Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Hoosierfanyuh]

According to Illinois 247 we’ve offered Adam miller a 7 figure deal lol

[HoosierFan1994]

11 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

You’re not quite calibrated correctly for this year. An all-American type is closer to $5m per the little bits of info you can find.

Hell, BYU is allegedly paying an incoming freshman $6m+

 

Insane.

[ronzo4IU]

45 minutes ago, hoosierbannerd said:

how did pUKe get PUke co-eds to agree to this?...

There has to be a pipeline I’m guessing :)

[ronzo4IU]

42 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

UK will be a top 5 team next year if they Wilkerson 

In the Kentucky Derby?

[rayl456]

5 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Insane.

The money pro athletes make in every sports business is insane.  

[CSP]

7 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

The money pro athletes make in every sports business is insane.  

so... they're pros? 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

so... they're pros? 

They’re being paid like them.

 

also Rabby said Branhams latest update is UK & IU are running side by side to the finish line haha

[DChoosier]

2 hours ago, rayl456 said:

HSN guys say IU offer to Wilkerson is 2.8m and UK is 1.9m.

I caught some flack yesterday for saying it appeared Wilkerson preferred UK but if the above numbers are true it sure seems that way.
 If we are indeed offering an extra 500k-900k  more than UK, and he prefers IU, you would think it would take him 2 seconds to commit to us.
If he was torn 50/50 between the two schools, and we offered an extra 500-900k, maybe it would take him 3 seconds to decide.

We will see but in any case it looks like we have a lot of irons in the fire right now and I think we will end up with a decent/good team with a much better brand of offense.

EDIT: all of this is a guessing game but a very positive scenario would be that Livingston really wants to win and is delaying to see if it looks like we are going to land other talented guys. As always…who knows 

 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Huge decision for LW and his family, but this wait is painful. 

[CSP]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

They’re being paid like them.

 

also Rabby said Branhams latest update is UK & IU are running side by side to the finish line haha

of course. pump whatever needs to be pumped to ensure people listen to them both until LW has committed

 

"They're being paid like them"... yes, but they don't provide the entertainment value or the level of play the pros do. These kids are nothing without the brand they wear.  

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Yeah, you’d think that sizable of an NIL discrepancy would make this an easy decision if he viewed both options relatively similarly. 

[BA47591]

The other fanbases are throwing these numbers out there assuming from last year, plus inflation, we're buying away players they want. Conwell and McNeely were 1.5m dollar guys and I'll wager Wilkerson is in that neighborhood.  

[AZ Hoosier]

7 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

so... they're pros? 

effectively, yes...

[rayl456]

10 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

so... they're pros? 

Yeah…in my mind, they are.

[DChoosier]

3 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

The other fanbases are throwing these numbers out there assuming from last year, plus inflation, we're buying away players they want. Conwell and McNeely were 1.5m dollar guys and I'll wager Wilkerson is in that neighborhood.  

I’d put him above McNeelys 1.5 simply because there seems to be a great deal of wage inflation this off-season.

That being said it’s really hard to estimate/guess. Many thought Flagg was in the $2,000,000 range but the WSJ recently published an article stating that Duke finance bro’s came up with $4,800,000 for Flagg. Kind of crazy but who even knows which of those numbers are close.

[DChoosier]

15 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

so... they're pros? 

I think so as they are making a ton of money for their craft and I can’t even imagine some of the “3-4 schools in 4 years” guys being in classrooms. Wouldn’t surprise me if some of the schools have a number of players with a very heavy dose of online classes. When is the last time we heard of a player being academically ineligible during the season?
Who can blame the players. They are expected to play on multiple week-nights, go on cross country trips and work well over 40 hours a week.

[GloryDays]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

That was said about Kansas last year

And we were a favorite to contend for a BIG title. Popes not Woody though so there's that.

[CSP]

Just now, DChoosier said:

I think so as they are making a ton of money for their craft and I can’t even imagine some of the “3-4 schools in 4 years” guys being in classrooms. Wouldn’t surprise me if some of the schools have a number of players with a very heavy dose of online classes. When is the last time we heard of a player being academically ineligible during the season?
Who can blame the players. They are expected to play on multiple week-nights, go on cross country trips and work well over 40 hours a week.

wow. how tough for them

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

1 hour ago, MonteMarcaccini said:

FWIW- The Athletic had an article today about the “missing piece” for 2026 title contenders.  They detailed Purdue, Duke, FL, BYU and Tex Tech.  And mentioned three others- Houston, UConn and  Arizona, as other teams with a near complete roster.  No mention of UK.

No mention of IU?

[DChoosier]

16 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

of course. pump whatever needs to be pumped to ensure people listen to them both until LW has committed

 

"They're being paid like them"... yes, but they don't provide the entertainment value or the level of play the pros do. These  kids are nothing without the brand they wear.  

You could say the same thing about most NBA players.  Put together a league with 200 non-superstar (but still making 5-10mm) NBA guys, without their Celtic/Laker uniforms, and I’m guessing there would be very little fan interest.