How long can Boiler Basketball avoid being portaled?

[Boiler8285]

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.

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

Yeah saw the VB news earlier today.

Closer to just getting off the train rather than buckling up for for these NIL and portal ventures.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Yeah saw the VB news earlier today.

Closer to just getting off the train rather than buckling up for for these NIL and portal ventures.

At minimum I’ll end up cutting my DISH sports package and all these streaming subscriptions, if it starts happening in hoops too.

Buy tickets every now and then on StubHub if I get an itch to see a game.

 

[pubill]

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.

Gonzaga came after Braden after his fresh year. He could be tempted after this year.

 

[Ihaveswag29]

Gonzaga came after Braden after his fresh year. He could be tempted after this year.

How in the world would Gonzaga have better nil than us?

 

[EdBoiler]

I'm not so worried about losing guys on the roster. We do a pretty good job of compensating comensurate with their longevity and production. We use our NIL for retention. We also spend $0 for acquisition.