NCAA Ruling

[meganeck]

Anyone know how the just passed court ruling will effect WIU and other similar universities or is it more for the P4 conference teams.

[ST_Lawson]

Anyone know how the just passed court ruling will effect WIU and other similar universities or is it more for the P4 conference teams.


 

Hard to say at this point. We don't have the money to be paying players all that much, but that's not much different than before. Essentially it's now legal for schools to just directly pay players rather than having to funnel the money through independent NIL booster groups. I don't see much changing with WIU in the near future because of this.

[sealhall74]

The only benefit I see for teams like WIU is that limiting roster sizes for the power conference teams could force a few players down to the lesser conferences.
For example, Nebraska typically carried about 150 kids on their football roster.  Wont happen this coming year with limit now set to 105.
 

[Trey Brokaw]

It’s a golden opportunity for schools like WIU.. a motivated/gifted recruiter could snag A LOT of talent off the transfer portal through the end of the summer. There were nearly 400 entries into the transfer portal in the first 24 hours it was open, and that was just for track & field. Still many of those kids can’t find a spot to land because P4 rosters are already full. 

[Necks2003]

The flip side is there is no incentive to recruit High School kids any longer. They are replaced with portals transfers that can have an immediate impact, and coached know any young talent will leave if they have any success. College Coaches have stated simply just getting into a program as a Freshman is now one of the most difficult parts of getting recruited as well.

[sealhall74]

The flip side is there is no incentive to recruit High School kids any longer. They are replaced with portals transfers that can have an immediate impact, and coached know any young talent will leave if they have any success. College Coaches have stated simply just getting into a program as a Freshman is now one of the most difficult parts of getting recruited as well.


 

The HS kids will go somewhere.  The D2-3 programs will probably be the benefactors. 
 

[Necks2003]

I suspect your correct. It is just disappointing coming out of HS and getting virtually zero D-1 opportunities, and confessing to everyone that your attending a D2 or D3 that nobody, or employer, has ever heard of. I know many on this board like the D-2 route, but a good coach for a year or two to gain some attention, in basketball or football, and will go a long ways to increase student applications and campus growth. Look at the revenue growth ORU has had after they made a basketball run.....and that would be the last campus on earth I would ever want to attend.