Transfer portal

[JMM28]

Yeah those numbers are not at all accurate. And there's no reporting system set up so unless the school, player, or collective opt to make them public there is no way of actually knowing.

Correct.

on3 assigns value to every athlete based on their social media followers. In some states, disclosure of NIL deals is law. But for HOTB contracts, the numbers will never be public for many reasons.

And we can compete with just about anyone in the country, frankly.

[ManMythLegend]

Yeah those numbers are not at all accurate. And there's no reporting system set up so unless the school, player, or collective opt to make them public there is no way of actually knowing.

[Da Coach]

I think it's safe to say we can totally ignore those NIL estimates from the On3.com website. They don't appear to actually research or source any of their estimated NIL amounts. They probably just make them up.

[JMG95]

Those numbers are WAY low for Leon!

[PhiAlphaBoy]

yoda, if I'm reading this right those numbers for Leons seem awfully low. Is this saying he's only earning around $9,000 from NIL? I would expect him to be getting significantly more than that.

[yoda]

Wonder where HOTB lands in the budget range. I'd heard (not sure on the accuracy) what the players got last year. I wonder if that pot has grown or stayed the same.

One of their founding members told me some figures.... they are small by comparison to anything you hear from Power Conf schools. Obviously the players aren't gonna say no and given the alternative, all the BU players are going to partake. But even our top players aren't getting a fraction of what they'd get if they headed to a Big Ten bottom dweller (Nebraska) or an A-10 bottom dweller from the east coast (URI).
Hard as it is to believe, Rhode Island's Athletic Department's budget is twice what Bradley's is and they seem to come up with a lot of $$ when needed -- they are paying their new head coach in the range of $2 mil per year- https://turnto10.com/i-team/universi...-championships

obviously the figures are just estimates, but there is a website dedicated to tracking NIL money and you can compare the players from Bradley to the ones from Rhode Island or Nebraska.

Bradley- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...team-key=20387
Rhode Island- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...?team-key=8917
Nebraska- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...team-key=16674
(they got track & VB players making 5 times what Bradley players make (*estimates- and most that you will see are on the low side))

[ManMythLegend]

Wonder where HOTB lands in the budget range. I'd heard (not sure on the accuracy) what the players got last year. I wonder if that pot has grown or stayed the same.

[Stryker]

Those $3-$4M pots are probably Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, etc. Not anything too unexpected imo. What's more interesting to me was the estimated A10 numbers, and if we can get any other mid-major numbers at some point, that would be very interesting to see.

[KillerB]

Another Tweet I ran across today talking about the money being thrown around by big time programs:
Andy Wittry
@AndyWittry
Here’s how collectives approach men’s basketball’s first transfer portal window. - Players might meet with a collective while on a visit - High end of offers is reportedly ~$800,000 - Collectives not involved in recruiting still face fundraising pressure on3.com/nil/news/colle…

[tomahawk chop]

Hopefully that approach is pervasive. Good for him.

Agree, it should be about the players that want to stay and play for the school and the coach that brought them there and took a chance on them.

[Nashville Cat]

An interesting tidbit I ran across this afternoon from SLU coach Travis Ford:
Ford said he's encountered some players with NIL agents, who are inserting themselves into the process and throwing out six-figure dollar amounts. “We quickly say, ‘we’re out of this game.’ We tell them if they can get it, go get it. I want a kid who wants to be here.”

Hopefully that approach is pervasive. Good for him.

[KillerB]

An interesting tidbit I ran across this afternoon from SLU coach Travis Ford:
Ford said he's encountered some players with NIL agents, who are inserting themselves into the process and throwing out six-figure dollar amounts. “We quickly say, ‘we’re out of this game.’ We tell them if they can get it, go get it. I want a kid who wants to be here.”

[Da Coach]

Didn't they just get another post? Probably why he is leaving.

The only other new transfer portal kid Murray State got that I saw was this kid- a 6'6" shooting guard from Mercer University, Shawn Walker--
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...165#post510165

But they did pick up this juco transfer- 6'10" Malek Abdelgowad -

https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/sports/murray-state-picks-up-commitment-from-malek-abdelgowad/article_8b762382-d813-11ed-997a-833db704add8.html

This latest kid to leave Murray State, Marion Lestin (see above), is probably leaving because the coach doesn't ever play him.

[egib52]

Another Murray State plyer enters the portal-
Marlon Lestin, a 6'9" sophomore who is originally from Montreal, and spent his freshman year at East Carolina Univ. This past season at Murray State, he only appeared in 7 games for a total of 10 minutes of playing time, and he was scoreless. He did not play in either game against Bradley
Bio- https://goracers.com/sports/mens-bas...on-lestin/9362
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../marlon-lestin

Didn't they just get another post? Probably why he is leaving.

[Da Coach]

Another Murray State plyer enters the portal-
Marlon Lestin, a 6'9" sophomore who is originally from Montreal, and spent his freshman year at East Carolina Univ. This past season at Murray State, he only appeared in 7 games for a total of 10 minutes of playing time, and he was scoreless. He did not play in either game against Bradley
Bio- https://goracers.com/sports/mens-bas...on-lestin/9362
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../marlon-lestin