04-01-2025, 03:19 PM
It's likely you all don't have all the information.
What would you advise your kid if he was told by his agent that he has these options:
1) A small chance at being selected in the second round, where he will either stick with a team or spend time in the G-League.
2) Get paid $600K in NIL money at <insert good school> for the next 2 years. He will also have a better chance at kicking tail and becoming a first round pick.
3) Stay at Stanford, play out your basketball career with a smaller chance of improving your odds of playing professional ball. You might get some lower amount of NIL money, but you'll get your degree.
NOTE: For options 1 and 2, you could get reinstated at Stanford in order to finish your degree at a later time.
He also might be doing Stanford a favor by entering the portal as it plays a factor in recruiting and allocation of NIL money to incoming recruits. For all you know, KS has been talking with him since the end of the season.
Feel like you should quit with the mercenary, low integrity, rent-a-player insults. The horse has been beaten too often and it's dead. Don't think it's right to continue to judge the players for taking advantage of the new world even though you don't like it. You're not in their shoes, it's not amateurism anymore, let it go....
What would you advise your kid if he was told by his agent that he has these options:
1) A small chance at being selected in the second round, where he will either stick with a team or spend time in the G-League.
2) Get paid $600K in NIL money at <insert good school> for the next 2 years. He will also have a better chance at kicking tail and becoming a first round pick.
3) Stay at Stanford, play out your basketball career with a smaller chance of improving your odds of playing professional ball. You might get some lower amount of NIL money, but you'll get your degree.
NOTE: For options 1 and 2, you could get reinstated at Stanford in order to finish your degree at a later time.
He also might be doing Stanford a favor by entering the portal as it plays a factor in recruiting and allocation of NIL money to incoming recruits. For all you know, KS has been talking with him since the end of the season.
Feel like you should quit with the mercenary, low integrity, rent-a-player insults. The horse has been beaten too often and it's dead. Don't think it's right to continue to judge the players for taking advantage of the new world even though you don't like it. You're not in their shoes, it's not amateurism anymore, let it go....