With Chisolm, Strzelecki, Novack that is a decent top 4 although maybe no real low stick. Can Schager or Farley or someone step up for a strong 5th and get them back on podium?
I’ve heard firsthand they have poor NIL, and aren’t the most active in the portal which hurts a lot. Yes, she’s not getting a ton of NIL deals regardless, but they’re poor on that front
They (ironically as both she and Carlson were / are at it) don’t have to go Tennessee level but I don’t see why they don’t take a fast freshman / sophomore from a group of 5 or similar school who wants better training / better academics every year
Well looking at the recruits it is not out of the question that Isabel Allori (4th NXN, 9:47) could be borderline AA so maybe ND will be right in the mix for the podium.
With Chisolm, Strzelecki, Novack that is a decent top 4 although maybe no real low stick. Can Schager or Farley or someone step up for a strong 5th and get them back on podium?
I’ve heard firsthand they have poor NIL, and aren’t the most active in the portal which hurts a lot. Yes, she’s not getting a ton of NIL deals regardless, but they’re poor on that front
They (ironically as both she and Carlson were / are at it) don’t have to go Tennessee level but I don’t see why they don’t take a fast freshman / sophomore from a group of 5 or similar school who wants better training / better academics every year
How good can the NIL at other schools possibly be for the average women’s cross country. Always thought only the top level athletes and/or big social media presence athletes got a significant amount. I know some schools take care of their whole athletic department to an extent but how much is there to go around?
I’ve heard firsthand they have poor NIL, and aren’t the most active in the portal which hurts a lot. Yes, she’s not getting a ton of NIL deals regardless, but they’re poor on that front
They (ironically as both she and Carlson were / are at it) don’t have to go Tennessee level but I don’t see why they don’t take a fast freshman / sophomore from a group of 5 or similar school who wants better training / better academics every year
How good can the NIL at other schools possibly be for the average women’s cross country. Always thought only the top level athletes and/or big social media presence athletes got a significant amount. I know some schools take care of their whole athletic department to an extent but how much is there to go around?
I didn’t ask for specifics but I’ve seen a couple and heard about others. I know a couple male grad students - not exceptional runners in their own right nor with many instagram followers - had a small deal with a local bank and a couple other ones that weren’t published on their instagram; a couple (attractive) female field event / field adjacent (think hurdles) had theirs as well but not for performance.
Excluding football, I think the athletic department is probably one of the ones for similar enough schools - think UVA, Duke, Stanford, etc - that caters the least to athletes as I know people at a few of those schools who are catered to more. Combine it with valuing XC seemingly the most as well as location and I can see why fast enough people choose other schools if their in the portal
And yes, the deals aren’t huge at all, but getting $15k per year (a number I made up) could be why someone would commit to UNC over UVA and vice versa, schools with little difference in program or academic quality. It also can help somewhat reduce the scholarship limit if someone’s getting 25% athletic vs just getting paid…and with how toothless the ncaa currently is, they don’t even really have to have the charade about not paying for performance
Re: Notre Dame- they rarely take undergrad transfers due to admissions. They mostly take grad transfers. They took Iziah Steury back from Oregon (he started at ND, did well in XC, transferred to Oregon and did not like it and now has come back) because he was originally admitted as a freshman. Admissions office does not make a lot of exceptions for athletes. As an ND running alum who follows the team, Arianne Olson will be in their top 7 next year, probably top 5. It took her a while to get acclimated as a frosh. She only ran 3-4 total races in her first year but qualified for the first round of nationals in the 5k. Barring injury she will be much stronger in the fall.