Yes I follow basketball, have you followed basketball? Doesn’t seem like it. Do you see the caliber of players we’re recruiting? Have you compared to the caliber of players the competition is recruiting? How can anyone expect us to successfully compete?
You don’t seem to understand the competitive recruiting environment Rutgers faced pre NIL. Players were paid under the table pre NIL. St John’s paid players. Villanova paid players. Seton Hall paid players. Our big ten peers, especially Michigan, paid players.
Despite this adverse environment, Pike built competitive teams which went to the NCAA’s, thanks to hitting three moonshots in Harper, Baker, and Macconnell.
NIL deals became legal to kids July 2021. This really didn’t impact us, since we didn’t have much NIL. But As NIL has become more of a thing it has become harder and harder to recruit, because the moonshots we’ve been recruiting haven’t panned out.
And not having competitive NIL support cost us a chance to keep Spencer for the ‘24 Season, one of the transfers that worked out, and consequently cost us a chance at the tournament.
instead Spencer led UConn to a National Championship.
NIL deals became legal to kids July 2021. This really didn’t impact us, since we didn’t have much NIL. Amounts that used to be paid under the table were now paid legally. So it isn’t surprising to see our classes struggle, because we continue to recruit moonshots, class after class, because we don’t have the support to recruit better players.
