Braswell in the portal

athenscock3

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WOW!! That kid was a stud, and a MAJOR reason for their turn around.

When you think about it, the portal is an absolute disaster for baseball. Scholarships are already at a premium. So most guys are paying something to go to school. That NIL money is a big factor in baseball. Potentially bigger than football. It's been said that Brazzy got a $200K NIL deal from LSU...go do your think big fella. I'm certainly happy we didn't match that.
College baseball coach is the toughest job to me, especially building a roster. It's almost like diminishing returns. You recruit the top flight kids and the pros are almost sure to pluck them off. Most will never enroll when the big $$$ are flashed. Now in addition your opponents can flash big $$$ and get him in the portal and steal him. Wish the NCAA nincompoops would reverse themselves since the amature status is shot to sh**. It's been a joke and now it's completely out in the open, so when a kid bums out of pro ball after a couple of years of flaying at curves and sliders let him come to college and play.
 

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College baseball coach is the toughest job to me, especially building a roster. It's almost like diminishing returns. You recruit the top flight kids and the pros are almost sure to pluck them off. Most will never enroll when the big $$$ are flashed. Now in addition your opponents can flash big $$$ and get him in the portal and steal him. Wish the NCAA nincompoops would reverse themselves since the amature status is shot to sh**. It's been a joke and now it's completely out in the open, so when a kid bums out of pro ball after a couple of years of flaying at curves and sliders let him come to college and play.
100%. That's why you've got to have a solid class top to bottom. We don't really have that in this class.
 
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