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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All,

I think others have alluded to the bigger risk.  If this new national sports team model is successful for football, then one has to think they will extend it to baseball, basketball, LAX, hockey etc al.

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This type of thing has been going on for basketball for at least 25 years when Hargrave Academy (with Stu Vetter) was coaching top 5 ranked HS basketball teams. This isn't any different than IMG, Spire, what the St. James wants to be, etc. [b]I don't see how there is money in this type of school[/b] but there has to be otherwise they wouldn't last. There will be some schools that make it but there will be a lot of bad actors out there taking advantage of kids and delusional parents - the AAU circuit is filled with these type of programs. What's the old adage a fool and money are soon parted. Shrugs shoulders.[/quote]

I saw that Highland school in VA has created an institutional NIL program for its HS athletes and one of their players, Nate Ament, signed a $250k NIL deal with Reebok.

My guess is that big money will start flowing to HS players and the schools themselves will help facilitate those deals and also receive sponsorship money.[/quote]

And then in a few years, the bubble will burst.  There are only so many ads people can see and only so many influencers they can follow.

I mean, are you going to start buying  Reebok because some HS kid signed a deal?[/quote]

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