r/CollegeBasketball • u/kalifornia_kid Virginia Cavaliers • Miami Hurricanes • Oct 18 '24

News [Rothstein] Tony Bennett: "The game and college athletics are not in a healthy spot. I think I was equipped to do the job the old way."

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1847295089665572916
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u/A320neo Purdue Boilermakers • Big Ten Oct 18 '24

Just look at where top recruits are going. I think it will get harder and harder to build a P5 (oof) program to compete with the top 10-15 NIL teams. Player development and scouting can only go so far when your rivals are paying $10M a year to essentially rent players on their way to the NBA.

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u/rogozh1n Duke Blue Devils • Syracuse Orange Oct 18 '24

Teams that have early success using NIL are going to have a massive advantage for a while.

I don't know how this should have played out, but what we are doing now is clearly not a good system.

The UNLV QB leaving the team midseason is going to get more common, I fear.

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u/nachosmind Wisconsin Badgers Oct 19 '24

Wisconsin gets crap for a 5 game skid after hitting top 15 AP poll in early 2024. It’s since come out that Storr and his mom demanded mid season NIL amount changes at that time. It’s hard not to connect the dots when it was quite obvious on court he stopped giving a shit. Can’t wait until Blue bloods start blowing up more from diva personalities