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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of rumor and conjecture here.

It is not surprising that SJC could get a lot of former GC players, since Steffanelli is now at SJC after GC abruptly let him go.   That in and of itself is not ramping up to a national model.

Has anyone confirmed that they are actually fielding two varsity teams??  A regular varsity and a supposed national one??   That would indeed be a change.[/quote]

Yes, they are. They shared details at an event last week. [/quote]

Makes me wonder if this was the plan all along when SJC hired its new president in the middle of 2024. He didn't really have a strong academic background but was from UA and that this is Kevin Plank's idea. Not completely surprised that this is also being pushed after the president's kid graduates.[/quote]

The new president is a devout Catholic who is from DC, went to Catholic schools here, has older children who graduated from SJC and has been a consistent supporter of Lasallian values. He was not hired to gut the school’s academics, arts and services programs and replace it with a sports-only agenda. The school was already a big sports school. This is nothing new. [/quote]

Again...not sure why people are thinking "this is nothing new".  It's very much something new, and the question is does it completely change the school or not.

The difference nowadays is the $$$s for sports powerhouse schools for both the schools and NIL deals with the players.  Again, this was announced last year with Mater Dei:

Welcome to the new world of high school sports.

In what the company calls the first-ever deal of its kind, multimedia company Playfly and Mater Dei High School have agreed to a ten-year, multimillion-dollar deal for the school’s multimedia rights.

The deal is valued in the “high seven-figure” range, according to reporting from sports business outlet Sportico.

Playfly said in its announcement that it hopes to expand the Mater Dei brand “by amplifying the success of its teams and student-athletes,” and by introducing sponsorship opportunities.[/quote]

This entire thread has been weird to read because clearly people don't understand what SJC is planning or what IMG, St James, etc really are.

There's this weird defensiveness that SJC has good arts, music and sciences - and yes, definitely, it does.  Heck, if this gamble SJC is taking works well, there may actually be more money for non-sports at SJC.  The fundamentals of the sports program at SJC is what is changing (into what may be a two-tier system), and it will likely result in some impact to the composition of the student body (again, that building SJC just bought seems ideal to house boarding students). Students will be more agressively recruited for sports talent (yes, this happen now - but it'll be magnified). Money will likely flow a little differently. Ideally, financially this is neutral for a couple of years but then becomes self-sustaining and then generates more money for the school. Mostly likely, most families will not see much of a difference. But the PP is right - the change is here, and the question is how is it going to change the school.  Big big money is at stake.  I know it seems ridiculous but the entire sports model for football is changing at a national scale with NIL and multimedia deals.  [/quote]

If I am reading this correctly, you are suggesting that the new SJC national team for football will "generate" money for the school ? Are you kidding ? Do you understand how the IMG model works ? Lower level players and families pay full tilt to support the national teams, with many players on those teams not paying a dime for anything.

When SJC is traveling to the west coast to play MD, do you think the money from that trip, and others, will come from whatever cash they are generating?

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You do realize that alumni are the way schools make money which is why SJC has money... Plank and Kimsey.

It's how all the WCAC schools make money... it's how they build theaters and fields and art centers and science centers. [/quote]

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