Myles Foster officially enters Transfer Portal!

[Phantom]

"You have kids now demanding million-dollar deals FFS"

And, they should. The universities have been making a killing on their backs for decades. Does it suck for a university like ISU? Of course, but you cant be annoyed with the kids.

Like I said in my post above that one...I don't blame the kids really. If they're allowed to do it and have the opportunity, go for it. Take what you can while you can. I despise the intangibles of it all, but I get it.

 

[Phantom]

This is why Pedon needs to have an eye for the kid that exits that P5 program that can step in and help immediately! It seems the P5 is more focused on poaching transfers than looking at High School kids, Jucos and maintaining their own solid players. We only need to win the Valley Tournament to get to the dance. That has to be our focus for now. If we can get back to respectability we can then focus on becoming a mid major power!

That would be an interesting way this could go, maybe. If P5s are focusing more on getting soph/junior transfers from mids, and mids are being forced into playing the farm system role, then why not shamelessly go after 5-star HS kids and be like "I don't care that [insert P5] is recruiting you, you come play for us for a year or two instead of sitting the bench there, then transfer to [insert P5] and start right away and get 3x the money because you're an established player." So mids officially become feeders for the big boys. Load up on 5 star underclassmen and upperclassmen P5 transfers. Sounds easy. Maybe those conversations happen already, who knows.

I kid, of course. But sorta not really

 

[Red Rocker]

I am with Quinn, after 40 years of season tix I am out. I quit 2 years ago. Yea, I will always love the Redbirds but it’s no longer anything you can invest time, money, or emotion in.

Pedon has no chance. He didn’t bring 5 studs with him so he is toast. ISU will never be able to pay, our alums are teachers making $30k a year no disrespect, just not tons of cash available to get into the blind auction for basketball players.

Drake just got nuked and ISU Blue prolly as well as looks like Schertz is leaving. You honestly think if Walker and Kinzinger are studs this year they return for their Jr year?

can’t fight people with 100x more money than us.

Texas (thru their specially designed non university NiL fund) spend $125mil on NIL last year for football, I am sure basketball was a ton too. At least the NFL has a salary cap.

It’s over for mid majors.

 

[Metamoron]

I was a season ticket holder for 20+ years. Drove from Peoria area every game. Was transferred overseas. Kept season tickets while I was gone and gave to friends and family and even donated and had FB season tix for several years. Retired and moved to Florida. Kept my ISU tickets for 8 years. Kept giving to friends. Even got season tix to FGCU. This year I dropped both season tix for NCAA basketball. Instead, I got season tickets for local minor league hockey team. Enjoying it a hell of a lot more. Tired of NCAA. Tired of how MMs are treated. Tired of the greed. I have watched one NCAA game (Drake) and 2 NIT (ISU blue). Haven’t missed anything. Obviously still follow iSU or I wouldnt be reading this board.

 

[fdbird83]

Is there a link with all of the schools that have kids in the portal?

 

[Bird Friend]

Is there a link with all of the schools that have kids in the portal?

Verbal commits lists all the transfers, and you can sort by school, either old or new. VC used to allow you to sort by position and star-ranking, but have moved those features to their new subscriptions. It’s all about the $$.

 

[Birdfriend72]

I am with Quinn, after 40 years of season tix I am out. I quit 2 years ago. Yea, I will always love the Redbirds but it’s no longer anything you can invest time, money, or emotion in.

Pedon has no chance. He didn’t bring 5 studs with him so he is toast. ISU will never be able to pay, our alums are teachers making $30k a year no disrespect, just not tons of cash available to get into the blind auction for basketball players.

Drake just got nuked and ISU Blue prolly as well as looks like Schertz is leaving. You honestly think if Walker and Kinzinger are studs this year they return for their Jr year?

can’t fight people with 100x more money than us.

Texas (thru their specially designed non university NiL fund) spend $125mil on NIL last year for football, I am sure basketball was a ton too. At least the NFL has a salary cap.

It’s over for mid majors.

