NIL. Not quite a 4-letter word, but it should be. A vile, corrupt, illegitimate vehicle to bring professionalism to college athletics. Profane indeed. D1 college athletics are in total disarray. Conference realignment that makes no sense and de-emphasizes natural regional rivalries that fans want. ...

In one interview Crookham talked about coming to Grace Hall as a fan while growing up, and watching Cruz win the championship. That's how Crookham ended up at Lehigh - very strong early connection. On one hand this underscores the importance of local outreach - it's also the reality check that we'r...

Oracle wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 11:53 am No offense, but a lot of things would be interesting. I'd leave current athletes out of this. Your last sentence answered your own question.

No, I did not answer my own question and neither did you, but other people had intelligent responses so thank you to them.

It would be interesting to hear from Crookham, who must have had a slew of great offers. What factors did he consider and what tipped him to Lehigh? Even if he never considered anywhere else, why not? The same for a few other top recruits. Something seems to work for some cases. Can these factors be...

Logan HS data posted in this thread. 2 time NY state champ & very good recruit. Don’t think he was HEW as he was always touted as one of hard est workers in the room. Just one of those cases of not continuing to outperform at the college level for whatever reason. Many peak in HS. In many cases...

Around 50% of hot prospects never pan out? Why is that? I never knew Logan was that good in HS. I remember he looked better as a freshman than this year. One person said HEW. He did not look injured.

Cornell is private and and Ivy and they are getting tons of top recruits? How are they doing it?

Spladle1989 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:25 pm On this site it's hard to tell the difference some times........

Far more unusual things have happened.

Ha! Someone warned about this in advance.

Is the check in the mail?