Spell looking around.

[Lazy Dave]

No problem with taking visits, it's the hubris of "these are the teams that could flip me". Why the drama? I say Bush league!

Interviewer?

I don't think it's any different than Elee (Maryland verbal, 5* DE) saying we are one of 3 teams he still talks to. It drives clicks. It drives his value. We hope Elee flips.

Just how it goes. Same with Oregon 5* OT verbal who is visiting us for the White Out.

 

[The Spin Meister]

I don't like this reality, but investigate all options, even if it's for negotiation leverage. It could be worth maybe an extra $200k or more.

He committed as a sophomore. He does well this year he might get a couple million more.

 

[joejohn]

I think you proved my point with the JS scandal. PSU attendance only fell to 97,000 after the JS scandal. Isn't it amazing that 97,000 fans would still come to games knowing that the team was hit with sanctions and prohibited from post season play.

I agree that in the long term fans are more excited to watch a competitive team that has a chance to win a championship (or just beat a rival like OSU). My example assumed that most of the elite players would go to a professional minor league where they would be paid. PSU would still be competitive because the top players from OSU, Michigan, Oregon, etc would also go to the minor league teams. I contend that college teams wouldn't lose fans to the minor league teams who have better players. Just look at the UFL who only gets 13k fans per game.

The BoT NCAA and B10 all combined to crap on Penn State.

 

[Pnnylion]

The only reason a player would pick another school over PSU is if there was a lot of money involved.

 

[Bison13]

While he’s probably looking around just because that’s what teenagers do and he’s being fed lots of offers from other schools, it’s what the recruiting industry makes you do as well. A few years ago, I knew the number one recruit in the entire country as well as a few other top 300 kids over the past few years and if you commit early, you definitely run the risk of your ranking dropping. Plus, they want you to tell the country that you’re still considering certain schools or else they’ll drop you.