@Good Knight posted:As an aside, the scouts will be more numerous at Fall ball because they really need to see these kids play.
I think they are more numerous in summer ball right before the draft. A lot happens in 10 months.
Our younger guys are still going to summer ball if they did not get to play. I have 3 guys staying with us playing in Coastal Plains. BTW, Coastal Plains does not let you play if you are in portal unless they have changed rules. You have to be on a college roster to play.
There are guys planning on leaving schools where they have been big contributors, I believe for the first time ever, for the money. They see what guys like Tommy White and Paul Skenes got at LSU for going in the portal and they will follow suit. How can you blame a kid for wanting to get paid millions to play in college rather than just a scholarship. The big money schools who have backers willing to support baseball will just get better. LSU was the perfect example of bringing in the proven guys rather than the unknown. Their proven portal guys have been their backbone. I just wonder if guys like Tre Morgan and Dylan Crews got paid like Skenes and White. Not bashing LSU just the most known situation in D1 baseball. I wonder if the money keeps coming into them or will it depend on whether they win the National Championship or not.
@3and2Fastball posted:Ding ding ding we have a winner.
On a much smaller lever but still something to watch: Some Private School D3’s are offering a lot more academic money than in the past to build powerhouse teams. Since the sport isn’t a money maker and it’s just D3 you wouldn’t think that’d be the case but they have wealthy alumni too and they want to win.
The Ivies could be the top players in any sport they desire with NIL’s if so motivated. Imagine the NIL endowment fund they could build.
Harvard: Excuse me, Mr Zuckerberg. Do you have a spare billion we could use to dominate college sports? Mr Gates and Mr Ballmer said they would be happy to ante up a billion.
@RJM posted:The Ivies could be the top players in any sport they desire with NIL’s if so motivated. Imagine the NIL endowment fund they could build.
Harvard: Excuse me, Mr Zuckerberg. Do you have a spare billion we could use to dominate college sports? Mr Gates and Mr Ballmer said they would be happy to ante up a billion.
Weather generally sucks there for baseball tho. Maybe other sports.