Forget NIL Deals - Driving Recruits Through Massive Street Parties Is The Smartest Recruiting Strategy Any College Hoops Team Can Have

Look, I know we live in a world where NIL recruiting is talked about all the time. We have blogs, we have reports basically every other day about how a recruit signed a six-figure deal to go somewhere. But, this? This is what I want to see again. Old fashioned recruiting. Bringing them to a massive street party to show them the real benefit of going to a place like Dayton. You can party here whenever you want and it being encouraged as long as you're not in season. We need to get back to the He Got Game recruiting stories of the world again - you know the scene I'm talking about. 

I'll say this too - taking a recruit to Lowe's is as smart as Dayton can be. That area loves two things and two things only. Basketball and partying in the area known as the ghetto. It's a great party scene, elite even. So use that to your advantage. Hop on a golf cart, everyone loves riding on a golf cart, show them the scene. Show them what they can be a part of as the weather is perfect is in Ohio. Show them all the appreciation before offering them the NIL deal - that's the closer in this scenario. I want to see more of this, especially from the Dayton's of the world. I'm pro-NIL, I just don't care about the deals. I don't care what number is real and what isn't. I want good old fashioned recruiting - party scenes, having students show them a good time and bring out the baby blue. That's how it's done. 

I want to see more of this. I'm over the whole photoshoots that we see every recruit take. I'm over the graphic game that we see every single recruit use 24 times during the process. I want to see them seeing what college life is all about. College life is all about snaking your way through class and finding parties. It's a tradition that every single person can relate to and it's what makes college sports the best. You're surrounded by people who you go to class with then have them cheer you on, bring them to parties and document it.