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The NIL and collective stuff is certainly an issue... Only so much money to go around and Bama doesn't have the level of baseball specific boosters compared to places like LSU and Arkansas. Just like places like Mississippi State and Kentucky don't have the level of football specific boosters like Bama does. Vaughn has talked about how important it is for him and the staff to build strong relationship with the players he recruits so they they build a strong trust with each other... the players will still get a fair amount of $, but I think the hope is that the trust built will outweigh the money chasers that Bama will not always be able afford. All easier said than done, I think he's the type that can do it pretty well. We'll see. I will say that the handful of the players that he's already brought it... in my limited personal experiences with them... they are of very high character, and it ain't hard to see. That is the first step.

<blockquote data-quote="Brandon Van de Graaff" data-source="post: 1542453" data-attributes="member: 6">The NIL and collective stuff is certainly an issue...&nbsp; Only so much money to go around and Bama doesn&#039;t have the level of baseball specific boosters compared to places like LSU and Arkansas. Just like places like Mississippi State and Kentucky don&#039;t have the level of football specific boosters like Bama does. Vaughn has talked about how important it is for him and the staff to build strong relationship with the players he recruits so they they build a strong trust with each other... the players will still get a fair amount of $, but I think the hope is that the trust built will outweigh the money chasers that Bama will not always be able afford. All easier said than done, I think he&#039;s the type that can do it pretty well. We&#039;ll see. I will say that the handful of the players that he&#039;s already brought it... in my limited personal experiences with them... they are of very high character, and it ain&#039;t hard to see. That is the first step.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandon Van de Graaff, post: 1542453, member: 6"] The NIL and collective stuff is certainly an issue... Only so much money to go around and Bama doesn't have the level of baseball specific boosters compared to places like LSU and Arkansas. Just like places like Mississippi State and Kentucky don't have the level of football specific boosters like Bama does. Vaughn has talked about how important it is for him and the staff to build strong relationship with the players he recruits so they they build a strong trust with each other... the players will still get a fair amount of $, but I think the hope is that the trust built will outweigh the money chasers that Bama will not always be able afford. All easier said than done, I think he's the type that can do it pretty well. We'll see. I will say that the handful of the players that he's already brought it... in my limited personal experiences with them... they are of [I]very[/I] high character, and it ain't hard to see. That is the first step. [/QUOTE]