Whit (and VT) has no oversight and direction over Triumph and the NIL system,. The money goes where the givers want the money to go. That's why you see Pry and Coach Duffy work so hard with the NIL contributors. In this new order, it's up to the coach to sell the program to the NIL contributors.

portal opened, our hoops roster got cleaned out faster than a Walgreens in San Francisco. He whiffed on Matt Campbell and went into fire drill mode and overpaid 2-3X above market for a poorly configured football staff. For hoops, it goes back prior to what you where saying. He had very little in place to lock in last year's guys. You can say that we can't outbid Ole Miss or Miami for Pedulla or Kidd, but we can't keep decent reserves around - like M J Collins or Buchanan? Whether or not the NIL guys can officially work with the schools, it seems to work that way at a lot of other places. People on this board who seem to know what's going on, said that hoops money got shifted to football. Well, too much of it did. You can say that Mike Young might not be eager to sell or recruit, but we all knew that might be his one deficiency. If so, isn't it the AD's job to look at an otherwise fine parking lot with one pothole and fill it in? But no, he didn't. The obvious place where anyone who have been following this suspected there might be a problem Whit didn't step up. If I asked anyone on this board the same question four years ago, you could have anticipated this. It is sure seems like bad management. NIL should be an opportunity for VT to elevate its bball program, since we don't usually have a lot of talent, instead it is going backwards. If your worried your house might have a fire, should you focus on the kitchen or the backyard?

of the basketball cash was diverted to football. We'll see how much more NIL cash CMY is offered for '24-'25. If it's not enough to bring in some Schutt type portals, CMY may just say adios and go to the house. To say Triumph is not exactly basketball friendly is not hyperbole.

Almost like NFL, the outside agency will develop, based on metrics, return on investment for a player, and that would be baseline for agreements. This gets back to recruiting the best, and investing in the best, and if a player has a stellar year, the NIL agreements change. This is not personal, its brand management, and football players, and the type of players we are recruiting or retaining have a higher brand (this is performance based not team wins and loses). Frankly our basketball players have not had the value and when another school comes in to a player and offers a crazy amount, you as an agency, must ask the question, what is the return on investment. Is that player worth the investment, or do you go out and seek another player. many fans treat college sports with an emotional thing, 'players is coming for the good of playing for team x, its business and they have an unique opportunity to make alot of money for the long term, other than the NFL. VT 'overall strategy 'at least for football is 1) we want players to want to come to VT, 2) if they really want to come and commit, we have a competitive (not the highest, but competitive NIL opportunity), and when they come to VT they hopefully have a great experience, and if things go right, (and someone comes in to offer, the staff has a candid discussion, and if they really want to stay, and they fit into VT program (based on evaluations), Vt can make it work. If not, its business and good luck. I don't think basketball has that mindset...Also I dont think basketball has a "general manager' who works the NIL totally to work with Triumph, understand needs desire, current player capabilities and constraints, and who they want and the 'market;. That would help alot. TOO late for this year.

Virginia Tech regarding how the nil money is spent. Just because the school can't be in charge of it doesn't mean They are not advising.