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Subject: Re: Why Enter The Portal? Duke

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Date Posted: 17:24:11 04/17/24 Wed
In reply to: Spizz1976 's message, "Re: Why Enter The Portal? Duke" on 14:57:02 04/17/24 Wed

In response to Ghost's comments, I predict that Duke basketball's erosion will be gradual and over time. The fact that Duke just landed the #1 recruit from high school is not an indicator because that recruit is a continuation of the one-and-done phenomenon and we all know that this recruit will head to the NBA after a single season.

There will continue to be high-profile one-and-dones but the NIL money / transfer portal usage is gradually making one-and-dones less significant in favor of well-compensated veteran collegiate players. This is where Duke will gradually lose ground.

NIKE is no longer a big player in funding and recruiting. Ghost predicts that Duke's base will generously fund NIL's - maybe or maybe not. However, alumni contribution to NIL collectives will inevitably complete with alumni contributions to endowments. I don't know if Duke administrations will like this since Duke wants to compete academically with Ivies whose alumni contributions go almost entirely toward endowments.

The large State schools do not face this dilemma, since there endowments are less significant with academic funding coming from taxes.

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