Myles Foster officially enters Transfer Portal!

[ScoreboardDotRace]

We aren’t offering the hundreds of thousands + a lambo or whatever car it was Reeves got from UK. We had a more than fair offer and probably more than you’d expect.

But what are we offering a conference all-newcomer team selection?

 

[BirdGrad2011]

But what are we offering a conference all-newcomer team selection?

More than Avila got in his $30,000 this year

 

[jnolan52]

The only way to make progress is big donors. I think that's why Pedon's strategy is roster stability and player development, as much as possible.

Good luck with that!

 

[WoodlandWarrior]

Outside of a basketball related job I would think prospective employers would be hesitant to hire people with a hodgepodge of transcripts from multiple schools. It shows instability, indecision, and perhaps a perception of immaturity.

 

[ScoreboardDotRace]

ISU just needs to start backloading NIL offerings like the Shohei Ohtani deal. That way we can get the players now, but defer a majority of the payments to 2030.

 

[BirdGrad2011]

ISU just needs to start backloading NIL offerings like the Shohei Ohtani deal. That way we can get the players now, but defer a majority of the payments to 2030.

“Well give you 500k spread out over the next 15 years”

 

[Rollbirds5]

just need to win this next Powerball drawing, then I’ll have our NIL up in no time

 

[CaliRdBrd]

They always have been. He didn't leave for that. He's leaving (I assume to be fair) for NIL. And I always will say, the players deserve to be paid. But the ability to just transfer plus NIL is just a recipe for disaster. Schools are losing 60%+ of their teams. It's unatonable. And it's going to destroy interest.

If you’re gonna pay the players, then remove any and all scholarships and make them pay their own tuition.

 

[CaliRdBrd]

Outside of a basketball related job I would think prospective employers would be hesitant to hire people with a hodgepodge of transcripts from multiple schools. It shows instability, indecision, and perhaps a perception of immaturity.

Not nowadays. It’s a different world.

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

I hate that players get paid. They already did with a free education, housing and food. That's a big investment from a university. Oh well it it's what it is.

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

I wish Myles nothing but the best and I hope he adds a better left hand to truly reach his potential. He can make a lot of money overseas if he can add that into his arsenal.

 

[91Bird]

I have one child who is a freshman playing a sport at a Division III school and another one who is starting their college search and will hopefully end up playing their sport at a Division III school. We like that at level the student comes before athlete. Neither of them are going to play their sport professionally and we don't want them both living in our basement forever so their academics need to come first.

My point is I wonder if the academic side of things even comes into play in most Division I money making sports. Like...this is a good school for the major I want to go in so I'm going to go here. I suppose going to 3, 4, or 5 colleges an athlete can still end up with a degree from the last school they decide to go to and with the current landscape, money talks.

Like everyone else has already said, it just sucks for non-power conference teams and I feel like it's already hurting the interest for a lot of fans.

I was really expecting to hear more roster movement for the Birds but it appears we'll just roll with most of the same team we had this past year.

 

[Manchester Matt]

I have one child who is a freshman playing a sport at a Division III school and another one who is starting their college search and will hopefully end up playing their sport at a Division III school. We like that at level the student comes before athlete. Neither of them are going to play their sport professionally and we don't want them both living in our basement forever so their academics need to come first.

My point is I wonder if the academic side of things even comes into play in most Division I money making sports. Like...this is a good school for the major I want to go in so I'm going to go here. I suppose going to 3, 4, or 5 colleges an athlete can still end up with a degree from the last school they decide to go to and with the current landscape, money talks.

Like everyone else has already said, it just sucks for non-power conference teams and I feel like it's already hurting the interest for a lot of fans.

I was really expecting to hear more roster movement for the Birds but it appears we'll just roll with most of the same team we had this past year.

The portal closes in a month. Players are entering every day. I don’t understand the narrative from a bunch of people here that we are rolling with most of the same team.

We will have five new players as it stands and this portal season is far from done.

 

[Birdfriend72]

I just don't care anymore. Screw the NCAA. It sucks for ISU as an institution, but I just don't care.

Mid majors will need to decide at some point which big money sport are they going to be a big dog in? Football or Basketball? You can’t allocate funds for both and expect to be a big dog these days. That’s reserved for Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Texas come to mind. ISU will have to have FBS ambitions at some point- or it will drag the athletic departments budget down.

 

[Birdfriend72]

Good luck with that!

That requires winning and making the Tournament! Something we seem to be allergic too!

 

[TBS_20]

When they're labeled employees instead of students we can have them sign multi year contracts to keep the turnover down.

 

[MadBird]

First off, I hate the portal, not too fond of NIL they way it has started off, and definitely not a fan of how it is affecting college sports.

I truly believe this is all gonna change, not back to the way it "was", but too many people, in "high places" - think Tom Izzo and Nick Saban - don't like the way things are going and so the wild west era will change, somehow someway, in a year or two or three.

We've gotta stop taking the "woe is me" attitude about this - it isn't just happening to "mid-majors", or DII and DIII and NAIA. Wisconsin lost its best player to the portal, Dain Dainja is in the portal, Minnesota lost 3 players to the portal, Alabama lost 4, on and on. Sadly, this is where things are for now, itinerant basketball. Foster showed up at our door, we got two Big 10 transfers - who for sure haven't worked out like we all planned, including Coach Pedon I'm sure. We're gonna get more guys from the portal, and we'll probably like some and not like others.

Coaches leave, now take a handful of "their guys" with them. Okay. Musical chairs ensues - players looking for greener pastures. Some of it will come down to NIL, but there's too many players looking for a place for them all to get "the big bucks".

Others have suggested, turn the scholarships into contracts and lets see what happens.

I totally buy into 91Bird up above, my endorsement goes to "STUDENT"-athletes and any fan who wants to follow a semi-pro team or league is invited to move on.

 

[Phantom]

It sucks. It always will. You CAN get fortunate and flip it in a hurry like Drake and Indy State have done, but it can also disappear overnight like SIU. These days, you have to literally plan year-by-year because of roster turnover. So can we get lucky and have a big year next year? Sure. Weirder things have happened. But the days of "building" a mid-major program are over. The NCAA tourney will be next. So we better make it back soon, or we may miss that chance forever. What a turd that would be if the tourney (as we know it) goes away before we can get back there.

 

[GOP_Redbird]

Myles Foster is transferring as a “GRAD” but there certainly needs to be a (1) Transfer limit as an undergrad.

 

[Redbird222]

Just because they enter the portal doesn't mean he's gone, but likely. Can't remember who, but we had one person enter and withdraw.

I don't blame any of the players for looking for more money now that it's okay. Recruiting becomes more important than ever.

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