Re Bradford:
Bradford’s staff now not only does the early identification and evaluation of high school and junior college prospects in recruiting, but they also handle the constant evaluation of players pouring into the transfer portal. Some schools are currently putting together a staff to do the portal alone.
“This is the most movement and fly-by-night operation there’s ever been in college football, in my opinion, I’ve been in it for 35 years,” Gundy said. “So, before then, I don’t know. But, with the availability of the portal, which I’ve said before, there’s good reasons for the portal.
Using and administering portal stuff:
“The way the portal is operating right now, you’re seeing starters, young men that are starters at places are still leaving,” Gundy continued. “So, because of that, the instability in this game is growing year by year. What direction is that gonna go? I don’t know. But, again, I go back to here, we have a chance, if we take that step and decide this is what we want to do here at Oklahoma State in football, we can take the lead, because we have as much stability as anybody in the country.”
NIL stuff:
Gundy says he and some of his staff are also working in conjunction with Bradford and the recruiting analysts in coming up with answers to NIL. It is not supposed to be a school thing. The schools were supposed to be out of it. It is not that way and schools are currently building up NIL accounts to use in recruiting.
Players can do their own branding and sell their own apparel and that is fine. It’s the mega-million suspicious deals that will ruin the sport. There are schools with tens of millions of dollars earmarked for NIL opportunities. There is no confirmation, but I’ve had people inside the department tell me that has happened at OSU. This is a process that back in the day would put schools on a serious probation. Now it is common practice. Recently, Bedlam rival Oklahoma put it in a public release on transfer quarterback Caleb Williams.
Thought this NIL stockpiling of money was both interesting and scary!!!
Bradford’s staff now not only does the early identification and evaluation of high school and junior college prospects in recruiting, but they also handle the constant evaluation of players pouring into the transfer portal. Some schools are currently putting together a staff to do the portal alone.
“This is the most movement and fly-by-night operation there’s ever been in college football, in my opinion, I’ve been in it for 35 years,” Gundy said. “So, before then, I don’t know. But, with the availability of the portal, which I’ve said before, there’s good reasons for the portal.
Using and administering portal stuff:
“The way the portal is operating right now, you’re seeing starters, young men that are starters at places are still leaving,” Gundy continued. “So, because of that, the instability in this game is growing year by year. What direction is that gonna go? I don’t know. But, again, I go back to here, we have a chance, if we take that step and decide this is what we want to do here at Oklahoma State in football, we can take the lead, because we have as much stability as anybody in the country.”
NIL stuff:
Gundy says he and some of his staff are also working in conjunction with Bradford and the recruiting analysts in coming up with answers to NIL. It is not supposed to be a school thing. The schools were supposed to be out of it. It is not that way and schools are currently building up NIL accounts to use in recruiting.
Players can do their own branding and sell their own apparel and that is fine. It’s the mega-million suspicious deals that will ruin the sport. There are schools with tens of millions of dollars earmarked for NIL opportunities. There is no confirmation, but I’ve had people inside the department tell me that has happened at OSU. This is a process that back in the day would put schools on a serious probation. Now it is common practice. Recently, Bedlam rival Oklahoma put it in a public release on transfer quarterback Caleb Williams.
Thought this NIL stockpiling of money was both interesting and scary!!!