This isn’t true. ISU was able to renovate Hancock and build a football practice facility. There is no reason they can’t find 1 million dollars a year to find a coach. Bradley and UNI are close to that number. They will need to make a priority to put a winning product on the court. They took the fans for granted for 10 years as the program spiraled! The NCAA is making in known this is a business not an extra curricular activity!

 

[Phantom]

Just tack on another $50-100 for each student as a new fee. There's 1-2 million right there. Problem solved

 

[BringBackPokeyStix]

Any new updates on Myles? Does anyone know which schools have contacted him yet?

 

[Pistol1957]

 

[Pistol1957]

Last 2 schools are George Mason and St. Bonaventure

 

[Hamdonger]

"You have kids now demanding million-dollar deals FFS"

And, they should.

This still makes me ill. I'm not sure how we got here, and I'm not sure how it survives. I imagine, not all, but most kids at P6 programs do an online study for 'class'...and I imagine someone covers their online attendance as well. I imagine the majority of P6 basketball players are not giving ANY time to being an academic student. I realize a form of this has taken place for eons, and I have played a part in supporting it, yes I have...but I'm ready to stop calling them students.

 

[DougSutton]

Selfishly, I'd love to see him at San Diego State. We've got a good thing going out here. Four consecutive NCAA appearances including back to back Sweet 16s and a national championship game appearance and 11 appearances since 2010. The weather and metro area is amazing. SDSU style of play would be a great fit for Myles as well.

 

[isuquinndog]

"You have kids now demanding million-dollar deals FFS"

And, they should. The universities have been making a killing on their backs for decades. Does it suck for a university like ISU? Of course, but you cant be annoyed with the kids.

Fully agree.

Yet the schools are just sitting back, laughing, as they don't have pay a single cent for NIL. Just tell the boosters they need it and it happens and the schools just keep laughing as they cash their $50 million check for just existing in a conference with a TV deal that they didn't have to work for to get.

 

[DougSutton]

Fully agree.

Yet the schools are just sitting back, laughing, as they don't have pay a single cent for NIL. Just tell the boosters they need it and it happens and the schools just keep laughing as they cash their $50 million check for just existing in a conference with a TV deal that they didn't have to work for to get.

One thing that could help with the NIL/portal is for NIL contracts to have a buyout clause of some kind. When coaches sign contracts with a school, it is normal to have individually negotiated buyout clauses. If a young tennis player signs a contract and accepts money from a company (let's use Nike as an example), they have multiple clauses in their contract that include not being able to wear other shoes or apparel while competition. I know a key distinction is that athletes don't sign contracts with universities but instead collectives (or whatever else they're called). That being said, contracts can have clauses in them that all parties agree to.

I'm not sure what this could look like and I know kids could still be "bought out" but at least it might reduce the vulnerability and ease of transferring each year. Kids could still receive a "buyout" but at least it wouldn't be as easy.

 

[dpdoughbird06]

Fully agree.

Yet the schools are just sitting back, laughing, as they don't have pay a single cent for NIL. Just tell the boosters they need it and it happens and the schools just keep laughing as they cash their $50 million check for just existing in a conference with a TV deal that they didn't have to work for to get.

For a brief minute it looked like some admins and coaches might have to take a pay cut, but the good times can keep rolling now that they got the boosters to pay for the talent.

It’d be like my drivers or bartenders working for tips only. State governments that would never go for the latter are oddly totally cool with the NCAA and its members feeling their way blindly into NIL while STILL not paying their players.

 

[Birdfriend72]

Does a player and the organization have to disclose their NiL agreement? If so, is there a site that publishes them?

 

[isuquinndog]

Does a player and the organization have to disclose their NiL agreement? If so, is there a site that publishes them?

No I don't believe so. Most of us don't know if any ISU players have one unless they post about it or are in a commercial.

 

[jwa123]

Supposedly Schertz of Indiana State (or is that St Louis) is folllowing Myles.

 

[Scipio]

Myles is a good MVC player. He was a double/double machine in the MVC. I am sorry to see him in the portal; as we need him but I believe he might not find the grass greener outside of ISU.