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Post by Gundo on Sept 12, 2014 14:12:49 GMT -8
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Post by aztecgold on Sept 13, 2014 14:19:40 GMT -8
All one has to do is read Winston Shepard's tweet from yesterday to know that ALL current players and recruits are thinking about the ramifications of the P5 autonomy vote. Hemsley and Jones won't even step foot on campus for another year... well after the first wave of changes are voted on in January. Recruits are making decisions now that will affect (possibly) the next 5+ years of their lives. No one said there is 'no' reason to consider SDSU... but you are being incredibly naïve... if you think all non-P5 recruits aren't seeking counsel/guidance on the big picture. SDSU may very well match all stipends/benefits that the P5 offer, but what if the majority of schools in the MWC don't? How appealing is it going to be for players at SDSU and similar schools to be playing against glorified high school talent? What happens if the P5, in basketball, move towards scheduling only other P5 schools? You may not be thinking about these questions... but I guarantee you that ALL recruits are. ALL the recruits?...you mean to say that you've had intimate conversations with each of the 1000 or so recruits...you must have since you guaranteed this to be true...if not...what exactly are you warranting and why should we trust you to guarantee anything?...what is your track record in similar claims?...I don't recall you ever predicting anything so bold in the past to have come true... If you can't back up your claim with evidence or at least a proven history of being right on other such claims...than you and your guarantees are worthless... This is a VERY important issue and it does affect basketball and not just football so I think the people that don't think it will affect basketball are being naive. However, to be fair, the NCAA tournament currently needs 68 teams so I don't think the Big 5 conference will stop scheduling those teams in basketball although it is a very real possibility in football. However, even in football I doubt that this will happen. Heck, the SEC wants to keep scheduling those patsies and I don't think that will change any time soon.
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