Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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Jimmy Football said:
This is somewhat in contradiction to reports that we’re about to have one of the most expensive basketball rosters in the country (provided we land who we’re targeting).

It would be strange if our booster base was willing to pay for a basketball roster but not football. Now is Heup and crew going to the same lengths as Barnes to solicit the funds? That’s an open question, I think.
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I wouldn't be surprised to learn football is an afterthought to them trying to load the basketball roster and make a push to a title for Barnes before he retires. . .

. . . Then again, I believe the funds will be there if we get interest from a generational type of player, just like they were there for Nico when he was considered that type of recruit out of high-school.
 
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Christian Lowe said:
it aint retirees moving to Nashville. its mostly people fleeing California. Texas and Tennessee are the states where most Californians are leaving to
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A lot of young adults moving to Nashville, too. It's the "in" city in the south and to a great extent in the whole country. We need that place orange.
 
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Aesius said:
The financial math ain't mathing for younger people who want to start a family. Unless you have a household income of $150k-200k (even in LCOL areas) good luck affording:

-Mortgage, especially with rates being what they are now
-Daycare (one parent can stay home but being out of the workforce for years puts you behind career-wise, plus most families need two incomes even without the cost of childcare factored in)
-Groceries
-Student loan payments
-Car payments
-Home maintenance
-Retirement funding
-Contributing to any semblance of a college fund for your kids

Parents get a break once the kids are in school, but oh, if you didn't buy a house in a great school district you've gotta consider private school, so any daycare savings now go straight back out the door. And as kids get older their extracurriculars cost more. Have fun paying for travel ball for two kids for 7-8 years, plus private coaching and whatever else parents pay for these days in the hopes their kids will get a scholarship or go pro.

Combine all of those insane expenses with a dismal dating scene and countless media outlets telling young people how awful marriage and kids are and yeah. It's no surprise Gen Z is opting out of it. And it's definitely a problem.
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Just curious but is your avi Hubbard?
 
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Aesius said:
The financial math ain't mathing for younger people who want to start a family. Unless you have a household income of $150k-200k (even in LCOL areas) good luck affording:

-Mortgage, especially with rates being what they are now
-Daycare (one parent can stay home but being out of the workforce for years puts you behind career-wise, plus most families need two incomes even without the cost of childcare factored in)
-Groceries
-Student loan payments
-Car payments
-Home maintenance
-Retirement funding
-Contributing to any semblance of a college fund for your kids

Parents get a break once the kids are in school, but oh, if you didn't buy a house in a great school district you've gotta consider private school, so any daycare savings now go straight back out the door. And as kids get older their extracurriculars cost more. Have fun paying for travel ball for two kids for 7-8 years, plus private coaching and whatever else parents pay for these days in the hopes their kids will get a scholarship or go pro.

Combine all of those insane expenses with a dismal dating scene and countless media outlets telling young people how awful marriage and kids are and yeah. It's no surprise Gen Z is opting out of it. And it's definitely a problem.
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I can think of infinitely worse times to have a kid that didn't result in collapsed birth rates.
 
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Jimmy Football said:
This is somewhat in contradiction to reports that we’re about to have one of the most expensive basketball rosters in the country (provided we land who we’re targeting).

It would be strange if our booster base was willing to pay for a basketball roster but not football. Now is Heup and crew going to the same lengths as Barnes to solicit the funds? That’s an open question, I think.
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Will West is just talking. Our NIL is really good and we spend when we want to. Our basketball team will be top dollar and we overspent on many football players this year. They don’t know true numbers.
 
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screenthis said:
From Will West and Off The Hook Sports, Tennessee is just not on the same level with NIL cash regarding Big 10 teams. Welp, that's not good given that $$$$ now is a big factor on who wins.
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we had a significant advantage by being the first program with a legitimate NIL collective and operation

we were first to the table in a major way, and had an opportunity for it to be a big differentiator for us, but now everyone has caught up to us. as mentioned, some have passed us
 
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DD4ME said:
The bigger issue is people demand what would have been mine and my wife's second home/apartment/car as their first. Yes they cannot afford current standards. Standards are too damn high. You don't go out to eat when you are saving for a down payment. You don't drink pricey beers or bourbons.. some but not all refuse to let go in order to get..

Imo jmo don't @ me
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You don’t buy an $8 Coffee every morning
 
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I think people have forgotten who our AD is. Danny White doesn’t do leaks unless he wants them to get out. There will be information when AD Danny White is ready for there to be information...if last week doesn’t prove that I don’t know what would. He knows how many eyes are on this. We will get information when he’s ready for us to have it…everything else is pure speculation by others.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
I said next friday but i’m going to tell you a secret so keep this between us… next friday is the day the portal window closes. so of course I’ll be able to tell you who we got by then! isn’t this brilliant?! everyone will think i’m an insider even though i haven’t told them anything new! MUAHAHAHA! 🤫
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I won't tell anybody. Don't worry.
 
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Aesius said:
Combine all of those insane expenses with a dismal dating scene and countless media outlets telling young people how awful marriage and kids are and yeah. It's no surprise Gen Z is opting out of it. And it's definitely a problem.
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Still TBD if it'll definitely be a problem.

Japan will let us know very soon how this scenario plays out. Then Europe and SK. Robotics will help ease in a way it couldn't have had this occurred across the globe 100 years ago. Now...the economic balancing act will be interesting to watch. And Japan should be a "worst-case" scenario, at least with respect to their very low immigration rate. They haven't given themselves an "out" outside of being a country of savers and high tech...will be quite a thing to witness and track over the next couple decades.

The US is actually in a favorable position compared to much of the western world, due to the potential for immigration rates netting out the sub-2.1 replacement rate (last I saw was 1.6) domestically.

Analysis of the Census Bureau figures:

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