'23 NV CB Justyn Rhett (Georgia Verbal)

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The best that I can describe it is that Texas A&M was ahead of the curve relative to everyone last year, but Texas also had some pretty bold initiatives. Most others didn't start having anyone step up with NIL "contracts" until this year, and didn't start throwing around promises until the end of last cycle. Now a handful of schools are mirroring their model but with more or less cash depending on the institution. Almost everyone has some sort of "collective."

ISD reported that there are some prominent former players and alums who are going to be the face of a sports marketing group // collective that is in the works. They said that there will be one that is focused on taking care of current players and one that is focused on prospective players, and that the one focused on taking care of current players is further along.

What I continue to hear is that ND's admin is the main thing holding back NIL money from flowing // the public announcement of one of these collectives. They do not want to do anything // approve deals that could be considered pay-to-play. ND seems to already be doing a decent job of putting infrastructure in place to take care of guys that are enrolled, because that's a lot easier to do without operating in a gray area. With regard to prospective athletes, it seems that they are being over cautious to establish that any money they get is from a "legitimate business interest" which becomes doubly difficult if the group offering the money were to be a Notre Dame based "collective" or "sports marketing" group. So I'm more skeptical about ND ever being able to do what Tennessee did for Nico, but I'm reasonably confident that they're going to establish a solid NIL program for current members of the team... which is pretty much the spirit and intent of how NIL was supposed to function.
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I'm a little confused by the bolded, because even though Nico signed an NIL deal with UT, I'm almost certain that he doesn't get any of that money until he steps on campus for the Vols, and the same is true for other NIL deals of that nature. It's obviously a great idea for ND to get an NIL collective started, and it's good to here that they're in the works.
 
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Wow. Driskell getting the business from the Prime kid. Pot on Kettle crime.

That's why I like film, schedule & productuion... No hack filters in between content and my brain. I don't really care about why things happen, I lived thru "Why didn't Kuechly get offered". I'll live thru this.


 
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All the other sites are calling the ND Prime site a hack & that he just steals info from the other subscription sites. Singer even said no one on the beat likes the kid because of it & it’s not a reputable site.
 
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FWIW Rhett doesn’t have the most stellar transcript but anyone who thinks it isn’t basically the same situation as when they took his commitment is being illogical. I also think it’s poor form to start some proxy war between Prime and IB over “how bad are this kid’s grades?”

The primary driver on this not being a fit is that what Rhett is looking for is not what Notre Dame is trying to sell. Best if everyone just moves on and doesn’t teeth gnash here.
 
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Why is this Prime guy simping so hard for Rhett? Is it just some personal vendetta against Driskell?
 
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Irish4life said:
I'm a little confused by the bolded, because even though Nico signed an NIL deal with UT, I'm almost certain that he doesn't get any of that money until he steps on campus for the Vols,
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Nico got 350k up front. He was able to receive that money because he lives in California.
 
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I'm certainly no Driskell apologist, but this could be a he said/she said situation too, right? I mean, is a kid going to admit that he doesn't have the grades for ND if he's a take pretty much everywhere else? Seems like you can avoid some egg on your face if you say otherwise. I dunno, it's Driskell though so in this case I'm more likely to believe the kid...but meh.
 
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OV to Oregon this weekend

If there was any doubt
 
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Irishnuke said:
I bet this isn’t the last school he commits to.
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I'll bet it is.

There are some mock drafts that have 5 BULLDAWG defenders going in the first round.

That is more than the projected three in the entire draft for the Irish.

If Rhett's objective is to be drafter early in the '26 draft, his decision makes sense.

I wish him well.

I think there is a risk in recruiting Vegas kids, even in Gorman. things are just different...........
 
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