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Post by maigrey on Nov 26, 2024 19:21:38 GMT -5
I know it’s a completely different sport, but I wonder if it is happening in volleyball. Bryce Underwood, the number one recruit in the country in football flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan, basically was bought by a donor of Michigan. Barstool Sports just posted how it happened. My question is if people think this is truly happening in volleyball? I just really don’t think the money is quite there in volleyball NIL to influence players that much to either transfer or flip commitments. Maybe people have insider info that this is happening in volleyball that I definitely do not, but I can’t see it. IMO players chase championships in this sport more than they do NIL money. I posted this in this thread because there are lots of posters who think players didn’t transfer to their team because another school had more NIL money. It 100% happens in volleyball. It happened last year with an ex-gopher. |
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Post by widdledumpling on Nov 26, 2024 19:24:37 GMT -5
I love KMart for the reminder that we have no idea what is going on
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Post by gopherhim on Nov 26, 2024 19:24:59 GMT -5
With all the senior nights that have happened or are happening this week... What’s the tea on redshirt juniors that are academically seniors who weren’t honored on senior night? Who on the teams you follow most closely seem to be using up their eligibility on their current team based on senior night honorees?
As pointed out in the Minnesota thread, Lauren Crowl and Kali Engeman were freshmen in 2021 and redshirt juniors this season, but aren’t being honored for senior night. At this time it feels safe to assume they’re leaning towards using their fifth year to stay Gophers. (Phoebe Awoleye chose to be honored last season before later deciding to stay for her 5th year, thank Oz.)
So tea on who (likely) won’t be in the portal. Un-tea?
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Post by skolgophers on Nov 26, 2024 19:25:57 GMT -5
I know it’s a completely different sport, but I wonder if it is happening in volleyball. Bryce Underwood, the number one recruit in the country in football flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan, basically was bought by a donor of Michigan. Barstool Sports just posted how it happened. My question is if people think this is truly happening in volleyball? I just really don’t think the money is quite there in volleyball NIL to influence players that much to either transfer or flip commitments. Maybe people have insider info that this is happening in volleyball that I definitely do not, but I can’t see it. IMO players chase championships in this sport more than they do NIL money. I posted this in this thread because there are lots of posters who think players didn’t transfer to their team because another school had more NIL money. It 100% happens in volleyball. It happened last year with an ex-gopher. Is there proof of this? |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 26, 2024 19:29:55 GMT -5
It 100% happens in volleyball. It happened last year with an ex-gopher. Is there proof of this? Yes, but none that's going to be posted on a public forum, or even in DMs, but it's been verified by multiple sources. |
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Post by rtael on Nov 26, 2024 19:34:49 GMT -5
Pot. Kettle. Lol. I don't think anyone is afraid to say, in person, bad %*$# about Hawaii. What, are big bad Wahine fans gonna beat them up? You may also eat sh!t, in fact you 2 can share! ☺️ Bye, crazy person. |
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Post by skolgophers on Nov 26, 2024 19:39:44 GMT -5
Yes, but none that's going to be posted on a public forum, or even in DMs, but it's been verified by multiple sources. So, you’re saying there was no way she was going to choose Nebraska to try to win a title? It was NIL only that pushed her to Nebraska? |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 26, 2024 20:03:12 GMT -5
Yes, but none that's going to be posted on a public forum, or even in DMs, but it's been verified by multiple sources. So, you’re saying there was no way she was going to choose Nebraska to try to win a title? It was NIL only that pushed her to Nebraska? I am saying this was discussed to death last year when it happened. She was verbally committed to another championship-level team until someone came in with a giant NIL offer, and suddenly she signed with Nebraska. Exactly what happened with your football example, and what you were asking to see if that happened in volleyball. And to be clear, that was her right to do that, and I don't have any anger about it. It was just odd, because Neb didn't need more OHs; she was on the bench for the first half of the season. |
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Post by skolgophers on Nov 26, 2024 20:18:16 GMT -5
So, you’re saying there was no way she was going to choose Nebraska to try to win a title? It was NIL only that pushed her to Nebraska? I am saying this was discussed to death last year when it happened. She was verbally committed to another championship-level team until someone came in with a giant NIL offer, and suddenly she signed with Nebraska. Exactly what happened with your football example, and what you were asking to see if that happened in volleyball. And to be clear, that was her right to do that, and I don't have any anger about it. It was just odd, because Neb didn't need more OHs; she was on the bench for the first half of the season. Crazy if true. I guess I wasn’t aware this was discussed to death last year so my bad. |
