transfer portal (and probably nil now) so that they are aware of the numbers; and that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

At some point this will begin to change, or at least I hope so.

[JamesTheJeweler]

And without sports, many of these would not have attended one day of college.

But that has nothing to do with NIL

[CajunVic]

But that has nothing to do with NIL

What is your source for that?

[JamesTheJeweler]

What is your source for that?

Common sense. An athletic scholarship and an NIL deal aren't synonymous. You don't need an NIL deal to get to see "one day in college". It's sad I have to explain that to you.

[Turbine]

What is your source for that?

Common logic, it seems.

No arrival ... No NIL

Can’t get the NIL if you never display the skill.