Incoming Althoff Frosh Gets SEC Offer
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11.5 in the hundred? Hey, on a good day with the wind at my back, I can do it in 17. And I ain't no incoming frosh. I'm more like an outgoing geezer.
What impresses me is his 21.5feet in the long jump, which would have earned him 7th in 1A, 10th in 2A and 18th in 3A.
Hickey says he is a beanpole but he is also a WR, not a tailback playing Power I formation.
Hickey says he is a beanpole but he is also a WR, not a tailback playing Power I formation.
All.... The Crusaders were the third largest 1A playoff team last year. Having looked at past historical postseason class breakdowns it appears more of a "lean" toward 2A. But not a done deal till the teams are announced after the regualar season ends.
It is kinda pick your poison. 1A lately the names often popping are up are of course Lena and Camp Point. More of mix should Althoff go 2A. If I could pick a class I believe 2A might be the better road for them.
One more postseason win which will not be a problem and the multiplier will kick in when the new two year enrollment average comes out. The latest enrollment shows 312 up from the two year average of 288.50 which ends this season. That would put the Crusaders in the upper side of class 3A starting to creep closer to 4A.
This is the year to strike and bring back the hardware.... Ratsy
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Logan ran an 11.3 in the prelims, but the kid from Yorkville - and IESA participant, ran 11.25 for the win. IESA tops in the 4x1 also.
I am completely baffled by this colleges still "offering" schlarships to high school players.
I am going to assume for the sake of this post, that the Althoff kid develops throughout his four high school years to the point that he is a top-10 QB in the entire nation and coveted by every one of the schools playing in whatever conference the 60 elite-level teams are playing in in four years.
Question: Since college players will be pros beginning with the 2025 season, if the Althoff player is in fact at the elite level when he finishes his senior year, why wouldn't every one of the 60 top football schools offer him a big-money cash contract to play for them?
And why wouldn't any elite-level QB sign a contract with whatever school offers him the most money, the most benefits, and the most playing time.
If MIzzou offers an elite QB the best deal in terms of cash, benefits and playing time, certainly the Althoff kid would go there. But what if Ohio State or Nebraska or Illinois offers twice the cash, twice the benefits and the starting job as a freshman. Why wouldn't a kid take the better deal?
Seems that with the high school football players now being pros and getting pro contract offers, that the best deal for each kid is the one to take. And since a player doesn't know what the best deal for him is going to be in June of 2024, what difference does it make for a school to make an "offer."
Cash is king. Repeat after me. Cash is king. Before becoming pros in the 2025 season, the scholarship was the prize, and you could argue that all scholarships were pretty much created equal.
For now, NIL money has ruled the roost for college players. But starting next year, it's a pro contract with a college that rules.
What is the point of a school offering a scholarship now to any high school football player, unless that scholarship offer includes an offer to top whatever cash and benefit amount that any other college program is offering?
It's like the college football coaches are living in a universe that no longer exists. Thinking that a scholarship offer without money/benefits/playing time attached to it is now folly.
An offer means squat until they are a year away from signing paperwork and playing let's make a deal with money. It is the "love" shown early. Look at how an experienced family appreciates that in terms of five-star recruit. First love makes you feel special.
All.... Let's not forget this young man. Another award. Gatorade picked this all stater in their top 12 players of the year in Illinois which covers different sports. 6ft 183lbs and as a JR rushed for 1, 788 yards scoring 23 td's. Just as an impressive what he does on defense. Rivals has him for 2025 the number 51 recruit in the nation. Dierre Hill.... Ratsy
The problem with social media is kids can post anything they want with little to no consequences. This kid along with the soon to be sophomore don't have scholarship offers to any University. The same as the 10 or so soon to be sophomores that were "offered" at ESL. I hope the right people are communicating the truth to these young men. Depression is something that a lot of athletes deal with. Things like this are bad for kids.
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I get the point about first love.
But until this upcoming senior class and beyond, prep stars were were being offered scholarships and I would say you are correct in thinking that being first is important.
But now these kids will sign professional contracts with salaries and perhaps years commitments snd maybe playing time requirements.
Who knows?
All things being equal, I get the concept of being first is being important.
Now that the players will be signing pro contracts, why would being the first school to offer a contract be better than being 20th to offer if the 20th offer is better for the athlete than the first 10 offers.
Problem as these tired old eyes see it, is that nobody has said what the pro contract offer being made consists of.
And since there are no financials particulars being announced with the offer everybody seems to be falling back on the idea that all scholarship offers have equal value.
That is, is a five star gets an offer from Michigan and from Ohio state and from southern cal that the scholarship offers are comparable.
That is the old way. The new way is the athlete signing a pro contract and so far I have heard nothing about contract terms.
When contract terms are announced then the athlete can compare and sign.
I laugh at Notre Dame bloggers proudly proclaiming they have a top 1 2 or 3 recruiting class of verbal commits from incoming prep seniors.
Yet none of the stories on 20 plus verbal commits ever mentions contract terms in regard to money, insurance, contract length, etc.
Terms of the pro contract these kids are being offered is what matters. When terms come are announced then kids can compare contract offers and we shall then know how long a first love in the summer will last.
The world of prep seniors signing pro contracts is here in this coming senior class. And it is what is in the contract terms that matters.
The rest is past tense.
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