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Post by jwvolley on Nov 26, 2024 20:21:41 GMT -5
So, you’re saying there was no way she was going to choose Nebraska to try to win a title? It was NIL only that pushed her to Nebraska? I am saying this was discussed to death last year when it happened. She was verbally committed to another championship-level team until someone came in with a giant NIL offer, and suddenly she signed with Nebraska. Exactly what happened with your football example, and what you were asking to see if that happened in volleyball. And to be clear, that was her right to do that, and I don't have any anger about it. It was just odd, because Neb didn't need more OHs; she was on the bench for the first half of the season. She's happy with her choice. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 26, 2024 20:29:16 GMT -5
I know it’s a completely different sport, but I wonder if it is happening in volleyball. Bryce Underwood, the number one recruit in the country in football flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan, basically was bought by a donor of Michigan. Barstool Sports just posted how it happened. My question is if people think this is truly happening in volleyball? I just really don’t think the money is quite there in volleyball NIL to influence players that much to either transfer or flip commitments. Maybe people have insider info that this is happening in volleyball that I definitely do not, but I can’t see it. IMO players chase championships in this sport more than they do NIL money. I posted this in this thread because there are lots of posters who think players didn’t transfer to their team because another school had more NIL money. Why are they even allowed to speak to him if he's already committed to LSU? Not sure why you are asking this. Underwood was only verbally committed to LSU and the first football signing day is not for another eight days. This is not uncommon in football recruiting (except perhaps the size of the NIL deal), especially at this time of the year. |
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Post by skolgophers on Nov 26, 2024 20:34:08 GMT -5
Why are they even allowed to speak to him if he's already committed to LSU? Not sure why you are asking this. Underwood was only verbally committed to LSU and the first football signing day is not for another eight days. This is not uncommon in football recruiting (except perhaps the size of the NIL deal), especially at this time of the year. The question was related to if volleyball boosters are calling up players in the portal and trying to sway them (similar to this Underwood situation) with NIL packages. You hear people speculate all the time about it, but imo it didn’t seem to be THAT big of a factor, but apparently was for one player. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 26, 2024 21:57:15 GMT -5
Not sure why you are asking this. Underwood was only verbally committed to LSU and the first football signing day is not for another eight days. This is not uncommon in football recruiting (except perhaps the size of the NIL deal), especially at this time of the year. The question was related to if volleyball boosters are calling up players in the portal and trying to sway them (similar to this Underwood situation) with NIL packages. You hear people speculate all the time about it, but imo it didn’t seem to be THAT big of a factor, but apparently was for one player. It wasn't boosters doing the calling. |
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Post by skolgophers on Nov 26, 2024 21:59:45 GMT -5
The question was related to if volleyball boosters are calling up players in the portal and trying to sway them (similar to this Underwood situation) with NIL packages. You hear people speculate all the time about it, but imo it didn’t seem to be THAT big of a factor, but apparently was for one player. It wasn't boosters doing the calling. ? The underwood situation certainly was. The one who set up the call with said booster/player spoke directly about it in a podcast. If we are talking about Landfair, I wasn’t aware that was more than speculation until about an hour ago, so… |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 26, 2024 22:10:28 GMT -5
It wasn't boosters doing the calling. ? The underwood situation certainly was. The one who set up the call with said booster/player spoke directly about it in a podcast. If we are talking about Landfair, I wasn’t aware that was more than speculation until about an hour ago, so… There were certainly a number of conversations that preceded the call that you are referencing. This possibility of a flip started being discussed was well known several weeks ago on college football recruiting sites that had no connection to Michigan and LSU. Also that Michigan was going all-in (NIL money) to get Underwood. If you think it was just the booster involved and not the Michigan AD/coaching staff/NIL collective, you're being a bit naive. |
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