So maybe they budget their cash for bigs? We can only speculate what the NIL funds looks like at other schools. I just refuse to believe Boals is that bad of a recruiter.
Not budgeting properly to get the bigs needed is bad recruiting, no?
Until you can point to the NIL dollars these schools have access to and how they are distributed, its all speculation. On3 doesn't seems to have much info on MAC schools but this site does:
https://nil-ncaa.com/mac /
According to nil-ncaa.com, it would be easy to believe other schools have more dollars to work with. Now, I'll admit I don't have time to do a deep dive into their methodology so I'm taking this data at face value.
If anybody has a better source of this type of data, feel free to share.
According to this article, the average NIL budget for a mid-major is $291,667. Low majors are less than $100K. It also refers to mid-majors as the Missouri Valley, for example. Low majors are designated in the bottom third of KenPom rankings.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5644106/2024/07/18/colle... /
We were over $200K when I spoke with an AD member in the spring for this season. So, pending on how you view the MAC, we're right about where we were expected to be. Maybe a little lower, give or take.
Would more help? Yea, for sure. However, I don't think this is what's specifically hindering us rather than how we're choosing to allocate what we do have.