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How long can Boiler Basketball avoid being portaled?

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qazplm said:
Pretty obvious answer. You spend money to recruit talent and retain talent.

Or you don't spend it on recruitment and end up with talent that maybe you are paying them well but they can get the same money and compete at a higher level somewhere else. Or you don't spend on retention but do spend on talent and then you have to hope each mishmash works out each season.

We spend on retention but the moment a few players don't pan out, that's going to get stressed.

Seems to me the ideal is a hybrid model where you pay for one or two top players every 1-2 seasons (while still looking for fit and culture) and you pay to retain your top 5-6 players. Thus, setting up a team with 6-8 talented and experienced players you can mix in with recruits.
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I see that being possible for Purdue. One area it gets a bit more difficult for Purdue is the huge number of sets Purdue uses currently versus if that is maintained down the road...
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How long can Boiler Basketball avoid being portaled?

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Boiler8285 said:
As I sit in dismay staring at the wrapped Eva Hudson NIL jerseys I bought to give my family for Christmas I can't help but wonder how long until men's basketball gets poached. There is a reason we are seeing so many high level teams with so many 4th and 5th year players. My nightmare is that some big dollar program decides they are just a point guard away from the Natty and decide to throw a Brink's truck of cash at Smith. Does he take a couple Mil for one year and a chance for a real run at another FF or does he hang around and hope DJ heals and a bunch of sophomores start playing like seniors? It would be hard to fault him either way. He probably will make more in NIL than ever will as a pro. It is one thing for a Haarms, Newman or Isaiah Thompson to move down to get PT but in the NIL world our all-conference or even an all-american could get bought by big money from a top ten team. The unlimited transfer and unrestricted NIL have destroyed the NCAA. God bless Painter if he sticks around and is able to navigate this nonsense.
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Pretty obvious answer. You spend money to recruit talent and retain talent.

Or you don't spend it on recruitment and end up with talent that maybe you are paying them well but they can get the same money and compete at a higher level somewhere else. Or you don't spend on retention but do spend on talent and then you have to hope each mishmash works out each season.

We spend on retention but the moment a few players don't pan out, that's going to get stressed.

Seems to me the ideal is a hybrid model where you pay for one or two top players every 1-2 seasons (while still looking for fit and culture) and you pay to retain your top 5-6 players. Thus, setting up a team with 6-8 talented and experienced players you can mix in with recruits.
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Ihaveswag29 said:
How in the world would Gonzaga have better nil than us?
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Because we are filled with old school folks who just want to complain about how much better it was in the old days instead of getting with the new way and embracing it.

It's not like we don't have plenty of money both from alumni and being in the Big 10.
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When will something be done to fix the portal?

qazplm
New Pal Boiler said:
No, bowl game ratings haven’t been “fine”.

The networks are expecting “blockbuster”, not “fine” TV ratings for CFP. If they don’t get that, they will force change... I.e tying payments to playing the entire season.
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General college football ratings have been more than fine, they've been historic in some cases this season over the past 15 years.

I'm sure college bowl ratings as a whole may not have been enough pre playoffs because not enough people cared about the Crest Toothpaste Plaque Bowl between two 6-6 teams to begin with.

Thus the college football playoffs. And now the expanded playoffs which will draw plenty of eyeballs.

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As seen above, the last college playoffs had very good ratings.

These will have even better. And the final four teams will have mega ratings EVEN if a handful of players don't play, because they are packed with talent. And even if there are blowouts, they happen, like 22-23 game that was an insane blowout. Didn't affect the next championship rating at all, they increased from 17 million to 25 million. And 17 million is really good even in a blowout since the average bowl game viewership across all bowls last season was about 4.5 million. 17 million would be second in ratings just behind Sunday Night football.

You can believe it's all about to collapse because a few college kids sit out, but it's not.
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When will something be done to fix the portal?

qazplm
SunnyFL24 said:
In the crap bowls yes...not the ones mainly in the college playoffs...TV ratings in past few years have been garbage as well as fan support in most bowls due to players opting out for portal and NFL combines..hence the Purdue - LSU game and score.
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I mean that score would have been a blowout either way, just a smaller one.

The ratings for the final four aren't going to tank because a couple of players say out.

I get people want them to because they hate the changes, but it's not going to happen. Not in any meaningful way
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How long can Boiler Basketball avoid being portaled?

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Boiler8285 said:
As I sit in dismay staring at the wrapped Eva Hudson NIL jerseys I bought to give my family for Christmas I can't help but wonder how long until men's basketball gets poached. There is a reason we are seeing so many high level teams with so many 4th and 5th year players. My nightmare is that some big dollar program decides they are just a point guard away from the Natty and decide to throw a Brink's truck of cash at Smith. Does he take a couple Mil for one year and a chance for a real run at another FF or does he hang around and hope DJ heals and a bunch of sophomores start playing like seniors? It would be hard to fault him either way. He probably will make more in NIL than ever will as a pro. It is one thing for a Haarms, Newman or Isaiah Thompson to move down to get PT but in the NIL world our all-conference or even an all-american could get bought by big money from a top ten team. The unlimited transfer and unrestricted NIL have destroyed the NCAA. God bless Painter if he sticks around and is able to navigate this nonsense.
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Gonzaga came after Braden after his fresh year. He could be tempted after this year.
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