Handlers suck. They just do.
I know a lot of people here know and have known them surrounding the programs.
They’re basically unlicensed agents, under the radar, always shady shysters.
They’ve hurt our programs in the past. Not going to get into the whos of the situation, but they have hurt us. They’ll give bad advice to a kid as long as it lines their own pockets and then they move to the next. They surround like vultures. It’s gross.
Oh, it’s not a UNLV thing, it’s everywhere. But it stings. It can change the trajectory of a program, such as a fringe kid leaving when he wants to stay, but taking the advice … and he struggles in a minor league, maybe he will eventually make it and get some real pay, maybe he won’t. But the handler will make money either way. And instead of a team improving because they have a returning fringe pro go starting, the team has to scramble to replace. And you take a hit no matter who you bring in because nothing is more valuable than a guy who has a shot at the league and he’s an upperclassman for you (talking hoops, of course).
There is no control; the NCAA isn’t and can’t oversee shit. So more and more come out of the woodwork, looking to dig their claws into a guy.
It really sucks.
I know a lot of people here know and have known them surrounding the programs.
They’re basically unlicensed agents, under the radar, always shady shysters.
They’ve hurt our programs in the past. Not going to get into the whos of the situation, but they have hurt us. They’ll give bad advice to a kid as long as it lines their own pockets and then they move to the next. They surround like vultures. It’s gross.
Oh, it’s not a UNLV thing, it’s everywhere. But it stings. It can change the trajectory of a program, such as a fringe kid leaving when he wants to stay, but taking the advice … and he struggles in a minor league, maybe he will eventually make it and get some real pay, maybe he won’t. But the handler will make money either way. And instead of a team improving because they have a returning fringe pro go starting, the team has to scramble to replace. And you take a hit no matter who you bring in because nothing is more valuable than a guy who has a shot at the league and he’s an upperclassman for you (talking hoops, of course).
There is no control; the NCAA isn’t and can’t oversee shit. So more and more come out of the woodwork, looking to dig their claws into a guy.
It really sucks.
